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Seth MacFarlane on ‘Real Time’ on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Quote of the week… from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, appearing on last night’s season premiere of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher: “If you’re sitting at home in your undershirt, watching TV, worried about terrorism, and at the same time objecting to the person who’s putting their life on the line so that your […]
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Judge rejects gay marriage opponents — refuses to ‘usurp’ DC elections board
Another Superior Court judge has denied a request by gay marriage opponents to overturn a D.C. Board of Elections rulings against a referendum on the issue. Earlier Friday, attorneys for Stand4MarriageDC and the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal organization, went to court seeking a preliminary injunction, which would have stayed the effective date of […]
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Gay couple wins legal battle over birth certificate of adopted child
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a California couple’s quest for a birth certificate for their adopted son that includes both fathers’ names Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, who adopted a Louisiana-born baby boy in 2006 through a court in New York, filed suit in 2007 after they were refused the […]
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Speaker booed off stage after condemning CPAC for inviting gay republican group
Here’s another homophobic loudmouth looking for his fifteen minutes of fame on Fox News: During a lightning round of two-minute speeches by young activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. today, Ryan Sorba, of the Young Conservatives of California attempted to incite an anti-gay riot by bashing CPAC organizers for inviting a […]
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Virginia governor strips ‘sexual orientation’ from state’s non-discrimination policy
Gay state workers in Virginia are no longer protected from discrimination now that the new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, has stripped sexual orientation from the state’s policy. McDonnell quietly signed an executive order on February 5 that prohibits discrimination “on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, or against otherwise […]
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Anti-gay groups speak out on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ call homosexuality a ‘deathstyle’
Several leaders of anti-gay groups held a press conference Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC., to voice support for maintaining the failed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gays in the military. The press conference coincided with the release of a report, “To Keep Our Honor Clean: Why We Must […]
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Catholic church ends D.C. foster care program, citing gay marriage bill
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has announced it is shutting down its 80-year-old foster care program, citing the District’s plan to legalize gay marriage, which the church said conflicts with their religious beliefs. Catholic Charities, which receives $20 million in support from the city, does not condone same-sex marriage and therefore would turn down gay […]
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New Hampshire House rejects bills aimed at repealing gay marriage
New Hampshire’s House rejected a pair of anti-gay marriage bills on Wednesday. The House voted 201-135 to kill a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Supporters needed 60 percent of the House to place it on the November ballot. Later in the day, the House voted 210-109 to reject […]
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NH lawmaker apologizes for claiming gay sex being taught in public schools
New Hampshire State Rep. Nancy Elliott apologized Tuesday and withdrew her claim that gay sex was being taught to fifth graders in Nashua public schools. From the Nashua Telegraph: “I would like to apologize to the Judiciary Committee, the Nashua public schools and its employees and the speaker as well as anyone else affected by […]
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New Hampshire House to vote on two anti-gay marriage bills this week
New Hampshire’s House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a pair of anti-gay marriage bills. One is a bill, sponsored by Rep. L. Mike Kappler, which would repeal the state’s six-week-old law legalizing gay marriage. The other is a proposed constitutional amendment, sponsored by Rep. Daniel Itse, which would state that “the state shall only […]