
On his radio show recently, Rush Limbaugh doubled down on his infamous statement that, 'I hope Obama fails.' He took bizarre delight in bragging that he 'was the only voice saying ‘I hope he fails, and I was severely criticized for it.'

If you have been listening to the ideas of the Religious Right, especially over the latest Republican primary campaigns, you will see a large push against the gay community. The idea is that things like military service, marriage, and many other 'luxuries' of life are not inalienable rights, by definitionn. Instead, they...

Last week, New Jersey's ponderous and pugnacious Governor sumo-pressed progress when, as promised, he matter of factly vetoed the same-sex marriage bill both chambers of New Jersey's legislature passed. Although expecting the veto, gay marriage advocates and LGBT groups were still quite disheartened, especially after New York's governor green-lighted gay marriage last year and...

The captains of American industry no longer wake up every morning thinking about how to make the economy stronger and their workers more financially secure. They wake up every morning thinking about how they can screw over their workers to make more profit for themselves. And that is exactly what Rick Santorum is rooting...

In the never-ending battle to teach religious dogma in public schools, the GOP in Alabama has introduced a bill that will lift a ban on 'release time' classes that will allow students to leave school grounds and study Creation 'Science' in a different location. The school would only be involved so far as to...

The procedure is called a transvaginal ultrasound and it's what Republicans in Virginia want to force women to go through if they want an abortion. After passing the GOP dominated Senate, the Republican controlled House is poised to pass SB 484, which will force pregnant women to be violated if they want an abortion.

Hormonal contraception is taken solely by women. It is prescribed by medical professionals for a variety of medical conditions, including some that would be very painful without birth control pills and some that could be deadly. On TV and now in Congress, neither women nor healthcare experts have been allowed to participate in the...

If Americans were to elect Rick Santorum to the Presidency, they'd be electing a second George W. Bush. In fact, Santorum would be even worse. If Rick Perry is the dumber version of Bush, Rick Santorum is the extreme version. According to Congressional Quarterly, Santorum supported Bush policies over 95% of the time from...

The 'small government' gay hating, women hating, immigrant hating, racist conservative wants to legislate every single part of your lives but wants to leave businesses alone. I guess because corporation type people can't have sex. So, why should it come as a surprise that he actually made a public statement telling us how we...

On February 14th the New York Times published an editorial entitled “His Eminence in Denial” decrying retired Cardinal Edward Egan’s revocation of his apology for the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse cover-ups. On February 14th the New York Times published an editorial entitled “His Eminence in Denial” decrying retired Cardinal Edward Egan’s revocation of his...

On Tuesday, the Virginia House of Representatives passed two of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country. By a vote of 66-32, the Republican majority passed House Bill 1, which defines personhood as beginning at conception and effectively bans any woman from having an abortion, even if she is raped.

While significant progress has been made, much work remains to ensure that all LGBT Americans have the same right and opportunity to marry the person they love that heterosexual Americans have. This Valentine's Day is a great time for all of us to step forward and support the fight for marriage equality.

It’s now in Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s hands whether equality will become the law of the land in the Garden State. The New Jersey Senate has done the right thing and moved a step closer towards recognizing the equality and human rights of all of New Jersey’s citizens by voting to...

During Meet The Press on Sunday morning, David Gregory asked Rick Santorum what he would do if the Supreme Court upholds the ruling made by the Ninth Circuit Court to strike down Prop 8, which had banned same-sex marriage. Santorum said he would overturn Roe v. Wade and any Supreme Court ruling that makes...

Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), in another effort to pander the 1% of the female population who have never used birth control and the men who want them to be barefoot and pregnant, introduced an amendment to the transportation bill (that's right, transportation bill) that would allow any employer to deny any coverage on any...

This week hasn't been kind to Mitt Romney. This past Tuesday, he lost three state primaries in Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota by large margins to Rick Santorum. Then the latest PPP poll showed Romney's popularity take a nose dive among Republicans, while Rick Santorum has become the new golden boy. So Mitt was probably...

At least three articles have suddenly been taken down from Canadian news sites. They concern the proposed 'Bill C-51' which would allow the Canadian government to require internet service providers to monitor and log the online and cellular activities of their customers and will give the government the ability to instruct authorities to subpoena...