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My mom calls from North Carolina to point out this tidbit from our former First Lady, Barbara Bush — the matriarch of the new dynasty: “What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to  [more...]

New Jersey Governor James McGreevey resigned from office Thursday, stating, “I am a gay American.” McGreevey spoke at a press conference in Trenton, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon (August 12), following  [more...]

There’s a great op-ed in today’s Washington Post by Ellen Goodman — she points out the hypocrisy of those freaked-out right-wingers who claim that same-sex unions will somehow destroy marriage: Who  [more...]