Just last month, Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady started calling on lawmakers to support marriage equality. At the time, Brady said: "Giving gay and lesbian couples the freedom to get married honors the best conservative principles.…
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Archives for February 23, 2013
Posts from February 23, 2013
News: NOM, Mark Twain, Google, Toni Braxton
NOM colleague Robert Gagnon compares gay-straight alliances to the KKK and skinheads. An authentic shirtless photo of a furry Mark Twain from the 1880s has made its way onto the Internet. One of two gay bashers in Kentucky…
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UFC President Dana White On Gay Fighters: ‘If You Are Gay, I Could Care Less’
The first ever women's UFC fight will take place tonight and one of the athletes in the event, Liz Carmouche, is also the only openly gay fighter in the sport. Leading up to the fight, both Carmouche and UFC president Dana White are…
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Texas Wedding Venue Refuses Gay Men
An anti-gay banquet facility in Texas has refused two men who wished to have their wedding reception at the venue. Ben Allen and Justin Hudgins, who have been together for eight years, plan to marry in Mexico in April. They also intended to hol…
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Vatican Issues Denial Of ‘Gay Lobby’ Reports
Earlier this week, two Italian newspapers, The Panorama weekly and The Repubblica, both reported that Pope Benedict had resigned from his post due to "various lobbies, including a gay lobby." The Vatican has no…
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President Obama To Supreme Court: ‘DOMA Is Unconstitutional’
President Obama's administration filed an historic legal brief late Friday that declares his belief to the US Supreme Court that DOMA is unconstitutional. The dossier was written by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. According to NBC News: The Ob…
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