Tag: gay rights
Inappropriate Sexual Gestures, Wide Stances, Gross Hypocrisy, And Senator Larry Craig
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Posted to Politics on Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 04:14:36 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The Intermountain West and the rest of the country is humming with the news that Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), who voted against gay marriage and is a considered a social conservative was arrested in a Minneapolis Airport bathroom back in June for engaging in lewd conduct. He subsequently plead guilty and was sentenced to 10 days in jail (suspended), 1 year of probation, and a $1000 fine, but it did not become public until now.
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What Comes After Afterthekiss.com?
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Posted to Media on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 02:51:34 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
It was a simple and seemingly clever idea from the marketing folks at Masterfoods USA, maker of the Snicker's candy bar. Premier a new commercial during the Super Bowl showing two manly men working on a car, have them accidentally "kiss" while eating a Snicker's bar, and then direct viewers to a website (the astutely named afterthekiss.com) to see alternate endings of what happened "after the kiss."
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New Jersey Supreme Court Boots Gay Marriage Thing To Legislature
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Posted to Politics on Sun Oct 29, 2006 at 10:50:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Just when you thought the gay marriage issue had just about died out, along come seven jurists in New Jersey to stir it back up again. In a 4-3 decision, the Garden State's Supreme Court dropped the ball in the state legislature's court and gave it 180 days to come up with a solution. It didn't order the legislature to pass a gay marriage law, because the court split on was what to call gay and lesbian unions. However, one thing the judges did agree upon was that gay and lesbian unions should have the same legal status as heterosexual marriages.
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