Category: Politics
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UPDATE: A Hate-Monger Withdraws from Benediction for @BarackObama
The Huffington Post has announced that the Rev. Louie Giglio, who was set to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s second-term inauguration, has announced his decision to withdraw from the ceremony after concerns arose of his anti-LGBT stance. His statement reads: “I am honored to be invited by the President to give the benediction at…
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A Hate-Monger to Deliver Benediction for @BarackObama; Say Something
UPDATE: The Rev. Louie Giglio has withdrawn! Click here for the latest. Moments ago I sent the following letter to President Obama, asking him to rethink his decision to have Rev. Louie Giglio deliver the benediction on his Inauguration Day. As you can read in this HuffPo piece , ThinkProgress and in Jeremy Hooper’s Good…
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Jane Elliott and the Brown Eyes vs. the Blue Eyes; Equality Simplified
I’m embarrassed to say I had never heard of Jane Ellliott and her Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment until I stumbled across it on Reddit today, but having just watched this 14:37 clip of the 1970 Peabody Award-winning filmThe Eye of Storm (made for ABC News and later included in the 1984 documentary A Class Divided) I am…
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Brian Brown is Bad at Fortune-telling; #SCOTUS to Hear #Prop8 Case
Heads up! The Supreme Court just announced that it will hear the federal challenge to Proposition 8 and DOMA. This is the first time SCOTUS has heard a case on marriage equality. (h/t Towleroad) Of course NOM’s Brian Brown tweeted that he believes this is a future win for the side of bigotry. I responded…
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The Enlightened States of America
I would love to give proper credit to the author of this declaration that is floating around the Internet, but all I can find is that it is credited to “anonymous”. Still, it is too great to not share. Enjoy! Dear Red States: We’re ticked off at your Neanderthal attitudes and politics, and we decided…
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Rachel Maddow Spanks the GOP
If Rachel Maddow and Elizabeth Warren ran on a ticket together in 2016, I’d be the first in line to vote for the pair. On here show, Maddow laid it for the GOP on the night after the election, making the facts clear: “Ohio really did go to President Obama last night. And he really…
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Why I’m Voting for Obama Tomorrow
President Barack Obama is a kind and compassionate leader who cares for ALL of his constituents (unlike Romney who doesn’t care about 47% of the U.S. and will do what he can to stop the LGBT community from living equal lives under Federal law. On November 1st, President Obama replied to Sophia Bailey Klugh, the…
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#Broadway’s Max von Essen’s Plea to a #Romney Supporter
Broadway’s Max von Essen (currently in Evita) took to Facebook today to ask “why” an old friend had “liked” Mitt Romney’s Facebook page. His full letter is below and it is a heartbreaking read. It is also very dear to me because of my 406 “friends”, four of them like Mitt Romney’s official Facebook page…
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Audio Captures #Romney Urging Employers to Tell Employees How to Vote
Mitt Romney, in speaking with members of the National Federation of Independent Business was caught on tape making the following questionable suggestion. Slight threat there Mr. Governor? Yeah, he dilutes it with the “whatever your political view” comment, but the message is clear. Vote for me, or else. (Tip of the hat to ThinkProgress for this…
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My @BarackObama Facebook Cover Photo
Created this for my Facebook cover photo tonight. Feel free to use it if you’d like… just promise, if you do, you’ll go out and vote this November!
Tommy Karr 