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Thursday Watercooler: Gallagher stepping down as chair of NOM

James Withers — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:15:45 +0000

The machinery of death. Last night Georgia and Texas killed two men. White supremacist Lawrence Russell Brewer was convicted for the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr. Brewer made no final statement(...)

Monday Watercooler: Gallagher will not have her pledge ignored

James Withers — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:39:18 +0000

Unless you sign NOM’s pledge, you are for same sex marriage. Even if you are not. Herman Cain, one of the lower tier Republican candidates in the presidential primary, is against gay marriage.(...)

NOM loses campaign disclosure appeal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:00:35 +0000

A federal appeals court rejected the National Organization for Marriage’s effort to keep secret how much money they spent to support political candidates.

NOM argued that they didn’t need to(...)

Thursday Watercooler: HIV rates increase for young black gay men

James Withers — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:32:49 +0000

HIV rates and young black men. This is the rare day when Larry Kramer and I are on the same page. The Center for Disease Control released data concerning HIV and AIDS rates. Infection rates(...)

Bigotry Watch: Maggie Gallagher needs to actually read the First Amendment

David Badash — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:30:19 +0000

Maggie Gallagher, Chuck Grassley, heck, maybe all conservatives (including Sarah Palin!) and anti-equality fear-mongers need to actually read the First Amendment. I’m sure if you’re reading(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Don’t hold hands at a Stein art exhibit

James Withers — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:01:54 +0000

DOMA hearings.There were multiple sweet moments in yesterday’s DOMA’s hearing. My personal favorite was Sen. Patrick Leahy’s surgical strike of Focus on the Family’s vice president of public(...)

Culhane: But are they “bigots”?

John Culhane — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:47 +0000

It’s been much remarked lately that those who oppose marriage equality have been trying to stand the facts of the world on their heads. In a move that’s been at least partially successful,(...)

Gotcha! GetEqual ambushes Maggie Gallagher, gives her Bigotry Award

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:00:21 +0000

The direct action, gay activist group GetEqual ambushed anti-gay Maggie Gallagher today at a Congressional hearing on “Defending Marriage.”

Gallagher is the board chairman of the National(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Gallagher and Savage duke it out

James Withers — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:17:44 +0000

Armstrong sues Shirvell. Disgraced, and former, Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell will have to dust off his lawyering skills. Chris Armstrong the college senior who was(...)

Culhane: The human cost of denied gay equality

John Culhane — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:37 +0000

You’ve got to hand it to the National Organization for Marriage. Often absurdly ineffective – recall the unintentionally hilarious (and much parodied) Gathering Storm video – they(...)