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SPLC Brands NYC Anti-Islam Blogger Pamela Geller As Hate Group
The Southern Poverty Law Center has branded vile NYC-based Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller and her fellow anti-Islam protesters as a hate group. Geller came to national prominence last year when she led the attack against the so-called Ground Zero mosque. Stop the Islamization of America was included in the civil rights organization’s annual roundup of extremist groups – a …
Read More »Louis CK To Rumsfeld: Are You A Flesh Eating Alien Lizard Person?
While guest-hosting on the Opie & Anthony Show yesterday, comedian Louis CK repeatedly asked Donald Rumsfeld to deny to that he is a “flesh-eating alien lizard person” and whether he has “tasted human flesh.” It all starts around 2:30.
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NEW YORK: Gay Man Wins Landmark Suit To Inherit Late Husband’s Estate
A New York state appeals court has ruled that a gay man married in Canada has the right to inherit the estate of his late husband, despite claims by the husband’s family that their marriage was invalid. While same-sex couples can’t wed in the state, J. Craig Leiby and H. Kenneth Ranftle were legally married in Canada, so Leiby is …
Read More »NEW YORK CITY: Activists Announce Plan To Block Traffic Over Marriage Rights
Perhaps taking their cue from GetEQUAL’s blockade of the Las Vegas strip last summer, Queer Rising today issued a press release announcing their plan to blockade Manhattan traffic next Tuesday in a protest over marriage rights. The LGBTQ activist organization Queer Rising has planned a March 1 demonstration to protest the lack of marriage equality in New York State. A …
Read More »Sen Patrick Leahy: I Will Cosponsor Feinstein’s Bill To Repeal DOMA
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) emailed his constituents today with a promise to cosponsor Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s coming bill to repeal DOMA. As a Vermonter who has been married for 48 years, I believe it is important to encourage and to sanction committed relationships; relationships that encourage us all to give back to our community; and relationships that complete our lives. …
Read More »Gay Man Named WH Social Secretary
Longtime Obama fundraiser Jeremy Bernard (on left, with former partner Rufus Gifford), has been named White House social secretary. He’s the first openly gay man to hold that position and the third in the job since Obama took office. “Jeremy shares our vision for the White House as the People’s House, one that celebrates our history and culture in dynamic …
Read More »FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Declares Union Membership To Be A Basic Right
HRC Launches DOMA Petition To Congress
The Human Rights Campaign today launched a petition to members of Congress, demanding that they not allow a defense of DOMA. This week, the Obama Administration made history by ending its defense of DOMA in the federal courts. But just as President Obama dealt a blow to this discriminatory law, Speaker Boehner and Republican leaders could step in and begin …
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