BUFFALO—In the fall of 2007 this newspaper detailed the fact that a number of local candidates for public office have been financing the anti-gay web site politicswny.net. The site is mainly a collection of creative rumors and copyrighted articles that are cut and pasted from professional news gathering organizations. The site is operated by anti-gay activist Joseph Illuzzi.
2007 site statistics obtained by Outcome indicated that Mr. Illuzzi greatly inflates his vistitor numbers and also showed that visitors to the site did so using computers owned by state and local governments. Meaning what web traffic the site gets is mainly from people already involved in local politics. Full story...
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A group of local pastors has come up short in an effort to trigger a referendum vote on Cleveland's domestic-partner registry.
Former U.S. Senator Larry Craig has dropped a legal challenge to his 2007 arrest for "lewd conduct" in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.
Brian Bond, who has held several positions with the Democratic National Committee and led the Victory Fund for six years, reportedly has been tapped to become deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison.
SACRAMENTO—Assembly Member Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, introduced Assembly Bill 103 today, which would allow two people, including same-sex couples, who co-own a home together to avoid an unfair property tax increase upon the death of one of the co-owners.
Sacramento — Proponents of Proposition 8 today filed a lawsuit in federal court asking that a California campaign finance disclosure law passed by the voters be invalidated.
Once hailed by Time magazine as "America's Pastor," California megachurch leader and best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren now finds himself on the defensive.
DAKAR, Senegal — Nine men were handed unusually harsh sentences of eight years in prison after being tried on charges of conspiracy and "unnatural acts," a term used to criminalize homosexuality, according to their lawyers and gay rights groups here.
Anne Hathaway spoke her mind about Barack Obama on the red carpet at Tuesday night's Palm Springs Film Festival.
Precinct-by-precinct analysis and other data shows party, ideology , church attendance and age drove vote, debunking myths about African-American voting on marriage equality.
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