CLASH OF THE CONSERVATIVES: To mark the 100th consecutive month that his show has been the number one rated cable news program, Fox's Bill O'Reilly created a spate of controversy on Monday, even taking on Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of his own, during a visit to The View.
West Virginia delegates yesterday rejected attempts by a conservative evangelical group to force lawmakers to vote on sending an anti-LGBT amendment that would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman to the state’s voters: On Monday, Republicans in the House of Delegates tried to advance a bipartisan resolution that would define marriage in the state constitution, but [...]
At a Vermont Democratic Party reception on Saturday, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean urged passage of the marriage bill that sitting Gov. Jim Douglas has threatened to veto: A boisterous crowd cheered former Gov. Howard Dean’s support of Freedom to Marry legislation and health care reform Saturday at a Vermont Democratic Party reception at the Hilton Burlington. Dean’s emotional [...]
UPDATE: The Love Makes a Family Twitter feed is reporting that SB 899, legislation to codify marriage equality under Connecticut state law, was passed by the Connecticut Senate Judiciary Committee, 40-10, without amendments containing unconstitutional religious exemptions! (*NOTE FROM CHRIS: Later reports confirmed that the bill actually passed by a vote of 30-10.)
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