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Indiana Lawmaker Proposes Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use

The lawmaker who wrote this nonsense is the one who needs to go to jail, not transgender people.

December 30, 2015
In One Quote – Democrat Cory Booker Shames Every Single Religious Extremist & Bigoted Lawmaker

Every day we see and hear lawmakers and people of ‘faith’ using the word of God to hurt others. These hypocrites spew hatred and pass laws against women, blacks, Muslims, LGBT, Hispanics, the mentally ill, the disadvantaged, and the homeless. Yet, if we look at religions, we find most originate in love. Over time, the…

October 13, 2015
Kim Davis Could Be Heading Back To Jail For Illegally Altering Gay Marriage Licenses

Kim Davis might be going back to jail: ‘It’s almost a worst-case scenario. The worst-case scenario would be to send her to jail again.”

September 22, 2015
Watch: Savage Rips The 'Hypocrite' Anti-Gay Clerk Who's Been Married 4 Times

LGBT activist, sex columnist, and all-around good guy Dan Savage appeared on MSNBC’s “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell” to share his opinion on the bigoted, anti-gay Kentucky clerk who thinks it’s Jesus’ mission that she discriminate against human beings because of her radical and insane interpretation of the Bible. Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis, who has…

September 3, 2015
Watch: Bigoted Michigan Mechanic Explains Why He's Going to Deny Service To Gays

In this clip, a Michigan mechanic and self-admitted bigot announces that he will be refusing service to openly gay customers because “enough is enough. Our rights as conservative Americans are being squashed more and more everyday.” The owner of DIESELTEC, Brian Klawiter, posted an offensive rant on Facebook that proudly stated: “I will not hesitate to refuse…

April 16, 2015
Watch: John Fugelsang Destroys a Homophobic Republican Hypocrite

In this clip, comedian John Fugelsang rips a Republican talk show host, Heidi Harris, for her bigoted attempts to defend the fact that discrimination against gay and transgender Americans is legal in North Dakota- not only the providing of services but also such basic protections as bias in housing and employment. Mr Fugelsang opens his rebuttal…

April 3, 2015
Watch: That Time Rand Paul Admitted He Doesn't 'Believe' In 'Gay Rights'

To Rand Paul, the concept of gay rights is like the tooth fairy: He just doesn’t BELIEVE in it.

March 31, 2015
Bigotry Spreads: Arkansas Joins Indiana and Passes Own License to Discriminate Bill

The state legislature of Arkansas, one of some twenty states currently considering passing religious freedom legalized discrimination bills, has petulantly decided to ignore the national fury being directed at Indiana and pass its own version of the bill. The legal director at Human Rights Campaign has stated that the bills are virtually identical and that it would “place…

March 31, 2015
George Takei Calls for Indiana Boycott: 'Bigotry Cloaked as Religious Protection is Still Bigotry'

George Takei has joined the nationwide boycott of Indiana over its “freedom to discriminate” bill.

March 30, 2015
Watch: A Father's Epic Defense of Gay Son Against Texas Republican Bigots

In this touching video, a passionate Texas father takes the podium at the State House to denounce the passage of a discriminatory bill and stands up for his son’s right to marry whomever he chooses. Richard Francis, who had been in the same position ten years before to speak out against a similar bill, frustratedly…

March 26, 2015