News + Politics
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Southeast Man found Guilty in Gay Shooting
On Tuesday, March 1, a D.C. Superior Court found 21-year-old D.C. resident Antwan Holcomb guilty of first-degree murder while armed in the 2009 shooting homicide...
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Supreme Court Upholds Westboro Baptist Church Members’ Right to Picket Funerals
Although the U.S. Supreme Court today noted that “Westboro ’s choice of where and when to conduct its picketing is not beyond the Government’s...
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Extensive New Report “Follows the Money” of LGBT Orgs
Today, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) is releasing what it calls “a comprehensive look at the finances of 39 leading national LGBT organizations.” The participant...
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Anti-gay New Orleans preacher arrested for masturbating near playground
”That Friday I was reclined in the chair in the van, and I had opened my pants and I had my hand in my underwear…....
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Illinois court rules that anti-gay T-shirts are OK
”A school that permits advocacy of the rights of homosexual students cannot be allowed to stifle criticism of homosexuality…. People in our society do not have...
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Palin’s Attempt to Weigh In On DOMA Move Falls Flat
The latest from Sarah Palin, a response to the National Organization for Marriage about President Obama’s decision not to defend Section 3 of the Defense...
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White House Sets Anti-Bullying Conference for March 10
In a conference call with reporters today, White House Deputy Communications Director Jen Psaki said that next Thursday, Mar. 10, the White House will hold...
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Maryland Marriage Vote Delayed in House Committee
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote on House Bill 175, the House version of the marriage bill which was approved on the Senate...
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NYC Rush-Hour Warning: “NY DEMANDS MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW!”
Metro Weekly has received a media advisory that on Tuesday morning, Mar. 1, “Queer Rising Will Block Traffic in Midtown Manhattan to Demand Marriage Equality.”...
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More DOMA Fallout: DOJ Tackles How DOMA Decision Impacts Judicial Benefits Case
The Department of Justice filed its response today to an inquiry from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California about the case...
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Boehner Would Be “Very Surprised” If House Doesn’t Mount DOMA Defense
In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) sounded very much like a man planning on spearheading a defense...
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Newt Gingrich calls on Congress to force President Obama to uphold anti-gay marriage law; discusses impeachment
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House and current Republican Presidential candidate, spoke with Newsmaxx about the White House’s recent decision to stop defending...
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Texas school superintendent: Cancel all club meetings to circumvent new Gay-Straight Alliance
”They’d rather get rid of all organizations rather than to allow this one to start? Wow,…. If she’s not going to allow any other clubs...
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Lady Gaga gives birth in video celebrating sci-fi motherhood, new race of humanity [video]
Lady Gaga, the self-designated ”Mother Monster” of pop music, released her latest video today. It is not the ”gay anthem” that many had expected, but...
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Maryland Marriage Opponents Gearing Up for a Referendum
Immediately following the Thursday, Feb. 24 passage of a bill on Maryland’s Senate floor that would grant same-sex couples in the state legal marriage recognition,...
