News + Politics
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Man must marry in order to preserve son’s inheritance
“Requiring a gay man to marry a woman… to ensure his child’s bequest is tantamount to expecting him either to live in celibacy, or to...
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GOP Platform Could Support “Dignity and Respect” of All Americans
A subcommittee tasked with drafting the language for the Republican Party’s national platform approved inclusive language earlier today that could be seen as an attempt...
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Maryland Pro-Marriage Forces Begin Fall Campaign Leg
It's officially in ink, and headed to a voting booth near you come November. The Maryland State Board of Elections on Aug. 20 released the...
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Perkins Extends Blame to Obama for Shooting
During an interview today with Rick Santorum on FRC’s Washington Watch Weekly radio show, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins extended blame for Wednesday’s shooting...
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Young Conservatives Urge GOP To Support Marriage Equality as Log Cabin Nears Endorsement
A group of young conservatives urged the platform-drafting committee for the Republican National Committee to endorse marriage equality in a letter sent earlier this week....
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Anti-gay slogans on display at FRC’s press conference claiming they are not a “hate group”
One day after a Virginia man is alleged to have shot a security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the anti-gay Family Research Council,...
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Shooting Shocks D.C.'s LGBT and Political Worlds
A security guard was shot inside the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a politically...
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Case Against Suspects in Howard Theatre Stabbing Moves Forward
Three co-defendants accused of stabbing a 16-year-old male three times while yelling homophobic slurs at him in front of the Howard Theatre appeared in D.C....
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UPDATED: FRC Blames SPLC for Wednesday Shooting
At a press conference today, the Family Research Council laid blame for yesterday's shooting of a security guard directly with the rhetoric of the Southern...
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Suspected FRC Shooter Arraigned, Held Without Bond
A Virginia man who volunteered at The DC Center, Washington's LGBT community center, faces federal and local charges after allegedly shooting a security guard at...
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UPDATED: Security Guard For Conservative Group Shot, Motivation Unknown
A security guard was shot inside the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington on Wednesday morning. According to a spokesman for the Metropolitan...
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Ian Thorpe won’t answer directly if he’s gay or not, but he ticks all the boxes.
“I tick all the boxes. There is no way I can answer this. It really has just got to the stage when I say, ‘whatever.’...
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Gay Candidates Advance After Primary Wins
Four gay candidates claimed victory last night in a series of primary wins in Wisconsin and Florida. In Wisconsin’s congressional Democratic primary, state Rep. Mark...
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Let's Take a Break from Chick-fil-A
I'm sure everyone had the same thought as I did this weekend upon hearing the news that New York City tabloids were splashing a picture...
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Paul Ryan's Parasites
The 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged is a grandiosity in service of an ideology, rather like the Mormon temple in Silver Spring that inspired jokesters to...
