Watch a local anchorwoman destroy Conservative misinformation about multilingual Super Bowl ad (VIDEO)

From Media Matters for America comes an amazing response from local anchorwoman, Brenda Wood to conservative criticism of Coca Cola’s Super Bowl ad. Many conservatives lashed out at Coca-Cola for their Super Bowl advertisement featuring a multilingual rendition of “America the Beautiful.” Fox contributor Allen West declared that America is “on the road to perdition,” Fox host…

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HRC highlights Russia’s anti-LGBT law with banner on national headquarters

HRC is unveiling a new banner on its national headquarters in Washington, D.C., to highlight Russia’s anti-LGBT law as the Olympic Games are slated to begin. The banner reads: “In Russia if you support LGBT equality President Putin says you can be fined, you can be arrested, you can be deported.  During the OLYMPICS, join…

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HRC to track NBC’s coverage of Russia’s anti-LGBT law during Olympics

WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, announced it will monitor NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and track reporting on the anti-LGBT situation in Russia. For the full 17 day run of the Sochi Games, HRC will track the anticipated 1,500 hours of Olympic…

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Scotland legalizes same-sex marriage

In a landmark moment for LGBT rights the Scottish Parliament has passed the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill with an overwhelming majority of 105 votes to 18. Thirty-four years after Scotland decriminalized homosexuality, this victory comes after heated debates between religious bodies and MSPs (members of the Scottish Parliament) since the first petition was…

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AT&T condemns anti-LGBT law in Russia, sets example for other Olympic sponsors

WASHINGTON – Today, AT&T became the first major U.S. corporation to make a public statement condemning the anti-LGBT Russian law outlawing “homosexual propaganda.”  Since the passage of the law last June, the Russian LGBT community has been targeted with violence, harassment, bomb threats, and limitations on its freedom of speech and assembly. HRC called on…

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HRC launches ‘Americans for Marriage Equality Communications War Room’

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today announced a Communications War Room for Americans for Marriage Equality – a coalition to advance marriage equality nationwide and provide up-to-the-minute information for lawmakers, legal experts, media, and grassroots supporters. Following the defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 last year, new marriage equality…

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Brunei’s Shariah-based Penal Code set to take effect, gays risk stoning, execution

In what the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) are calling ‘a step backward’ for human rights, the Sultan of Brunei has announced that a series of laws that were formulated in 2013 are set to be enacted in April, 2014. The laws, which criminalize everything from adultery to same-sex relations, include punishments ranging from public…

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