Tag Archives: Louisiana

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal: There Is A Silent War Against Religious Liberty

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gave a speech about “religious liberty” at the Reagan Library. Tony Perkins cheers via press release: After talking about the ObamaCare mandate and the assault on conscience, Jindal turned to marriage. “This is the next stage of the assault, and it is only beginning. Today, an overwhelming majority of those who belong to a religious denomination …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip description: Virginia’s marriage ban is unconstitutional, with a strongly-worded victory in AFER’s case. And that’s just the start of multiple marriage wins from coast to coast this week. We have good news coming out of Kentucky, Indiana, and Nevada, plus several new lawsuits, hearings, and favorable polls.

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Bryan Fischer: Bobby Jindal Should Refuse To Recognize Any Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Because I Love Black Men

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LOUISIANA: New Marriage Lawsuit Filed

Via press release from the Forum For Equality Louisiana: Forum for Equality Louisiana, the statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights organization, together with four couples today filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s constitutional ban on recognizing same-sex marriages legally performed outside the state. The lawsuit charges that Louisiana’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages violates the US constitutional guarantees …

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Tony Perkins: I Might Run For The Senate Seat Of David “Diaper Boy” Vitter

KKK-affiliated hate group leader Tony Perkins has been dropping hints about running for office again for several years. Now that Sen. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter has announced his 2015 candidacy for governor of Louisiana, those hints are getting louder. Though he’s not currently looking at jumping into the race against [Sen. Mary] Landrieu, Perkins said he wouldn’t rule anything out, …

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LOUISIANA: Trans Woman Dares City Councilman To Stone Her To Death

Via the Advocate: A City Council member in Shreveport, La., has abandoned his effort to repeal an LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination ordinance, following outcry from the public, including a transgender woman who dared him to stone her to death. The council passed the ordinance in December by a vote of 6-1, following a successful campaign by a pro-LGBT coaltion known as Be …

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Top Ten States With Worst Drivers

An insurance company provides the above ranking based on per capita tickets for speeding, careless driving, and failure to obey traffic signals.  Other rankings have yielded different results by calculating the per capita rates of DUIs and fatal crashes. (Tipped by JMG reader Jack)

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Headline Of The Day

Media Matters notes that Louisiana’s major newspapers have so far largely refused to report on hate group leader Tony Perkin’s vile anti-gay history and his associations with white supremacist groups as he considers a run for the US House. As he contemplates taking his extremist act to the halls of Congress, it appears that Perkins won’t have to worry about …

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Shreveport Passes LGBT Protections

Via Equality Louisiana: Today, the Shreveport City Council passed the Shreveport Fairness Ordinance with a vote of 6-1. In Louisiana, and 29 other states, there are no state or federal protections in place to prevent someone from being fired, evicted or denied service just because of who they are or who they love. The Shreveport Fairness Ordinance prevents discrimination against …

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LOUISIANA: National Guard Tweaks Rules To Allow Benefits Registration

Via the Associated Press: National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Kazmierzak said Thursday that federal employees will handle benefit enrollment requests for same-sex couples at Guard sites around Louisiana, so service members don’t have to travel to federal military installations for processing. Kazmierzak said the U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer in Louisiana, who handles federal property and federal financing for …

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NEW ORLEANS: Scam Artist Busted After Bilking Gay Businesses And Charities

There’s so much to this bizarre story that I hardly know which bits to excerpt. Here’s a starter: He frequented French Quarter gay bars and claimed to be a tycoon with an investment firm headquartered in Switzerland. He would introduce himself to the city, he promised, with a grand, glittering party he called “Indulge,” scheduled for the night of Oct. …

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Quote Of The Day – Tony Perkins

“I know a lot about the Southern Poverty Law Center, and I’m sure it’s not comforting for them to know that I can share that information with the law enforcement community. This is a very dangerous group. We are not advocating that homosexuality be illegal. What we have advocated is that marriage should be preserved in our laws as the …

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Wingnut Backscratching In Louisiana

Earlier this week I reported that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal had appointed hate group leader Tony Perkins to the state Law Enforcement Commission. The SPLC has more on the Perkins-Jindal relationship. Jindal named Perkins to the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family in 2008, supposedly on the basis of “expertise in community programs and assistance.” The Commission on Marriage and …

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LOUISIANA: Gov. Jindal Appoints Tony Perkins To Law Enforcement Commission

Via Baton Rouge’s Capital City News: Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed former Rep. Tony Perkins to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, and the Senate has confirmed his nomination. The commission awards grants and governs practices of State Police and local law enforcement agencies. Perkins said he is happy to be working to fight the crime problem. The appointment is …

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Headlines Of The Day

Perkins is doubtlessly thrilled. Hit the headlines for the stories.

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Louisiana GOP Poll

I’m sure YOU don’t need to be reminded that Hurricane Katrina happened in 2005. Source.

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LOUISIANA: Cops Arrest Gay Men For Consensual Sex Under Sodomy Laws

Baton Rouge cops have been conducting stakeouts in a public park and have arrested gay men for agreeing to have consensual sex back in their own homes. The Baton Rouge Advocate details one such recent arrest. An undercover East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy was staking out Manchac Park about 10 a.m. one day this month when a slow-moving sedan …

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TEXAS: Police Capture Suspect Wanted In Hook-Up Murder Of Austin Gay Man

The man suspected of murdering an Austin gay man after meeting him at a local nightclub has been found already in custody in Louisiana on separate charges. Matthew Bacon, 26, was arrested close to midnight on July 16 after the West Monroe police received a report that he was trying to sell narcotics at a truck stop in the city, …

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LOUISIANA: Jindal Signs Bill Banning Journalists From Identifying Gun Owners

Media Matters points out a story overlooked last week by almost all of mainstream media: On June 19, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) signed a bill that sets penalties of up to six months in jail and $10,000 for those who publish “any information regarding the identity of any person who applied for or received a concealed handgun permit.” The law …

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NYT Ponders Legacy Of Ken Mehlman

The New York Times is wondering what Ken Mehlman’s legacy will be regarding LGBT rights. Mr. Mehlman, 46, remains the hyper-intense, guarded strategist he was in his Bush days, with the same habit of looking past people instead of meeting their eyes. He shuns most interviews and still deflects personal questions, as he did back when rumors about his sexuality …

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