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
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 ...
To prop up the religious right's homophobic "Defense of Marriage Act," House Speaker John Boehner has retained one of the most expensive law firms in the country: REVEALED: Boehner’s High-Priced Lawyer Is Charging the American Taxpayer $520 Per Hour. This is the Republican idea of fiscal responsibility. No amount of money ...
Here's an excellent example of the twisted, bizarre thinking of the anti-gay religious right, as the "Reverend" Jim Garlow thanks African-Americans for saving America from the "bondage" of gay marriage. "Isn't it interesting that the African-Americans that were brought here against their will, coercively, in bondage, in chains, in a ...
Religious Right, Jim Garlow, Fundamentalism, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Bigotry, Republican Party
The modern Republican Party openly makes alliances with ugly, bigoted hate groups; it's become so commonplace that no one even notices any more. Case in point: serial philanderer Newt Gingrich's work with the disgusting far right American Family Association to deprive gay Americans of rights: Gingrich Said to Funnel $125K ...
newt gingrich, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Homophobia, Gay Rights, Anti-Gay, American Family Association, Bryan Fischer
One of the top GOP Senators, Jim DeMint, says gay people should be banned from teaching in public schools -- and so should unmarried women who fornicate. DeMint has never been shy about expressing this creepy atavistic view, but for some reason he's in the news for it today. “People ...
Religious Right, Jim DeMint, Theocracy, Fundamentalism, Fornication, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Bigotry, Republican Party
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 federal judge has declared that the US military's ban on openly gay servicemembers is unconstitutional. RIVERSIDE, Calif. A federal judge in Southern California on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips granted a request for an injunction halting the government's ...
Former Bush campaign manager and chairman of the Republican National Committee Ken Mehlman, who helped promote many GOP anti-gay rights initiatives, is out of the closet. Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Ken Mehlman, Hypocrisy
The Republican candidate for governor of Florida, Bill McCollum, not only supports Florida's ban on gay adoption, he wants to go further; McCollum thinks gays should also be banned from being foster parents. McCollum told a Florida Baptist publication that state law should be changed to keep gay people from ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Bad Craziness, Florida, Gay Rights, Homophobia
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