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Tagged civil rights, gay marriage, youtube
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Marriage News Watch: The Latest Wrinkle in the Prop 8 Trial
[Audio: English; Captions: English] Besides current updates on Proposition 8 (a hearing on jurisdiction, a fairly narrow question and separate from the other issues recently heard by the California court), an overview of other states & gay marriage views & … Continue reading
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Tagged gay marriage, human rights, youtube
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Doing the right thing in New York! June 28,1969 — June 24, 2011.
Same sex marriage passed last night in NY. By legislation. With Republicans on board. With NYC Pride day this Sunday. Wow! Best quote during NY’s debate over legalizing marriage equality, from Republican State Sen. Roy McDonald: “Fuck it, I don’t … Continue reading
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@pzmyers hits it so far out of the ball park in Why I am an amoral, family-hating monster…and Newt Gingrich isn’t, it isn’t even funny: If we strip marriage of the asymmetry of power, as we must if we allow … Continue reading
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Tagged clean energy, fossil energy, gay marriage, libya, net neutrality, NFZ, nuclear energy, slashonomics, usuncut
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Iowa grandmother speaks in favor of gay marriage
[Audio: English; Captions: auto-decent] This video clip has been making the rounds the last few days. The auto cpationing is pretty good here — she’s speaking slowly and clearly. However, it really didn’t like “Iowan” (I spotted about three variations … Continue reading
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Tagged equality, gay marriage, human rights, zach wahls
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State of the Web (Oatmeal) From JMG: Iowa Rep. Dwayne Alons: Normal People Live Longer Because They’re Not Gay. The supply of stupid, OTOH, is infinite. What the right won’t admit about Reagan. What I love about this is that … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, comics, corporatocracy, egypt, equal rights, gay marriage, glenn greenwald, google, marryland, net neutrality, oatmeal, patriot act, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, tea party
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Zach Wahls Speaks About Family
[Audio: English; Caption: auto-mediocre; Transcript: below] Wow! Only 19 years old?? Unfortunately, the proposed ban on gay marriage in Iowa passed the state House by a wide margin despite his eloquent testimony. I think he’s going places. Found this by … Continue reading
Posted in legal, news, politics, queer, video
Tagged gay marriage, gop, homophobia, human rights, iowa, zach wahls
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*facepalm* Just… *facepalm* PhoboQuotable – Andrew Breitbart. As Dan Savage put it, just how many freaking planes have the “gay activist left” hijacked? Or people have they beheaded? I mean, really. “I am not endorsing gay marriage, I’m not endorsing … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, arizona shootings, gay marriage, joe lieberman, net neutrality, stochastic terrorism
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the civilizing of France
Spotted this the other day, thought it was interesting… In France, Civil Unions Gain Favor Over Marriage. So I sat down to read it, thinking I’d see how the debate over civil unions and gay marriages was playing out in … Continue reading