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Christianists File Suit Against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Over Hate Crimes Act

According to World Net Daily, a group of Christian pastors and head of the Michigan chapter of the American Family Association have filed suit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, claiming that the recently passed hate crimes act violates their civil right to be hate-filled anti-gay bigots. Which, of course, it doesn’t. The complaint states Christians now can become the …

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ACLU & Lambda Legal To Sue Hawaii

After nonstop harassment by Catholic and evangelical groups protesting at the state capitol building, last week the Hawaii House indefinitely postponed a vote on civil unions after approving such an item twice in previous years. The ACLU and Lambda Legal are suing the state. Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i Foundation (ACLU) today announced they are …

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eHarmony Settles Gay Lawsuit

Christian dating site eHarmony has finally settled the class action lawsuit which claimed that the company discriminated against gays in California by not letting them use the site. Under a proposed settlement filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, eHarmony will link its straight and gay Web sites and allow people to use both without paying double fees. Plaintiff’s attorney …

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You Can’t Sit There, You Might Molest

A man in the UK is suing British Airways for making him move to another seat on a flight out of London. According to company policy, adult men are not allowed to sit next to children unrelated to them. Because we’re all potential child molesters. In line with the policy, BA cabin crew patrol the aisles before take-off checking that …

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Microsoft Loses Word Patent Appeal

Microsoft has lost its appeal of a patent claim against Word, meaning they can no longer sell the disputed version of the word processing software. (Until they pay off the people who actually invented it.) The ruling, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — which handles many patent and trademark cases — may signal the …

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Today In Frivolous Lawsuits

Two Alaska Airlines flight attendants are suing the national weather service and the federal government because they were injured during a bout of air turbulence. They filed a claim against the U.S. government because they believe the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Air Traffic Organization should have warned them about the severe weather, the claim said. “These injuries were entirely …

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ACLU Sides With Prop 8 Proponents Over Internal Campaign Documents

David Boies and Ted Olson want the backers of Proposition 8 to turn over their internal campaign strategy documents and emails in order to prove that the battle against same-sex marriage is rooted in bigotry. Yesterday the ACLU filed a motion opposing the demand, saying that forcing political strategists to reveal internal documents would stifle freedom of speech during campaigns. …

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Lambda Legal Sues Atlanta Cops and City Over Eagle Bar Raid

On behalf of 19 customers who suffered physical and verbal abuse during a September raid of the Atlanta Eagle nightclub, Lambda Legal is suing the city, the chief of police, and 48 individual cops. Via press release: “The illegal activity going on in the Atlanta Eagle that night was committed by the APD,” said Greg Nevins, Supervising Senior Staff Attorney …

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Study: Gay Priests No More Likely To Molest Than Straight Ones

A new study shows that sexual orientation is not predictive of which Catholic priests commit child molestation. A preliminary report commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse scandal has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday. The full …

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Teabaggers Vs. Teabaggers

They’re suing each other now! Loves it!

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NOM Sues Maine To Cloak Fundraising

Rather than comply with Maine’s financial disclosure requirements, NOM is suing the state to overturn the law entirely. The biggest contributor to the group trying to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law is suing the state over its campaign reporting requirements. The state ethics commission voted Oct. 1 to take a closer look at contributions by the National Organization for Marriage …

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Pageant Lawsuit: Pay Us For Your Fake Titties, Carrie Prejean!!!

Miss California USA pageant organizer K2 Productions has filed a counter-suit to Carrie Prejean’s claim of religious discrimination, demanding (among other things) that she pay them back for her fake titties. “Even before she became notorious for that answer and the ensuing media storm, Ms. Prejean was already causing difficulty,” the K2 counter-suit states. “With her new-found notoriety, an inflated …

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Anti-Gay Christian Action Network Told They Can’t Raise Funds In Maine

After they sent out a fundraising letter called “inflammatory” and “anti-Muslim,” the state of Maine has told the virulently anti-gay Christian Action Network that they can no longer raise funds there. The group is suing the state in response. The organization claims the state violated its right to free speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments when it denied the …

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Federal Court Dismisses Suit By Lesbian Couple Kept Apart In Hospital

A federal court in Florida has dismissed Lambda Legal’s lawsuit brought on behalf of a lesbian couple that was kept apart by a Miami hospital after one of the women suffered a brain aneurysm during an R Family cruise. She died alone even though her partner provided the hospital with documents proving she was legally entitled to make healthcare decisions. …

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Vatican: At Least We’re Not The WORST Pedophiles Compared To Other Religions!

The Vatican has issued a statement saying that other religions are worse when it comes to pedophile holy men, and HEY, at least our guys don’t like ’em super young! In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such …

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Feds Overturn Westboro Judgment, Rule Freedom Of Speech

On the same day that the Westboro Baptist Church staged an anti-Semitic rally in Brooklyn, a federal appeals court overturned a $5M judgment against them won by the father of a soldier whose funeral they had picketed. The judge ruled that even “distasteful and repugnant” speech is protected by the First Amendment. Last June a lien was placed on Westboro’s …

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$10M Judgment For Teen Who Lost Insurance After He Tested HIV+

A 17 year-old South Carolina boy has been awarded $10M after his insurance company dropped him because he tested HIV positive. South Carolina’s supreme court has ordered Fortis Insurance to cough up $10 million for wrongly revoking coverage of a 17-year-old college student after he tested positive for HIV. It is the most an insurance company has ever been ordered …

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Judge Threatens Birther Loon Orly Taitz For “Frivolous Lawsuit”

Not only did he toss out wild wig-woman Orly Taitz’s lawsuit demanding that Barack Obama issue his birth certificate, a federal judge threatened her with sanctions if she tried again. Taitz’s suit was filed on behalf of Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, who says since Obama is not her legitimate commander in chief, she didn’t have to deploy to Iraq. She …

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Gay Man Sues Third Bible Publisher For $10M Over “Mental Anguish”

Last year we heard about Bradley Fowler, a Michigan gay man and ex-con who sued two Bible publishers for $70M for publishing versions that he claimed caused him “mental anguish and harm” because they substituted the word “homosexuals” in places where earlier translations did not. Both suits were dismissed due to statute of limitations restrictions between the publication dates and …

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Anti-Gay Nutjob Peter LaBarbera Sues Hotel Over Canceled Event

Peter LaBarbera has filed a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against a Chicago-area Holiday Inn because they canceled a 2007 event for the Americans For Truth About Homosexuality over fears of bad publicity. Porno Pete didn’t have a contract with the hotel, but he’s suing. The Carol Stream-based group alleges its Oct. 6, 2007 fundraiser was canceled by the hotel six …

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