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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on May 15, 2013
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After spending an estimated $20 million and employing 77 people full time to ban gay marriage in California with Proposition 8 in 2008, the church’s political surrender on the issue has enabled a cultural shift that is spreading rapidly across the United States.
Posted on May 14, 2013
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By Richard Reeves — Last week, one of the stars of the "soft" right, David Brooks of The New York Times, wrote a wake-up column with implications for readers who not only do not much like dark-skinned immigration, but are also hostile to such kindling issues as gay marriage and abortion. They seem incapable of understanding, once more, that these are family issues.
Posted on May 12, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including President Obama shifts his attention and Gabrielle Giffords’ gun control group gears up to go head to head with the NRA.
Posted on May 9, 2013
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Much to the likely chagrin of the Minnesota congresswoman—who once claimed that gay couples could wed, but only to members of the opposite sex—her home state appears poised to become the latest to legalize same-sex marriage.
Posted on May 9, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including another state legalizes gay marriage and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reveals how he’s trying to slim down.
Posted on May 7, 2013
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Rhode Island joined the march of progress Thursday when it became the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The decision marks the culmination of a 16-year effort to expand marriage rights in the heavily Roman Catholic state.
Posted on May 2, 2013
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By Bill Boyarsky — Gutless action has no place in the high court’s deliberations on marriage.
Posted on Apr 8, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the latest Senate Democrat to “evolve” on the issue of gay marriage and a California billionaire looking to become the left’s answer to the Koch brothers.
Posted on Apr 8, 2013
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In this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” the show’s version of the North Korean ruler made a couple of major announcements regarding state policy on nuclear weapons and gay marriage.
Posted on Apr 7, 2013
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Thanks to the urge to be constantly wired, extremist propaganda is becoming easier and easier to feed to the masses; the industrial food system has a single aim—make CEOs and shareholders rich; meanwhile, legalizing gay marriage may make it more difficult for LGBT activists to effectively fight other types of discrimination. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Apr 5, 2013
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By Richard Reeves — I thought I had said all I had to say last week about the accelerated change in American attitudes toward gay marriage and “illegal” immigration. But there are a lot of other folks out there examining the accelerated politics of the day and generally coming to the conclusion that, after years of moving right, Americans are moving left again.
Posted on Apr 4, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Connecticut’s tough new gun laws and a recently created PAC looks to support candidates based on one nonpolitical trait.
Posted on Apr 4, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including RNC Chairman Reince Priebus accuses Democrats of supporting “infanticide” and the big obstacle Mark Sanford faces in his political comeback.
Posted on Apr 3, 2013
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The “Real Time” host appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday where he mocked a number of his favorite topics including religious holidays, the Catholic Church and the Bible.
Posted on Apr 3, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the NRA’s new plan to make schools “safer” and Bill Maher scores a small victory against Donald Trump.
Posted on Apr 2, 2013
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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By Robert Reich — Recent polls show Americans would rather reduce the deficit by raising taxes than by cutting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, education and transportation. Yet Congress seems incapable of making that kind of deal. Some 65 percent of Americans want to raise taxes on large corporations, but both parties are heading in precisely the opposite direction.
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Mar 30, 2013
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Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss same-sex marriage as the issue moves to the Supreme Court. Will the justices’ decision be sweeping? The dramatic shift in public opinion on the topic may be reflected in the Republican Party’s repositioning, but pollster Nate Silver says only 25 percent of the GOP supports gay marriage.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A deeper look at the Supreme Court’s historic week, the Obama administration harasses whistle-blowers, and “Duck Dynasty” in revolt.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A deeper look at the Supreme Court’s historic week, the Obama administration harasses whistle-blowers, and “Duck Dynasty” in revolt.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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By David Sirota — Out of all the newsworthy comments during this week’s Supreme Court debate over the legality of same-sex marriage bans, none was more revealing—or troubling—than that which came from Justice Sonya Sotomayor.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including more legal troubles for former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig related to that infamous bathroom arrest and Barbara Walters’ possible major announcement.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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By Richard Reeves — As the Supreme Court debated this week over the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Antonin Scalia noted the number of states that are permitting gays and lesbians to marry. "There has been a sea change," he said, "between now and 1996." He was right about that, but it’s not just gay marriage.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch —
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including a Texas congressman’s run-in with the law and Ashley Judd’s big political announcement.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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By Amy Goodman — Edie and Thea met in the early 1960s, in New York’s Greenwich Village. They hit it off.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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George W. Bush’s paintings do not reveal anything about the Iraq War, despite our wishing that they did; absurdly, the main argument against gay marriage is the state’s supposed need to regulate procreation; meanwhile, the entire Senate voted against Social Security cuts and the media said nothing. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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By Bill Blum — Nevertheless, the Supreme Court’s likely rulings on the issue of gay marriage will not be complete victories for those who support allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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One of the top arguments that those who oppose allowing gay couples to wed routinely give is that it would be a “threat” to the marriage of straight couples. What happens when attendees at an anti-marriage equality rally Tuesday were asked about it, however, paints a different picture.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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By Eugene Robinson — Don’t take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the case concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that bars same-sex couples from marrying in the state.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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By Robert Reich — We’re still legislating and regulating private morality, while ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America.
Posted on Mar 25, 2013
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico —
Posted on Mar 25, 2013
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Roberts’ cousin is a lesbian who wishes to wed her partner. She currently can’t, however, because of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that bars same-sex couples from marrying in the state. The Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge to Proposition 8 this week.
Posted on Mar 25, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Ted Cruz’s attempt to repeal Obamacare and why the debate on gay marriage may be over even before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a pair of cases on the issue this week.
Posted on Mar 24, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Sen. Rand Paul’s “news flash” for Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, and Sen. Saxby Chambliss tells a reporter that “I’m not gay. So I’m not going to marry one.”
Posted on Mar 21, 2013
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