TagsTagsThe 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
Laura Bush goes off the right wing reservation. Big time. [Video]
May I be blunt? The idea that legalizing same sex marriage will lead to bestiality is one of the most stone-dumb reactionary talking points of the religious right. Do these people really think the only reason humans don’t “marry” animals is because it’s against the law? Good grief. Maybe this says ...
John McCain, J. D. Hayworth, Arizona, Religious Right, Idiocy, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Fred Flintstone
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC has threatened to stop providing all social services unless the DC City Council drops plans for a gay marriage bill. Under the bill, headed for a council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for same-sex ...
Religion, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Washington DC, catholic church
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Dick Cheney is in favor of gay marriage. That tiny popping sound you hear in the distance is the exploding of heads on both the right and left wings. [Video]
Today the California Supreme Court upheld the vote for Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, but validated all marriages that took place before their ruling. Demonstrations are already in the works.
Ringo the Gringo has a ton of photos from the anti-Proposition 8 demonstration in downtown LA: Anti-Prop 8 Demonstration - Los Angeles, CA on Nov. 15, 2008.
In an election year, the California Supreme Court has legalized gay marriage. Hang on to your hats.