Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today filed his DOMA repeal bill, the "Respect For Marriage Act," in the U.S. House with 91 co-sponsors. “Today, we celebrate the first step toward overturning the Defense of Marriage Act and sending that ugly law into the history books where it belongs," said Nadler, adding that the new RMA bill has 91 original cosponsors. Nadler later read a statement from former President Bill Clinton thanking Reps. Nadler, Baldwin, Polis, John Conyers of Michigan, John Lewis of Georgia, Nydia Velazquez of New York and Barbara Lee of California, for introducing the legislation. Full story...
And as a bonus, he shuts down crazy-face homophobe Virginia Foxx. Dream ticket: Weiner/Grayson 2016.
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"If Brown can't stop it, a Browning can!" Teabaggers continue to threaten violent revolt over health care reform.
At the behest of wingnut Rep. Steve King (R-IA), teabaggers are flooding the office buildings of Congress today.
The LDS Church and national Boy Scouts organization have been sued by a man claiming that both covered up evidence of his molestation.
The magic number is 216. Cross your fingers, kids.
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Scissor Sisters performed two nights at NYC's Bowery Ballroom this week where they debuted their (rumored to be) new single Fire.
"Openness about sexuality helps to destroy the foundation for prejudice and discrimination. One day there will be a big parliamentary apology to gay people for the oppression that was forced on them and the inequalities that were maintained in the law well beyond their use-by date.
Constance McMillen's school board in Mississippi yesterday filed a court brief claiming that her prom had been canceled to settle the "very explosive and disruptive issue" of their ban on same-sex dating.
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Westboro Baptist Church's freedom of speech case is coming up in the Supreme Court. Tonight the pundits on Hardball discussed whether Westboro "should be shut down.
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