NOM Completes A Clean Sheet (Of Losses) In Oregon
You may be aware that since this time (April) last year, NOM has been nothing but a massive pain in the ass to Oregon and the Ninth Circuit.Now, that pain in the ass has finally been defeated.From The...
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NOM Hypocritically Cheers The Resignation Of Angie's List CEO
When former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigned last year over his $1,000 donation to Prop 8, here's some of what NOM had to say about it.From April 4, 2014:NOM called the dismissal of Brendan Eich as...
View ArticleJudge Granade In Alabama Refuses To Dismiss Class Action Suit
From Buzzfeed:The ongoing feud between Alabama and federal courts over the state’s ban on same-sex couples’ marriages continued Friday, as a federal judge kept alive advocates’ attempt to take marriage...
View ArticleIs Bill Donohue Implicitly Encouraging Violence Against Bill Maher?
On the April 24 edition of his show, Bill Maher made a couple of jokes about Pope Francis (this one was a compliment) and Christianity more broadly.The Catholic League reports:While discussing the...
View ArticleHere's What The Religious Right Demands As "Religious Freedom"
A recent NOM blog post covering some news is just more proof that the religious right feels entitled to have its religion decide all questions of law and policy (the short hand word for this is...
View ArticleLGBT Community Wins Big In Recent Popular Votes
As the fight for marriage equality nears a likely end this June, the broader fight for LGBT equality will shift to anti-discrimination protections. In the last couple of days, two votes have taken...
View ArticleLaramie Passes An Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Yesterday, I reported on two wins for the LGBT community in votes about anti-discrimination laws. Now, there's another win, this time, with a big symbolic part.From LGBTQ Nation:The Laramie City...
View ArticleTX HB 4105 Fails To Meet Midnight Deadline
This bill, sponsored by almost every Republican state legislator in Texas (Alabama is not the only state that is acting childish right now), would prevent state officials who issue marriage licenses to...
View ArticleNOM Backs Texas' Lawless Supreme Court Defying Bill
First there were the calls for pro-equality attorneys-general to be impeached. Then there were the calls todefy federalcourt orders. Then there was the call to get Justice Ginsburg thrown off the...
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NOM Completely Screws Up The Ireland Marriage Equality Referendum
This Friday, Ireland could become the first country in the world to legalise marriage equality by a popular vote. I'm expecting that it will pass, although I am less sure than I was at the start of the...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland Anti-Marriage Equality Bakery Found Guilty Of Discrimination
I''m actually very disappointed in this ruling:A Northern Ireland bakery was found guilty Tuesday of discrimination for refusing to make a cake bearing the slogan “Support Gay Marriage,” a verdict...
View ArticleThe Death Sentence Of The Christian Right
This past Sunday was the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, and it put back into my mind the day that took place exactly one month prior, April 17, and the controversy that...
View ArticleNOM's Self-Refuting Rationalization Of The Passage Of Marriage Equality In...
It's a tough time to be on the wrong side of history right now. The side that constantly crows "Let the people vote!" lost 62-38 on Friday. Of course, democracy only matters to them when it goes their...
View ArticleNOM's Hypocrisy Over Marriage And The Presidential Race
One very fascinating thing I have found about the most ardent anti-equality politicians is that they cannot understand why they may be questioned on their absurd positions after campaigning on them the...
View ArticleThe Christian Right Hands Down Another Death Sentence
In Australia, the push for marriage equality has reached a tipping point. We're seeing opponents change their minds like never before, and yesterday, a bill was introduced into our Parliament to...
View ArticleNOM's Horribly Transphobic Response To Caitlyn Jenner
There's no point introducing their animosity anymore, so let's just cut to the chase.In response to Caitlyn Jenner's revelation that she is transgender and has now transitioned, NOM has argued this...
View ArticleArkansas State Legislator Opposes Free Speech For LGBT People
More proof that our side is NOT the intolerant side, however much some right-wing victim complex Christian conservative crybabies would like to believe it is.From Raw Story:An Arkansas state senator...
View ArticleMexico Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Bans Unconstitutional
This could be huge. From LGBTQ Nation:Mexico’s supreme court has ruled it is unconstitutional for Mexican states to bar same-sex marriages. But the court’s ruling is considered a “jurisprudential...
View ArticleTell Me More About How LGBT Equality Supporters Are Intolerant
I've become quite dedicated to arguing this point, because for all the talk about how intolerant and oppressive we are, about how we are all about "punishing" and "silencing" our opponents, there seems...
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Christian Neighbor Threatens Woman Over Rainbow Lamps. She Responds In The...
Julie Baker is a resident of Baltimore. She has decided to show her support for equality with these lamps: This earned an irate response from a neighbor: Which earned this further response from Baker,...
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