Romney’s ’47 percent’ tops years ‘Best Quote’ list

Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law School, has just released his seventh annual list of the most notable quotations of the year. Topping the list is Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney‘s “47 percent” comment. Romney’s “binders full of women” quote comes in second. AP reported Shapiro as saying, “Debate remarks and gaffes actually…

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Amid fanfare, same-sex couples exchange marriage vows in Seattle

(CNN) – Boutonnieres, photographers, smiles and tears of joy — requisite wedding fixtures — abounded Sunday at Seattle’s City Hall. But for 133 couples, the day’s fanfare brought an extra dimension.   “Today was really about the state of Washington recognizing us,” said Robin Wyss, who married Danielle Yung, her partner of eight years. “People…

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HRC calls out top anti-marriage donor in Maryland as active in white supremacist, secessionist causes

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling on the Maryland Marriage Alliance (MMA) to return the $10,000 donation of Michael Peroutka, an active white supremacist and secessionist sympathizer who was one of the three largest individual donors to the campaign against marriage equality in Maryland. HRC also calls on the Maryland Catholic Conference,…

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‘The Fourth Estate’

The news media is considered “The Fourth Estate,” a societal and political institution whose influence is not officially recognized. The first three estates are the branches of government; executive, legislative and judicial. While San Diego LGBT Weekly and LGBTweekly.com both qualify as a member of The Fourth Estate, we have very clear policies about what…

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