June 19, 2013

NFLer Adrian Peterson Says He’s Not with Gay Marriage

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*Vikings running back Adrian Peterson discussed his views on gay marriage on Sirius/XM NFL Radio recently, reports USAToday.com. Stemming from a conversation about his former teammate and gay rights activist Chris Kluwe, Peterson voiced his opinion on the issue. “To each his own,” Peterson said. “I’m not with it. But I have relatives that are [...]




NV Sen. Kelvin Atkinson Comes Out During Gay Marriage Debate

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*Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson (D-North Las Vegas) decided to come out of the closet during a legislative debate Monday over a measure to repeal the state’s gay marriage ban. “I’m black. I’m gay,” he said, according to the Las Vegas Sun in a “trembling” voice. “I know this is the first time many of [...]




Larry Buford: Marriage: Sorry that User Name is Taken

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*From time to time we’ll enter a User Name on the computer and receive the prompt, ‘Sorry, that user name is taken, please select another.’ So we continue until we come up with a unique name that the computer accepts. Now suppose the computer was not programmed to differentiate, and multiple users were allowed to [...]




Ben Carson Withdraws as John Hopkins Graduation Speaker

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*Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Wednesday evening that he would step down as commencement speaker for the School of Medicine after his comments opposing gay marriage drew outrage from students and faculty. “Given all the national media surrounding my statements as to my belief in traditional marriage, I believe it would be in the [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Standing in the Supreme Court

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*Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding Proposition 8, a California law that prohibits the state from recognizing homosexual marriages. And while there are many directions the Supreme Court can point our country, one option is completely unacceptable. If the Supreme Court upholds the previous ruling it basically throws out the law. This would [...]




Gay Marriage Dates Back to 1970 in Jet Magazine Photo

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*As the Supreme Court is deciding the fate of same sex marriage federal marriage benefits and state marriage recognition, a discovery has been made that dates the issue of same sex marriage as far back as the 70s. The Queer Museum features a photo from circa 1970 of two African American women posed together in [...]




Beyonce Posts Handwritten Note Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

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*Beyonce shared her support for gay marriage on Tuesday, the first day of the Supreme Court hearings on California’s Prop 8, a ban on same-sex marriage. In a short handwritten note posted to her Instagram and Facebook pages, Bey wrote “If you like it you should be able to put a ring on it,” Jay-Z’s [...]




Kluwe & Ayanbadejo Support Gay Marriage

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*Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo have written and filed an amicus brief in support of same-sex marriage in California, reports ESPN.com. The two collaborated on the brief and filed it on the day of the Supreme Court’s deadline in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, which challenges the law against marriage equality known as Proposition 8. [...]




Between the Lines: The U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Marriage

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*The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to finally hear cases on America’s emerging cultural shift, gay (or same sex) marriage puts America, front and center, in the dominant culture shift of the day. After a decade of state initiated attempts to mainstream gay marriage were confronted with legal and cultural challenges, and years after the federal [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Another Civil War?

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*Now that I have your attention, let me start by saying I don’t believe there will be another civil war in the United States. But let me also tell you why it is on my radar. The United States Civil War was a military conflict that arose after several southern states attempted to secede from [...]




Gay Stance Best Thing to Happen for Chik-Fil-A?

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 *According to Sandelman & Associates of San Clemente, the evangelical Christian-led fast-food chain experienced a 2.2 percent increase in visits from customers from July to September says the Christian Post. Paul Clarke, spokesman for Sandelman & Associates, provided The Christian Post with a press release regarding the data from the group’s Quick Track Study. “Despite [...]




Conservative PAC Runs Anti-Obama Ad on BET in Ohio (Watch)

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*A new 30-second ad from the conservative PAC Pivot Point is running on BET in the battleground state of Ohio and attempts to drive a wedge between President Obama and African American voters. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The footage, in black and white, features a young man and woman, lamenting Barack Obama’s record on [...]




New PAC Sponsors Ad Showing Young African Americans Against Obama (Video)

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*The third Presidential Debate was quite amusing as we watched Mitt Romney dance around the foreign policy issues and grab hold to the president’s coattails and not let go. Like Al Sharpton said, he just needed to survive and that’s what he did…by endorsing Obama’s every move on foreign policy. But now here comes a [...]




Jesse Jackson Would Marry a Gay Couple

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*Jesse Jackson is a fair man and supports gay rights. The reverend has been an outspoken civil rights activist for decades and is a strong proponent for the union of homosexual couples. He’s decided to perform a same-sex marriage ceremony. During the Democratic National Convention, he said he had “no problem” with the party’s pro-gay [...]




Upholding Traditional Marriage – A Christian Stance

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*If a federal appeals court’s decision about marriage is allowed to stand, one legal group says states will see their respective definitions of marriage redefined by activist judges, says OneNewsNow.com. Proponents of California’s Proposition 8 have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a decision reached by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that [...]