Americans say businesses must serve gays and lesbians

Originally published on MSNBC 04/09/15 In the wake of the controversy over religious freedom laws in Indiana and Arkansas, most Americans say that a business owner should treat gays and lesbians as they would other customers, even if homosexuality violates that business owner’s religious beliefs. The latest NBC News Online Survey conducted by SurveyMonkey also…

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MSNBC highlights story of longtime LGBT activist and transgender pastor (VIDEO)

Longtime LGBT advocate Allyson Robinson, who was ordained at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. in June, is featured in an MSNBC Originals video. Headlining the video as “Is this the most radical preacher in America?” MSNBC writes, “West Point graduate, master of divinity and trans mother of four, Allyson Robinson thinks it’s her congregation–and…

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REPORT: Hate group leader’s appearances plummet on CNN and MSNBC, hold steady on Fox News

Media Matters of America latest posts reveal how Family Research Council (FRC) president Tony Perkins — whose organization has been labeled an anti-gay “hate group”– has appeared significantly less frequently on CNN and MSNBC in the wake of petitions calling on the networks to stop hosting him.  Perkins remains a frequent guest on Fox News. Perkins Is President…

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Ronan Farrow calls out right-wing ‘scare tactics’ about trans-inclusive bathrooms

While discussing an effort to roll back a transgender non-discrimination law in Maryland, MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow called out the right-wing “myth” about sexual predators entering trans-inclusive bathrooms, reports Media Matters for America. On April 29, a conservative group in Maryland launched an effort calling for a referendum to repeal the recently enacted Fairness for All…

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Report: World AIDS Day gets 15 seconds on Fox News

In their latest report Media Matters of America reveal that both CNN and MSNBC devoted significant coverage to the Obama administration’s commemoration of World AIDS Day  Dec. 2. Fox News, on the other hand, spent less than 20 seconds acknowledging President Obama’s speech outlining significant new efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. On World…

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San Francisco Pride announces its 2013 celebrity grand marshal line up

The San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee and Board of Directors has announced its 2013 SF Pride’s Celebration and Parade’s Celebrity Grand Marshal line-up. SF Pride Celebrity Grand Marshal selections honor the work that the individuals have contributed in furthering the causes of the LGBT community. “It is with such great excitement…

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Enraged by effete portrayal of Islam’s prophet, mobs assail U.S. embassies in Mideast

BREAKING The U.S. embassy in Yemen has been attacked since this story was first filed. It is believed anger about The Innocence of Muslims’ portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad sparked the attack. Shots have been fired, according to reports from the scene. MSNBC is reporting initial indications that there are injuries on each side. President…

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Santorum supporter’s advice: Use aspirin as a contraceptive

In response to the Obama administration’s contraceptive coverage mandate, a Rick Santorum supporter offered an alternative solution: use Bayer aspirin as a contraceptive. The remark – which has been dubbed “a joke” by the Santorum entourage – received backlash after it was widely circulated on the internet. “This contraception thing, my gosh, it’s so ……

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Southwest Airlines pilot issues apology for crude anti-gay rant

James Taylor, a Southwest Airlines pilot based in Argyle, Texas, issued a written apology Tuesday after accidentally recording an extended anti-gay and discriminatory conversation on the FAA’s radio system last week. MSNBC reports that Taylor unintentionally left his microphone on during a conversation in the cockpit, during which complained about a surfeit of “gays, grannies…

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