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Ted Cruz toasts Breitbart as a ‘great and fearless leader’ at CPAC
At an event for bloggers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday night, tea party-backed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-SC) toasted the late conservative activist Andrew Breitbart as a “great and fearless leader.” Following a confrontation with Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) over guns at a Senate Judiciary Committee, Cruz…
Marco Rubio: Opposing marriage equality ‘does not make me a bigot’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Thursday told a conservative audience that liberals needed to respect his views because support the right of states to discriminate against LGBT people “does not make me a bigot,” and opposing the reproductive rights of women “does not make you a chauvinist.” Speaking to the…
Minnesota family testifies on marriage equality: ‘Our family longs to rejoice at Jacob’s wedding’
Activist Jacob Reitan and his parents gave moving testimony on a marriage equality bill the Minnesota state House committee passed on Tuesday. “We love Jacob so very much,” said Randi, his mother. “We come here today as a family with dreams, dreams that someday soon Minnesota will grant our son…
Fox News guest Zerlina Maxwell: ‘I refuse to be silenced’ by rape threats
Democratic strategist Zerlina Maxwell on Monday said she would not be silenced by vulgar insults and threats of violence, and would continue speaking out against rape. “I’m certainly taking steps to protect my emotional health, but I will not be quiet because I refuse to be bullied into silence,” she…
Catholic women call for female priests with ‘pink smoke’ protest
A group of Catholic women took to the streets of New Orleans’ French Quarter over the weekend to call for more female church leaders as all male-cardinals gathered for a conclave in Rome to elect the next pope. The Women’s Ordination Conference told The Times-Picayune that the group would continue…
Christians call school ‘hateful’ over gay ‘Adam and Steve’ Bible satire
Christians are threatening to protest over a Massachusetts charter school’s plan to perform a spoof of the Bible’s creation story that features the gay characters “Adam and Steve.” Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) on Sunday reported that Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Public Charter School (PPVA) has been flooded with emails and…
Armed protesters rally at Washington State Capitol
A group of protesters brandished their guns at the Washington State Capitol on Saturday to defend their right to bear arms. Though the armed protesters shocked some onlookers, the demonstration was legal. Washington’s “Open Carry” law does not prohibit carrying firearms on the capitol grounds. “Usually, we’re up here debating…
Teachers’ union head arrested while protesting closing of 23 Philadelphia schools
The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, was arrested on Thursday night in Philadelphia while protesting the closing of 23 local schools. “This was really a plan to eliminate public education,” Weingarten told The Huffington Post after being released Thursday. “This is not about how to…
American Atheist president blasts ‘horrible, bigoted, backwards, primitive’ Newt Gingrich
American Atheist president David Silverman said Monday that a series of billboards recently purchased by his group were meant to show non-believers why they needed to organize. “A lot of people say, ‘Well, why do I need to get involved? Why do we need an atheist movement?’” he said on…
Tony Perkins: Tolerating LGBT students means ‘boys invading girls’ locker rooms’
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Monday warned that school policies baring discrimination against LGBT students could result in “teenage boys invading girls’ locker rooms.” In his Washington Watch Daily Radio Commentary, Perkins said that recent Massachusetts Department of Education guidelines protecting transgender students meant “rolling out the welcome…
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