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• Baptist Pastor Lays Out Plan to Do Away With 'All The Lesbians & Queers"

  Source: wsoctv

  MAIDEN, N.C. — "I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers: build a great, big, large fence -- 150 or 100 miles long -- put all the lesbians in there. Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can't get out. And  …

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• Hawaii responds to Bennett's Obama birth records request

  Source: azfamily.com Phoenix

  The state of Hawaii has responded to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett’s request for proof that President Barack Obama was in fact born in the Aloha State.The Hawaii attorney general’s office has reportedly told Bennett that there are steps he needs to take in  …

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• University's 'Personal Lifestyle Statement' Banning Gay Employees Leads To Faculty Exodus

  Source: The Huffington Post

  A Georgia college's controversial "personal lifestyle statement" which includes rejecting homosexuality has led to an exodus of faculty members. Inside Higher Ed cites an anonymous survey which found that a mere 12 percent of the faculty said they planned to stay at Shorter Un …

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• 5 of the Most Offensive, Sexist and Homophobic Moves by Conservatives So Far This Month: From appaling remarks to awful bills, a roundup of a month of assaults from the GOP

  Source: AlterNet.org

  It seems like with every cultural step forward by the country on the whole, the right-wing has to take a few leaps backward--and women, gays and minorities are the victims. This month has already brought some great moments: massive protests on May 1 and the historic cultura …

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• FOCUS: Five Facts That Put America to Shame

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  Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses ... I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These words, from poet Emma Lazarus, were inscribed on the Statue of Liberty over 100 years ago. Today the golden door has a lock on it, paid for with record profits from the health  …

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