Clooney's father, journalist Nick Clooney, 78, was with him and was also arrested, as were Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous, Rep Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and former Rep. Tom Andrews (D-Mass.). They were taken away in a police …
After sparking outrage for Rush Limbaugh-esque tweets insulting Sandra Fluke, and deleting her entire Twitter account in the ensuing backlash, the actress has returned.
Lucky couples have been married each year on Valentine Day's on the top of the Empire State Building for nearly two decades but this year for the first time two same sex couples said "I do" at the iconic New York landmark.
"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples," said Judge Stephen Reinhardt in …
The measure now heads to the House, which is expected to approve it. Gov. Chris Gregoire supports the measure and has said she will sign it into law, though opponents have promised to challenge it at the ballot with a referendum.
I have been a member since 9/2008 and have slowly collected all but one of the "limbs" on my vine. The very top right limb has eluded me. How does one earn Random Act of Vineness: Earned for exceptional moment of greatness on Newsvine? What consti …
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For any fans awaiting future "Star Wars" films from George Lucas, it's going to be a long wait. The creator of the famed series says he's not going to make any more of these movies and that he's essentially retiring. And for that he blames the harsh feedback from certain fans.
You are at the store and there on the shelf are two versions of the product you are looking for. Both products are of similar quality. The cheaper one was made in China, the more expensive one was made in America. Which one do you buy?
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A federal appeals court refused today to let same-sex marriages resume in California while it considers the constitutionality of a 2008 ballot measure that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
A visit to a Shanghai fake-marriage market, where lesbians and gay men meet to find a husband or wife.
DeLay Convicted Of Money Laundering, Conspiracy To Commit Money Laundering
Is it just me or maybe the part of the country I live in but has anyone else noticed a lot of commercials on TV recruiting for jobs at the CIA? The commercials I have seen look like ads for perfume or possibly a new brand of designer clothing, at first.
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Monday Dec 6th, watch live coverage of the 9th Circuit hearing an appeal of an August ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker. The second hour will be spent discussing whether the gay marriage ban violates equal protection rights.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. A yearly tradition at many homes is to go around the table at Thanksgiving and each person say what they are most thankful for. If you care to share your thoughts here, that would be great.
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Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo never set out to make history or be a part of it on such a large scale. But that's just what's happening.
I had a heated email debate this weekend with a friend of mine about Social Security. One sticking point was whether or not Social Security is actually welfare. What do you think and why?
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Separate is never equal, and under Prop. 8, California distinguishes its residents into four separate and unequal groups:
An assistant state attorney general for Michigan has created a blog devoted to discrediting the University of Michigan's student body president, who is openly gay.
What is your favorite season of the year and more importantly, why?
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A New Jersey judge Wednesday ordered the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque to quickly deal with health and safety violations at a tenement he owns - or face big fines.
Interesting trends are developing in the world of battery electric vehicles. On one side of the performance and cost scale are tiny city EVs like the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and the Th!nk from Norway.
In politics, anything goes: Vague, sinister comments about same-sex marriage threatening children or undermining the sanctity of heterosexual marriage were prevalent during the Prop 8 campaign.
I've been seeing an advertisement for a new sitcom on NBC called "Outsourced". I admit I have not read anything about it. Just going on gut reaction to the advertising I think it is in very poor taste to air a comedy show based on the premise of outsourcing.
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With scientific data piling up showing that the world has reached its hottest-ever point in recorded history, global-warming skeptics are facing a high-profile defection from their ranks.
DALLAS – Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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In recent years, three of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s four conservatives were charged with ethics violations by the Wisconsin Judicial Commission — Justice Annette Ziegler for presiding over cases involving a bank where her husband was a director, Justice Michael …
Yes, I know the title is long, but, what the hey. Any way I was interested in Grisham's article and why it didn't have any stats on Paganism, since I'm a Wiccan I decided to find out, and what I found was very interesting indeed. Paganism has been around for thousands of years, l …
Rep James Lankford (R-OK) told ThinkProgress last week that he believes someone should be able to be fired for his or her sexual orientation. In a conversation on Capitol Hill, Lankford expressed his strong belief that being gay is a choice, and that LGBT workers should not be …
he Obama campaign is launching an offensive Monday attacking Mitt Romney on his record at the private equity firm Bain Capital in a new ad campaign, painting the presumptive Republican nominee as a greedy, corporate job-destroyer. During the primary, Newt Gingrich and …
Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.
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