Wednesday, February 29, 2012
One Million Moms Threatens to Boycott Toys ‘R’ Us for Carrying Archie Comics
One Million Moms Threatens to Boycott Toys ‘R’ Us for Carrying Archie Comics: pIf you need any more proof that conservatives don’t just want to protect their own kids from material they find objectionable, they don’t want anyone to have any access to it, ever, check out the One Million Moms freakout over Archie Comics at Toys ‘R’ Us. They’re writing to the chain: As a mother and [...]/p
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Gov. McDonnell Says Marriage Equality Should Be Left To The States, But Claims Gays Make Inferior Parents
Gov. McDonnell Says Marriage Equality Should Be Left To The States, But Claims Gays Make Inferior Parents: pVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) said that he respected Maryland’s right to decide the issue of marriage equality, just one day after that state passed legislation same-sex marriage. “The beauty of our regulators under the 10th amendment…is that states are the laboratories are democracy and innovation and they have the freedom to make different choices,” [...]/p
Arlen Specter: Santorum Is Too Anti-Gay To Be President
Arlen Specter: Santorum Is Too Anti-Gay To Be President: pFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said he would not support his former colleague Rick Santorum in his bid for the presidency, claiming that Santorum’s view on gay people and women are too extreme to “represent America.” “When you have Senator Santorum’s views, so far to the right, with his attitude on women in the workplace [...]/p
Thursday, February 23, 2012
TX GOP Senate Candidate Craig James Claims That Being Gay Is A Choice That Will Be Punished By God
TX GOP Senate Candidate Craig James Claims That Being Gay Is A Choice That Will Be Punished By God: pTexas Republican senate candidates Craig James, a former NFL player, and Ted Cruz went after former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert (R) for marching in a gay pride parade during a debate yesterday in an effort to portray Leppert as “pro-gay” and out of touch with conservative values. Both men pledged to stay away from gay [...]/p
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Loses Her Hair Stylist Over Gay Marriage Opposition
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Loses Her Hair Stylist Over Gay Marriage Opposition: pAn openly-gay hair stylist in New Mexico is protesting Gov. Susana Martinez’s (R) opposition to same-sex marriage by refusing to style her hair unless she changes her position on the issue. KOB Eyewitness News 4 reports that Antonio Darden, “a popular stylist who runs Antonio’s Hair Studio in Santa Fe, said he cut Martinez’ hair [...]/p
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Santorum: The Democratic Party Is About ‘Homosexuality’
Santorum: The Democratic Party Is About ‘Homosexuality’: pDuring a 2008 “Press & People of Faith in Politics” forum, Rick Santorum described to the Democratic Party as “the party of Woodstock,” and accused lawmakers of “prey[ing] upon our most basic primal lusts.” Asked to name a couple of words he’d heard attached to religion and politics in his years in the Senate, Santorum [...]/p
Monday, February 20, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Local News Investigates The ‘Hidden Crisis’: Kids Put Out ‘Like Trash’ Just For Being Gay
Local News Investigates The ‘Hidden Crisis’: Kids Put Out ‘Like Trash’ Just For Being Gay: pThere are approximately 1.6 million to 2.8 million homeless young people in the United States and a disproportionate number — 20 to 40 percent — are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. LGBT youth often run away from home because of family conflict and then “face overt discrimination when seeking alternative housing, which is compounded by [...]/p
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Pelosi: Democratic Party Should Come Out For Full Marriage Equality
Pelosi: Democratic Party Should Come Out For Full Marriage Equality: pHouse Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) — a long time supporter of the LGBT community and proponent of marriage equality — is calling on the Democratic party to include marriage rights for gays and lesbians in its 2012 party platform, Metro Weekly’s Chris Geidner reports. Pelosi’s backing comes in response to Freedom to Marry’s new [...]/p
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
BREAKING: Washington Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill
BREAKING: Washington Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill: pGov. Chris Gregoire (D-WA) was visibly emotional as she signed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington, making the Evergreen State the seventh in the nation to offer marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. Suporters cheered “thank you, thank you” as Sen. Ed Murray (D) — a sponsor of the measure — introduced Gregoire and [...]/p
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 09, 2012
JC Penney CEO: ‘Ellen Represents The Values Of Our Company’
JC Penney CEO: ‘Ellen Represents The Values Of Our Company’: pJC Penney CEO Ron Johnson spoke out this morning in defense of the company’s new partnership with Ellen DeGeneres. The conservative group One Million Moms has called for a boycott against the store for “jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon,” but both JC Penney and DeGeneres have defended the partnership. Johnson told CBS News that he [...]/p
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Monday, February 06, 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Santorum To Gay Man: You Don’t Deserve ‘Privilege’ Of Marriage Because Gay Unions Don’t ‘Benefit Society’
Santorum To Gay Man: You Don’t Deserve ‘Privilege’ Of Marriage Because Gay Unions Don’t ‘Benefit Society’: pRick Santorum told a gay man in Fulton, Missouri Friday afternoon that he didn’t deserve the “privilege” of marriage because his same-sex relationship does not “benefit” society in the same way that opposite-sex marriage does. Marriage, Santorum explained is an “intrinsic good” in which gay and lesbian people should not be allowed to partake in: [...]/p
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)