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EQCA Should Be Spanked, Yet Again…

Let me just say, with utmost confidence, that EQCA’s decision to conduct Town Hall Meetings to discuss the relevance of organizing a voter referendum to install a ballot measure which will repeal California’s Proposition 8 (which is currently still in the jurisdiction of the highest courts in the state) is the crowning of the self-destruction […]

NYT: Fit To Rule On Prop 8

Shortly after Judge Walker made his historic decision in the California Prop 8 case, there was an uproar when his sexuality was disclosed. Those supporting Prop 8 came out saying that since he’s apparently gay, how can he be impartial in the case? It went away for a while then came back when Walker came

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BREAKING NEWS: Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Operation

Courtesy Huffington Post Osama Bin Laden has been killed, through a U.S. military operation. Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama will announce, according to multiple television networks. DEVELOPING… Authorities around the world are now gearing up with increased security, concerned about the backlash from terrorists…

GetEQUAL: Tony Perkins Is Right

Dear friends, Well, it finally happened. Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins finally got something right. In a recent press release, Tony got all hot and bothered that GetEQUAL DC organizers decided to call out Bancroft PLLC — the bigoted and discriminatory law firm that has taken up the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case —

England Tribunal Rejects Catholic Gay Adoption Appeal

England: Catholic Cares, a Catholic run adoption service agency, just lost what might be a landmark appeal regarding their right to discriminate. The agency, run by the Diocese of Leeds, maintains that it shouldn’t have to consider same-sex couples. The organization has been fighting for an exemption to current equal rights laws since 2009. According

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King & Spaulding Drop DOMA Case

King & Spaulding, the legal firm that had agreed to take up the defense of DOMA in federal courts, has backed out of the deal with Congress. “Today the firm filed a motion to withdraw from its engagement to represent the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives on the constitutional issues regarding