Public Policy Polling asked self-identified Mississippi Republicans how they feel (PDF) about interracial marriage. And 74% of those who’d like to ban interracial marriage also have a “favorable view” of Sarah Palin.
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ARKANSAS: State Supreme Court Blocks Move To Ban Gay Adoption
Something to brighten your day: The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a decision to strike down a state law barring gay couples and other unmarried people living together from serving as adoptive or foster parents. The state’s high court wrote in an opinion Thursday that the law burdens the privacy of unmarried couples who live together. A state judge struck …
Read More »Orlando Loses PBS Station
This morning my mom tips me to the news that Orlando’s PBS station has been sold to a religious broadcaster. If the deal is approved by the FCC, Orlando will now have four local Christian television stations. Cable customers will continue to get the PBS station out of Daytona Beach. Television industry blog TVB reports: The Public Broadcasting Service has …
Read More »Lawrence O’Donnell Rewrites Glenn Beck
Another classic take-down by Lawrence O’Donnell.
Read More »Another Big Earthquake Rocks Japan
Tsunami warnings have been issued. Developing…
Read More »Jon Stewart Grills Huckabee Over Support For Seven Mountains Dominionism
Last night Jon Stewart took Mike Huckabee to task over his declaration that Americans should be “forced at gunpoint” to listen to whackjob Seven Mountains dominionist David Barton. This is the first of three clips, Right Wing Watch has the full set.
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Read More »Homophobia From Manwich
Copyranter sez: “Maybe I’m just being a too-sensitive NYC metrosexual here, but casting a shirtless bear kinda adds fuel to the gay-bashing Manwich flame.”
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ENDA Reintroduced In House
The doomed-from-the-start 2011 edition of ENDA was introduced yesterday by Rep. Barney Frank. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: At the end of the 111th Congress, 203 members of the 435-member body had joined Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The jobs protection bill, though only 14 members away from having a majority of the House …
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