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New York Times: Washington DC Is The Gayest City In America

From the Sunday Styles section: Today, having moved here 10 months ago after six and a half years of living in Manhattan, I hardly recognize that closeted, often intolerant Washington I first glimpsed as a 20-year-old. I now live in the gayest place in America. But don’t take my word for it. Consider what surveys by Gallup and the Census …

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Rubio Speaks To Florida Hate Group

Sen. Marco Rubio this weekend keynoted the convention of the Florida Family Policy Council. The dinner was raising money for the group that led the petition drive to put a gay marriage ban on the state ballot. The constitutional amendment was approved by voters in 2008. Videos shown before and after Rubio spoke showed its president, John Stemberger, speaking against …

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Church Of Scientology Dedicates Massive “Superpowers” Headquarters In Florida

After 15 years of construction, the Church of Scientology has dedicated a massive new headquarters building in St. Petersburg, Florida. The upper floors of the building will be devoted to unleashing the dozens of superpowers that we all apparently possess. “Super Power,” first unveiled by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is one’s ability to hone in on 57 senses called …

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NEW YORK CITY: Men Sue Uptown McDonald’s Over Homophobic Staffer

Two men have sued an uptown Manhattan franchise of McDonald’s, claiming that a staffer joined customers in a homophobic attack on them. Willis Washington Jr. and Horace Stevenson III were in the Hamilton Heights Mickey D’s at 2:30 a.m. last December when a fellow customer assumed the two men were gay, they claim. The customer “started to say he had …

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Fred Karger: Where Are NOM’s 990s?

“We sent a representative to the Washington, DC office of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) first thing Friday morning to pick up both copies of NOM’s federal tax returns for 2012. NOM’s tax returns were originally due on May 15, 2013, but they took TWO extensions so their final deadline was Friday. Guess what? NO tax returns were available …

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Matt Baume: Marriage New Watch

Clip recap: What an end to the year — the marriage bill is a done deal in Hawaii, and before the week is over another will be signed in Illinois. Plus there’s a new lawsuit in Idaho, positive polling in Maine, and we’re one step closer to the ballot in Ohio. But we’re also facing some very tough work in …

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