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    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1035 Views
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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

    • 1 Ratings
    • 278 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Jesse Jackson, et. al., seem to have evolved

    MAY 13, 2012 7:41PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, states' rights, sexual orientation, same-sex marriage, religion, racism, race, prejudice, newsweek, marriage rights, lesbians, jesse jackson, ignorance, human rights, homophobia, hatred, gender, gay rights, gay men, equal rights, discrimination, cory booker, civil rights, blacks, black leaders, black homophobes, black community, black churches, black americans, bigotry, barack obama, al sharpton, african americans

    • 5 Ratings
    • 329 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama’s cold calculation on same-sex marriage

    MAY 9, 2012 11:14PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: barack obama, bigotry, bigots, catholic church, catholic cult, civil rights, discrimination, equal rights, gay men, gay rights, haters, hatred, homophobes, homophobia, human rights, joe biden, lesbians, marriage, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormon cult, mormonism, north carolina, politics, prick santorum, rick santorum, romney, salt lake city, same-sex marriage, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 483 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Best Argument for Marriage Equality I've ever heard

    MAY 8, 2012 5:16AM

    By Fay Paxton


    Topics: same sex marriage, marriage equality, equal rights, amending the constitution

    • 0 Ratings
    • 135 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Biden’s endorsement is not nearly enough

    MAY 6, 2012 3:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, vice president joe biden, states' rights, separate but unequal, separate but equal, scott walker, same-sex marriage, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, middle class, marriage, labor unions, labor rights, labor movement, labor, joseph biden, joe biden, human rights, gulf of mexico, gov. scott walker, equality, equal rights, discrimination, cowardice, civil rights, british petroleum, bp oil spill, bp, bigotry, big oil, biden, barack obama, abraham lincoln, politics, gay rights, gay/lesbian

    • 25 Ratings
    • 708 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Women must wear Day-of-the-week Panties & Douche with Lyso

    MAY 6, 2012 2:07PM

    By Fay Paxton


    Topics: barefoot and pregnant, republicans, women's reproductive rights, equal rights, war against women, feminisms

    • 2 Ratings
    • 324 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    I am Barack Obama’s ex, too!

    MAY 5, 2012 7:09PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 1980s, barack obama, bigotry, bigots, california, change, civil rights, civil unions, cowardice, domestic partnerships, equal rights, equality, family, gay men, gay rights, genevieve cook, glbt, heterosexism, heterosexists, homophobes, homophobia, hope, human rights, jill stein, lesbians, marriage, obama, pat benatar, proposition 8, same-sex marriage, separate but equal, separate but unequal, politics, gay/lesbian

    • 15 Ratings
    • 561 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Help Restore Honor to the Boy Scouts

    APRIL 26, 2012 8:49PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: respect, dignity, equal rights, rights, lgbt, gay, stop the policy of discrimination, policy of discrimination, stop disciminating, end discrimination, end the hate, hate, discrimination, homophobia, boy scouts of america, boy scouts, bsa, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 164 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Equality Is Not Sameness

    MARCH 19, 2012 10:22PM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: america, innovation, equal rights, sameness, feminism, personal freedom, equality

    • 1 Ratings
    • 276 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Immature Contraception Debate

    MARCH 4, 2012 3:12AM

    By Markham Lee


    Topics: conservative, liberal, rush, health insurance, culture wars, healthcare, equal rights, women, politics, women's health, contraception

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 4467 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    In Defense of Women and the Men Who Love Them

    MARCH 2, 2012 12:45AM

    By D. Horne


    Topics: insurance, reproductive rights, birth control, equal rights, feminism, women, conservative, liberal, politics

    • 36 Ratings
    • 1246 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    No more "Mademoiselle"

    FEBRUARY 22, 2012 9:50AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: equal rights, laws, news, current events, feminism, history, france, french culture, society

    • 3 Ratings
    • 533 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    ‘Christo’fascist agenda? Over THEIR dead bodies!

    FEBRUARY 18, 2012 5:02PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: american taliban, birth control, bob casey jr., catholic church, civil rights, contraception, dark ages, equal rights, evil, fascism, fascists, feminism, gay rights, homeschooling, homophobes, homophobia, kkk, misogynists, misogyny, mitt romney, mormon cult, ohio, pennsylvania, politics, pope, pope palpatine, prick santorum, religion, republican party, republican tea party, rick santorum, roe v. wade, roe vs. wade, same-sex marriage, santorum, taliban, theocracy, theocrats, theology, u.s. supreme court, wingnuts, women's rights, xenophobes, xenophobia, politics, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, xenophobia, xenophobes, women's rights, wingnuts, theocrats, theocracy, rick santorum, republican tea party, republican party, religion, prick santorum, pope palpatine, pope, politics, pennsylvania, ohio, mormon cult, mitt romney, misogyny, misogynists, kkk, homophobia, homophobes, gay rights, feminism, fascists, fascism, dark ages, contraception

    • 4 Ratings
    • 486 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The wingnuts’ very bad day

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 1:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: women's rights, women's health, united states supreme court, united states constitution, u.s. supreme court, u.s. constitution, susan g. komen for the cure foundation, susan g. komen, sarah palin, same-sex marriage, roe vs. wade, proposition 8, prop 8, pro-choice, politics, planned parenthood, mormon cult, loving vs. virginia, lawrence vs. texas, komen, karen handel, justice, human rights, hatred, haters, gay rights, freedoms, fourteenth amendment, feminism, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, discrimination, civil rights, catholic church, california, bowers vs. hardwick, bigots, bigotry, anti-choice, abortion, 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals

    • 11 Ratings
    • 809 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Is being Gay a choice?

    JANUARY 27, 2012 12:35PM

    By Christine Macdonald


    Topics: gay, cynthia nixon, equal rights, gay rights, glbt

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1218 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Anything HE Can Do, SHE Can Do EQUAL! (A Tutorial Open Call)

    JANUARY 12, 2012 6:31PM

    By Safe_Bet's Amy


    Topics: one man one woman bullshit!, equal rights, lesbians are just plain better at sex than men, gay marriage, feminism, open call

    • 1 Ratings
    • 173 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    There are only 3 reasons women don't make it to the top

    NOVEMBER 17, 2011 6:28AM

    By Curt Rice


    Topics: equal rights, gender equality, law, higher education, universities, women, feminist, feminism, hr, promotion, career

    • 0 Ratings
    • 104 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Glass Half Full?

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 12:55PM

    By ajadedoptimist


    Topics: personhood, mississippi, abortion, voter id, equal rights, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 163 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Exposing The Pink Collar Ghetto

    OCTOBER 15, 2011 12:41PM

    By Jillian Barclay


    Topics: gender inequality, domestic violence, rape, choice, pink collar ghetto, womens' issues, equal rights

    • 2 Ratings
    • 130 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    In Defense Of Language

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 7:38PM

    By quattospeaks


    Topics: equal rights, equality, some rights are more inalienable than others i guess

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