Tag / gay rights
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Playing Catch Up: the GOP and Gay Rights
In late February, conservatives from around the country gathered in Washington DC to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC. Guests were treated to a bevy of high profile conservative such as potential presidential candidates Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio. The conference even found room for Nigel Farage, leader of…
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State-Sanctioned Discrimination
BY JOHN NIKITAS Last February, both chambers of Arizona’s state legislature narrowly passed a bill expanding the scope of Arizona’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act to cover individuals and corporations as well as religious institutions. Although Arizona’s Republican Governor, Jan Brewer, eventually vetoed SB 1062, exploring the politics surrounding the bill yields some interesting insights regarding…
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Equality? I “Like” It
BY SERENA LEKAWA Facebook has been looking a little geometric lately. Scrolling down my newsfeed, it was impossible not to notice the pink-and-red equal sign appearing again and again: a small icon next to a friend’s name, or a large, bold upload. I was into it. What an exciting day in the history of human…
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The Hypocrisy Files
BY RAJA KRISHNA What do the Penn State football program, the Catholic Church, and the Boy Scouts of America have in common? If you answered, “They’re all organizations with startling histories of sexual abuse made even more sickening by the fact that they have, for decades, arrogantly attempted to handle their moral shortfalls in-house,” you’re…
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The New Century of Civil Rights
The “century of civil rights” began when women gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment and continued on through the African American, Native American, and Latino civil rights movements. In the 1970s and 1980s, the gay community peeked out of the closet and saw hope. Rational, logical, and impeccably-well dressed, they challenged in…
