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Stewart Analyzes The Evolution Of Fox News' Gay Rights Coverage

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - May. 11 (Comedy News) - This issue is just racism 2.0 and it aligns perfectly with the GOP agenda of rich white males. Justtheobvious: This issue is just racism 2.0 and it aligns perfectly Bingo ! They already have the middle class and poor on their 'fiscal' oppression list. So

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Billionaire Bigot Bankrolling Mitt Romney

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Kos - Feb. 19 (Opinion) - In a column sure to rain lawsuit threats down upon him, Glenn Greenwald exposes many of the scandals surrounding Mitt Romney's national finance co-chair, Idahoan Frank VanderSloot. VanderSloot is a billionaire whose deep pockets have funded no small number of Idaho's political figures. As Greenwald details, his business practices have drawn plenty of unwanted attention, as has his involvement in numerous far-right causes, particularly his anti-gay activism, including running a billboard campaign against Idaho Public Television for running a documentary about teachers talking about lesbian and gay issues in age-appropriate ways. His wife, Belinda, donated $100,000 to California's Prop 8 campaign.

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Jon Stewart Mocks Barney Frank's Retirement Coverage On Fox News (VIDEO)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Katla McGlynn, Jon Stewart - Nov. 30 (Comedy News) - After nearly three decades of serving Massachusetts' 4th congressional district, Democratic U.S. Representative Barney Frank announced Monday that he will not be seeking re-election in 2012. On Tuesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart bid farewell to him the only way he knows how: with clips of absurd reactions from the GOP.

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Stewart & Seinfeld Mock Marcus Bachmann's Gay Repression Therapy

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By The Huffington Post - Jul. 14 (Comedy News) - Comedians are obviously starting to take note of Michele Bachmann's husband Dr. Marcus Bachmann and his controversial gay repression therapy clinic. As Jon Stewart proved...

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New York State Moves Toward Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 20 (Interview) - This week, New York may become the sixth and most populous state to legalize gay marriage. Supporters of LGBT rights say the significance of such a large state joining Utah and four New England states could help turn the tide on the issue. “It would be a huge historic day for equality,” notes our guest, openly gay Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald. But he says it would not convince him to return to live in New York because the federal government will continue to deny benefits, even to legally married couples in these states, as a result of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which remains in effect. [includes rush transcript]

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The Executive Power Grab in the Decision Not to Defend DOMA

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Volokh Conspiracy - By Orin Kerr - Feb. 23 (Opinion) - I can understand the intense political pressure on the Obama Administration not to defend DOMA. Presumably Obama and pretty much every significant lawyer in the Obama Administration opposes DOMA, whether or not they can take that position on the record. For what it’s worth, I oppose it, too. At the same time, I worry that the decision may have serious long-term effects on the role of the executive branch and executive power. In this post, I want to explain my concerns, and then I’ll open it up for reader comments on whether my concerns are justified.

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SPLC’s Anti-Gay Hate List Compiled With Diligence and Clear Standards

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Southern Poverty Law Center - By Richard Cohen - Dec. 23 (Press Release) - We detailed clearly the criteria we used for identifying an organization as an anti-gay hate group: “[T]heir propagation of known falsehoods – claims about LGBT people that have been thoroughly discredited by scientific authorities – and repeated, groundless name-calling.” By “known falsehoods,” we mean such things as asserting that homosexuals are more disposed to molesting children than heterosexuals – which the overwhelming weight of credible scientific research has determined is patently untrue. Nowhere in our report do we equate taking a position against same-sex marriage with hate speech.

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2010: The Year In Crazy, Pt. 1

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

This Modern World - By Tom Tomorrow - Dec. 21 (Cartoon) - An incomplete and subjective look at the year in crazy.

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Keith Olbermann's Tax Cut Special Comment: Obama 'Goddamned Wrong' On Deal, Betrayed His Base (VIDEO)

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jack Mirkinson, Keith Olbermann - Dec. 08 (Opinion) - Keith Olbermann tore into President Obama over his tax cut compromise, calling him "goddamned wrong" and accusing the president of betraying his base. Olbermann called the compromise, which the New York Times has reported will mostly benefit the wealthy and actually raise taxes on the poor, a "searing and transcendent capitulation," saying that Obama had "bowed" to the rich by accepting tax cuts that will bring no benefit to the economy.

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DADT No More? Republicans Threaten To Block All Dem Initiatives

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Talking Points Memo - By Brian Beutler - Dec. 01 (Opinion) - Just hours after Democrats and Republicans agreed to bargain on tax cuts, and fewer hours still after Defense Secretary Robert Gates implored Congress to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell this year, word leaked that Republicans aren't really interested in any of it -- a major repudiation of his authority.

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Stewart RIPS John & Cindy McCain's Ever-Evolving Stances On DADT (VIDEO)

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Katla McGlynn - Nov. 16 (Comedy News) - "It's the 'maverick' way. Spend a year studying whether or not soldiers deserve full civil rights, and a half-an-hour deciding who will be your presidential running mate."

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Arkansas School Board Member Wants ‘Fags’ To ‘Commit Suicide’ And To ‘Give Each Other AIDS And Die’

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Tanya Somanader - Oct. 28 (Opinion) - Despite a chorus of support, GLAAD’s anti-bullying message is falling on deaf ears in Arkansas. Specifically, the ears of Arkansas District School board member Clint McCance. In response to GLAAD’s appeal to wear purple, McCance, an elected member of the Midland school board, unleashed a tirade of anti-gay bigotry on his facebook page. In a series of posts, McCance actually encourages “fags” and “queers” to kill themselves and says that, if his kids were gay, he’d “run them off.“

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Colbert Mocks GOP Candidates For Comparing Gays To Alcoholics, Short People (VIDEO)

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Katla McGlynn - Oct. 26 (Comedy News) - Stephen Colbert returned to the "Report" last night and got right down to business talking about the midterm elections, focusing on what some Conservative candidates have been saying about homosexuality on the campaign trail. Massachusetts Republican Sean Bielat, who is challenging 15-year Democratic congressman Barney Frank in that state, recently compared homosexuals to short people while arguing for Don't Ask Don't Tell. He asked why gays protest DADT but "where are the short guys standing in front of the White House?" because people under 5'2" are not allowed to serve either. Colbert comp

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Sachs: It gets better, but no thanks to you, President Obama

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Emma Ruby - Oct. 25 (Opinion) - Recently, the President of the United States released a video as part of the It Gets Better series that spoke to the trials of bullying and the importance of reaching out for help. The problem is, young gay kids -- the target of It Gets Better -- are learning about their worthlessness from the actions of the President's office. One important way kids might learn that being a fa**ot is way worse than being the kid who can't kick a soccer ball, is that their President is telling them being gay is reason enough to get kicked out of the army

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Does Opposing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Bolster US Militarism? A Debate with Lt. Dan Choi and Queer Activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Dan Choi, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Amy Goodman - Oct. 22 (Interview) - We host a debate on whether the queer rights movement should be focused on repealing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell law between Lt. Dan Choi and queer antiwar activist and writer Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. Celebrating the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Sycamore says, only makes progressive movements in the US complicit with American wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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With New Limits, US Military Reinstates "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Oct. 22 (Interview) - The military's seventeen-year-old ban on openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people from joining the US military is back on the books. But based on a new directive, only five senior military officials will be able to discharge service members for violating the policy. The change makes it harder for the military to remove openly gay troops. We speak to one of the most vocal critics of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Lt. Dan Choi, who this week filed papers to re-enlist after being discharged earlier this year.

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Anti-Gay Fervor in Uganda Tied to Right-Wing U.S. Evangelicals

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - Oct. 21 () - Human rights activists in Uganda are warning that the lives of gay people are in danger after a newspaper published a front-page story featuring the names and photographs of what it called Uganda's 100 "top" gays and lesbians alongside a yellow banner that read "Hang Them." We look at the ties of the anti-gay movement in Uganda to the far-right evangelical movement here in the United States with Jeff Sharlet, author of _C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy_.

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Combating Gay Teen Suicide: What Parents Can Do

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Dr. Harold Koplewicz - Oct. 14 (Opinion) - Over the past few weeks it has been impossible to miss the flood of news stories about gay teens ending their own lives after enduring anti-gay bullying. Eighteen-year-old Tyler Clementi, 15-year-old Billy Lucas, and 13-year-olds Asher Brown and Seth Walsh were living in different corners of America -- New Jersey, Indiana, Texas, and California -- but each of them was subjected to the same kind of intolerance and cruelty, which included callous disregard for their online privacy.

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While Celebrating Halt to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", Gay Rights Movement Confronts Teen Suicides, Homophobic Electioneering, and Violent Attacks

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Richard Kim - Oct. 13 (Interview) - The Nation's Richard Kim joins us to discuss some of the major issues facing the gay rights movement in America today, including Tuesday's decision by a federal judge to end the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy; the surge in gay teenagers committing suicide; the homophobic remarks of politicians ahead of the mid-term elections; and the recent brutal beatings and torture of three New York men because of their sexuality.

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Obama DOJ On The Wrong Side Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MyDD - By Andre Walker - Sep. 26 (Opinion) - The end game here is not, as the White House puts it, a "legislative repeal of DADT." The goal is a complete repeal of DADT, regardless of how that repeal may come about.

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In Landmark Ruling, Judge Rules 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Policy is Unconstitutional

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Urvashi Vaid, Amy Goodman - Sep. 10 (Interview) - A federal judge has ruled the military's “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gay and lesbian members of the military is unconstitutional. Judge Virginia Phillips said she will issue an injunction that will halt the enforcement of the policy that allows gay men and lesbian to serve in the armed forces, as long as they do not disclose their orientation and do not engage in homosexual acts.[includes rush transcript]

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DADT Win Can't Save Log Cabin Republicans

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Emma Ruby-Sachs - Sep. 10 (Opinion) - Anyone who believes in equality and also had to sit through John McCain rhapsodizing about heterosexual marriage and family values during the last election, cringes at the thought of Log Cabin Republicans. They support a party that doesn't support their equal treatment under the law. Despite claims to work within the party for socially progressive change, lending any support to Republicans in this day and age simply undermines equal rights and constitutional protections in this country.

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In Atlanta, a two-faced NOM: songs of unity while trashing same-sex families

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Freedom To Marry - By Arisha Michelle Hatch - Aug. 07 (Opinion) - We arrived here in Atlanta curious about what direction NOM would go today. Our arrival came on the heels of NOM refusing to allow us or openly affectionate same-sex couples into their rally in St. Louis, MO- having the police act as bouncers forced to make value judgments about the “right kind of people” to be allowed in.

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Iraq War Vet Dan Choi Discharged Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Dan Choi - Aug. 04 (Interview) - "I have no resentment, I have no regret, to anybody in the military. This is clearly a failure of our government. We all know that America’s promises are not manifest yet, so long as gay or transgender people are getting kicked out of their workplaces, fired for telling the truth or expressing who they are." -Lt. Dan Choi

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Elena Kagan Is Not Gay

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Nation - By Richard Kim - May. 11 (Opinion) - Richard Kim on why Elena Kagan is not gay--and why it shouldn't matter.

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