News + Politics
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Wolfson Wants Santorum “To Start Cleaning Up” His “Mess”
David Corn’s Stephanie Mencimer’s “Scrubbing Santorum” from the new issue of Mother Jones started making the rounds today and led to news of an offer...
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Montana Tea Party president removed after alleged Matthew Shepard “joke”
Tim Ravndal: “Marriage is between a man and a woman period! By giving rights to those otherwise would be a violation of the constitution and...
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The New Yorker Goes To C Street … Without a Map
If you don’t follow Jim Burroway and the work of the folks at Box Turtle Bulletin on Uganda’s anti-gay activity — most notably the proposed...
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Gay DC Councilman, Jim Graham, attacked by anonymous, anti-abortion robocalls
“Jim Graham paid for an abortion for his male companion’s chief of staff’s girlfriend. It’s no secret, as reported by a local newspaper. Paying to...
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More “Kookaburra” controversy as school principal removes song’s “gay” reference
”All I was doing, relatively innocently, was substituting one word because I knew if we sing ‘Gay your life must be’ the kids will roll...
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Students protest Catholic school that forced out lesbian dean after legal marriage [video]
”She undertook activities this past summer, regardless of what those activities are quite frankly, that were violation to an agreement she freely entered with the...
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Holiday Weekends Require Attention-Grabbing News Releases
Sarah Palin responded — without mentioning the article by name — to the overwhelmingly negative Vanity Fair article by Michael Joseph Gross detailing the former...
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Post Endorses NOM’s Nom in Ward 5 Council Race
From The Washington Post editorial board: In Ward 5, first-term council member Harry Thomas Jr. is facing challenges from Kenyan McDuffie, Delano Hunter and Tracey...
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Logo’s new “The A-List” promo draws strong reactions from gay TV watchers [video]
Episode 1: “Houswives with Balls” is how the Logo TV Channel describes it’s upcoming reality TV show, “The A-List.” The show looks like it will...
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Upholding Texas Marriage Ban, Court Discounts Baker
An interesting side-note to come from the Texas appellate ruling on August 31 denying a Texas gay couple the ability to get a divorce —...
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Lone Star Slight
Although it hasn't gotten the attention given to Ted Olson and David Boies's challenge to California's Proposition 8 or the Gay & Lesbian Advocates &...
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An Unwelcome Addition
In one of my all-time favorite movies, Magnolia, multiple characters reflect on the mistakes and miscues of their past with the saying, ''We may be...
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Mending Mehlman
When news broke last week that former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman had announced he is gay in an interview with Marc Ambinder in...
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Feeling the Heat
Sgt. Carlos Mejia of the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Liaison Unit (SLU), which includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), spoke to a crowd...
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Margaret Cho to appear on ”Dancing with the Stars” with surprising competitors
”I’m so excited to be doing Dancing With The Stars, but I’ve got a lot to learn. I’ve got some mean stripper moves and I...
