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Sen. Franken pushes for Student Non-Discrimination Act
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has released an online video that urges people to tell their representatives to support legislation to protect public school students from a “wave” of bullying targeting lesbian, gay, bixsexual or transgender teens. “Nine out of ten LGBT kids are harassed or bullied in school,” he said.…
The face of the LGBT movement and the mainstream media: tackling the diversity problem
I’ve noticed that there’s a familiar trend of nearly all of the on-air talking heads that represent the LGBT community’s anger with the Obama administration and Congress have been urban gay white men. I have to wonder if this feeds long-held impressions and biases out there that this is a…
The meme that will not die — blacks enabled Prop 8 to pass
It’s really time to stop dancing around the fantasy of a post-racial America, particularly with the exposed nerves around Prop 8. Here’s another example of jaw-dropping color arousal and unhelpful ruminating, this time in an op-ed by Caitlin Flanagan and Benjamin Schwarz in the NYT, “Showdown in the Big Tent”…
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