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