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Bachmann says she doesn’t ‘judge’ gays — except when she calls them ‘part of...
Michele Bachmann, fresh from a victory in the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, and was again dogged with questions about her anti-gay platform,...
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Michele Bachmann — (Submissive) Theologian?
Michele Bachmann has championed the “Christian” cause, sprinkling her speeches with scripture and holy buzzphrases. But one in particular caught my ear.
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The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Sometimes I’m amazed by the rapid success of the gay rights movement. Homosexuality, the love that dare not speak its name, is now spoken freely, while homophobia has quickly become the hate that dare...
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Michele Bachmann to deliver keynote address at anti-gay group event
GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann on Saturday will be the keynote speaker at the Florida Family Policy Council's 6th Annual Policy Awards Dinner. The FFPC is a a conservative Christian...
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Shut The (Bleep) Up
Candidates are actively interrupting scientific communication in this country. Blatantly standing up in the middle of the show and making factual inferences with fantastical statements. Distracting...
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To the Republicans — We should go back into the political closet
Now that Wednesday night's Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is history, it is important that we look back at what was said - or more accurately what was not said - during the...
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The ‘Ex-Gay’ Myth: In demise, yet still a danger
In the past two years, there has been an epidemic of eight suicides in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district. Anti-gay bullying may have played a role in half of the suicides...
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Mother of Justin Aaberg delivers petitions calling on Bachmann to denounce...
The mother of a 15-year-old Minnesota teen who took his life last year after enduring years harassment and bullying because of his sexual orientation, has called on GOP presidential hopeful and...
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Bachmann’s busy day: bullying ‘not a federal issue,’ Tonight Show, flash mob
Presidential long shot Michele Bachmann on Friday again avoided commenting on anti-gay bullying, tried to joke her way out answering Jay Leno's question of reparative therapy, and spoke at a gathering...
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Obama criticizes GOP; candidates mostly dismissive of audience boos of gay...
President Barack Obama on Sunday joined the critics with his own lambasting of the GOP presidential contenders, calling out the recent Republican candidate's debate in which audience members booed a...
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Romney to share stage with Bryan Fischer; PFAW urges candidates to denounce...
American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer will not only be speaking at the upcoming Values Voter Summit, but will immediately follow Mitt Romney. Today, People For the American Way is calling...
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Bachmann responds to anti-bullying petition: ‘Bullying is wrong’
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), this week has finally issued a follow-up response to her previous assertion that bullying is “not a federal issue” — Bachmann now adds,...
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Values Voter Summit: GOP candidates plan weekend with anti-gay activists -...
This weekend, nearly every major GOP presidential candidate, along with the top two Republicans in the House of Representatives, will speak at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of the...
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Rick Perry, looking to score votes from GOP bigots, signs anti-gay pledge
DES MOINES -- Texas Governor Rick Perry, looking to jump start his floundering presidential campaign, has signed the extreme anti-gay pledge that requires GOP candidates to be faithful to their...
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The Top 10 Ex-Gay Stories of 2011
In June, I penned a column, “The Fall of the Ex-Gay Myth,” which predicted that so-called “ex-gay” programs would crumble from internal rot. “It’s time for the discredited ‘ex-gay’ myth to simply go...
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Marcus Bachmann’s bullying of LGBT children
Marcus Bachmann has decided upon his course of action if he were to become the first "first gentleman" to occupy the White House -- reaffirming the discriminatory notion that ones sexual orientation...
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Bachmanns: No gay kids in our family, the Kinsey report is ‘a myth’
CLARION, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, stumping in Iowa with her husband Marcus on Sunday, dismissed a self-described "gay-friendly Iowan," telling her that the Kinsey...
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Vander Plaats’ pay-for-play scandal: Charged a million bucks for endorsement
Bob Vander Plaats’ endorsement of Rick Santorum has produced a backlash among conservatives in Iowa, some of whom are accusing the "Family Leader"president of engaging in “pay for play” schemes and...
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2011: A riveting year for presidential campaigns, anti-gay politicians
Few in the GOP field could rival President Obama with their records on LGBT issues, and yet, the outcome of the Republican presidential race riveted the attention of LGBT people in 2011. Many of the...
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Santorum’s success in Iowa caucus likely to increase gay-related debate
The Republican presidential field’s most anti-gay candidate scored big Tuesday night when he landed in a virtual tie for first place in the Iowa caucuses with the candidate who has been seen by the...
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