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Breaking News
– Aug 13, 2011
After arriving 30 minutes late to speak at the Iowa State Fair on Friday, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spoke only three minutes then fled the event after being heckled by a gay-rights advocate, the Huffington Post reported.
Gabe Aderhold, a ...
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Breaking News
– Mar 21, 2011
A former youth pastor in Council Bluffs, Iowa, says he had sex with teenage boys because it was his pastoral duty “to help (the teen) with homosexual urges by praying while he had sexual contact with him.”
But law enforcement has a different view of ...
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Breaking News
– Jul 7, 2011
City officials in Hazard, Ky., have refused to change the anti-gay policy at a public swimming pool that evicted a developmentally disabled gay couple due to their sexual orientation.
A storm of protest had erupted in the small, eastern Kentucky town aft...
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Breaking News
– Jun 5, 2011
An anti-gay Christian group is spending $7,000 to fly planes over Orlando, Fla., dragging giant banners that read, “Warning Gay Day at Disney.” The campaign is part of the group’s boycott and protest of the annual event.
Florida Family Association ...
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Breaking News
– Sep 9, 2011
An internal Republican memo instructs employees with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation not to tell state voters they can get a free photo ID – unless they specifically request one for free. Otherwise, they’ll be charged $28.
The memo was sen...
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Breaking News
– May 10, 2011
Before sentencing a former school bus driver to prison for molesting young boys, the judge ridiculed the defendant for claiming to be a heterosexual.
“I think you were born gayer than a sweet smelling jock strap,” Judge Philip Kirk of Waupaca told De...
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Breaking News
– Oct 25, 2011
Radio host Linda Harvey of Mission America went on an anti-gay rant during her “Christian” radio show yesterday, warning parents to keep their children away from LGBT healthcare professionals. Her implication was that exposing young kids to LGBT peopl...
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Breaking News
– Oct 1, 2011
Steve Stevlic, one of the top organizers of TeaCon 2011, describes himself as an ordinary family-values man. But, as Gawker reported today, he’s not ordinary in at least one sense: He was arrested last summer for soliciting a prostitute.
Last Septemb...
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Breaking News
– Nov 22, 2011
The mayor of a coastal Peruvian town says he’s discovered the reason there are a growing number of gays in his area: the presence of the metal strontium in the local water supply.
“Unfortunately Strontium reduces male hormones and suddenly we’ll be...
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Breaking News
– Oct 22, 2011
A suburban New Jersey mayor who mounted an unsuccessful bid for Congress has been accused by a male escort of paying him for sex and not following through on promises of gifts.
Medford, N.J., Mayor Chris Myers denies the accusation. The married father of...
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Breaking News
– Sep 20, 2011
The American Family Association has announced a boycott of a new Ben & Jerry’s limited batch ice cream flavor called “Schweddy Balls.”
The flavor, based on a classic “Saturday Night Live” skit is set to debut on Sept. 24 to mark SNL’s 37th ...
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Breaking News
– Sep 1, 2011
The inclusion of Chaz Bono in the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” has already set off controversy, even though the series doesn’t air until Sept. 19.
The Hollywood Reporter says ABC’s message board has been flooded with negative reactions to th...
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Breaking News
– Jul 7, 2011
One of the most frequent complaints we hear from Republicans is that their tax burdens are too high. It’s a GOP talking point that turns up in nearly every election, regardless of the actual data or the historical record. So it is certainly no surprise ...
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Milwaukee Gaze
– Dec 30, 2009
The Milwaukee School Board’s decision to make condoms available at some high schools is winning praise from youth health advocates, who say it will help address the high rates of pregnancy, HIV and STDs among city youth.
The school board voted 7-0 on D...
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Breaking News
– Aug 6, 2011
A fraudulent absentee ballot campaign involving the anti-gay group Wisconsin Family Action appears to be far more widespread than originally thought.
Initial reports had indicated that phony ballots were sent only to Senate Districts 2 and 10, but new ev...
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Breaking News
– Jul 28, 2011
U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, a Tea Party Republican from Illinois, is being charged with hypocrisy over revelations he has neglected to pay court-ordered child support to his ex-wife and three children.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the tax-bashing freshman...
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Breaking News
– Jul 9, 2011
GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has raised money for a right-wing extremist who believes gays are responsible for the Holocaust and endorses Muslim law calling for the execution of homosexuals.
Bradlee Dean is a radio host, drummer for a heav...
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Breaking News
– Nov 22, 2010
The Salvation Army says it will close its soup kitchens for New York's homeless if firms doing business with the city are required to offer health benefits to the domestic partners of their gay and lesbian staffers.
A spokesman for the organization said ...
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Breaking News
– May 9, 2011
An April 13 memo issued to Navy chaplains said they could perform same-sex marriages in Navy chapels located in states where gay marriage is legal, the website Lez Get Real reported today.
The memo noted that while Navy chaplains are allowed to perform s...
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Breaking News
– Aug 1, 2011
In an apparent attempt to throw the upcoming recall election, a political group funded by billionaire David Koch is sending absentee ballot applications to Democrats containing false instructions. The return addresses on the fliers include that of the ant...
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