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Southern Baptist Convention pens felon-supported objection to VAWA

You make Jesus cry. Now I'm no top-notch political strategist, but ... While the Southern Baptist Convention’s political arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is mired in scandal [...], it has found time to criticize the Violence Agains...

PPP: Support for North Carolina’s Amendment One dips to record low

Public Policy Polling has new poll out for North Carolina's Amendment One. The proposed constitutional amendment, which goes before voters on May 8, would amend the state consitution to include: “Marriage between a man and a woman is the only domest...

Tony Perkins blames prostitute scandal on gay people

You depress me. It's a typical day in America, so here's two crazy religious homophobes commiserating with each other on how neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney really hate the gay folks enough to satisfy religious homophobes (and really, isn't the ...

NY Times: Republican candidates ‘should be racing’ from National Organization for Marriage

Can we get a statement both in favor and opposed to race-baiting political tactics, Gov. Romney? (Matthew Reichbach/Wikicommons) Strong words and tough questions from the New York Times editorial page on the topic of National Organization for Marriag...

Focus on the Family gearing up for annual pro-bullying day

That little guy needs to stop picking on that big guy. Seriously, what a jerk.   Ah, springtime. It's almost time again for the Day of Silence, an anti-bullying event held every year to protest the harassment of, and often violence against, LGBT...

DC politicos, Hollywood players rumble over R-rated ’Bully’

"Bully" director Lee Hirsch talks to press on the red carpet at the film's New York City premiere Tuesday. Lee Hirsch's documentary Bully had its New York City premiere on Tuesday night. The documentary follows the struggles of five families to endu...

New Hampshire to vote to repeal marriage equality next week

New Hampshire Republican state House Rep. David Bates is back at it again. The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that Bates is circling back, introducing yet another bill to revoke the freedom to marry from New Hampshire's LGBT citizens. The last one was ...

Violence Against Women Act and Senate Republicans: Battered women, leave us alone!

The latest victims Cue the violins! White men in the Senate are "feeling trapped" by their refusal to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act ... not so much because of they're concerned about violence against women, but because it just looks so d...

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) funding anti-gay lies with your tax dollars

Misleading district mailer sent by Rep. Buchanon, paid for by your tax dollars; a pdf copy is here. Rep. Vern Buchanon Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) is wasting your tax dollars to distribute inaccurate and incorrect information to his district. ...

Major victory in Anoka-Hennepin school district bullying lawsuit

National Center for Lesbian Right's Attorney Celeste Culberth discusses the consent decree at a press conference Tuesday. (Faegre Baker Daniels LLP/NCLR) A major battle was won this week in the war on school bullying. The 38,000-student Anoka-Hennepi...

Catholic Church punishes California homeless over shelter director’s personal views

Not like there's anything in here about caring for the poor Unbelievable. Another strong-armed bully tactic from the Catholic Church. The Sacramento Bee is reporting the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento has pulled the plug on funding the Francis House ...

Visualizing victory over North Carolina’s anti-gay amendment

On May 8, the LGBT community will face the first of at least five anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives in 2012. North Carolina, concurrent with both Republican and Democratic primary races, will vote to approve or reject Amendment One to the state's c...

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