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Thom Bierdz: Daytime's Inspired Resurrection Isn't Restless Anymore

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thom Bierdz, Lacma, Art, The Young and the Restless, Phyllis Bierdz, Gay Hollywood, Prop 8, Oprah, Contemporary Art, Forgiving Troy, Cbs, Daytime TV, Entertainment News

For daytime TV viewers, it's not just Oprah anymore. Thom Bierdz is back on the dial. His mother would be proud.

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LGBT Equality - It's About Love

Jason Mannino | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Equal Rights, California Gay Marriage, Equality, California, Los Angeles-California, Prop 8, Marriage Equality, Relationships, Living News

"I used to think that it was anger that motivated me...Then at some point I realized it wasn't really anger that was keeping me going..it was doing th...

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ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Obama is awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Harvey Milk.

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All Hands on Deck in the Prop 8 Litigation

Tobias Barrington Wolff | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Boies, Ted Olson, Prop 8, Gay Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

We should recognize the sea change that the efforts of Ted Olson and David Boies on Prop 8 represent and capitalize upon them in our public advocacy efforts.

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Why Bill Clinton Told Me He Supported Same-Sex Marriage (AUDIO)

Michael Tracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Ban on Gay Marriages, Prop 8, National Education Association, Freedom to Marry, Episcopal Church, LGBT Rights, Dick-Cheney-Gay-Marriage, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Barack Obama Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

We now have an American president for the first time publicly acknowledging his support for same sex-marriage, which even a few short years ago would have been unthinkable.

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Same Sex Marriage in CA: 8 Reasons Why We Should Lay Off the Debate over 2010 v. 2012

Isobel White | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, California, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Proposition 8, Jordan/Rustin, Marriage Equality in CA, No on Prop 8, California Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

We and the other side can keep going back and forth, spending millions upon millions. Or we can actually create enough of a cultural shift that being anti-same sex marriage is no longer widely acceptable

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Los Angeles City College "Sexual Harassment" Policy Preliminarily Enjoined on First Amendment Grounds

Eugene Volokh | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unconstitutional, Court Case, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Sexual Harassment, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

The professor apparently called the student a "fascist bastard" in front of the class for having supported Prop. 8 and refused to let the student finish the presentation.

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Is the Mormon Church Funding the National Organization for Marriage?

Fred Karger | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Californians Against Hate, Prop 8, George W. Bush, National Organization for Marriage, Mormons, Washington Post, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Cbs, Maggie Gallagher, Politics News

Let's determine whether or not the Mormon Church set up NOM as a front group, just like it has previously set up other front groups to oppose same-sex marriage around the country.

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Why I Posed for the NOH8 Campaign

Jay Marose | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Meghan McCain, Bryan Singer, Steve-O, Dadt, Prop 8, Fran Drescher, Ashlee Simpson, Doma, Pete Wentz, NOH8 Campaign, Entertainment News

The NOH8 Campaign puts faces to the discrimination. It puts stories behind the slogans. Gay, straight, bi, trans-gendered friends and families have joined celebrities in this silent protest.

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Is the Mormon Church Hiding Its Funding of the National Organization for Marriage?

Fred Karger | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Mormon Church, Prop 8, Californians Against Hate, National Organization for Marriage, Mormons, Fred Karger, Washington Post, Maggie Gallagher, Gay Marriage, Fppc, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Who is paying for the multi million dollar TV campaign? Who is funding the $500,000 New York State PAC? Who is paying for all the direct mail robo-calls and millions of direct connect calls?

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I Ask President Obama for Full Equality for my Gay Son

Randi Reitan | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay-Equality, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Doma, Dadt, Obama Gay Rights, Equal Rights, Gay Community, Barack Obama, Politics News

I ask you with tears in my eyes, with pain in my heart and with a mother's enduring love for her dear children, please bring equality, true full equality to my son and to all in the gay community.

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Two Parties No Party for America

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Prop 8, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, Universal Healthcare, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Single Payer Health Care, 2008 Election, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics, Constitution, 2006 Election, XIV Amendment, Radio, Equal Protection, Kngy, Afghanistan, Republicans, Knx, Economy, Politics News

Our leaders have all morphed in to one large, non-identified, political animal that proports to stand for something but has ended up standing for very little at all.

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Carrie Prejean Speaks With Rupert Murdoch About Joining Fox News

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

We have obtained exclusive footage of Carrie talking about that very subject with News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Take a look.

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She's Out There! Her Name is Ray Rubin

Amy Sewell | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, faironline.org, Hillary Clinton, Mayor Villaraigosa, Gay Rights, First Female President, Prop 8, California Gay Marriage, California, Politics News

Real social change happens on the streets, by the people. Hopefully we have civic leaders who are brave enough to stand with us.

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Gay-Married At Last

Isobel White | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, California, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, California Supreme Court, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

When I was finally pronounced legally married, I wasn't in a church, nor a garden, nor at City Hall. I wasn't with any of my loved ones. In fact, I wasn't even with my wife.

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An Interview With Alexis Ortega, A Director of the National Marriage Boycott

Patrick Sauer | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Prop 8, Trevor Project, National Marriage Boycott, Stanford University, Doma, Lt. Dan Choi, Defense of Marriage Act, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

The organization calls on President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and encourages straight married couples to wear an "equality ring" as a sign of support.

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Huckabee: Prop 8 Passed Because Of Prayer

CBN | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Mike Huckabee and Religion, Mike Huckabee, Prop 8 Prayer, Mike Huckabee Prop 8, Prop 8, Mike Huckabee Prayer, Politics News

Huckabee says that Proposition 8 passed in California due to prayer. Here's the quote from Mike Huckabee: "There's no way in the world ... that there...

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Civil Rights: Is Gay the New Black?

Blaise Zerega | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Martin Luther King, Prop 8, Michael Eric Dyson, Civil Unions, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics, fora.tv, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Politics News

Leave it to Michael Eric Dyson to connect the dots between Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Ghandi, James Baldwin and Martin Luther King.

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Five Reasons Not to March on Washington DC This October

Karen Ocamb | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Politics, Cleve Jones, Prop 8, Gays in the Military, Geoff Kors, Equality California, March on Washington, David Mixner, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Gay Marriage, Politics News

I am stunned that Obama has so flagrantly forgotten, despite being a constitutional scholar, that equality is the first core founding principle of this country.

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When the People Are Wrong -- A Son's Defense of His Father's Gay Marriage

Stinson Carter | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Gay, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, California Prop 8, Prop 8, Living News

The opposition may never change their minds. But their children will, and if not them then their grandchildren.

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California Supreme Court Justifies Second-Class Citizenship

Byron Williams | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, California Prop 8, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

By upholding the proposition that limited marriage as something between a man and woman, while preserving the 18,000 existing marriages, there are troubling anomalies created.

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Until Gays Can Marry, I'm (Un)Legally Divorced

Patrick Sauer | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Brad Pitt, Prop 8, Rob Thomas, California Supreme Court, Jay Bennett, Angelina Jolie, Wilco, California Gay Marriage Ban, (Un)legal Divorce, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Matchbox 20, Comedy News

An (un)legal divorce is recognized solely by the straight married couple contained within, or at least the one writing the post. It eliminates the paperwork suckfest and ensures that the magical rent fairy will keep a roof over my head.

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Prop 8 Defeat Shatters Myth of Liberalism and Democracy

Earnest Harris | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Gay, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, African Americans, Politics News

Important issues like the right to marry shouldn't be treated in "American Idol" style decision making where whatever is most appealing to the largest number of people wins.

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Obama Protested In Beverly Hills: Lt. Choi Gives Speech On Gay Rights (SLIDESHOW/VIDEO)

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Slideshow, Gay Rights, California Supreme Court, Prop 8, Obama, Lt. Dan Choi, No on Prop 8, Ee, Politics News

Nearly a hundred protesters assembled Wednesday outside the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, CA where President Obama hosted a Democratic Party ...

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David Hyde Pierce On His Marriage, Prop 8 Anger (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Hyde Pierce, The View, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Entertainment News

David Hyde Pierce talked about his anger over Prop 8 on "The View" on Thursday. Pierce married his longtime partner last year, but has always stay...

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