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Tony Perkins is ever so pissed, as he always is, because US Ambassador Samantha Power took some of her colleagues to see the Tony-winning lesbian-themed Broadway musical, Fun Home. He writes: The State Department already has an official LGBT envoy — it doesn’t need two! Tell that to Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., who is determined to …

So this happened at the debate tonight. From the New York Times: The metaphorical finally became literal at the Republican Party’s latest debate in Detroit. Acting like petulant children from the starting bell, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump exchanged insults, which Mr. Rubio claimed was not a violation of his clean-campaign promises because Mr. Trump deserves it. Maybe so, but …

Feeling the heat from major local corporations, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal today denounced the pending anti-LGBT “religious liberty” bill by citing scripture. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Standing in the lobby of a government building after a ribbon-cutting ceremony, he laid out a lengthy condemnation of the measure from a Biblical perspective, first noting that he is a Southern Baptist who …

The Washington Blade reports: The South Dakota House of Representatives on Thursday failed to override the veto of a bill that would ban transgender students from using restrooms in public schools that are consistent with their gender identity. Supporters of House Bill 1008 needed two-thirds of lawmakers to vote in favor of overriding Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s veto earlier this …

Good grief. From Dawn Ennis’ profile of Caitlyn Jenner in The Advocate: “I like Ted Cruz,” she declares. “I think he’s very conservative, and a great constitutionalist, and a very articulate man. I haven’t endorsed him or anything like that. But I also think, he’s an evangelical Christian, and probably one of the worst ones when it comes to trans issues.” …

CPAC 2016 opened today at the Gaylord Convention Center outside DC with a same-sex marriage and “religious liberty” panel where homocon Guy Benson and Heritage Foundation hater Ryan T. Anderson pretended to spar before a sparse audience. Watch below. Benson declared that a panel like this would never happen at a progressive convention, where “heretics are hounded ruthlessly by so-called …

Via NPR: House Speaker Paul Ryan said he “laughed out loud” at Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday comment that the Wisconsin Republican would “pay a big price” if he couldn’t work with him. “Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction around here these days,” Ryan told reporters at his weekly press conference. The speaker said he watched Trump’s comments from his office. …

The Associated Press reports: The Mexican government has made his first direct response to Donald Trump’s pledge to build a wall along the two countries’ border — and make Mexico pay for it. Mexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray says “emphatically and categorically” that his country isn’t going to foot the bill for the project proposed by the Republican presidential hopeful. …

Donald Trump is about to take the stage at his rally in Portland, Maine where he is expected to respond in typical fashion to this morning’s attack by Mitt Romney. This should be highly entertaining. Watch below with us and weigh in.

Reuters reports: The United States turned to cultural diplomacy on Tuesday to push gay rights at the United Nations by taking 15 U.N. ambassadors, including those from Russia, Gabon and Namibia, to see an award-winning lesbian musical on Broadway. Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said the “Fun Home” coming-of-age production “brings home the challenges that LGBTI …