News + Politics
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Mayor Signs for Marriage
Mayor Adrian Fenty signed legislation on Wednesday, May 6, requiring D.C. to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. Mafara Hobson, Fenty's director of communications,...
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Miss Universe Pageant: Cease & Desist your anti-gay marriage ad
The Miss Universe Organization just told us they’ve fired off a cease and desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage — after NOM used...
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Marion Barry: Black DC wants “civil war” to prevent gay marriage
”All hell is going to break lose. We may have a civil war. The black community is just adamant against this…. What you’ve got to...
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Joe the Plumber: I don’t want my queer friends near my children
”At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong…. Queer means...
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Marie Osmond: I love and support my lesbian daughter
”That’s not a sensitive topic. I love my daughter…. everybody quoted me and told me what to say, and ‘You gotta do this,...
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CNN Poll: 44% for gay marriage, 60% for civil unions
“It’s not surprising that three Northeastern states are the first to take this step. A majority of people who live in the Northeast say they...
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Meet Kathleen Sullivan: A lesbian Supreme Court justice?
Kathleen Sullivan (born 1955) Sullivan is a constitutional scholar and former dean of Stanford Law School who has been an active advocate for abortion rights...
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White House web site hacks off its commitments to gays?
”Rea was told that they are changing the White House Web site to turn it into a more governance-focused site to reflect progress, as opposed...
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Miley Cyrus pro-gay messages set Christian conservatives all a-Twitter
”Jesus loves you AND your partner and wants you to know how much he cares! thats like a daddy not loving his lil boy cuz...
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Holy Salchow! Figure skating declared too gay; Manly makeover to lift ratings [video]
”It’s not that the male skating has to totally obliterate the gay guys that are skating and the gay public that’s watching it. You have...
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National polls for same-sex marriage closing in on 50%; Majority favor legal recognition for gay couples
ABC News / Washington Post report that nearly half of Americans favor gay marriage. At its low, in 2004, just 32 percent of Americans favored...
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Actress Kelly McGillis confirms that she is gay
”Yes, I am single…. No, definitely a woman. I’m done with the man thing. I did that. I need to move on in life. That’s...
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North Carolina Rep. Foxx: Matthew Shepard hate crime was ‘a hoax’
”We know that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. The bill was named for him,...
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Meet Carrie Prejean, your new Anita Bryant: Gay marriage goes against ”my children’s children”
”This vision of marriage is not hateful. It’s not discriminatory. It’s good…. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and...
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Keeping the Faith
Not every preacher, not every church, not every congregation opposes the rights of GLBT people -- but far too many people believe that's the case....
