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Why ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ is Bad for the Country

Oct 14, 10 Why ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ is Bad for the Country

by in Ryan Shattuck

Yes, it’s true: Being gay in the United States means one is much more likely to host an awards show, such as the Oscars, the Emmys or the Tonys. But being gay in the United States also has its disadvantages. Gay men and women cannot marry in 90 percent of U.S. states. Adoption by gay men and women is legally protected by only 36...

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Ken Mehlman, the Hypocrite

Sep 16, 10 Ken Mehlman, the Hypocrite

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Coming out of the closet as a gay man or women is not an easy process. There’s a lot of paperwork to fill out; a new state identification card has to be issued; there are separate gay tax forms to be filed; and the federally mandated homosexual agenda has to be memorized. So it makes sense why it took Ken Mehlman, former Chairman...

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Why Ban Gay Marriage When We Can Ban Straight Divorce?

Sep 02, 10 Why Ban Gay Marriage When We Can Ban Straight Divorce?

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The odds of dying by being eaten by a shark are 1 in 251,800,000. The odds of being killed by a vending machine are 1 in 112,000,000. The odds of dying by being struck by lightning are 1 in 83,930. The odds of getting divorced are 1 in 2. The point is clear: It’s time to ban all sharks, vending machines, lightning and...

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Civil Rights May Not be Popular … But They’re Still Right

One night in 1958, Mildred Jeter, a woman of African and American Indian descent, and her husband Richard Loving, a white man, were awoken in their bed by police officers acting on a tip. The couple was arrested and later charged under Section 20-58 of the Virginia code, which prohibited interracial couples from returning to...

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Political Hoaxes and Jokes

Mar 14, 10 Political Hoaxes and Jokes

by in Ryan Shattuck

I love a good joke. I love jokes about relationships, I love jokes about politics, I love jokes about sexual identity, I love jokes about social behavior, and I love jokes about shipping homosexuals out of a state in a manner reminiscent of the Holocaust. Speaking of really funny jokes, stop me if you’ve heard this...

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A Gay Man Argues for Women’s Rights

Feb 27, 10 A Gay Man Argues for Women’s Rights

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It was Mark Twain who once famously said: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.” With that in mind, can you determine which of the following headlines is from the satirical news Web site The Onion and which is a genuine news...

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