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Posts Tagged marriage equality

CD 2 pits Lundberg against upstart Weissmann for chance to run against Polis

By | 04.27.12 | 2:46 pm

On the one hand, you have Jared Polis, an openly gay, socially progressive multimillionaire as the incumbent Democrat in Colorado’s Second Congressional District. On the other hand you have two very different Republicans running for the chance to run against Polis. You have current Colorado State Senator Kevin Lundberg, an arch social conservative who has been among the legislature’s leaders in fighting against civil unions legislation.

Gallagher defends NOM’s racial strategy, but regrets wording of memos

By | 04.05.12 | 12:36 pm

LEXINGTON, VA — The former head of the National Organization for Marriage said Wednesday that she disagreed with some specific wording in the group’s controversial anti-gay marriage strategies but that she did not find the strategies themselves inappropriate.

CPAC speakers: Marriage equality is irrelevant

By | 02.13.12 | 1:20 pm

A major theme at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., was that the Republican Party should once and for all erase the line between social and fiscal issues and further the argument that conservative social policies benefit the economy.

VIDEO: Al Franken cuts ad supporting marriage equality

By | 01.30.12 | 5:37 am

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, lent his likeness to a new video series launched by the Human Rights Campaign called “Americans for Marriage Equality.” Franken is the first member of Congress to appear in a video for the campaign, which supports equal rights for same-sex couples, even as legislators in his home state have put a constitutional measure banning marriage equality on the 2012 ballot. The video was released late last week.

Discriminate against same-sex couples? Hell yes, say churches

By | 01.26.12 | 5:16 am

Should religious organizations that receive public subsidies and take special tax breaks be allowed to discriminate against couples of the same gender? Yes, declare 39 religious leaders in an open letter (PDF) to “all Americans” released last week.

NOM intends to make same-sex marriage a wedge issue in 2012

By | 01.11.12 | 8:34 am

The Human Rights Campaign’s watchdog project NOM Exposed, which tracks the spending and lobbying activities of the National Organization for Marriage, recently revised its strategy. According to a leader on the project, HRC believes NOM’s focus in 2012 will be centered on the national stage to ensure that same-sex marriage remains a primary issue in the presidential race; thus NOM Exposed will be closely following NOM’s federal election activities.

Archbishop orders priests to oppose or stay silent on gay-marriage

By | 01.05.12 | 2:44 pm

“There ought not be open dissension on this issue,” is the message the Catholic hierarchy is telling priests in Minnesota — “this issue” being same-sex marriage.

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Rick Perry: Being gay is similar to being alcoholic

By | 08.26.11 | 1:12 pm

Fresh off a Denver fundraiser, Texas governor Rick Perry today became the fourth GOP candidate to sign the National Organization for Marriage’s anti marriage equality pledge. Thursday night Perry hosted a fundraiser in suburban Denver. Admission was said to be $5,000 a pop.

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Republican LGBT influence will not be tolerated, warns FRC

By | 08.26.11 | 8:17 am

After being tipped off by a recent Washington Blade article about GOP LGBT groups’ attempts to influence the Republican Party platform at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says those groups should expect a fight.

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Santorum: ‘A tree is a tree. Marriage is marriage.’

By | 08.26.11 | 5:25 am

Rick Santorum discusses why no Catholic has ever received the Republican nomination for president and rails against marriage equality.

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