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Rubio will be delivering the Republican response to this year’s State Of The Union Address and some wingnuts are very unhappy that he’ll be speaking in both English and Spanish. The decision to name Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants — to respond to Obama’s address comes as the GOP seeks to broaden its base with Hispanics. The GOP …

In his latest Take Part clip, Dan Savage revisits the story of openly gay Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns (JMG reader!), whose emotional 2010 speech on bullying went viral, prompting Burns to take the lead in getting Texas to pass a statewide bill against bullying.

Two of Fred Phelps’ granddaughters have defected from the Westboro Baptist Church. One of the defectors is Megan Phelps-Roper, best known for her musical parodies mocking Lady Gaga and other pop stars.  She writes on Medium: We know that we’ve done and said things that hurt people. Inflicting pain on others wasn’t the goal, but it was one of the …

“Standing up for traditional marriage does not make anyone ‘anti-gay’ and it is deplorable that some reporters covering this issue allow mere opposition to redefining marriage to be labeled as such. It is even more reckless for news reports to allow the charge of ‘hate group’ to be applied to any organization because their beliefs affirm a traditional Judeo-Christian view …

“Despite my recent hypocritical behavior and disobedience to Christ, I stand firmly in saying that the Word of God, in totality, is true in every matter it addresses: including the sin of homosexual behavior. In all of this, the Word of Christ should not be questioned. It is not at fault, I am. Jesus is a good and loving Savior. …

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“Last week, it was a done deal. Or so thought some of the Boy Scouts of America’s national Board of Directors. The board was poised to revoke their longstanding policy against having openly homosexual leaders and Scouts. Only a perfunctory discussion this week stood in the way, and the board would make the decision, appeasing corporate elites and homosexual activists. …