TagsTagsNot 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. ...
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
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 next big rift in the base of the Republican Party may be caused by Mitt Romney's choice of the openly gay Richard Grenell as foreign policy spokesman. Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin is properly appalled at the hateful language of people like Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, ...
Mitt Romney, Richard Grenell, Gay Rights, Republican Party, Election 2012, Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
The Vatican is cracking down on American nuns who aren't opposed to women's rights and gay rights, which should surprise no one who's been following the Catholic Church's swing to the right. WASHINGTON — The Vatican has launched a crackdown on the umbrella group that represents most of America’s 55,000 ...
Vatican, catholic church, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Atavism, Right Wing
According to Pat Robertson, homosexuality is "related to demonic possession." Yes, this really is how the religious right thinks. YouTube Video
Pat Robertson, Gay Rights, Anti-Gay, Religious Right, Hate Speech, Demonization
For the second day in a row, the Virginia House of Delegates has put off voting on the Republican Party's uterus inspection bill: Va. Vote on Abortion Ultrasound Bill Pushed Back a Day. A House of Delegates vote on a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound test ...
Republican Party, Ultrasound, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Cavemen, Virginia, Gay Rights
Far right anti-immigrant Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu is the latest Republican icon to have his secret life revealed, after he reportedly threatened to have his gay Mexican lover deported: Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face ...
Arizona, Paul Babeu, Gay Rights, Immigration, Hypocrisy, Anti-Gay
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
A pretty amazing statement (and not in a good way) from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who made an argument against a measure legalizing gay marriage by comparing it to the civil rights movement -- and ended up saying that the civil unrest of the 1950s and 60s could have ...
Chris Christie, civil rights, Gay Rights, Jim Crow, Idiocy, WTF
Rick Santorum received another round of boos today in New Hampshire, for stating what is a completely mainstream Republican Party position: "Gays Aren't Entitled To Marriage Or Military Service." Santorum argued that gay people shouldn’t have the “privilege” of enlisting in the armed forces or marrying because “we decide what’s ...
Rick Santorum, Anti-Gay, Gay Rights, DADT, Bigotry, Homophobia, Republican Party
This afternoon, MSNBC ran an above the fold photo showing a Navy sailor kissing her partner as the first sailor off their ship. That, by itself isn't particularly newsworthy. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, at Joint ...
It's no secret that the Republican Party has made it part of their platform to spread hatred for gay people, but nevertheless most Republicans try to put a smiley face on it, and avoid coming right out and saying how they really feel. Except Newt Gingrich, who was asked by a ...
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
Tonight, Andrew Breitbart is suddenly very concerned about "vocational harm:" It is with sincere regret that I announce I must step down as a GOProud advisory member. On numerous occasions I have spoken with Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron of the significant impact the practice of “outing” had in my ...
Andrew Breitbart, Right Wing, Far Right, Gay Rights, Homophobia
Rick Perry's sick new campaign ad is chock full of gay-hatred and phony fundamentalist victimhood, trashing gay troops while attacking President Obama and "liberals" for a nonexistent "war on religion." What a disgusting campaign this is. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to ...
Rick Perry, Homophobia, Gay Rights, War on Christmas, Idiocy, Fanaticism, Religious Right
According to Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, Americans shouldn't care about human rights for gays. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that using foreign aid to combat human rights abuses against homosexuals in foreign countries is “not in America’s interests” and attacked President Obama’s decision to require U.S. agencies operating ...
Rick Perry, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Hate Speech, Right Wing, Bad Craziness
Yesterday in Iowa, Michele Bachmann clarified her position on gay marriage -- she has no problem at all with gay people getting married. As long as they're marrying a person of the opposite sex. JANE SCHMIDT: One of my main concerns is government support for the LGBT community. So my question ...
Michele Bachmann, Homophobia, Gay Rights, Right Wing, Bigotry
Herman Cain posing with anti-Muslim hate monger Pamela GellerHerman Cain's advisers have him going around to all the far right Christian outlets this weekend, desperately walking back his absurd self-contradictory statements on abortion. After trying to snow the cable news networks into believing he might be sort of "pro-choice," Cain ...
Herman Cain, Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Extremism, Republican Party
Here's a perfect illustration of the atavistic social conservative movement's death grip on the Republican Party, as even the "moderate" Mitt Romney joins Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann to sign a bigoted pledge from the fundamentalist group "National Organization for Marriage," swearing to continue oppressing gay Americans: Romney signs marriage ...
Mitt Romney, Election 2012, Right Wing, Extremism, Religious Right, Homophobia, Gay Rights
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 ...
Here's Mitt Romney pathetically evading questions about gay marriage, then answering the question, "Do you personally think homosexuality is a sin?" with, "Nice try."
One of the partners in the law firm that just pulled out of the DOMA case, Paul Clement, has resigned, and will continue pursuing the case because he says lawyers should defend "unpopular causes." Which is indeed a noble principle, when applied to causes like ending slavery, for example, or fighting ...
The top-priced law firm retained by the Republican Party and John Boehner to defend the religious right's anti-gay "Defense of Marriage Act" is bailing out. King and Spalding Chairman Robert D. Hays, Jr., whose partner Paul Clement was to lead the defense, said in a statement through a spokesman, Les ...