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During an appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press Sunday morning, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) admitted that a Republican presidential candidate who supports marriage equality is “inevitable” and that such a candidate would receive widespread support from across the political spectrum. While Flake’s statement is reflective of rapidly shifting U.S.

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Pastor Louie Giglio A chorus of right-wing leaders Thursday decried the withdrawal of Pastor Louie Giglio from President Obama’s second inauguration ceremony, suggesting a left-wing conspiracy to force him off of the program.

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Ugandan evangelical Christian pastor Martin Ssempa is well known for his obsession with how he thinks same-sex couples have sex, notably his graphic description of how gay men engage in “anal licking”: “ they eat the poo poo .” He has used these audacious presentations to advocate for the “Kill the Gays” Anti-Homosexuality bill since its introduction several years ago. Ssempa appeared this week on the Ugandan TV talk show Morning Breeze where he used various fruits and vegetables to describe how lesbians have sex, because “they don’t have the equipment.” LGBT activist Pepe Onziema, who identifies as a trans man, objected to having to appear on the same show as as a “hooligan.” Watch the inflammatory display: Video streaming by Ustream

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As part of a deal to open a new location in Chicago, fast food giant Chick-Fil-A may have agreed this week to include an LGBT non-discrimination policy for workers and customers, and to stop donating to anti-gay groups. Chick-Fil-A wants to open a second location in the city, but has been met with resistance by the local LGBT community and city officials. Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno has been trying to broker a deal .

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In 2007, Paul Ryan cast the lone pro-gay vote of his career, voting for a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that would have made it illegal to fire an employee just for being gay, lesbian, or bisexual.

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Recently, the Republican National Convention accidentally leaked a draft of the party’s foreign policy platform. The subsection on foreign aid contained a rather peculiar criticism of President Obama’s policy in the area: The effectiveness of our foreign aid has been limited by the cultural agenda of the current Administration, attempting to impose on foreign countries, especially the peoples of Africa, legalized abortion and the homosexual rights agenda

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Chow with her partner, Sarah Morningstar, and their daughter Cheryl Chow served on the Seattle City Council. She was a school principal and a school board member. And before she dies, Chow wants to do one more public service: Come out, and encourage others to feel more comfortable to do the same

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Wednesday’s shooting at the Family Research Council was a tragedy, and the wounded security guard and others who put themselves in harm’s way to overpower the shooter are indeed heroes.

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With the Boy Scouts of America national leadership refusing to either consider lifting its ban on LGBT scouts and leaders or make public its rationale for keeping the policy, two large Scout councils have reaffirmed they will not go along with discrimination. The Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN-based Northern Star Council, which serves over 75,000 scouts in Minnesota and Wisconsin, recently posted a statement reiterating that it welcomes “all people who can help to further Scouting’s mission of youth development.” This commitment to inclusive, the council notes, has been in place for more than a decade.

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