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While Senate Republicans complain that having to work before (and during the week after) Christmas is “sacrilegious,” the House of Representatives yesterday debated whether gay servicemen and women should be allowed to serve openly in the military. It was an interesting juxtaposition because: you know who else works right before (and during the week after) [...]

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At first we weren’t so cool with Alvin Greene as a senate candidate. He was unemployed, lived with his parents, didn’t seem too bright, and was oh so awkward. He also won a primary race without campaigning, and had zero dollars in the bank to run against Jim DeMint. After a month of terrible interviews, [...]

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That’s the line from the Family Research Council, or as it’s known colloquially, the My-Family-is-a-Beard-and-My-Blind-Fear-of-Queers-Masks-My-Rampant-Closeted-Homosexuality-Council. Talking Points Memo reported late Wednesday that the FRC has done a “study” that confirms the gays will destroy everything! We’re not talking rainbow flag pins instead of the stars and stripes. Oh no. We’re talking full-on gay fellatio while [...]

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Nothing Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) says surprises us. The guy is a loon on climate change, a birther and has said the 9/11 attacks were God’s vengeance for America’s betrayal of Israel. Not surprisingly, one of the places Inhofe is least informed and most bigoted is on the gays. He once incorrectly boasted: “I’m really [...]

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We all learned during the Bush Administration that it’s easy to support the troops. You send the poor guys off to war without body armor or adequate intelligence, and pretty much forget about them. Then, when you’re at the gas station, you buy a dozen magnetic yellow ribbons (from a private business that gives none [...]

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Former Republican House member and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr apparently writes a blog at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His latest subject: witches! At the Air Force Academy! A few years back, when I was in the US Congress, I took the Army to task for permitting the practice of Wicca on its bases, including at [...]

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