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Via press release from Hillary For America: “By picking Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump has doubled down on some of his most disturbing beliefs by choosing an incredibly divisive and unpopular running mate known for supporting discriminatory politics and failed economic policies that favor millionaires and corporations over working families,” said John Podesta, chair of Hillary for …

We figured this was coming after he resurfaced this week with the full clan. InTouch makes today’s claim: We may be seeing Josh Duggar on television again! Just a few months after the 28-year-old reality star finished his six-month rehab stint, it seems Josh has regained interest in the reality TV world. When his sisters Jill Duggar and Jessa Duggar …

Just in from the American Family Association’s censor-in-chief Monica Cole: Dear Joe, Some victories take place within only 2 hours of letting our voice be heard while others take much longer, and that is OK. Over a year ago, One Million Moms and AFA partnered with Enough Is Enough (EIE), an organization pioneering Internet safety, along with 75 other family …

From the New York Daily News: Here’s another way of walling yourself off from mainstream America. In a list of priorities straight out of the 1950s, the GOP formalized Donald Trump’s insane plan to build a Mexican border wall as part of its official party platform — while also doing away with LGBT rights and favoring Bibles in public schools. …

If you work for Liberty Counsel, you are totally spending eternity in heaven. Via press release: Are you a highly-motivated Christian attorney who is passionate about advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and family values? Do you have an unquenchable desire to be on the front lines of the culture war that is raging against America’s Christian heritage? …

Via press release from the ACLU: A federal appeals court today dismissed Kim Davis’s appeals in the Rowan County marriage licensing case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Miller v. Davis left in place the order that found Davis in contempt. ACLU LGBT Project Staff Attorney Ria Tabacco Mar has this comment: “Kentucky’s new marriage law …

Bil Browning writes at LGBTQ Nation: One month after the mass shooting in Orlando at a gay nightclub, congressional Republicans are holding a committee hearing to discuss legalizing discrimination against LGBT people. Despite repeated calls from fellow lawmakers, activists, and civil rights organizations, chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) refused to cancel or postpone the hearing. The hearing will focus on the …

Via press release: For those looking for conflict in Cleveland at the 2016 GOP Convention – they may be a bit disappointed. The contested convention that was talked about did not materialize, nor is a battle royal developing over the party’s platform. After the first full day of working on the platform, it appears the GOP is set to have …

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: Tuesday’s congressional hearing on a federal “religious freedom” bill that would enable anti-LGBT discrimination is “disturbing,” a White House spokesperson said Monday. Jeff Tiller, a White House spokesperson, made the remarks in response to an email request from the Washington Blade to comment on the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform’s controversial …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Evangelical seminary president Richard Land told the American Family Association’s One News Now today that Donald Trump could help himself “enormously” with social conservatives “if he were to hold a press conference and say that if he is indeed elected president, that he will nominate Ted Cruz to replace Antonin Scalia on the …

NBC News reports that a GOP platform subcommittee today approved an amendment which calls for the Christian bible to be taught in public schools as a “historical document.” According to a Dallas News reporter in the room, hate group leader Tony Perkins, who sits on the committee, declared that “a good understanding of the bible being indispensable to an educated …

EARLIER….. Even though the 2016 GOP platform is full of anti-LGBT language, this issue, should the draft language stick, represents a huge loss for platform committee member Tony Perkins. CNN reports: In a major shift, the platform would drop the pursuit of a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between a man and a woman, opting instead to oppose …

Remember when the Liberty Counsel faced national humiliation over their quickly debunked lie that 100,000 Peruvians had gathered in a soccer stadium to pray for Kim Davis? Well, last night Matt Barber may have outdone that ridiculousness when he tweeted out a poorly photoshopped image which claims that not only did our Kenyan usurper illuminate the White House in rainbow …

Back in April, I reported that Maine has approved ballot language for a referendum that would repeal LGBT protections in that state. Today we learn that the Christian group behind the referendum has bigger plans. Bangor’s CBS affiliate reports: Mike Heath and other former heads of the Christian Civic League of Maine have formed a new group, “Equal Rights, not …

Anti-gay nutter Eugene Delgaudio writes from a warehouse swarming with long-haired men to announce his plan for the GOP convention. Via email: The Homosexual Lobby’s attempt to take over the Republican National Convention and replace Real Marriage with their radical Agenda has already begun. Liberals on the Platform committee will team up with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) who refused to …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the Kentucky Open Records Act by refusing to produce documents related to her legal battle last year against same-sex marriage, the state Office of the Attorney General said in an opinion released Tuesday. The Campaign for Accountability, a Washington nonprofit that says it works “to expose misconduct and malfeasance in …

Last month hate group leader, failed social media entrepreneur, and failed politician Janet Porter failed yet again when her “nationwide” protests of all Target outlets yielded only a handful of screaming nutters at three locations. Porter followed that fail with an announcement of a future fail to be held in the same style during back-to-school season in early August. Today …

From the far-right Christian site Charisma News: Televangelist Jim Bakker only needed one last thing to get him out of prison: To forgive those who put him there. As he sat behind bars, he poured over the Word of God and R.T. Kendall’s book on Joseph. “That set me free,” Bakker says. “I had to forgive everybody, from my heart! …

Phil Robertson delivered some typically reasonable remarks this weekend at the Western Conservative Summit. Mediaite recaps: Later in his speech, the Duck Dynasty patriarch went on a riff about how there were 160,000 murders in America while we were fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it’s kind of intriguing to wonder where he was going with it. Now, if …

From the Associated Press: The current hot-button issue for Klan members — fighting immigration and closing U.S. borders — is one of the most talked-about topics in the presidential election. Klan leaders say Donald Trump’s immigration position and his ascendancy in the GOP are signs things are going their way. “You know, we began 40 years ago saying we need …