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Next Step In The Prop 8 Case to arrive this month

The Supreme Court docket page for Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Prop 8 case, has a new notice that the case has been “DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.” The September 24 conference is the first time this term that the Justices will meet privately and look at petitions for certiorari to decide which cases they will accept

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Romney Campaign Chair: Same-Sex Marriage Too “Complicated” To Discuss

Romney campaign chair John Sununu sat down for a radio interview with Michelangelo Signorile yesterday, but was apparently unprepared to discuss the Republican Party’s platform. When he was informed that it called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage — which Mitt Romney supports — Sununu was at a loss for words, explaining the issue is “much

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GOP 2012 Platform: 9 Shocking Anti LGBT Planks in the Republican Plan for America

The Republican Party just ceded much political clout to extreme right-wing forces, and formalized new goals to oppress LGBT citizens via its official party platform. Even before the vote, evangelical Christian Dominionists from anti-LGBT hate groups were bragging how their Family Research Council wrote key planks of the platform which was adopted on August 28

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Log Cabin Republicans: GOP Platform is “Ugly and Harmful”

The Log Cabin Republicans believed their presence at this year’s GOP national convention would help move their party toward equality. They, as many predicted, were wrong, because the Republican platform is just as discriminatory and hateful as ever. “The platform affirms the rights of states and the federal government not to recognize same-sex marriage,” reads

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Bill to Protect Religious Institutions From Performing Same-Sex Weddings Passes Assembly

Flying in the face of the conservative right’s  anti-same-sex marriage argument is proof that the proponents of same-sex marriage are delighted to legislate “security” for those who purport to fear that same-sex marriage could impact their right to practice their religious beliefs in freedom.  Today in Sacramento legislation that protects the religious freedom of clergy

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Dad protects son from bullies by wearing a skirt

Nils Pickert’s 5-year-old son likes wearing dresses. If anyone thinks that’s odd they can take it up with Nils. He’s the guy in the skirt. The German dad has become a role model not only for his son, but for parents around the world, after a photograph of the pair holding hands in red skirts

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10 Celebrities Avoiding the Altar Until Same-Sex Marriage is Legal

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, who just happen to have a new movie coming out, told CNN this week that they wouldn’t get married until their gay costars friends could. That’s very sweet, dears, but don’t wait on our account. We’re trying to get more people married, not less. The stars of Hit and Run

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Shocker: David Koch Supports Marriage Equality

Although David Koch and his brother Charles are spending millions to elect Republican candidates, David has a significant difference with the party. Billionaire businessman David Koch, who with his brother Howard is spending millions to elect Republican candidates, made a shocking statement today: He supports marriage equality. This means Koch differs in a major way

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GOProud’s Jimmy LaSalvia: Gays Need Jobs Before They Can Marry

  Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of gay GOP group GOProud, has said his group backs Mitt Romney because gay people need jobs before they can marry. GOProud was the first gay conservative group to endorse Romney for president. The GOP candidate opposes recognizing gay and lesbian couples with either civil unions or marriage. The group’s