Tag Archives: Connecticut

Today In Christian Love: God Let Those Children Get Murdered Because There’s No Prayer In Public Schools

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Update On Connecticut Shooting

Beyond horrible.

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Headline Of The Day

There aren’t a lot of details at this writing.

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Connecticut Marriage Turns Four

AFER’s Matt Baume celebrates.

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Linda McMahon Loses Senate Race

Hello, Sen. Chris Murphy!

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GOP Senate Candidate Linda McMahon Reverses: I Would Vote To Repeal DOMA

Quite surprising. But welcome.

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CONNECTICUT: Warm Seas Force Shutdown Of Nuclear Power Plant

Connecticut’s Millstone nuclear power plant has been shut down because the ocean water used to cool the machinery is now too warm to be effective. Millstone Power Station has occasionally shut for maintenance or other issues, but in its 37-year history it has never gone down due to excessively warm water, spokesman Ken Holt said on Monday. Water from Long …

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CONNECTICUT: Wrestling Maven Linda McMahon Buys GOP Senate Primary Win

Tea Party candidate and pro wrestling jillionaire Linda McMahon won today’s GOP Senate primary in Connecticut after outspending her moderate opponent by 12-1. In defeating Christopher Shays, a former United States representative and longtime fixture in moderate politics in the state, Ms. McMahon underscored the power of being an outside candidate, as well as a wealthy one. She outspent her …

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Connecticut Repeals Death Penalty

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CT Archdiocese To Gays: Stop Fucking

The Archdiocese Of Hartford wants all of you dirty homos to stop that delicious man-fucking. If you stop it right now, Jeebus and all those other white people in heaven will forgive you. The Hartford Archdiocese wants gays and lesbians to practice abstinence in the new year. On Tuesday, the archdiocese announced it was launching a local chapter of a …

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CONNECTICUT: Congressional Candidate May Lose Foreign Partner Due To DOMA

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CONNECTICUT: Gender Identity Bill Scheduled For Senate Vote Today

Following its approval by the Connecticut House, today the state Senate will consider a bill granting anti-discrimination protections on the basis of gender identity. The measure has been been characterized as the “Bathroom Bill” by anti-gay groups, who are today flooding right wing sites with pleas to call Connecticut’s legislators. Cited in the Christianist materials are numerous cases of men …

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CONNECTICUT: Anti-Gay Groups To Rally Today Against Trans Rights Bill

Anti-gay groups will rally this afternoon at the Connecticut state capitol building in opposition to the pending transgender rights act, which Christianist groups have characterized as a “bathroom bill” which will allow men in dresses to molest little girls in public restrooms. From the Connecticut Family Institute: “HB 6599 is subjective and vague. Terms such as ‘gender expression’ and ‘gender …

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CONNECTICUT: Wingnuts Organize Against Proposed Transgender Rights Bill

Anti-gay and Christianist groups are organizing against Connecticut’s proposed transgender rights bill by characterizing the measure as a “bathroom bill” that will allow men in dresses the freedom to molest little girls in public restrooms. This tactic, sadly, has worked in other states. The Connecticut Legislature is about to vote on HB6599, the “Bathroom Bill”, which gives broad and needless …

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Catholic Church Fights CT Move To Lift Statute Of Limitations On Molestation

Connecticut lawmakers says they are shocked by the Catholic Church’s opposition to a proposed lifting of the statute of limitations on lawsuits for the sexual abuse of minors. “I’m just so surprised they are opposing this. We certainly had the sense last year that they would not,” Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, said of the bill she proposed that eliminates …

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CONNECTICUT: Hate Group Head Rails Against Gender Identity Bill

Last week the Connecticut House Judiciary Committee held public hearings on its proposed gender identity bill, where the head of a local hate group railed predictably against “men in dresses attacking little girls in the ladies room.” Watch him wriggle when the committee chairman points out that laws against such attacks already exist and would remain in place should the …

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Blücher!

The lawyer for a Connecticut man who was arrested for fisting a female horse (SRSLY) is asking the court to show his client lenience because he’s a devout Christian without a previous criminal record. “Mr. Wegiel has never been arrested for any crime before this, and I think he is eligible,” Crozier said. Crozier said Wegiel denies abusing the horse. …

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Sen. Joe Lieberman To Retire In 2012

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), the frequent bane of both Democrats and Republicans and an unlikely hero in the repeal of DADT, will announce his retirement tomorrow. Lieberman’s long awaited decision means an end to a political career that took from the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate to a speaking role at the 2008 Republican National …

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GLAD To Launch Second DOMA Suit

Tomorrow the Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) will launch a DOMA lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of a Connecticut lesbian couple. Earlier this year, GLAD won a similar suit in Massachusetts in a ruling that the Obama administration is appealing. The New York Times reports: Joanne Pedersen tried to add her spouse to her federal health …

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CONNECTICUT: Gubernatorial Race Still Undecided, Legal Challenges May Be Filed

Teabagger Tom Foley is refusing to concede Connecticut’s gubernatorial race and is threatening a legal challenge should gay-friendly Democrat Dan Malloy be declared the winner. In a press conference this morning, Foley left the door open to a possible legal challenge and urged Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to postpone the official announcement of a victor, due to myriad …

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