Social Issues
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2.1K1Ohio Anti-Abortion Group Fundraises By Selling Assault Rifles
Patrick Johnston, the leader of the conservative anti-abortion group Personhood Ohio, recently announced that his organization is using a rather ironic method...
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2.0K3GOP Congressman Trent Franks: Pregnancies Resulting From Rape Are ‘Very Low’
This Wednesday, another Republican ventured into the pseudo-scientific rhetoric about rape that has caused the GOP so many woes — possibly even...
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2.5K2World’s Largest Study of Same-Sex Families Shows Children Are Thriving
In a groundbreaking attempt to study children raised in families headed by same-sex couples, results have shown that these children are not...
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3.8K6GOP-Endorsed Abortion Bill Advanced By All-Male Congressional Panel
This Tuesday, House Republicans voted to expand a proposed D.C. abortion bill to apply to the whole country. The bill would ban...
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2.4K8Mississippi GOP Governor: Working Mothers Are the Root of America’s Educational Problems (VIDEO)
This Tuesday, Mississippi’s GOP Governor Phil Bryant said that the growing number of working mothers are the root of America’s educational troubles....
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5.0K13GOP Congressman: Women Should be Forced to Carry to Term Fetuses With No Brain Function (VIDEO)
This Thursday, during a congressional committee hearing to discuss a proposed measure to criminalize abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, GOP congressman...
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4.6K27Mississippi May Begin Prosecuting Women For Miscarriages
According to a report from Kate Shepherd at Mother Jones, Mississippi’s State Supreme Court is currently considering a case that could lead...
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3.2K5Donald Rumsfeld on Gay Marriage and Civil Rights: ‘I Just Don’t Equate the Two’ (VIDEO)
Appearing with Larry King this Monday, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld seemed to suggest that he’s opposed to gay marriage, echoing...
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3.3K19Virginia GOP Attorney General Candidate Tried to Force Women to Report Miscarriages to Police
This weekend, the Virginia GOP selected state Senator Mark Obenshain as their candidate to succeed fellow right-winger Ken Cuccinelli as the state’s top...
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3.2K4Minnesota GOP Abandons Anti-Bullying Bill Aimed at Protecting Gay Teens
Almost three years ago in the state of Minnesota, Anoka High School student Justin Aaberg hanged himself after being subjected to continuous...
