January 18, 2025
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Advocacy group calls on corporations to demand contributions back from Congressman Scott Garrett following anti-LGBT comments

Steve Lee, Editor23 mins

MONTCLAIR, N.J.– Garden State Equality, the leading civil rights education and advocacy organization for New Jersey’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, reiterated its call for a series of major public and private companies to cease all contributions and request a refund of prior contributions to Congressman Scott Garrett following his discriminatory comments about the LGBT…

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Duggar family issues statement following TLC’s cancellation of ’19 Kids And Counting’

Steve Lee, Editor14 mins

Following the announcement that TLC have cancelled the show 19 Kids and Counting, the Duggar family have issued a statement via Facebook. TLC cancelled the show after the Duggar’s oldest son Josh admitted to molesting five minor girls, including his sisters Jill and Jessa. The full statement from the Duggars is below: Today, TLC announced…

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Walker campaign refuses to say whether Scott Walker believes children need to be ‘protected’ from LGBT Americans

Steve Lee, Editor15 mins

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the following statement after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign refused to answer a question from a Washington Post columnist about whether Walker “thought children needed to be protected from gay men.” According to the story, Walker’s spokesperson “did not respond.” HRC’s Director of Policy and Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof released…

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New anti-LGBT group pledges to fight same-sex marriage

Steve Lee, Editor12 mins

DALLAS — A group of anti-LGBT leaders today launched a coalition to fight the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Calling themselves “REAL MARRIAGE: One Man/One Woman For Life,” the group aims to target unnamed businesses and politicians who don’t stand up against LGBT rights. John Wright reported in the Texas Observer…

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Kansas Gov. Brownback issues anti-LGBT executive order

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback today issued Executive Order 15-05, “Preservation and Protection of Religious Freedom,” protecting the religious freedom of Kansas clergy and religious organizations. EO 15-05 prohibits state government from taking any discriminatory action against any “individual clergy or religious leader,” or any “religious organization” that chooses not to participate in a marriage that…

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Kyrgyzstan passes draft anti-LGBT ‘Propaganda’ Bill that’s worse than Russia’s law

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

Today, the Kyrgyzstan National Assembly voted to pass new and discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation during its second reading. The legislation passed through an initial reading in October, but had been stalled until today’s vote. Another parliamentary vote is required before the legislation is submitted to Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, whose signature is necessary for the legislation…

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Santorum will ‘continue to fight’ Supreme Court if it legalizes same-sex marriage

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Speaking Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said that if the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage later this year, he would dispute the decision, saying that the court would have decided “this case in error”. “Of course I’d fight it,” Santorum said.  “Roe versus Wade was decided 30 some years…

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Highlights on Rick Santorum’s anti-LGBT record (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor25 mins

Rick Santorum has opposed LGBT equality for nearly his entire career, beginning with his campaign for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania. As Santorum announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination the Human Rights Campaign released a video highlighting  Santorum, in his own words, using harmful rhetoric to oppose LGBT equality….

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