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Marriott ends in-room porn, some suggest because of Romney

By | 01.24.11 | 5:00 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The hotel chain Marriott has decided it will no longer offer pornographic movies in to its guests, a move some suggest could be aimed at helping the presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Romney resigned from the company’s board of directors earlier this month. In 2007, during More…

Citibank Shuts Down Gay Entrepreneur’s Bank Account Over Blog’s Content

By | 02.25.10 | 3:27 pm

Jason Goldberg is the CEO of a company called Fabulis, which is developing a website, iPhone app and social media application targeted at gay men. His company — which is at least his third start-up — is funded by investors including The Washington Post More…

Bob McDonnell Cited Michael ‘Porn Makes You Gay’ Schwartz in His 1989 Thesis

By | 09.22.09 | 2:07 pm

Blogger Lowell Feld notices that Michael Schwartz — the longtime conservative activist-turned-Hill staffer whom I heard wax poetic about the gay-making powers of pornography — was cited twice in Bob McDonnell’s notorious 1989 thesis. The Republican candidate for governor of Virginia cited Schwartz twice, once on an More…

Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) Chief of Staff: ‘All Pornography Is Homosexual Pornography’

By | 09.20.09 | 1:54 pm

One of the final events of the Values Voter Summit was a Saturday breakout session on “the new masculinity,” a wide-ranging topic that one speaker used to explain how any and all pornography could lead young people into homosexual lifestyles. That speaker was Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) chief of staff More…

Ogden Confirmed as Deputy A.G. Despite Republican Objections

By | 03.12.09 | 3:32 pm

As expected, the U.S. Senate today confirmed David Ogden to be the deputy attorney general of the United States, the second highest-ranking position in the Department of Justice. After two days of debate that included serious objections by some Republicans, the Senate voted 65-28 to confirm Ogden.

Ogden Headed for Confirmation Despite Right’s Fears of Porn and Abortion

By | 03.12.09 | 12:46 pm

David Ogden is expected to be confirmed as deputy attorney general today, despite Republican objections that he supports abortion and pornography. 

As Phyllis Schafly’s Eagle Forum put it, the nominee should be rejected because “Ogden has built his career by advancing abortion, denying its harm, protecting pornographers More…