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Tomorrow: Fresno Marriage Action 2013

Unmarried same-sex couples who wish to marry and all who support them are invited to attend this important annual event!This is an annual, National event happening in cities across the nation during Freedom to Marry Week!What will happen:We’ll meet at the Fresno County Clerk’s office at 12pm noon and unmarried same-sex couples will ask for […]

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The Kinsey Sicks – America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet

Guaranteed night of laughter and fun!With a phenomenal performance record that includes an Off-Broadway show, an extended run in Vegas, two feature films, seven albums and appearances throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia, the Kinsey Sicks hardly need an introduction. For over 16 years America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet has served up a

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Anti Equality Group Running Out of Money

According to Reuters, Protect Marriage ran a huge shortfall in 2011: ProtectMarriage.com, the advocacy group defending a California gay marriage ban now under review by the high court, showed a $2 million deficit in its legal fund at the end of 2011 – the third year in a row that expenses exceeded donations, federal tax

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The Family Research Council Files DOMA, Prop 8 Briefs

Joe.my.God is reporting that the FRC has now filed its brief with the US Supreme Court on the DOMA case. One spurious claim – DOMA did not intend to discriminate against gays: Even assuming, for purposes of disparate impact analysis, that sexual orientation is to be treated in the same manner as race or gender

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New Supreme Court Amicus Briefs Filed in DOMA/Prop 8 Cases, Rally Updates

The Mormon Church is once again inserting itself into the fight over marriage equality, filing an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court urging the court to uphold DOMA. On Top Magazine reports: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act

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“I Trust The Constitution”

 “I trust the Constitution,” Edie Windsor told BuzzFeed reporter Chris Geidner in an interview for his recent profile of the 83-year-old whose lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act will be heard by the Supreme Court this March. “Sometimes there’s a mistake, but mostly we move forward. I think

Reparative therapy: ‘It is shocking that we are still shocking people!

It is shocking that we are still shocking people! Forty years ago, in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association announced that homosexuality was not a mental illness. “Conversion or Reparative therapy” has been rejected by the World Health Organization, the American Psychological Association and almost every other professional therapeutic group in America to date. When a

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‘Ex-Gay’ Writer and Advocate Caught on Grindr

A man who has written about and advocated using religion to stop same-sex attraction was discovered to be using the gay hookup app Grindr. Christian Post blogger Matt Moore was first spotted on Grindr by Huffington Post blogger Zinnia Jones, who received a tip from a reader of her page atFreethought Blogs. Moore eventually confirmed that it was his

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Conservative Christians – It’s OK to Evolve on Marriage Equality

In less than 24 hours after his appointment was announced, it was discovered that the Georgia megachurch pastor chosen to give the benediction at President Obama’s second inauguration preached antigay sermons over a decade ago. The Reverend Louie Giglio took quite a public lashing from progressives around the country and was quickly replaced by the