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FRC dismisses quarter of the nation as 'low hanging fruit'

5 days agoLGBT / Gay : Good As You

With Minnesota expected to pass marriage equality today, our tally is nearing the dozen state mark (plus D.C.). But that is all meaningless, cries the the anti-gay Family Research Council, since most of those states are too "progressive" to qualify...

Delaware ‘Family’ Group: Marriage Equality Is An ‘Attack On Gender’

Reacting to yesterday’s historic passage of marriage equality, Nicole Theis, president of the Delaware Family Policy Council, told the Dover News Journal that the idea of gender is somehow under attack because of the advance of LGBT equality: Nicole Theis, president of the Delaware Family Policy Council, said changing the definition of marriage to include [...]

Christina Ricci Attends Family Equality Council’s Night at the Pier

Stepping out to support LGTB rights, Christina Ricci attended the Family Equality Council’s Night at the Pier at Pier 60 in New York City on Monday (April 29). The "Black Snake Moan" star looked cute in a short-sleeved patterned top,...Show More Summary

Delaware Family Policy Council to supporters: Equality activists don't understand, mind God

3 weeks agoLGBT / Gay : Good As You

The following instructions come from an information sheet that the anti-equality Delaware Family Policy Council provided to attendees who showed up at the state Capitol to support their discriminatory position: [Delaware Family Policy Council] Sure, DFPC. The reason why you...

Zach Wahls Destroys Anti-Gay Activist in Boy Scout Debate on CNN: VIDEO

3 weeks agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

CNN's Don Lemon covered the Boy Scouts' gay ban in a segment Sunday in which two Eagle Scouts appeared: Scouts for Equality's Zach Wahls and John Stemberger, an anti-gay activist with the Florida Family Policy Council who started an organization...

Opposition desperate to make equal civil rights seem like this year's 'Gangnam Style'

last monthLGBT / Gay : Good As You

Emily Kreps, writing for the Pennsylvania Family Council: Even our own senator from Pennsylvania, Bob Casey, Jr. has turned his back on his Catholic faith and announces he now supports so-called “same-sex marriage” to appease the special-interest lobby. It’s the...

Moving Past Détente Between The HRC And The Trans Community

On the day the constitutionality of Prop 8 was being argued before the the Supreme Court, a rally organized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Family Equality Council, GetEQUAL, Marriage Equality USA, and the New Organizing Institute was underway. Show More Summary

Top Conservative Says Marriage Equality Will Lead To Influx Of Immigrant Polygamists

The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins compared same-sex marriage to polygamy just minutes after the Supreme Court finished hearing a constitutional challenge to a law that denies equal federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married under state law. Appearing on MSNBC, Perkins — whose organization is labeled as a “hate group” by the [...]

Richard J. Rosendall: Days Of Miracle And Wonder

"These are the days of miracle and wonder," sang Paul Simon in "The Boy in the Bubble." He wasn't talking about the quest for marriage equality, but I can't help but recall that line as the Family Research Council makes a harsh, desperate and inadvertently comical plea for a miracle of its own.

Anti-Gay Organizations Refuse To Address Questions About Same-Sex Families

There’s a polished new guide to opposing marriage equality released by a coalition of anti-gay organizations, whose partnership alone is notable: the Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, National Organization for Marriage, and Heritage Foundation. Show More Summary

Family Research Council Fellow: Society Should ‘Punish’ and ‘Shame’ Pre-Marital Sex

Pat Fagan, a senior fellow with the anti-gay, largely religious Family Research Council, recently wrote a scathing condemnation of marriage equality in which he also belittles anyone who has sex before marriage.

Steve Majors: Voices Of Children

In connection with the DOMA and Proposition 8 cases, Family Equality Council and our coalition partners have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court that reflects the voices of children with LGBT parents, because these children are in a unique position to speak to two questions.

FRC prayer: Marriage equality = 'onslaught of evil'

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Good As You

And now this prayer from one of the sponsors of the upcoming march for inequality that will be held outside the Supreme Court on the day that the Prop 8 and DOMA cases begin: [Family Research Council] Oh please, please,...

Family Research Council Pushes Meanspirited Video Against Marriage Equality & Gay Families

If you want to see all of the inane arguments against marriage equality wrapped up in one video, check out the above monstrosity from the Family Research Council. It is a four minute rush of almost every anti-gay point, every anecdotal horror story, and every lame argument against marriage equality.

Rumer Willis & 'New Normal' Cast: Family Equality Event!

Rumer Willis and her boyfriend Jayson Blair hit the red carpet at the Family Council LA Awards Dinner held at The Globe Theatre at Universal Studios on Saturday (February 9) in Universal City, Calif. The couple were joined by Jayson‘s New Normal co-stars Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, and Georgia King, as well as Darren Criss, [...]

Stars and Activists Align for LGBT Family Visibility

The Family Equality Council’s annual awards highlight three honorees fighting for the modern family. read more

NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt Honored at Family Equality Council L.A. Awards Dinner

The awards night dinner benefited the LGBT-parent supporting organization and included a live auction for a Disneyland VIP pass for six with Jane Lynch, which sold for $10,000 to Sean Hayes. read more

PHOTOS: Chris Kluwe, Sean Hayes, Andrew Rannells At Family Equality Awards In L.A.

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Queerty

  PHOTOS:  On Saturday night, Minnesota Vikings punter and equality advocate Chris Kluwe was honored at the Family Equality Council’s ninth annual Los Angeles Awards. “As athletes, what we say on the field and on the sidelines has a direct impact on how some kids are treated on the playground,” Kluwe said in his acceptance [...]

Win a Day with Jane Lynch, Her Family, and Mickey

Family Equality Council hosts their annual Los Angeles Awards Dinner and auctions off a day at Disney with Jane Lynch. read more

CNN Hosts Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins To Downplay Marriage Equality Advances, Defend Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policies

From the December 14 edition of CNN's Early Start: Previously: How A Hate Group Leader Used GOP Primary Coverage To Become A Star Political Commentator News Networks Regularly Promote Anti-Gay Family Research Council On Air When Will The Media Stop Treating FRC Like A Serious Policy Organization?

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