In fact, the culture wars are getting worse. Despite public attitudes and last year's election results, we're still seeing Republican policymakers ban abortion rights, reject marriage equality, go after contraception access, and target Planned Parenthood – and we're only three months into the year. I suppose, then, it shouldn't be too surprising that abstinence-only and sex-ed remain conservative priorities. In addition to passing some of the most restrictive … Read More
Hitting Home
The headline reads… "Sen. Rob Portman comes out in favor of gay marriage after son comes out as gay": Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman on Thursday announced he has reversed his longtime opposition to same-sex marriage after reconsidering the issue because his 21-year-old son, Will, is gay. Portman said his son, a junior at Yale University, told him and his wife, … Read More
Ignorance
Nothing is going to get solved when you have people so… what's the word… stupid in government.
Never Thought I’d Read Something Like This
Here it is: A new effort by a large group of influential Republican luminaries to champion same sex marriage represents a breakthrough for the party and the cause. At least 75 current and former Republican officials and intellectuals have signed on to a draft legal brief calling on the Supreme Court to overturn California’s Proposition 8 and similar laws prohibiting … Read More
Right Continues To Lose Culture Wars
(1) NBC: The Boy Scouts of America, one of the nation’s largest private youth organizations, is actively considering an end to its decades-long policy of banning gay scouts or scout leaders, according to scouting officials and outsiders familiar with internal discussions. If adopted by the organization’s board of directors, it would represent a profound change on an issue that has been … Read More
Don’t Let The Door Hit Your Ass On The Way Out
Gay-hater and founder and former head of the National Organization for Marriage, Maggie Gallagher, having found one outlet to publish her stupid columns, is packing it in, so that no outlet will publish her stupid columns. On the way out, she leaves us with these gems: Every life is precious. It is better to care for your children than to kill them. I can't … Read More
Family Values
Yuchy: A Manchester lawyer took a teenage girl to Canada, had her engage in sexual activity and convinced her to let it be filmed, according to federal indictments. FBI agents swiftly arrested Lisa Biron yesterday morning as she awaited a hearing on child pornography charges at Manchester’s district court. About 9 a.m. FBI agents entered the courtroom, told Biron to … Read More
Chick-Fil-A Announces New Policy
Power to the people: Chicago, Illinois – The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA), Illinois' leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights advocacy organization, has learned that Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno has finalized his negotiations with Chick-Fil-A. Alderman Moreno has confirmed that Chick-fil-A will no longer give money to anti-gay organizations and that they have clarified in an internal document … Read More
Dumbest PAC Ad (So Far)
Did you know that Obama is going to send the troops to force you to gay marry? Apparently so, according to this ad from a pro-Romney super PAC with ties to evangelist Gary Bauer. The Campaign for American Values ad attacks President Obama for his support of marriage equality. In the ad, called “New Morning,” an opposite sex couple expresses concern that … Read More
GOP Platform Continues Its War On Women
Even as most Republican big-wigs are denouncing Todd Akin's caveman views on women, they're preparing to certify a GOP platform that calls for criminalizing abortion in all circumstances. Tampa, Florida (CNN) – The Republican Party is set to once again enshrine into its official platform support for "a human life amendment" to the Constitution that would outlaw abortion without making explicit … Read More
An Announcement
Yes, the Family Research Council is basically a bunch of homophobic bigoted d-bags of the first order. But don't turn them in to shooting victims, folks. It actually impedes social progress when you do that.
What’s It Like To Be A Gay Chick-fil-A Employee?
Pretty rough lately: Andrew, a gay 24-year-old who has been working at the northern Alabama Chick-fil-A since January, sat in his car smoking a cigarette and watching the crowd during a break earlier Wednesday. "I call it hater appreciation day," said Andrew, who asked that his last name be withheld out of fear he'd be fired. "It's very, very depressing." … Read More
Chik-Fallout
YouGov BrandIndex polling shows that the public’s approval of Chick-fil-A has taken a nosedive since (Chick-fil-A’s president Dan) Cathy’s interview on July 16. It has fallen from 65 to 39. Even in the South, where Chick-Fil-A is based and is most popular, the restaurant rating dropped from 80 (on July 16) to the current 44. [Source]
Ugly Wingnut Quote Of The Day
I hope the girls whose boyfriends died to save them were worthy of the sacrifice. — James Taranto (@jamestaranto) July 25, 2012 Taranto is a writer and editor at the Wall Street Journal. UPDATE — Wonkette snarks: The fact that Taranto devotes about 40 acres of WSJ column space per year to the perils of feminism and sexual harrassment law, (and like the greatest minds … Read More
School Did Not Violate Anti-Gay Counselor’s Rights When They Fired Her
A federal judge in Georgia has ruled that Jennifer Keeton’s constitutional rights were not violated when Augusta State University expelled her from its counseling program for her unwillingness to abide by its professional ethics. Keeton insisted that homosexuality is an “immoral personal choice” and refused to affirm a gay client’s behavior as “right or healthy.” The 11th Circuit previously dismissed Keeton’s appeal for a preliminary injunction, … Read More