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Are Gays and Divorce Destroying the Welfare States?

James Peron | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Abortion, Gay Rights, Divorce, Birth Rates, Janice Crouse, Religious Right, Welfare States, Gay Marriage, Concerned Women for America, Politics News

Considering the emphasis religious-right groups put on same-sex marriage, I thought it useful to check birth rates in nations at the time they instituted marriage equality and compare them to today. Has there been a difference in trends already in place?

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Michele Bachmann's Iowa Campaign Co-Chair Warns Gay Marriage Could Lead To Women 'Marrying The Eiffel Tower'

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Tamara Scott Eiffel Tower, Video, Michele Bachmann, Concerned Women for America, The Family Leader, Tamara Scott, Eiffel Tower, Bob Vander Plaats, Tamara Scott Same-Sex Marriage, Tamara Scott Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News

One of the oldest tricks in the book when it comes to scaring people into not supporting gay marriage is using the "slippery slope" method. You tel...

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Public Sours On Mandated HPV Vaccine, Ignores Others

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: HPV Vaccine, American Academy of Pediatrics, Measles Vaccine, Rick Perry Hpv Vaccine, Concerned Women for America, Texas Hpv Vaccine, Elections 2012, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Hpv Vaccine Mandate, Vaccines, Michele Bachmann Hpv Vaccine, Politics News

As Texas Gov. Rick Perry's 2007 decision to mandate the human papillomavirus vaccination for young girls and Rep. Michele Bachmann's inflammatory rema...

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'Godless' Group's Campaign Against The Religious Right

Roll Call | Ambreen Ali | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Congress, Atheism, Nontheist, Concerned Women for America, Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Rapture, Christian Coalition of America, Humanists, Washington DC, Herb Silverman, American Atheists, Nonbelievers, Politics, Religion, Secular Coalition for America, Faith and Action, World Vision, Harold Camping, Humanism, Wendy-Wright, Sean Faircloth, American Humanist Association, Religious Right, Christians, Peter Sprigg, Atheists, Godless Americans, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

A group of self-described Godless Americans is defying predictions of the Rapture to kick off a new campaign this week against the religious right....

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A Gay Tempest in the Tea Party Cup

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Tea Party, Gay Rights, Concerned Women for America, National Organization for Marriage, Cpac, Goproud, Equal Rights, Republican Party, Politics News

The GOP's coalition relies on the support of those who prioritize suspicion, fear, and the politics of exclusion. The fight over CPAC's guest list shows just how unstable that sort of coalition can be.

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Conservatives Stage Backlash Against Gay Republicans

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Research Council Cpac, Family Research Council, Cpac, Concerned Women for America, Cwa, Goproud Cpac, Cpac 2011, Goproud, Frc, Gay Gop Groups, Concerned Women for America Cpac, Politics News

Two large social conservative groups have added their names to a growing boycott of next year's Conservative Political Action Conference over the orga...

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Religious Right Leader Admits to Using Bad Research Against the Gay Community

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Right, Family Research Council, Paul Cameron, Gay Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Concerned Women for America, Politics News

At any rate, the usage of Cameron's work certainly does put a monkeywrench into religious rights claims that they are being "targeted" by the SPLC because of their "Judeo-Christian" beliefs.

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Irony Alert -- Family Research Council Accuses SPLC of 'Cherry-Picking' Science

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Gay Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Hate Groups, Concerned Women for America, Tony Perkins, Politics News

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is still smarting over the Southern Poverty Law Center designating his organization as an anti-gay hate group.

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Newly Named Anti-Gay Hate Groups Plead Victimhood But Do Not Address Charges

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain Religious Right, Southern Poverty Law Center, World Net Daily, Gay Rights, Hate Groups, Concerned Women for America, American Family Association, Politics News

Apparently some organizations who are on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list and profiles of anti-gay hate groups aren't happy about it.

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Family Research Council, American Family Association Named as Anti-Gay Hate Groups

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Right, Family Research Council, Southern Poverty Law Center, Concerned Women for America, Hate Groups, National Organization for Marriage, American Family Association, Politics News

Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center added five more organizations to its list of anti-gay hate groups, including some names that are long overd...

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Battle Over Judge Retention In Iowa

TylerKingkade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Family Research Council, Proposition 8, Concerned Women for America, National Organization for Marriage, Chuck Hurley, Rick Santorum, Bob Vander Plaats, Iowa for Freedom, Retention, Civil Rights, Steve King, One Iowa, Gay Rights, Conservatives, Midterm Elections, Courage Campaign, Arizona Immigration Law, Tony Perkins, Republicans, Right Wing, Counter-Protests, Brian Brown, Gop, Right-Wing Extremism, eyesandears2010, Home News

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats is hoping Iowans will vote today to sack three Iowa Supreme Court judges who took part in ...

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Black Males Aren't Graduating? Time to 'Blame the Gays'

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homophobia, Proposition 8, Concerned Women for America, African Americans, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Contrary to diversionary talking points put forth by many religious conservatives, gay people who seek to parent children are not causing these kids to be "denied" something vital.

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Concerned Women for America Outdoes Itself With Vile Anti-Gay Campaign

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Gay Rights, Concerned Women for America, Politics News

Lgbts want to serve openly in the military because we love our country too. We are not the enemy here and to imply us as such is just plain nasty.

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Concerned Women for America are experts in cherry-picking science

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Junk-Science, Science, Gay Rights, Concerned Women for America, Gay Parenting, Politics News

Research has come out today justifying countless other studies and basic common sense - children do not suffer from being raised in a same-sex househo...

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Bert And Ernie Come Out in Favor of Same Sex Marriage

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sesame Street, Concerned Women for America, National Organization for Marriage, God, Homosexuals, Same-Sex Marriage, Cookie Monster, Not Easy Being Green, Gay Rights, Rubber Ducky, Martin Luther King, Muppets, Archdiocese of Washington, From the Frog, Lesbians, Gay Marriage, Bert and Ernie, Comedy News

Bert and Ernie have long been rumored to be gay. Many have speculated that Ernie's international hit, "Rubber Ducky", was actually a coded love song to Bert.

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The Right's Supremely Flawed Opening Argument Against Sotomayor

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

The Right's reaction to Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment shows that numerous conservatives in the media have savaged her as a racist and a bigot.

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White House Meeting With Pro-Life Leaders

CNS News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Concerned-Women-for-America, Family Research Council, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Josh DuBois, President Obama, Politics News

Pro-life leaders will meet Tuesday with the director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships to discuss ways to reduce ...

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