News + Politics
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Marriage Beats Malice
For a few minutes on Tuesday, May 5, the hallway outside the D.C. City Council's chambers, on the fifth floor of the John A. Wilson...
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The Homophobic Lifestyle
With the recent protests against marriage quality -- replete with a grandstanding politician, muddy logic, and faith in God being on one's side -- there's...
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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,...
