News + Politics
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BREAKING: Kim Davis heads to jail for contempt of court
Kim Davis has been taken into custody and held in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Rowan County,...
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Virginia AG Mark Herring to run for re-election in 2017
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Wednesday announced that he would seek re-election to his current post in 2017, rather than mount a run for...
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Rand Paul calls Kim Davis’ actions “part of the American way”
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul spoke to the ongoing controversy in his home state involving Kim Davis. The Rowan County clerk is refusing to issue all...
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Carly Fiorina suggests Kim Davis issue licenses or resign
It looks like Kim Davis’ last stand will not be getting any support from Carly Fiorina. As first reported by The Blaze, the Republican presidential...
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Lawyers file injunction in case challenging Mississippi adoption ban
Lawyers representing two of four couples seeking to overturn Mississippi’s ban on same-sex adoption on Friday filed a preliminary injunction that seeks to allow their...
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Kentucky clerk defies court order by rejecting gay marriage licenses
The ACLU of Kentucky on Tuesday filed motions with U.S. District Judge David Bunning seeking to hold Rowan County (Ky.) Clerk Kim Davis in contempt...
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Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce LGBT nondiscrimination bill
A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday introduced House and Senate versions of a bill that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people in employment,...
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6th Circuit rejects county clerk’s request for a stay
A three-judge panel on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion by lawyers for Rowan County (Ky.) Clerk Kim Davis to stay...
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The Soft Idiocy of Low Expectations
As our extended election season grows ever sillier, we all need to consider how we got here
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Mormon Church will continue chartering Boy Scout troops
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday announced in a news release that it would continue to charter Boy Scouts of America (BSA)...
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Black Lives Matter’s Trans Liberation Tuesday stops traffic
Dozens of demonstrators attending a Black Lives Matter “Trans Liberation Tuesday” protest in D.C.’s Franklin Square blocked traffic in the middle of a busy downtown intersection...
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Rentboy.com shut down by Feds after raid; UPDATE: Task Force responds
Staffers arrested on charges of promoting prostitution across state lines
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Duke incoming freshmen refuse to read lesbian graphic novel
Apparently, “trigger warnings” aren’t just for liberals anymore. Now, some conservative-leaning students from Duke University’s incoming freshmen class have balked at reading the university’s recommended summer reading...
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Maryland AG issues guidance against police profiling
After months of protest over police brutality and issues surrounding racial profiling, most notably through demonstrations and riots in Baltimore following the death of Freddie...
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Gay men detail Islamic State anti-gay brutality in U.N. testimony
Two gay men who fled their home countries after Islamic State militants seized control of their hometowns shared the gruesome details of anti-gay persecution and...
