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Impress Your Friends on Super Sunday with Prop 8

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Learn how to amaze your friends at next week’s Super Bowl party in one easy lesson. When the subject of the Prop. 8 trial comes up between Super Bowl commercials, be able to look the host(ess) right in the eye and say, “If the plaintiffs prevail, same-sex marriage restrictions are toast just like Jim Crow after Brown v. Board of Education.” Continue reading →

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Steele Calls Same Sex Marriage a Burden on Business

Posted on May 16, 2009 by

The latest Republican argument against same sex marriage was delivered by RNC Chair Michael Steele who claimed today that same sex marriage raises health and life insurance costs for business owners. Of course, the same argument applies to traditional marriage, but Republicans aren’t against that…yet. Continue reading →

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Joe the Plumber: I Wouldn’t Let Gay People near My Children

Posted on May 4, 2009 by

In an interview with Christianity Today, Joe the Plumber first defended calling gay people queers, then he said, “I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children.” Joe the Plumber has many sides and none of them are good. Continue reading →

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Republicans Try to Scare Americans With Gay Marriage….Again

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

Former Sen. Rick Santorum wrote today that President Obama has antipathy for American values, and he tried to drag Obama into the gay marriage debate by suggesting that Obama supports federalized gay marriage, because he is going to let Europe dictate American policy. Continue reading →

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Blaming Gay Marriage for Mass Murders

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

In a piece titled Connecting the Dots: The Link Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders, Robert Peters the president of Morality in America, argued that same sex marriage is a part of the moral decline in American society which has led to an increase in mass murders. Continue reading →

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Right Wing Blames “Wealthy Homosexuals” for Vermont Same Sex Marriage Law

Posted on April 7, 2009 by

The state of Vermont has become the latest target for the wrath of social conservatives after the state legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto and legalized same sex marriage. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council blamed the veto override on, “wealthy homosexual activists.” Continue reading →

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Could Gay Marriage Return as a Presidential Campaign Issue?

Posted on May 16, 2008 by

ImageAs much as the GOP needs a wedge issue to energize its base, and have any chance at all of not suffering an embarrassing defeat in November, it looks like yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the state, won’t do the trick.

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Mike Gravel Leaves the Democratic Party

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

ImageToday on his website former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska announced that he is leaving the Democratic Party for the Libertarian Party. Gravel, who was the best thing about those early Democratic primary debates said, “Today, I am announcing my plan to join the Libertarian Party, because the Democratic Party no longer represents my vision for our great country. Continue reading →

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