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Gay Marriage, George Takei, LGBT Issues, marriage equality, Smack Downs, The Courts, Videos
Activism, Discrimination, gay marriage, gay rights, LGBT Issues, Smackdowns, The Courts, Videos
Actor and social justice activiest George Takei slammed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during an interview with Fox 10 this week in Phoenix. With his longtime partner and husband by his side, Takei slammed Justice Thomas for his dissenting opinion to last week’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, telling Fox 10: He is a clown […]
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Barack Obama, Employment, Gay Marriage, LGBT Issues, The Courts, The Economy
Barack Obama, Economics, gay marriage, LGBT Issues, Polls, The Courts
Riding high over the mid-term elections, then faced with the reality of what appears to be another “do-nothing” session of Congress – conservatives were dealt 5 knockout blows over the course of the last eight days. THURSDAY, June 25, 2015: 1) First came the Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell, “negating a far-right challenge […]
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Animal Rights, Animals, Chimpanzees, The Courts
Activism, Animal Rights, Animals, Mother Earth, The Courts
The Nonhuman Rights Project reports that for the first time in world history a judge has granted an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a nonhuman animal. According to their press release, “Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe issued an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus” Monday […]
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Gay Conversion Therapy, Human Interest, LGBT Issues, Social Justice, The Courts
Human Interest, LGBT Issues, Social Justice, The Courts
For the first time, a U.S. court has held that homosexuality is not a mental disease. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr. ruled on Tuesday that therapists who claim that homosexuality is a curable mental disorder are committing consumer fraud in “an ongoing lawsuit filed on behalf of four men who say […]
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Humor, LGBT Issues, Roy Moore
Humor, LGBT Issues, States Issues, The Courts
Conservatives are flipping out over news that The Birmingham News, Alabama’s largest newspaper, published a Readers Poll on Sunday asking “Is Roy Moore a Closeted Homosexual.” The poll, created by news commentator Kyle Whitemore, was in response to recent controversy surrounding a January 23rd ruling by U.S. District Judge Callie Granade, who ruled the state’s […]