- The Legacy of Loving v. Virginia Lives On in Gay Marriage Rulings—"Fundamental rights must trump the government's attempt to control private relationships."
- Republican group shows support for gay marriage
- Republicans Want to Stop Gays From Filing Joint Tax Returns? Really?
- Ben Carson CPAC Speech: Gay People 'Don't Get Extra Rights'
- The Shamelessness of Professor Mark Regnerus
- Five Reasons Same-Sex Marriage Is Sweeping the Nation—"Here's why even Texas, Oklahoma and Utah are joining the march toward marriage equality." Infographic: Watch Marriage Equality Sweep the Nation
- Why Kentucky's Attorney General Refuses To Defend His State's Anti-Gay Law
- Michigan County Clerk Says She Would Defy AG On Same-Sex Marriages—Another constitutional test for anti-gay amendements.
- 4 couples sue Indiana over same-sex marriage ban
- CPAC Panelist: It Is 'A Liberal Lie' That States Ban Gay Marriage
- Pope Signals Church Could Support Civil Unions In Some Cases—"Pope Francis signaled that the Catholic Church could support some civil unions, particularly in order to guarantee property rights or medical care for nonmarried couples."
- Zmuda: 'I was told I could either divorce or be fired'—"The gay former vice-principal of Eastside Catholic says the school claimed it did not discriminate based on marital status or sexual orientation when he was hired, but then fired him for entering into a same-sex marriage last year." Thought Catholics didn't believe in divorce.
- Dalai Lama says no problem with gay marriage
- Former Miss Kentucky reveals she's gay in blog post
- Ariz. lawmaker comes out: 'I am gay, I'm a Latino, I'm a state senator and it's OK'
- The NBA will donate all proceeds from Jason Collins jersey sales to the Matthew Shepard Foundation and GLSEN
- Chick-fil-A drops donations to anti-LGBTQ groups by more than 99 percent in two years—"Chick-fil-A's corporate foundation reduced donations from $3.6 million to $25,390." Salon
- How big business got behind gay rights WaPo
- CPAC Is for Lovers, or At Least 'Discreet' Casual Encounters
- Lebanon: Being Gay Is Not a Crime Nor Against Nature
- State Witness Against Gay Adoption: Homosexuals Are Going To Hell
- A Polite Homophobe Is Still a Homophobe—How dare we be intolerant of their intolerance.
- Steve King: People Will Pretend To Be Gay So They Can Sue Businesses For Discrimination
- "I dare you to go to a lesbian bar": How this gay conservative defends keeping discrimination legal—"I have many, many black friends…I just don't think government should use its power to do things." Salon
- Thailand's Intolerance of Its Own LGBT Community Will Surprise You
- 41 GOP Senators Try To Filibuster Judge, Then Confirm Him Unanimously
- Candidate Stockman Threatens Jail To Anyone Who Publishes His Mugshot
- Texas Buck-rakers—'How the Texas Tea Party became nothing more than an effort to take people's money."
- The Texas Tea Party Didn't Win, But It Got The GOP To Move To The Right
- Has the Conservative Political Action Conference Purged the Kooks?—"The annual conservative confab was notable for who wasn't there."
- Jon Stewart Skewers Conservatives' Massive Crush On Vladimir Putin—Man-crush on their fellow homophobe.
- The Very Last Thing Republicans Have to Fight About—"While the national party talks about broadening the base, local activists are purging the ranks."
- Why Republicans Don't Want to Acknowledge the Falling Deficit NYT
- Paul Ryan's Audit Of Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Finds Many Are Actually Very Effective
- Paul Ryan Tries to Enlist Social Science to Back Up His Poverty Plan, Disaster Ensues
- Paul Ryan's Free School Lunch Story Never Actually Happened—Very likely it was plagiarized.
- Oops: The Texas Miracle That Isn't—"Conservatives say the Lone Star state's recent record of growth validates their economic agenda. That record crumbles upon inspection."
- Wisconsin income gap widening faster than nation as a whole
- These 9 Maps Should Absolutely Outrage Southerners
- Republican Chairman Cuts The Mic And Walks Out When Democrat Challenges Him
- Furious House Dems Demand Issa's Removal As Committee Chairman
- Issa Apologizes to Cummings, but Accuses Him of 'Hissy Fit'
- Why Darrell Issa Turned Off the Mic—"When politicians in the House majority resort to silencing their critics, you know they've lost the argument." NYT
- Georgia Lawmaker Exploits Loophole In His Own Lobbying Law To Fundraise For ALEC
- Why the 1 Percent Have Nothing to Fear—"Barack Obama and the Democrats aren't really coming for your wealth. (They just want your political donations.)"
- Maine lawmakers vote to cancel LePage consultant's contract—"The Alexander Group won a $925,000 no-bid contract to look at a number of issues, with its first report recommending against Medicaid expansion."
- Top Florida regulator of ALFs gets new job — working for ALF lobby
- Harry Reid: 'Republicans are addicted to Koch' WaPo
- Chris Christie Stands Up For Koch Brothers At CPAC: They're 'Great Americans'
- TYT: Who's Defending The Billionaire Brothers Buying Our Democracy?
- Koch Spends More Than Double Top Ten Unions Combined
- Big-Money Donors Demand Larger Say in Campaign Strategy—"In both parties, elite donors who once deferred to 'super PAC' leaders to determine the best use of their money are now taking a central role in shaping campaigns." NYT
- Death of the local campaign: How $9 million in outside money is deciding Pinellas' District 13 race
- Infographic: How Money Won Congress
- City agency secretly settled campaign finance suit—"The city Campaign Finance Board demands rigorous transparency from candidates for public office, but itself secretly settled a botched case last year, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars."
- Koch-Tied Groups Funded GOP Effort to Mess With Electoral College Rules
- Bill Nelson: State blocking UF voting center is suppression—"The state of Florida is blocking the use of a college student union as an early voting center."
- Emails show Scott Walker blurred campaign, county government lines
- Lawsuit challenging voting bills would force GOP to prove fraud
- The GOP Won't Pass Immigration Reform – and It Could Prove Disastrous
- CPAC Attendees: Rubio Killed His 2016 Dreams With Immigration
- Border Lawman Tells Texas Politicians to 'Shut Up' About the Border—"We're in the middle of an election season which has seen a lot of political posturing over the Texas-Mexico border."
- Undocumented immigrant denied law license in Florida—"Florida's Supreme Court ruled that man with law degree who passed state bar cannot get a license to practice."
- Black Lawmakers Walk Out On Resolution Honoring Ardent Segregationist
- DOJ Trolls Jindal With Civil Rights Book Gift After Segregation Remark
- Limbaugh: '12 Years A Slave' Won Because Of 'Magic Word' In Title
- Florida Man Causes Controversy With KKK Flag In Front Yard—"It's my patriotic duty."
- Jailed White Supremacist Now Doing All He Can To Leave The Small Town He Tried To Take Over
- Jasper Reaches Settlement With Fired Police Chief—"Appointed three years ago by a majority black city council, Pearson was fired after 16 months in office, after a largely white group of residents mounted an effort to recall black council members."
- Man sues McDonald's for $1.5 million 'because they gave him only one napkin'—"Lucas, who is African-American, alleged that the Mexican-American manager was racist towards him and mumbled something that sounded like 'you people.'"
- Court: School can ban US flag shirts for safety—"Officials at a Northern California high school acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican heritage celebration Cinco de Mayo, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday." Seems like in this case the shirts were deliberately provocative.
- Bill O'Reilly's Gift for the Ages—"Imagine Walter Cronkite, Diane Sawyer, Terry Gross or Tim Russert devoting entire shows to praising their own work." NYT
- The Colbert Report: Bill O'Reilly's Interview of the Decade—"Bill O'Reilly gloats over his interview with Obama, and Stephen auctions off the microwave he stole from the Fox News green room."
- 5 more items that Bill O’Reilly could auction—"The Fox News anchor is angry at Salon for mocking the auctioning of his handwritten interview notes." Salon
