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Texas GOP Platform Calls For A Return To Racial Discrimination And Intolerance

Texas GOP Platform Calls For A Return To Racial Discrimination And Intolerance

Anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-diversity, anti-education, the platform a reads like a manifesto for dominionism

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Slavery By Another Name

Slavery By Another Name

The fact of the matter is that slavery was- and still is- completely legal in the United States, but it took on a much different form.

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Marriage Equality Owes A ‘Loving’ Debt

Marriage Equality Owes A ‘Loving’ Debt

Forty-five years and one day ago, mixed-race couples were still forbidden to marry in sixteen states.

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Texas GOP To Hispanics: Fine, You Can Pick Our Crops. Will You Vote For Us Now?

Texas GOP To Hispanics: Fine, You Can Pick Our Crops. Will You Vote For Us Now?

After years of using the subject of immigration as a political futbol ,Texas Republicans have been baffled as to why Hispanics don’t vote for them very much.

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Can Gay Marriage Unite The Country?

Can Gay Marriage Unite The Country?

Conservative Republican billionaire, Paul E. Singer, is pouring millions of the dollars he made as a hedge-fund manager into the support of gay marriage.

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Relatively Unknown Court Victory Could Be A Big Step Toward LGBT Equality

Relatively Unknown Court Victory Could Be A Big Step Toward LGBT Equality

In what could be deemed a battle of civil rights, a federal court has determined that the right to discriminate on the basis of religion does not trump LGBT rights.

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Fox News Host Erroneously Claims That Every Act Of Terrorism On American Soil Was Committed By Muslims (VIDEO)

Fox News Host Erroneously Claims That Every Act Of Terrorism On American Soil Was Committed By Muslims (VIDEO)

It’s not terrorism if it’s done by conservatives.

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Are People As Conservative As They Think They Are?

Are People As Conservative As They Think They Are?

Many of my friends tell me they’re conservative. I tell them I’m liberal. What’s odd is that they sometimes tell me I’m not.

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Sikhs Seek Justice For All With Airport App

Sikhs Seek Justice For All With Airport App

Headed for the airport? Make sure you’ve downloaded the ‘Fly Rights’ app for either Android or the iPhone.

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Labels In Poll Incorrectly Call Americans Anti-Abortion

Labels In Poll Incorrectly Call Americans Anti-Abortion

The headlines are greatly distorting the new Gallup poll that seems to show that most Americans are ‘pro-life.’ Actually reading the data reveals quite the opposite.

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‘Borked Again?’ – Romney Justice Advisor Rejected Once For Being Too Extreme

‘Borked Again?’ – Romney Justice Advisor Rejected Once For Being Too Extreme

Romney is demonstrating time and again that reactionary conservatives, not moderates, would be running the show if he were to be elected President.

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Al Sharpton And Jesse Jackson Back The President On Gay Marriage

Al Sharpton And Jesse Jackson Back The President On Gay Marriage

The image of the African-American community has been taking a beating over its failure to support civil rights for others—rights it fought hard to win for itself.

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RNC Chairman Reince Preibus Says Respecting Gay People Means Not Allowing Them To Marry

RNC Chairman Reince Preibus Says Respecting Gay People Means Not Allowing Them To Marry

During an appearance on Meet The Press with David Gregory on Sunday, Reince Preibus became the latest Republican to criticize President Obama for coming out in support of same-sex marriage.

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The Rape Of Co-Eds: Putting An End To A National Shame

The Rape Of Co-Eds: Putting An End To A National Shame

Sexual assaults on college campuses are rampant. The Obama administration is determined to do something about it.

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The New American Revolution

The New American Revolution

This primary season has been very illuminating. It has removed the veil covering up the real agenda of what remains of the GOP.

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The Words Of A Leader: 60 President Obama Quotes That Put Republicans To Shame

The Words Of A Leader: 60 President Obama Quotes That Put Republicans To Shame

Here are 60 quotes by President Obama that put the Republicans to shame and show what a true leader sounds like.

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16 Ron Paul Quotes That Prove He Is NOT A Liberal

16 Ron Paul Quotes That Prove He Is NOT A Liberal

Ron Paul has fooled a lot of liberals lately. They think that because he is anti-war, that it makes him a liberal. The problem is, Ron Paul is not even close to being a liberal. He is simply an anti-war conservative who wants to rip apart the federal government until it can no longer function. Liberals should not vote for Ron Paul and here are 16 quotes that demonstrate why.

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NJ Governor Chris Christie Poised To Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill

NJ Governor Chris Christie Poised To Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Just a few days ago, the State of New Jersey’s Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage. There was partying in the streets of Hoboken, right? Wrong. Unfortunately for the citizens of New Jersey, their ‘small government’ Governor holds their civil rights in his veto hand and his pen is cocked.

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New Jersey Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill: Equality In The Garden State Now In The Hands Of GOP Governor Chris Christie

New Jersey Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill: Equality In The Garden State Now In The Hands Of GOP Governor Chris Christie

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 legalize same sex marriage.

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Cory Booker: Civil Liberties Should Not Be Subject to Popular Vote

Cory Booker:  Civil Liberties Should Not Be Subject to Popular Vote

The civil liberties of human beings should not be subject to popular vote! Thank goodness, we have one eloquent politician, Cory A. Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ, who has the courage and conviction to make that point as it applies to marriage-equality.

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