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Boehner Rescues The Hate Groups

A follow-up from Buzzfeed’s J. Lester Feder: The office of House Speaker John Boehner secured meeting space for the World Congress of Families after their original sponsor, Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, canceled their space in a Senate office building following an outcry from LGBT activists, the group’s leader said. World Congress of Families President Allan Carlson praised Boehner’s intervention at …

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From Today’s New York Daily News

New York-based electronics and appliances retailer P.C. Richard & Son says that any store that opens on Thanksgiving is in “total disrespect of family values in the United States of America.” The chain was founded a century ago by a Dutch immigrant and has 66 outlets in the tri-state area and Pennsylvania. Lots of wingnut key words in that ad.

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Senate Confirms Openly Gay US Ambassador To Dominican Republic

The Senate has confirmed Human Rights Campaign board member Wally Brewster as the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Brewster becomes the fifth openly gay US ambassador currently serving.  Via HRC: When nominated for the ambassadorship, Wally Brewster served as Senior Executive for SB&K Global, a global consumer dynamics strategy consulting firm, where he worked with clients on global expansion …

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PENNSYLVANIA: Judge Rejects Motions To Dismiss Marriage Equality Lawsuit

Big progress in Pennsylvania this morning. A federal court challenge to Pennsylvania’s 17-year-old law banning the recognition of same-sex marriages took an important step toward a trial Friday when a judge rejected two different attempts to block the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III denied the motions to dismiss the lawsuit by Pennsylvania’s secretaries of the departments of …

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Crazy Eyes: I Lost My Insurance

Via Mediaite: When asked by Blitzer if she’s going to sign up for the exchanges, Bachmann first said, “Are you kidding? I’m not gonna waste an hour on that thing!” before telling him “I lost my health insurance under Obamacare.” She said her husband has some personal health issues and they need insurance, at which point Begala jumped in to …

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Queer Nation To Protest At NYSE

Via press release: In the latest in a series of ongoing, high-profile demonstrations against the Russian government’s anti-gay laws, Queer Nation will protest outside the New York Stock Exchange while Russian government officials at the Exchange ring the closing bell. The protest will take place on Monday, November 18, at 3:15 PM, in front of the Federal Hall at 26 …

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Hawaii’s Road To Marriage

Here’s a great compilation of Hawaiian news clips from the last two weeks. We’ve watched many of these legislative debates, but I don’t think anybody would argue that Hawaii’s featured by far the ugliest anti-gay batshittery of them all. Which makes the win all that much sweeter.

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