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Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal to Speak at Summit Organized by Pastor Who Wants Gays Executed

by Sean Mandell

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Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal to Speak at Summit Organized by Pastor Who Wants Gays Executed

Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal to Speak at Summit Organized by Pastor Who Wants Gays Executed

Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and Bobby Jindal will speak at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, an event organized by virulently anti-gay pastor Kevin Swanson. Right Wing Watch reports:  One s…
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by Sean Mandell | 10.29.15 | 3:59pm

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Iowa Conservative Bob Vander Plaats Abandons Anti-Gay ‘Marriage Vow’ for 2016 GOP Presidential Race

Iowa Conservative Bob Vander Plaats Abandons Anti-Gay ‘Marriage Vow’ for 2016 GOP Presidential Race

You may recall Bob Vander Plaats of The Family Leader as the Iowa conservative behind the campaign to oust pro-equality state Supreme Court justices back in 2010, or the guy behind a failed boycott of Starbucks over its pro-LGBT policies a few years…
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by Kyler Geoffroy | 05.28.15 | 3:20pm

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Iowa Bigot Bob Vander Plaats Says ‘Warnings’ About Gay Marriage Are ‘Starting to Come True’ – VIDEO

Iowa Bigot Bob Vander Plaats Says ‘Warnings’ About Gay Marriage Are ‘Starting to Come True’ – VIDEO

It's easy to be a fortune teller when half the things you "predicted" are actually things that have been happening for eons and the other half are lies. In an interview with the Iowa Republican this week, Bob Vander Plaats of The…
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by Christian Walters | 02.05.15 | 6:35pm

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Iowa Conservative Bob Vander Plaats Says Polygamy Ruling Will Lead To Child-Parent Marriages

Iowa Conservative Bob Vander Plaats Says Polygamy Ruling Will Lead To Child-Parent Marriages

During a Tuesday radio interview, anti-gay bigot Bob Vander Plaats (pictured) — founder of the oddly capitalized "pro-family" organization The FAMiLY LEADER — said that the recent court ruling decriminalizing polygamy in Utah is the result…
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by Daniel Villarreal | 12.19.13 | 6:04pm

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Rachel Maddow Blasts NOM’s Collaboration with Russia on Anti-Gay Laws: VIDEO

Rachel Maddow Blasts NOM’s Collaboration with Russia on Anti-Gay Laws: VIDEO

Rachel Maddow last night launched into a condemnation of Russia's anti-gay adoption laws, and the country's next plan: to take children away from gay parents. Maddow then looks at the anti-gay American activists that are throwing their full a…
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by Andy Towle | 10.11.13 | 2:53pm

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Despite Fierce Campaign by Anti-Gay Activists, Iowans Retain Pro-Equality Justice David Wiggins: VIDEO

Despite Fierce Campaign by Anti-Gay Activists, Iowans Retain Pro-Equality Justice David Wiggins: VIDEO

Last election, anti-gay activists in the state of Iowa punished three Supreme Court justices who voted to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Yesterday, they tried to punish a fourth, Justice David Wiggins. But they did not succeed. The Des Moin…
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by Andy Towle | 11.07.12 | 10:14am

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Competing Bus Tours Vilify, Defend Iowa Supreme Court Justice

Competing Bus Tours Vilify, Defend Iowa Supreme Court Justice

Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins was the center of attention today as two competing bus tours kicked off to attack and defend the Iowa Supreme Court Justice whose career is on the line this November. On one side there stood the likes of faile…
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by Andrew Belonsky | 09.24.12 | 6:00pm

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At Family Leadership Summit, Iowan Conservatives Vow To Defeat Judge Wiggins

At Family Leadership Summit, Iowan Conservatives Vow To Defeat Judge Wiggins

Yesterday, nearly 1,000 of Iowa's religious conservatives gathered in Grace Point Church, in Waukee, for the Family Leadership Summit. They did not seek to eliminate child hunger or illiteracy or poverty in Iowa, or to ensure that Iowa's chil…
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by Brandon Thorp and Penn Bullock | 08.12.12 | 1:45pm

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Bob Vander Plaats Joins Right’s Flailing Starbucks Protest: VIDEO

Bob Vander Plaats Joins Right’s Flailing Starbucks Protest: VIDEO

  Social conservatives are keeping up oppositional pressure on Starbucks over the company's support for gay marriage and equality in general. Though the coffee giant has basically shrugged at the protest, Iowan anti-gay activist Bob Vander…
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by Andrew Belonsky | 04.12.12 | 9:35am

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NOM’s Brian Brown, Bob Vander Plaats Lead Crowd of Chanting Bigots at Anti-Gay Iowa Rally: VIDEO

NOM’s Brian Brown, Bob Vander Plaats Lead Crowd of Chanting Bigots at Anti-Gay Iowa Rally: VIDEO

NOM's Brian Brown was on hand with The Family Leader's Bob Vander Plaats yesterday at the Iowa Capitol to demand lawmakers put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to a vote. Check out videos of Brown and Vander Plaats' sp…
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by Andy Towle | 03.21.12 | 7:56am

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