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RUSSIA: St. Petersburg Bans Gay Pride, “Promotion” Of Homosexuality

The government of St. Petersburg, Russia today enacted a broad ban on any action that could be seen as “promoting” homosexuality. The new law also specifically links pedophilia to homosexuality. The law, passed in the third and final reading, imposes fines of up to $16,000 on individuals and up to $160,000 on legal entities for the promotion of homosexual, lesbian, …

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The Horse Has Thrown The Rider

“In the old days, the Republican ego had control of the party’s id. The id, sometimes described as a galloping horse or crying baby, ‘the dark, inaccessible part of our personality … chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations,’ as Freud called it, was whipped up obliquely by candidates. Nixon had his Southern strategy of using race as a wedge, …

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CALIFORNIA: Support For Same-Sex Marriage Soars In Latest Poll

The Sacramento Bee reports: The new Field survey shows support has leapt markedly in the three and a half years since California voters approved Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, 52.3 percent to 47.7 percent. The poll showed increases in support virtually across the board – among voters under 64, non-white voters, Catholics, Republicans and nonpartisans. Poll Director Mark DiCamillo …

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Infighting Is Funny, Part 96

“Ann Coulter has lied about and vilified conservatives who threaten the candidacy of Mitt Romney, whom she calls the “most conservative” candidate. Just this week, she again falsely claimed Romney to be the most conservative, falsely asserted that Sarah Palin is an establishment Republican, and falsely contended that Romney really won in Iowa. Coulter has also dismissed the Tea Party …

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Mayors For Freedom To Marry

Via press release from Freedom To Marry: Today Freedom to Marry announced that in under six weeks its Mayors for the Freedom to Marry campaign has more than doubled, from 80 to 175 participating mayors. In addition, Freedom to Marry released a video of 13 mayors talking about why they’ve joined the campaign to talk about why marriage matters, and …

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