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Why Do Conservatives Fear Gay Marriage?

Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:16 pm PDT

Since President Obama's recent endorsement of gay marriage, and the ensuing backlash from the Right, a question has been bugging me... Just why do many people - particularly religious conservatives - fear gay marriage, especially when they seem willing to at least tolerate the legality of gay behavior? I realize that ...

Gay Marriage, Homophobia, Irrationality

Video: Obama on 'The View'

Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:56 am PDT

Here's the President on ABC's 'The View' this morning, talking about Joe Biden, gay marriage, and what's going to be important in the election. YouTube Video

President Obama, The View, Joe Biden, Gay Marriage

Gay Rights: The Arc of Justice Is Clear

Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm PDT

Not one, but two new national polls show that Americans are increasingly comfortable with same-sex relationships and unions: CBS News/New York Times Poll: Most Americans Support Same-Sex Unions: Overall, 38 percent of those who responded to the survey said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, just like any other couple. ...

Poll, Gallup, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Makes the GOP's Reactionary Agenda Very Clear

Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:49 am PDT

MSNBC Video Reince Priebus says the official position of the Republican Party is that gays and lesbians should not be allowed to marry, they do not see it as a civil rights issue, and what's more, they want a constitutional amendment to enshrine their bigotry as the law of the land, ...

Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Gay Marriage, Anti-Gay, Homophobia

Video: Chris Matthews and Barney Frank vs. Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins

Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:22 pm PDT

Religious right hate group leader Tony Perkins really gets grilled in this Chris Matthews segment. Perkins is usually treated by the media as a legitimate commentator on gay issues, and his bigoted caveman views are almost never properly addressed; kudos to Chris Matthews for this one. MSNBC Video

Chris Matthews, Tony Perkins, Barney Frank, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption, Bigotry, hate groups

Another Horrifying Deluge of Anti-Gay Hatred and Open Racism at Fox News

Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm PDT

This Fox News comment thread is headed for some kind of record. It's the ultimate firehose of hatred, now approaching 7,000 comments overflowing with homophobia and outright racism: Obama Backs Gay Marriage, Answering Speculation on 'Evolving' Position | Fox News. WARNING: extreme hate speech. The comments are pouring in too fast ...

Fox News, Homophobia, Anti-Gay, Racism, President Obama, Gay Marriage, Hate Speech

Obama Expected to Make Statement on Gay Marriage - Update: Now Supports Same Sex Marriage

Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:27 am PDT

The buzz today is that President Obama is expected to make a statement about gay marriage, in an interview with ABC News (that has apparently already been concluded). We're keeping an eye on ABCNews.com for any word; they're reportedly going to release some video clips within an hour. UPDATE at 5/9/12 11:59:20 ...

President Obama, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, North Carolina

50% of Americans Support Gay Marriage, but Only 22% of Republicans

Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:44 am PDT

The latest Gallup poll finds that 50% of Americans are in favor of legalizing gay marriage. That number would be much higher, but the reactionary right wing is pulling down the curve. PRINCETON, NJ -- Fifty percent of Americans believe same-sex marriages should be recognized by law as valid, with the ...

Gallup Poll, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Republican Party

Breaking: CA Appeals Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage is Unconstitutional

Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:04 am PST

The Associated Press is reporting that the appeals court has ruled California's voter-approved ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, so we know what the next big right wing freak-out will be. UPDATE at 2/7/12 11:39:32 am Here's a link to the court's decision. Also see: Prop. 8: Gay-Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, Court Rules

California, Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights

Komen VP Karen Handel: I'd Outlaw Gay Adoptions

Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:54 pm PST

The ideological bent of Komen Foundation public policy VP Karen Handel really becomes clear in this 2010 interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the topic of gay marriage and adoption, in which she says she favors outlawing gay adoptions: Handel Says Gay Parents Not as 'Legitimate' as Hetero Ones. Q: ...

Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen, Breast Cancer, Abortion, Right Wing, Religious Right, Karen Handel, Gay Marriage, Adoption, Anti-Gay

Santorum: One Criminal Father is Better Than Two Mommies

Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:06 pm PST

Wow, Rick. You don't seriously believe that having a convicted criminal for a father is better for children than having two parents of the same sex, do you? MANCHESTER, N.H. -- For the second time in as many days, Rick Santorum on Friday drew attention away from his efforts to ...

Rick Santorum, Anti-Gay, Gay Marriage, Homophobia, Religious Right

Santorum Booed in New Hampshire for Same Anti-Gay Argument That Got Him in Google Trouble

Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:15 pm PST

At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire today, the audience booed Rick Santorum when he answered a question about gay marriage by comparing it to polygamy. A college-age audience member at a town hall meeting in Concord asked Santorum "how you justify your belief based on these morals you ...

Rick Santorum, Anti-Gay, Gay Marriage, Spreading Santorum

Another Republican 'Family Values' Politician Quits Over Affair

Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 12:57 pm PST

Minnesota Senate majority leader Amy Koch has been a determined foe of same-sex marriage, pushing a state constitutional amendment to ban it outright. According to Koch and the other Republicans touting this amendment, its purpose is to "protect the sanctity of marriage." But Koch, like so many other "family values" GOP ...

Minnesota, Republican Party, Hypocrisy, Anti-Gay, Gay Marriage, Family Values

Video: Mitt Romney Encounters Gay Veteran

Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:00 pm PST

A video that's been making the rounds shows a gay veteran asking Mitt Romney about his position on gay marriage, and Romney's disturbingly robotic response: Video

Mitt Romney, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Veteran, Video

Yet Another Anti-Gay Gay Republican

Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:31 am PDT

Republican Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle recently voted for an amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage. And now he's the latest in a long line of anti-gay Republican politicians who turn out to be gay. Emails shared with The Indianapolis Star suggest that state Rep. Phillip Hinkle ...

Indiana, Hinkle, Anti-Gay, Homophobia, Gay Marriage, Hypocrisy, Scandal

New York Passes Gay Marriage Law

Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:24 am PDT

Congratulations to the New York Senate for taking a step into the modern world -- and especially to the Republicans who didn't cave in to pressure from the reactionary religious lobby, and instead did the right thing: New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law. The marriage ...

New York, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage

Gallup Poll: Majority of Americans Favor Legalizing Gay Marriage

Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:02 pm PDT

The tide is turning against the bad old religious fanatics of the Republican Party: For First Time, Majority of Americans Favor Legal Gay Marriage.

Gay Marriage, Republican Party, Poll

GOP Crazy of the Day: Gay Marriage is Like Inanimate Object Marriage

Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm PDT

You know that religious right talking point about gay marriage that goes, "Slippery slope! Where does it end? Marrying horses?" Well, the GOP's candidate for Lt. Governor of Wisconsin, Rebecca Kleefisch, takes it up a notch by comparing gay marriage to marrying a table. Or a clock. "We can't at this ...

Wisconsin, GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Homophobia, Bad Craziness, Gay Marriage, Religious Right

Coulter Speaks to Gay Republicans: 'You're Not Black'

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 1:56 pm PDT

The "gay Republican" is a weird chimera, trying to carve out a place in a political party fiercely committed to denying them civil rights. I'd like to wish them good luck, but this seems like the very definition of "wasted effort." And Ann Coulter's speech at GOProud's "Homocon" event is a ...

Republican Party, GOP, Extremism, Homophobia, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Ann Coulter, GOProud

Crack in the Far Right World

Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 6:27 pm PDT

A schism is developing in the far right religious world, dividing those who hate gays from those who don't hate gays enough: AFA: Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter Need To Hurry Up and Hate Gays Again.

Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Far Right, Homophobia, Gay Marriage, Bad Craziness

Gingrich: 'It Doesn't Matter What I Live'

Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:00 am PDT

John H. Richardson's profile of Newt Gingrich in Esquire Magazine includes this anecdote about Gingrich's former wife Marianne, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis shortly before Gingrich revealed to her that he was having an affair. She called a minister they both trusted. He came over to the house the ...

newt gingrich, Gay Marriage, Hypocrisy, Affair, Serial Philanderer

Video: Tony Perkins vs. David Boies

Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 9:07 pm PDT

Attorney David Boies faces off with the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, and shows him up for the ignorant bigot he is: 'No Evidence of Harm' from Same Sex Marriage. Video (Hat tip: Thanos.)

Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Bigotry, Family Research Council, Tony Perkins

Newt Gingrich Admits Serial Philandering

Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:16 am PDT

Newt Gingrich is one of many GOP politicians calling for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, because he's so very concerned about "protecting the sanctity of traditional marriage." Gingrich's concern doesn't extend to his own marriages, though: Gingrich Admits to Affair During Clinton Impeachment. Setting the stage for his entry ...

newt gingrich, Gay Marriage, Hypocrisy, Affair, Serial Philanderer

Breaking: Prop 8 Overturned

Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:49 pm PDT

Breaking news: Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the US district court in California has ruled that Proposition 8, outlawing gay marriage, is unconstitutional. UPDATE at 8/4/10 2:26:22 pm: LGF reader Gus 802 points out that Judge Walker was originally nominated to the court by Ronald Reagan, but not confirmed -- because ...

Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Gay Marriage, California

Christian Pastor Speaks in Tongues Against Gay Marriage

Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm PDT

At a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) tour stop on July 18, 2010, a Pentecostal pastor goes into a phony hate trance and “speaks in tongues” against gay marriage. [Video] (Hat tip: Dangerous Minds.)

Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Far Right, Homophobia, Gay Marriage, Bad Craziness

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