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2013-06-19 15:25:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"With the notion of marriage – an exclusive, emotional, binding ‘til death do you part’ tie – becoming more and more an exception to the rule given a rise in cohabitation and high rates of divorce, why should the federal government be telling adults who love one another that they cannot get married, simply because they happen to be gay? I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less."

2013-06-19 15:19:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-06-19 13:24:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-06-17 22:29:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Take the Pledge!

2013-06-17 22:24:53 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"This is the true path to ending the bullying and job discrimination, suicides and murders, homelessness, rejection and depression, which are all but symptoms of this horrible discrimination. We need to get to the root cause faster, because mothers rejecting their own children is barbaric, and children taking their own lives must end. So it is our duty as a movement to bring about a much bigger conversation, using our legislative organizing as a tool and not merely as an objective, to expedite and achieve not only legal protections but the social change of heart, completed already for many, but still lingering far too widely, because it is safely hidden under cover of political inaction we permit by not seeking full equality."

Amen to that!

2013-06-17 15:38:52 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-06-16 03:06:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

2013-06-16 03:01:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-06-15 21:37:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-06-14 15:53:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will sign on as the 50th co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Huffington Post‘s Jennifer Bendery reported yesterday, giving the bill a big boost in advance of a possible vote later this year."

2013-06-14 00:20:58 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Their hate knows no bounds.

"Today begins the Faith & Freedom Coalition‘s three-day “Road to Majority” conference, designed to bring millions of evangelicals to the polls next year. But hidden away in today’s agenda is a massive lobbying effort including hundreds of Tea Party evangelicals knocking on the doors of their U.S. Senators and Congressmen today, demanding a replacement law for what most expects to be a Supreme Court ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional."

2013-06-13 00:12:20 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Please consider signing this petition...

"Being kicked out of school for being gay would have been awful enough -- but Danielle’s nightmare didn’t end there. In addition to being expelled, school officials revoked her scholarships and are hounding her for $6000 in back due tuition for the final semester -- which she was never allowed to complete -- that her scholarships would have covered."

2013-06-12 22:11:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-06-12 12:21:03 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"The Family Research Council always screams that Christians are definitely not anti-gay, but instead are pro-family, pro-God, or pro-religious freedom. Somebody slipped up last night."

2013-06-11 03:53:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Californians, this one's for you!

2013-06-11 00:47:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

It's time for House Republicans to finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Sign your name today.

2013-06-08 22:10:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

"Gentle readers, I'm rerunning my annual Pride rant for the ninth year. I wrote this post in 2005 a couple of days after attending Pride here in NYC. In the following years I've reposted it in advance of the day in the hope of encouraging you to attend. This year it appears a week early because of a widely circulated article out of Los Angeles that is precisely what this post complains about. Have a wonderful Pride. Love each other."

2013-06-08 02:23:38 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

This also applies to Silent Moderates anywhere, and to the MSM:.

"Such self-promoting, willfully ignorant commentary is unworthy to be called political discourse. It is time that moderates openly engage in conversation to reject base politics of anti-gay and strip it of credibility."

2013-06-07 18:19:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-06-07 17:20:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"After the Supreme Court has spoken, there will be a lot of work ahead. If we want to chart our direction as a broad-based community rather than put our fate in the hands of an elite few, the Day of Decision will be the time to present our critical, public response to whatever the Court rules. It will also be the time to begin talking among ourselves about just what has happened and how to proceed."

2013-06-07 13:48:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

"So we must not forget that a legal victory does not equal immediate justice. When defeated in the open, ignorance and bigotry and hate go underground. Those who hate will plan attacks designed to put entire groups of people on notice. The fight is coming, and we had better be prepared."

2013-06-07 13:36:36 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

Cargill said Bachman and her like-minded colleagues use a strategy he calls "cherry picking" to appeal to their base.
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Anyone who argues that "the Bible speaks plainly on one issue, especially something as complicated as marriage ... haven't take the time to read all of it," he added.

2013-06-06 22:51:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-06-06 15:19:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-06-06 13:39:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

“According to numbers gathered by NoHomoPhobes.com, use of the inflammatory word faggot has risen dramatically over the past year, up from approximately 22,000 daily mentions to around 58,000, an increase of about 164 percent...”

2013-06-05 20:18:42 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

"The Australian Study of Child Health in Same-Sex Families is the world’s largest attempt to study how children raised by same-sex couples compare to children raised by heterosexual couples. According to a preliminary report on the study of 500 children across the country of Australia, these young people are not only thriving, but also have higher rates of family cohesion than other families..."

2013-06-05 20:02:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Please sign the petition:

"It's outrageous that the Senate would hold a hearing on military sexual assault without hearing from survivors themselves. The Senate must listen to the testimony of survivors and pass real reform that will take these cases out of the chain of command."

2013-06-05 17:19:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-06-05 15:48:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

"The survey also finds that acceptance of homosexuality is particularly widespread in countries where religion is less central in people’s lives. These are also among the richest countries in the world. In contrast, in poorer countries with high levels of religiosity, few believe homosexuality should be accepted by society."

2013-06-05 15:44:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

'All families deserve respect. All parents deserve support whether they're gay or straight. I want a government that doesn't discriminate, a government that doesn't try to use religion to define what makes us a family. And that's why I am one of the voices united for  the separation of church and state."

2013-06-05 15:30:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

'Last year, internal National Organization for Marriage (NOM) strategy documents were leaked, stating that the organization seeks "to drive a wedge between gays and blacks" by promoting "African American spokespeople for marriage," thus provoking same-sex marriage supporters into "denouncing these spokesmen and women as bigots," and "to interrupt the assimilation" of Latinos into "dominant Anglo culture" by making the stance against same-sex marriage "a key badge of Latino identity."

'Does this sound like social welfare to you?'

2013-06-04 17:09:54 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

"In essence, the defense argues that the defendant had the right to flip out and beat someone to a bloody pulp because he was afraid that the victim was coming onto him. (If this was a legitimate reason for killing someone, thousands of heterosexual men would be meeting their demise at the hands of women they hit on.)"

2013-06-04 02:17:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Brian Brown and his National Organization for Marriage have worked overtime to demonize the LGBT community and deny us our full equality for half a decade. They have steadfastly refused to reveal where all their millions and millions of dollars to do so come from. Thanks to the courage and tenacity of Maine officials we will finally find out."

2013-06-04 01:18:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-05-31 12:53:35 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 3 +1s)

"SB10, the marriage equality bill, appears on page 4 of today's calendar for the Illinois House of Representatives, suggesting that the chamber WILL take up the issue today at some point, though it's unclear when."

2013-05-30 00:47:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

I know this is old news by now, but anyway:

"The principle of equality for all, including for religious believers, is now established and they should stop wasting the time of the courts with these vexatious cases," Keith Porteous Wood told the Guardian.

2013-05-29 16:17:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-05-29 16:13:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

'I will hold my husband's hand in public, because to silence me is what they want.

'I will kiss him goodbye in the morning in the public square, because it is right.

'I will continue to wrap my arm around his shoulder so that someday the LGBT generations that come after me won't have to worry and ask themselves, as I do, "Is this safe?"'

2013-05-29 15:02:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

"Internal Audit Evicerates Regnerus Study"
"....Raise your hand if you think this will stop hate groups from citing the study."

2013-05-29 14:29:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Gotta wonder, with fear and trepidation, exactly what dark fantasies lurk in this man's mind...

'Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert envisions 17-year old gay Boy Scouts in tents sexually molesting 11-year old “new rookie” Boy Scouts. The Tea Party Congressman from Texas believes gay people are automatically pedophiles and unable to control sexual urges.'

2013-05-28 23:12:22 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

"Were all churches to actually drop their sponsorship of Scout troops, it would indeed decimate Scouting, leaving hundreds of thousands of young boys and teens with no troops to join. The American Family Association, a certified anti-gay hate group, seems to be intent on killing the Boy Scouts of America."

2013-05-26 01:10:52 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-05-25 23:55:37 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

"Yet both examples -- segregated lunch counters and housing discrimination against Jews -- represent a principle firmly held by a large segment of society less than one hundred years ago. Does the sincerity with which those beliefs were felt make them any less repulsive? Of course not. So why the rush to justify and defend those who demand that their anti-gay prejudice be accommodated? If you think there's a difference, then what you're saying is that homophobic bigotry is somehow nobler or more acceptable than racism and anti-Semitism. And that's appalling."

2013-05-25 23:34:17 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-25 23:29:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-25 23:21:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

“There remains essentially no room for independent thinking within the conservative movement,” Krugman wrote. “Being a good liberal doesn’t require that you believe, or pretend to believe, lots of things that almost certainly aren’t true; being a good conservative does,” he went on to say.

2013-05-25 21:41:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Four decades into conservative control of the Supreme Court (through the Burger, Rehnquist and Roberts Courts), and well into President Obama's second term, conservatives still promote the absurd story that the Supreme Court and judiciary are "liberal." We must do everything we can to correct the record and dispel the lingering false impressions left by decades of strategic disinformation."

2013-05-25 21:34:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Sign Environmental Action's petition demanding Congress quit acting like crazy people and take action to stop climate change.

2013-05-25 17:08:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-23 15:10:44 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Sign your name if you want to protect students from doubling interest rates.