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May 30, 2013
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More rumormongering from Illinois' anti-equality crowd
I've already shown you how the Illinois Family Institute is pre-gaming a potential loss by spreading rumors about our side buying votes for marriage equality. Then there' NOM's Jennifer Roback Morse, who is on any lawmaker who allows his or her vote to be "bought." Now here's even more from what is clearly a decided-upon strategy on the other side:
Leaders of the African American Clergy Coalition (AACC) today are appealing to Governor Pat Quinn to refrain fro...
Maine's high court tells NOM to follow the law, stop hiding donors
Since the November election, NOM has had a remarkably bad streak of luck. Here's more:
In yet another significant legal setback for the National Organization for Marriage, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that NOM must comply with subpoenas issued by the state’s Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices demanding information from NOM and its president, Brian Brown, including the names of donors.
KEEP READING: Maine’s Highest Court Requires NOM to Comply with Law, Turn...
Illinois Family Institute pre-spinning potential loss: Lawmakers are being 'bribed' and 'paid off'
With marriage equality quite feasibly passing by week's end, the state's (exceedingly hostile) anti-equality group, IFI, is already laying the groundwork for what will like be the org's post-vote excuses:
IFI [Facebook]
Doesn't the bible say something about gossiping, too?
**UPDATE: More rumormongering from Illinois' anti-equality crowd [G-A-Y]
Is a committed vow of lifetime love the only thing that irks Oregon cake bakers?
You know those Oregon cake bakers who simply cannot fathom using their confectionary skills for customers who will consume the pastries while gay and married? Well Williamette Weekly wanted to know if two of the shops that have been in the news recently, Sweet Cakes by Melissa and Fleur Cakes, are consistent in rejecting marital "immorality" or if they simply target gay people's marriage. Hilarity ensues:
[Willamette Weekly] Asks - My friend is getting divorced and we’d like to throw her a lit...
In Chicago, POTUS' support for equality mimics regional pizza crusts: both run deep
President Obama wants to remind you that he "deeply supports" full equality. Latest comments come from and apply to Illinois:
“Here in Illinois, we’ve got a vote on same-sex marriage that’s going to be coming up in the state legislature. And I just want to say for the record it’s something that I deeply support,” Obama said at the event held to raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
FULL: Obama “Absolutely Convinced” Illinois Lawmakers Should Pass Marriage Equality Bil...
AFA spokesman: 'Satan is using' gay Boy Scouts
Gay boys are among the most vulnerable members of our population. Some straight, Christian, conservative adults are determined to keep it that way:
Some Christians suggest retaining a relationship with the Scouts in order to win homosexuals to Christ, but Randy Sharp, AFA director of special projects, reminds OneNewsNow that Satan is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
And now Satan's not just on the outside of the church, he's on the inside.
"The adults may be wanting to take these...
May 29, 2013
Congrats, ExxonMobil—you've pleased one of America's most discriminatory organizations
ExxonMobil has once again rejected basic nondiscrimination protections for LGBT employees. This is music to the ears of a man who likes to claim that gay people are "pawns of the enemy":
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement commending [Exxon] shareholders for rejecting the resolution by a 4 to 1 margin:
"While other businesses drift away from their principles or capitulate under pressure, Exxon is putting its stock in something other than political cor...
