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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

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Republicans in Texas Work To Reverse Trans Ruling

I used to say “What’s wrong with Texas?” since the conservative landscape there is hard to take. Now, unfortunately, I tend to say that about the whole country, as we continue to slip farther and farther back in time and logic. But Texas is heading up the pack again. Now, Republicans (who else?) there are

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California Moves Forward, Tennessee Steps Back

Just as California sits on the edge of becoming the first state in the country which will mandate the inclusion of LGBT Americans and their contributions during school history classes, Tennessee is heading in the opposite direction. A bill, the so called Don’t Say Gay Bill will make it illegal to discuss any sexuality with