Before we get ahead of ourselves celebrating news that the Supreme Court will hear cases on DOMA and Proposition 8, remember that a ruling against equality could be a blow to all the progress that's brought the movement this far. The New York Tim…
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Archives for December 8, 2012
Posts from December 8, 2012
Nate Silver And Conan O’Brien Talk Serious Jibber Jabber: VIDEO
Conan O’Brien is more than just a funny face hosting a nighttime television show. He’s also a person with a brain who likes to talk with other people who also have brains, which is why O’Brien hosts “serious jibber jabber” sessions with some of the w…
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News: Joe Manchin, Kyoto, Traveling Weave, Design
Celebrate some totally radical 90s holiday movies. Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela, 94, has been hospitalized. "Former President Mandela will receive medical attention from time to time which is consistent…
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From MSNBC To Edie Windsor, A Bounty Of Marriage Equality Remarks: VIDEO
Filling in for Rachel Maddow last night, guest host Ezra Klein chatted with NYU constitutional law professor Kenji Yoshino about whether the Supreme Court, preparing to hear cases on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans, is swayed by publi…
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Lady Gaga Thanks Russia’s Medvedev For Opposing Anti-Gay Law
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was asked last night about a spate of anti-gay laws in Russia, including the “gay propaganda” fines enacted in St. Petersburg, where Lady Gaga is performing this evening. Such laws are unnecessary, h…
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Gay Man’s Truck Vandalized Twice In One Week: PHOTO
Jonathan Pearce faced anti-gay hate twice last week. First, the Canadian man posted on Facebook that he was headed to Memorial University's Grenfell Campus and, after completing his work, found his pick-up truck had been egged in the parking lot.…
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Freshly-Minted Democrat Charlie Crist: ‘The GOP Left Me’
"I've had friends for years tell me, 'You know Charlie, you're a Democrat and you don't know it," so said former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist last night after leaving a holiday party at the White House, where he finally, after…
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One Million Moms ‘Moving On’ From Ellen DeGeneres Protest
One Million Moms, a conservative group made up of far less than one million people, made a name for itself earlier this year by boycotting JC Penney after the retailer cast lesbian entertainer Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson. They were also incense…
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