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NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality 'Unequivocally'
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 5:22 PM EDT (Gawker)
Today marks another step forward — and trouble for the National Organization of Marriage's plan to drive a wedge between LGBT voters and black voters. The NAACP has endorsed marriage equality, as first reported by Senior Vice President Maxim Thorne on Twitter. The NAACP Boar …
Once again, Arizona is the nation's laughingstock
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 4:50 PM EDT (The Arizona Republic)
By Laurie Roberts, columnist, The Arizona Republic -- Cue Secretary of State Ken Bennett: "I'm not a birther. I believe the president was born in Hawaii or at least I hope he was. But my responsibility as secretary of state is to make sure that the ballots in Arizona are correc …
Forget the apology to Trayvon Martin's parents, Geraldo Rivera once again blames hoodie 'thug wear' for shooting (Video)
Sat May 19, 2012 4:15 PM EDT
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'I owe the Gay Community an apology': Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, noted psychiatrist, recants study on Gay 'cure'
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 3:04 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning knowing he had to do the one thing that comes least naturally to him. He pushed himself up and staggered into the dark. His desk seemed impossibly far aw …
Maine the least religious American state, Utah the most; Salt Lake City the most religious city, Portland, Oregon the least
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 11:07 AM EDT (Bangor Daily News and The Salt Lake Tribune)
Maine has fewer residents who claim a religious affiliation than any other state in the union. The Pine Tree State is the only one in the country in which less than 30 percent of the population belong to a religious denomination or independent Christian church, according to a c …
Romney Sounding Like Cheney on Foreign Policy
Sat May 19, 2012 6:48 AM EDT
Chris Matthews talks with the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and The Atlantic's Steve Clemons about whether or not Mitt Romney has a clear foreign policy.
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GOP Mississippi State Rep Condemns Gays To Death, Claims They Harm Children, Spread Disease
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:07 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson (R) has attacked gays on his Facebook wall, calling homosexuality a sin and citing Leviticus 20:13, which calls for people who are gay to be put to death. In a follow-up post, he defended his remarks, adding claims that homosexuality is …
BREAKING: Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:01 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
The chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little as tens of years.
Virginia Lawmaker And Senate Candidate: 'Sodomy Not a Civil Right'
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:55 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
During an interview on CNN with Republican Virginia state delegate Robert Marshall, host Brooke Baldwin compared the struggle for LGBT rights to discrimination against African Americans and asked the lawmaker why he voted to block Richmond prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland from b …
Study: Increased Equality For Women And African-Americans Has Boosted U.S. Productivity
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:44 PM EDT (Think Progress)
One study by four economists even found that expanding opportunities for women and African Americans over the last 50 years has offered a serious boost to U.S. productivity growth: Fairness, they contend, has made the economy more productive. Chang-Tai Hsieh, Erik Hurst, Charl …
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