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GetEqual Disrupts House Labor Hearing

GetEQUAL is tweeting that they have disrupted a House Education and Labor committee hearing to demand the markup of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The Dallas Voice has the story: The activists approached Chairman George Miller, D-California, and attempted to hand him a magic marker. “I don’t know if it’s because of the recession that you guys you can’t afford markers, …

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Activist Tim Gill And Husband Buy Historic Phipps Mansion In Denver

The Denver Post reports today that activist Tim Gill and his husband have bought the historic Phipps Mansion from the University of Denver. Not earth-shattering political news, to be sure, but note how casually the Denver Post’s front page story treats their marriage. Political activist Tim Gill and his husband, Scott Miller, are buying the historic Phipps Mansion from the …

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Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell Joins Anti-Health Care Reform Lawsuit

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is joining the 20 states suing the federal government over the constitutionality of the health care reform bill. Because the feds could now order Americans to buy gym memberships or General Motors cars. SRSLY. And, surprise, he’s up for “reelection”. (He was never elected, he got the job when Palin quit.)

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GetEQUAL Six To Be Arraigned Today

The six GetEQUAL activists who yesterday chained themselves to the White House fence will be arraigned today. Among those arrested was Lt. Dan Choi and transgender activist (and Pam’s House Blend blogger) Autumn Sandeen, a retired 20 year veteran of the Navy. Below is CBS’ raw video of the arrests. (Via – Towleroad)

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Trial Underway In Brooklyn Anti-Gay Hate Crime Murder Case

In December 2008, Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay (left) was brutally beaten to death with a baseball bat by two men who mistakenly thought that Sucuzhanay and his brother were gay lovers. The case gained international attention and brought together LGBT and immigrant right groups for massive protests at the scene of the murder in Brooklyn. The two murderers are now …

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Quote Of The Day – Clay Yarborough

“I would say that when I read Romans Chapter 1, I see striking resemblances between where Rome was just prior to its fall in comparison to where America is today. There are striking similarities in what we allow in our societies. Rome did not fall from an outside attack, whether it was military or otherwise. It fell from within because …

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Teabaggers Continue To Push Sen. Lindsey Graham To Come Out

The extreme right anti-immigrant group Americans For Legal Immigration has issued a press release calling on Sen. Lindsey Graham to come out of the closet. This weekend the group’s leader mocked Graham’s sexuality during a speech at a teabagger rally in South Carolina. The group claims that Graham is being blackmailed into anti-American activities because of his sexuality. The national …

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