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“I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Hispanic panhandler. And the reason is: In our community it would be shameful to be begging on the street. I think the Hispanic community is a fundamentally conservative community. If you look at the values that resonate in our community, they’re faith, family, patriotism, hard work,” Cruz said. “Now if you want people …

“The justices of the left, along with Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the egregious opinion in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) in which he stated that those committing homosexual acts are Constitutionally ‘entitled to respect for their private lives’ will determine that yes, the Constitution mandates not merely that the state respect private lives, but that the state endorse those private …

Yesterday Cyndi Lauper testified before a Senate subcommittee on youth homelessness. After the hearing, she and GOP Sen. Susan Collins discussed the Senate’s recent refusal to reauthorize an LGBT-inclusive funding bill. Via the New York Times: The problem, Ms. Collins said, was “confusion” over parts of the amendment, including a measure misinterpreted as a restriction on faith-based organizations’ ability to …

Kendell is the head of the NCLR.

From today’s money beg: We have an incredible amount of work to do in the next two months… preparing for the pending decision by the Supreme Court; launching a nationwide effort to pass legislation to protect people from having to participate in same-sex ‘weddings’ in states that have redefined marriage (or in the event that the Supreme Court redefines marriage …

Bloomberg gives us some interesting history: [Ted] Cruz is making the gay marriage debate the cornerstone of a bid to rally conservatives to his 2016 presidential bid, but same-sex issues haven’t always been the top priority for a lawmaker who built his profile as a limited-government, Tea Party-aligned conservative. As Texas solicitor general when the Lawrence v. Texas case came …

The first 14 people in line to enter the Supreme Court yesterday were paid placeholders who surrendered their positions to their sponsors after having camped out for days. The 15th person in line, however, was our very own Equality Case Files activist Kathleen Perrin. Meet her below. And notice who shows up at 2:00.