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For a mere $69 each, fathers and their virginal teen daughters can cavort at a grand Purity Ball which will culminate in a celebration of intact hymens. Dads, escort your daughter to an unforgettable event where hundreds of young ladies dressed in formal attire and their dashing fathers will celebrate purity! This extraordinary evening includes an elegant atmosphere, pictures, gourmet …

The ACLU yesterday filed suit against the Obama administration, demanding an end to the collection of phone records by the NSA. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, along with the New York Civil Liberties Union. “The practice is akin to snatching every American’s address book — with annotations detailing whom …

Virginia GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson believes that sin causes birth defects and that yoga is based in Satanism. What he apparently does not believe is that self-published books should have correctly spelled titles.

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Shortly after the Senate voted to debate the immigration reform bill written by the so-called Gang Of Eight, late this afternoon Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) again introduced an amendment that would allow LGBT citizens to sponsors their spouses for permanent residency. Politico reports: “Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do,” Leahy …

From Steven Petrow’s Civil Behavior column in the New York Times comes this question: Dear Civil Behavior: My husband and I became foster dads to our son when he was 4 months old and adopted him when he was 2 years old. He will soon be 10. As an adoptive parent, it strikes me as odd that complete strangers will …

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This afternoon the Senate voted to at least discuss the immigration reform bill put together by the so-called Gang Of Eight.  And that’s considered to be a big deal. Via USA Today: A procedural vote to begin formal debate on the bill was approved 82-15 on a bipartisan vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch …

Fred Bernstein writes for the New York Times: The real reason my gaydar has failed is that there is no such thing as gaydar. No item of clothing, speech pattern, hairstyle or career choice (or even facial topography) is enough to identify someone as gay. In reality, the way you know, when you enter a room, if another man is …

A New Jersey town is set be the next municipality to try and ban saggy pants. Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr. thinks he’s found a way to put one of this Jersey shore resort town’s problems behind it. Wildwood is ready to ban overly saggy pants, no ifs, ands or butts. The city is set to pass a law Wednesday regulating …