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Anti-LGBT Californians claim they got enough anti-trans sigs; also claim to be 'protecting children,' so we'll see

The anti-LGBT coalition trying to overturn California's recently signed law that provides basic safeguards for transgender students claims it has successfully obtained enough signatures to send the matter to the 2014 ballot:

Conservative Coalition: Repeal of California Transgender Student Rights Law Will Qualify for Ballot [Towle]

I know the coalition, which is ignobly headed by the National Organization For Marriage's Frank Schubert, had said it wanted to collect 750,000 in order to have a buf...

Then stop getting the civil marriage contract. Thought so.

I look forward to the ADF and its heterosexual supporters sending me their civil wedding licenses to place under seal, since they apparently have no use for them:

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No, but you sure like those human rights and tax benefits, huh kids?

It's unclear what other civil licenses for which the ADF and its supporters will next willfully sign up then pretend they don't need. Although I do hear that some are planning to test whether Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take The Wheel" is, in fact, a way to ci...

NOM thinks it has the capital to hand out integrity; adorable

Oh, that silly National Organization for Marriage and its odd read on integrity. Basically the pro-discrimination org. defines it as anyone willing to side with their advocacy on behalf of history's wrong side, with anyone who goes the other way committing some unpardonable sin. And while NOM has built its brand around publicly flogging anyone who doesn't join the special interest group in trying to stop the clocks, NOM instantly (and quite viciously) accuses and belittles anyone who criticiz...

Hawaii House passes marriage equality!!

By a vote of 30–19, the Hawaii House of Reps. gave final approval to the long-debated marriage bill.

The bill must go back to the state Senate, where it has already passed. But marriage equality is as good as done in the Aloha State!!

16 bettered states; 34 to make right.

Maggie Gallagher: Sen Coats' ENDA opposition is 'a profile in courage'

Sen. Coats (R-IN) was the lone Republican to speak against the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which would do nothing more than expand federal workplace protections to include LGBT people. According to National Org. For Marriage co-founder Maggie Gallagher, standing against these kinds of protections is the new definition of political courage:

"The fight against using legitimate concern for gay and lesbian (and now transgendered) people as a club to beat down traditional believers and margin...

The autumn we became equine weapons/condom company mascots

In the past month, social conservatives have claimed that the Employment Nondiscrimination Act...

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...families with three parents....

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...and the LGBT rights movement in general....

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...are all sneaky "trojan horses" hellbent on destroying society from within.

Which is of course nutty. Everyone knows we gays are more like those James Bond umbrellas that look all innocent until they start shooting bullets, fulfilling our love for both fashionable accessories and secret weaponr...

Troubling: One of America's most anti-LGBT orgs claims pro-equality Gap Inc. caved to its demands

This isn't LGBT related, but it is always troubling to hear that a prominent VP of a pro-LGBT company is sending personal letters catering to one of the LGBT community's most vicious opponents. I'm talking about the American Family Association, in this case, which is claiming that its five-year "war on Christmas" campaign has led Gap Inc. to cave to its demands. In fact, the American Family Association is calling it an "early Christmas present":

"This week the American Family Association recei...

Supposed 'protect marriage' group continues to protect invasive workplace discrimination

The National Organization For Marriage, a once pragmatic organization that was very protective of the idea that it is simply a "traditional marriage" rather than an animus-driven anti-LGBT group, is continue its drift toward full-blown extremism. In yet another piece pertaining to the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, NOM president Brian Brown, who is on apparent break from stirring up ill feelings toward LGBT people in Russia, goes after the U.S. Senate (and particularly the ten Republicans...

'It may be legal but it's never going to be acceptable'

Every time a marriage bill passes, I hear social conservative after social conservative utter some version of my headline. "They can make it legal but they can't make me accept it," is the basic gist.

What these social conservatives don't understand is that we just don't give a crap. We, as a movement, have no more craps to give. Unless these anti-LGBT social conservatives are personally in our lives, we don't frankly care whether or not they "accept" us. They don't own our peace of mind.

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Anti-LGBT social conservatives slowly realizing their increasing political marginalization

Even the farthest of the far right is now shying away from that which even moderate Republicans (and some Democrats) once took on as a pet cause. The professionally anti-gay are starting to clue into—and they are pissed!

That's the compelling mill; here's some grist:

More: Social Conservatives Flummoxed By Senate GOP Silence On LGBT Anti-Bias Bill [Buzzfeed]