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AFTAH uses Penn State rape scandal as opportunity for anti-gay speech

By | 11.11.11 | 12:28 pm

The child molestation scandal at Penn State University has raised questions about the problems of idolizing successful college athletic programs to the point where university students feel justified in a violent demonstration in defense of a coach fired for keeping quiet about the alleged crimes of his More…

Upcoming DeMint presidential forum co-chaired by NOM founder

By | 08.30.11 | 2:24 pm

The GOP presidential forum Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will host in Columbia, S.C., on Labor Day will be co-hosted by the original founding chair of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which since the successful Proposition 8 campaign of 2008 in California, has raised and spent millions of dollars More…

AFA leader Bryan Fischer: Muslims aren’t awarded First Amendment rights

By | 03.25.11 | 9:50 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, one of a handful of national anti-gay groups that lead the effort to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices, wrote on his blog Thursday that not only did the country’s founders not intend for the First Amendment to protect Islam, butMore…

Fred Karger to officially announce candidacy for 2012 GOP presidential nomination

By | 03.22.11 | 5:07 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Longtime political activist and campaign consultant Fred Karger will become the first to officially file with the Federal Election Commission to run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.

Karger was the first to announce his intent to run in April 2010 and the first More…

Is Gold’s Gym the Next Target?

By | 10.25.10 | 5:30 pm

That’s what the Dallas Voice wants to know after a petition calling on Gold’s Gym to stop supporting anti-gay politicians started gathering signatures and media attention over the weekend:

But none of the contributions to American Crossroads has drawn as much attention from the LGBT community as [Robert]

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Gay, Married Bishop to Lead Prayer at Inaugural Kickoff Event

By | 01.12.09 | 9:57 am

Not content to have just one controversial clergyman in a lead role at his inauguration celebration, President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly tapped a married gay bishop to lead the prayer at an event Sunday.

From Playbook:

BREAKING: The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of

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