Texas Congressman says if El Paso shooter is charged with a hate crime, pastors will be next
A prominent Republican said that the El Paso shooter should not be prosecuted under federal hate crimes laws because that could lead to pastors being…
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Congress held the first hearing on the Equality Act. Republicans made it all about trans people.
Democratic Rep. Primila JayapalPhoto: Twitter The House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing ever on the Equality Act, and the Republican strategy against the bill…
The GOP wants to stop a law that protects women because it also protects trans people
The House Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, but not after having to block Republican’s attempts to use the VAWA fight…
GOP presidential hopefuls, members of Congress appear in anti-gay documentary
Faith 2 Action’s Janet Porter sent an email Thursday to activists excitedly announcing that she is finishing up editing a new anti-gay documentary that she intends…
The year in homophobia: Ten of the worst anti-LGBT stories of 2014
Supporters of marriage equality made tremendous progress this year in striking down discriminatory bans on same-sex marriages while, on the local level, more municipalities have enacted legal protections…
Louie Gohmert compares gay rights advocates to Nazis in House speech
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) putting your tax dollars to work by denouncing the “intolerance” of gay rights advocates in a speech referencing the Benham…
Perry says Boy Scouts will answer to God; Gohmert warns of pedophilia
Rick Perry, who has equated the fight against gays in the Boy Scouts to the fight to abolish slavery, told Tony Perkins of the Family…
Congressman Louie Gohmert opposes gun control because gay marriage leads to bestiality
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)Photo: Earlier this year, Rick Scarborough of Vision America launched a new organization called Tea Party Unity, which seeks to become…