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Today’s Prayer List From The FRC

This weekend the Family Research Council would like all Christians to pray that soldiers are allowed to abuse gay troops in the name of Jesus, that the Supreme Court rejects same-sex marriage, that the Boy Scouts fall apart, and that self-hating gay people become brainwashed. And also, apparently, that there will be more scandals for the Obama administration.

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Jeb Bush: Immigrants Are More Fertile

Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Conference of wingnuts today, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pushed for immigration reform by declaring that immigrants are “more fertile” and therefore their larger families will help the economy grow. Bush is now getting flack from the right, who hates his support for immigration amnesty, and from some on the left, who found his …

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Quote Of The Day – Sen. Max Baucus

“When it comes to the workplace, it is unacceptable for anyone to be fired simply because of their sexual orientation. ENDA will help protect workers from this type of discrimination and I look forward to moving forward on this legislation in the Senate as soon as possible. Members of the LGBT community are our neighbors, brothers, sisters and friends. They …

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Another Stalling Tactic In House Of Lords

Three members of the House Of Lords have introduced an amendment that would stop the marriage equality bill from going into effect until after also being approved in a national referendum to be held two or three years from now. The amendment, tabled by Labour peer Lord Anderson of Swansea, Conservative peer Lord Cormack, and crossbench peer Lord Singh of …

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Pew Poll: When Did You Know?

The Washington Post reports: In a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday, nine in 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults said society has become more accepting of them and that they expect it to become more so in the years ahead. But only 19 percent said there is “a lot” of acceptance for gays, while 59 percent chose to …

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Hitting Back At Cheerios Haters

General Mills had to disable YouTube comments a couple of weeks ago after racists descended on their Cheerios ad which features an interracial family. Here’s an amusing response (not from General Mills). Wait for the ending. (Tipped by JMG reader Daniel)

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Pope Dances Around Marriage Issue

In a speech that the Associated Press is characterizing as “diplomatically wading into the gay marriage issue,” today Pope Francis notably did not explicitly denounce same-sex unions when speaking about family values with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Francis, who vigorously opposed gay marriage in his native Argentina, and Archbishop Justin Welby chatted, prayed and had lunch together at the Vatican …

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