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The band is renowned for their ardent support of unions and the working class. Scott Walker is absolutely the last person who should be using their music.

Wisconsin Democrats have sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, telling to stop wasting state money on lawsuits to fight same-sex marriage. Fifteen Democratic state senators and 25 Democratic representatives sent letters to Walker and Van Hollen on Wednesday. Van Hollen last week appealed a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s ban is unconstitutional. …

Via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Gov. Scott Walker may be having a little trouble stating his position on gay marriage these days. Not so his son Alex. Alex Walker, who will be a sophomore this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently acted as the state-required witness to a gay marriage in Waukesha County. Records show Shelli Marquardt and Cathy Priem …

Via the Associated Press: Gov. Scott Walker has a history of forcefully opposing same-sex marriage in Wisconsin, but in the wake of the state’s ban on gay marriages being found unconstitutional the Republican leader said Thursday that his own views about the issue do not matter. Walker, who is running for re-election this year and eyeing a bid for president …

As expected, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today filed a same-sex marriage notice of appeal with the Seventh Circuit Court. Several county clerks in Wisconsin have been issuing marriage licenses since the ban was struck down on Friday by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb, but other county clerks say they are waiting for clarification from the state. Van Hollen …

Tea Party hero and GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making flippy-floppy noises after years of loudly opposing same-sex marriage. Gov. Scott Walker backed away from his previous support for the state ban on gay marriage passed in 2006, saying he didn’t know if it violated the U.S. Constitution, would still be approved by voters today or would amount to …

RELATED: In the past Walker has compared same-sex marriage to incest and pedophilia.  In 2011 he tried to end hospital visitation rights for gay couples.  But back March he acknowledged that the tide has turned among young conservatives. Walker’s comments prompted Bryan Fischer to denounce him as “crossed off” the list of prospective 2016 presidential candidates.

In the past, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has compared same-sex marriage to incest and pedophilia.  In 2011 he tried to end hospital visitation rights for gay couples.  But yesterday he acknowledge that the tide has turned. Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Walker was asked whether younger conservatives are “more apt to see marriage equality as something that is …