Tag Archives: HRC

HRC Posts Video Of Porno Pete’s Picket

What a turnout! Snork!

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HRC Posts Vine Clip Of Porno Pete

UPDATE: I’ve removed the Vine video because there doesn’t appear to be a way to disable autoplay. Watch it here. JMG reader Erik sends us the top photo below, the second is from the Instagram account of Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner.  That’s Matt Barber at the podium. Porno Pete is to the left of the handicapped sign.

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HRC Welcomes Porno Pete

Porno Pete LaBarbera and his clown car of haters are due to picket outside the DC headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign today.  Jeremy Hooper reports that the HRC is laying out the welcome mat.  We’ll have to see if any press attends their press conference this time.

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Porno Pete To Picket HRC

Press conference? Like last year’s almost completely ignored press conference he held in front of the SPLC headquarters?

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LGBT Groups React To Boy Scouts Change

Scouts For Equality “The Boy Scouts of America can do better,” said Zach Wahls, an Eagle Scout and Executive Director of Scouts for Equality. “We welcome the news that the ban on gay Scouts is history, but our work isn’t over until we honor the Scout Law by making this American institution open and affirming to all.” Human Rights Campaign …

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Maggie Gallagher: The IRS Got Tricked Into Leaking NOM’s Tax Return

“The IRS is claiming — and I think it is plausible — that low-level employees found a clever way to use their low-level job to influence (they hoped) a U.S. election. Have they been identified and fired? Because otherwise this becomes no longer a low-level problem. (You may recall that a low-level employee also released NOM’s private tax-return information to a guy …

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HRC: Moms For Equality

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HRC Praises Jason Collins

“Jason Collins’ commitment to living openly is a monumental step forward toward greater equality and he immediately becomes a role model for youth all across this country. His actions today tell LGBT young people that what will define our success in life is our character and dedication, not our sexual orientation. At a moment when millions are reflecting on the …

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HRC Cheers Four Years Of Iowa Marriage

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage on April 3rd, 2009 and the first couples got their licenses four years ago tomorrow. Cute clip.

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Hillary Clinton For Marriage

This may be the best one yet. Listen to the entire thing.

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More Reactions To Sen. Rob Portman

Human Rights Campaign  Like countless dads across the country, Senator Portman has made the basic and courageous choice to put parenting before politics. When it comes to marriage equality, all Americans are on the same journey toward recognizing our common humanity. But while 8 in 10 Americans know a gay or lesbian person, it still takes unique courage to speak …

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Brian Brown: HRC Stole My Logo!

“Because I designed NOM’s logo personally, I find this to be an insulting mockery, as well as very ironic: you see, I created this image to reflect the difference between men and women symbolically. The red ring represents men and the blue represents, women. The intertwining of the rings is meant to show that marriage is the unique union of …

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LGBT Rights Coalition Launches National Marriage Equality Ad Campaign

The Respect For Marriage Coalition will today launch a national print and television campaign in support of marriage equality.  The coalition comprises Freedom To Marry, the Human Rights Campaign, and other LGBT and progressive groups.  Chris Geidner breaks down the TV ad on Buzzfeed: “None of us would want to be told we can’t marry the person we love. That’s …

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New Banner At HRC Headquarters

You might need to embiggen to read it.

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Liberty Counsel Attacks HRC

“For them [HRC] to say that that is ‘not good enough’ just shows the level of the hubris inherent within the radical homosexual activist lobby. It shows that they are relentless and they will not be satisfied until each and every one of their extremist demands are met. They want access to our children, to be able to corrupt their …

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HRC Publishes Boy Scouts Ad

Today the Human Rights Campaign published the above full-page ad in the Dallas Morning News. Via press release: “While the proposed change is a step in the right direction, we can’t pretend that passing the buck to the local level will eliminate anti-gay discrimination because it won’t,” said HRC communications vice president Fred Sainz. “Generations of gay Americans have been …

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HRC Endorses Christine Quinn

She has yet to formally announce her candidacy, but today the Human Rights Campaign endorsed Christine Quinn for New York City mayor.  Via press release: As Speaker of the New York City Council, Quinn has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of all New Yorkers. HRC pointed to Quinn’s unrivaled record and experience leading the City and specifically highlighted her …

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HRC Launches New Coalition: Businesses For The Repeal Of DOMA

The Human Rights Campaign today announced a new coalition of corporations that is endorsing the Respect For Marriage Act, which would legislatively repeal DOMA. The Business Coalition for DOMA Repeal is a group of leading U.S. employers that support legislative efforts to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act through the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act. These Coalition …

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HRC: Stick A Fork In NOM

The Human Rights Campaign today issued a press release roundly mocking NOM for their failures to make good on their threats.  An excerpt: Opponents’ financing is drying up. They were outspent almost three to one last year, $12 million to $34 million in the ballot campaigns. More broadly, tax documents obtained by HRC last fall show that NOM’s funding declined …

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Photo Of The Day

Jeremy Hooper asks: “How long do we think the folks behind the anti-LGBT Manhattan Declaration (which has no real connection to Manhattan) drove around looking for an HRC sticker to park beside?”  As I’ve noted here a couple of times, the Manhattan Declaration people are hilariously proud of their new logo, hence the posting of the above photo on their …

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