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And then there were six...

All I can say is...FINALLY! In a move that is becoming less and less surprising, the New Hampshire legislature has just legalized same-sex marriage.

[quote]New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage  Read More »

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Question: How do you convince a neo-conservative talk show host that waterboarding is "torture?"

Answer: You waterboard him.

In fact, that's exactly what happened on the May 22, 2009 edition of Matthew Erich "Mancow" Muller's nationally syndicated talk radio show, Mancow's Morning Madhouse.  Read More »

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And ANOTHER One Bites the Dust: Vermot Legalizes Same-sex Marriage

Apparently, Vermonters don't like being out-done by Iowans.

[quote]Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override

Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature's vote.  Read More »

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Another One Bites the Dust: Iowa Approves Same-Sex Marriage

[quote]Iowa Court Voids Gay Marriage Ban

DES MOINES — Iowa became the first state in the Midwest to approve same-sex marriage on Friday, after the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously decided that a 1998 law limiting marriage to a man and a woman was unconstitutional.  Read More »

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What's in a name?

As I am sure many of you have noticed, I have changed my username from "percivale" to "Blackout." Why, you ask?  Read More »

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Should we tolerate intolerance?

I originally wrote this as a comment, but I liked it so much that I decided to give it a blog of its own...  Read More »

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Who holds the moral high ground?: Anti-gay violence and the people who commit it.

Hi again, everyone.  In recent weeks the anti-gay rhetoric on this site has taken a particularly nasty turn, and it light of it I thought I would take a few minutes to discuss the ethical and moral implications of the violent attitudes which seem all too common among the anti-gay folks among the religious right.   Read More »

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