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Hillary Clinton: I support marriage equality ‘personally and as a matter of policy and law’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her support for marriage equality in a video released by the Human Rights Campaign on Monday. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans (LGBT), Clinton said, “are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones,” Clinton said in her statement. “They…
Brad Pitt pledges $100,000 for marriage equality in four states
Hollywood star Brad Pitt is pledging $100,000 to the fight for same-sex marriage in four states where its future is on the ballot on Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign said Wednesday. In a statement, the HRC said the “Fight Club” and “Moneyball” star — a vocal supporter of marriage equality…
Human Rights Campaign: Family Research Council is a hate group
The president of the Human Rights Campaign has refused stop labeling the Family Research Council as a hate group, even after a LGBT activist was charged with shooting a security guard at the organization’s Washington headquarters. “Designating the Family Research Council a hate group has nothing to do with disagreements…
Protest targets Chick-fil-A food truck in same sex marriage row
WASHINGTON — Protesters targeted a Chick-fil-A food truck in downtown Washington on Thursday after the fast-food chain’s president came out candidly against same-sex marriage on religious grounds. “Ho-ho, hey-hey, Chick-fil-A is anti-gay,” chanted a young crowd of around 20 demonstrators, with no apparent impact on the steady flow of patrons…
Masked men carve ‘dyke’ into lesbian woman, then set house on fire
The recent home invasion and vicious attack on a lesbian woman in Lincoln, Nebraska is being described by the Human Rights Campaign as “truly horrific.” The LBGT rights organization is calling on federal authorities to investigate the alleged hate crime. CNN reported that three masked men allegedly broke into the…
Human Rights Campaign survey finds ‘deck stacked’ against LGBT youths
LGBT teens are more than twice as likely as non-LGBT teens to say they’ve been verbally or physically attacked at school, according to a report released today by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s largest civil rights organization dedicated to LGBT rights. Titled “Growing Up LGBT in America,”…
LGBT rights group headquarters targeted with bomb threat
LGBT rights group the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) evacuated its offices in Washington, D.C., Tuesday afternoon after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) received an unspecified bomb threat against a “national gay rights organization,” according to reporting from Metro Weekly. Other LGBT rights organizations, including nearby National Gay and Lesbian…
LGBT activist: NOM is both racially divisive and completely ineffective
On Tuesday night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the Human Rights Campaign’s legal director Brian Moulton was on hand to discuss yesterday’s revelations about the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and its willingness to embrace racially divisive tactics to achieve its goal of denying marriage equality to same-sex couples. NOM is…
MSNBC fires commentator Pat Buchanan
Conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan has been fired from left-leaning news network MSNBC after more than four months of suspension, the longtime contributor revealed Thursday night. In a lengthy screed published to his personal website, Buchanan tore into his former employer of 10 years for what he called “an undeniable…
Al Franken promotes marriage equality in new video
While Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) may have once been a comedian, his support for marriage equality is no joke. Franken and his wife Franni appear together in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign in support of same sex marriage rights. “My wife, Franni, and I have been married…
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