Written by Nigel Campbell | Monday, 13 May 2013
Tags: minnesota, state senate, marriage equality 
BOOM!
Number TWELVE!! Minnesota just passed marriage equality in the state Senate following last week's passge in the state House!
Details after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Tags: michigan, state senate, lawmakers, anti-bullying, bill, legislation, religious protections, controversy, pass, approve, laws, gay, lgbt, youth The Michigan Senate has approved by a landslide the controversial bill that seeks to require every school district in the state to adopt anti-bullying policies. The legislation made headlines weeks ago when Senate GOP tossed in (and, just as quickly, out) a provision nicknamed "License to Bully" that protected those who bully on religious grounds. Thankfully, the provision didn't make the final cut. Details follow.
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Tags: michigan, senate, gop, republicans, anti-gay, homophobia, religion, christianity, bullying, lgbt youth, matt eppling, gretchen whitmer, state senate
Updated Tuesday, 1:35 p.m. (PST)
Thanks to state Senator Gretchen Whitmer and the bad press nationally, the religious exemption has been stripped from the anti-bullying bill that is working its way through the Michigan legislature.
However, LGBT groups are still unsatisfied. The edited bill still does not specifically outlaw bullying based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
But at least a kid can't beat the crap out of gay classmate claiming God told him to and technically get away with it. Unfortunately, the panic defense may still hold up in the eyes of many of these lawmakers.
Get it together, Michigan.
(via JoeMyGod)
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Outrage is erupting across Michigan... FULL STORY
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Tags: the national organization for marriage, loss, elections, iowa, cindy golding, state senate, distance, bigots, dbags, homophobia, thomas peters, gop, republicans
Today the National Organization for Marriage is backpedaling away from Cindy Golding, a right-wing anti-gay candidate who ran for office in Iowa thanks to a down-low $40,000 donation from the hate group. Golding lost her bid for a state senate seat during Tuesday's elections and today NOM has unsheathed its claws to call its bigoted bedfellow a "weak candidate."
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tags: north carolina, state senate, marriage amendment, ban, homophobia, discrimination, pass, voters, same sex, gay, vote
On the homophobic heels of the North Carolina House's approval, the state's Senate has just given the green-light to the sweeping anti-gay amendment banning any legal recognition of same-sex relationships. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 24 June 2011
Tags: new york, marriage equality, same-sex, gay, state senate, greg ball, vote, no, undecided, d-bag of the day, bigots, christianity, homophobia, discrimination
New York Sen. Greg Ball—who seemed to be enjoying all the camera time and attention he had received for remaining so publicly "undecided" on marriage equality—has revealed today that he will unsurprisingly vote no for efforts to provide all of his constituents with equal treatment under the law. When marriage equality came up in the NY Assembly, Sen. Ball also voted for discrimination. Follow the jump to read the d-bag's excuse this time around.
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