A relative rarity on America’s political scene nowadays, far-right Democratic Kansas state representative, Jan Pauls has beaten Erich Bishop, an openly gay son of a former KKK member in a primary election. According to the Kansas City Star, the primary election results were a mere eight votes apart. Now, the incumbent Pauls will run against…
TAMPA, Fla. – Kansas secretary of state and Mitt Romney advisor Kris Kobach has compared LGBT people to drug users and polygamists. Kobach made the remarks while debating the GOP platform’s marriage equality language yesterday in Tampa. While arguing against an amendment, introduced by Pat Kerby – a Republican National Convention delegate from Nevada –…
(CNN) — A federal court jury in Detroit has awarded a $4.5 million judgment to the University of Michigan’s first openly gay student body president in his suit against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who had written disparagingly about him on the Internet, the student’s lawyer said. The jury came back with the award…
American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, who hosts a radio talk show called “Focal Point,” agrees absolutely with Republican congressman, Todd Akin from Missouri that it is almost impossible for women to become pregnant from so-called “legitimate rape” (a term Akin has since apologized for using). According to Fischer, a woman’s body somehow doesn’t function the…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The leader of a conservative Christian organization says she believes that the man charged in a shooting Wednesday at the Family Research Council also targeted her group, and she is citing that shooting in a fundraising appeal. Andrea Lafferty, president of the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC), called on supporters Monday night to…
LINCOLN, Neb. (CNN) – A Nebraska “hate crime” that targeted an openly gay woman and that triggered responses from candlelight vigils locally to Facebook postings of support nationwide was staged by the alleged victim, authorities said Tuesday as they charged the woman with lying to police. Charlie Rogers – a former basketball player for the…
