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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Democratic walloping on Capitol Hill was seen as a setback for the gay-equality agenda in Congress and was expected to shift the movement's organizing efforts to the White House, the states and courts. "In every social justice movement, there are steps forward and steps back, and last night was a mix of both," Michael Cole, spokesman for gay rights group, the Human Rights Campaign, said Wednesday. The steps forward, he said, included the addition of the fourth openly gay member of Congress, Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline, who will fill the seat vacated by Rep. Patrick Kennedy. ...
Anti-gay fear junkies NOM have Miss California (well, had Miss California), but now, they have an opponent even mightier than their famous ally: A third-grader named Ethan McNamee. From HuffPo's Jason Linkins, and Denver's ABC affiliate: I saw this video of Ethan McNamee, a third-grader from Denver, Colorado, who organized his own rally in support of same-sex marriage, and if you ask me, he comes across as pretty coherent! Here's McNamee's story, via the local ABC News affiliate: Ethan McNamee arranged the rally as an independent class project. He was concerned about the issue after hearing ...
While this new ad from the National Organization for Marriage (or LATENT) comically reminded me of Mr. Show with Bob and David's "What's a Gagortion?" sketch, it's also the latest example of an emerging trend: using children as cover for bigotry. Here's the ad: (h/t Jason Linkins)Just last night, I wrote about Joe the Plumber taking a similar tack, ...
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