Last year we had a significant loss in California to Prop. 8. This November we had another startling loss in Maine with Question 1. Now on the heels of our most recent loss in New York I have to ask the public, have you seen enough yet [...]
Last year we had a significant loss in California to Prop. 8. This November we had another startling loss in Maine with Question 1. Now on the heels of our most recent loss in New York I have to ask the public, have you seen enough yet [...]
In the Empire Strikes Back fear and hate is personified by a tyrannical sith lord. In the Empire State tyranny took a less obvious but no less evil form today as the New York Senate voted 38 to 24 against marriage equality. [...]
Republished with permission
In last week’s column, I pointed out that the GLBT movement might be the first where a majority gets to vote on the rights of a minority. If the basic freedoms of women, immigrants and African Americans were subject to the whims of voters, there is no doubt [...]
Not OK:
It is not OK to impose your personal beliefs on any group of fellow humans. It is not OK to attempt to legislate your religion on larger American society. It is not OK to select portions of your sacred texts to justify harming others. It is not OK to use mob rule [...]Tonight, in an unprecedented union of GLBT grassroots organizations here in Massachusetts Join the Impact brought together members of MassEquality, KnowThyNeighbor.org,The Anti-Violence Project, and such notable leaders as GLBT icon Arline Isaacson, and Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons for a 6:00PM rally in the Boston Common in response to Maine's' [...]
Today is a sad day for equality in Maine, throughout the country, and around the world. Yesterday Maine voters who were frightened by misinformation went to the polls and voted away marriage equality in their state, saddening GLBT activists and supporters everywhere, but our fight [...]
In a hilarious piece earlier this week The Colbert Report trained a national spotlight on Protect Marriage Washington's campaign to strip away domestic partnership rights and keep the names of petition signers secret.
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Don't Ask Don't Tellwww.colbertnation.comColbert [...]
"The Road Less Traveled" is that of the volunteers who care enough to go door to door like Rachel.
Whether this fight is our turning point, or the next, or even one years from now we need to keep focused on the fact that [...]
Originally I was going to be live blogging from the National Equality March but there were several factors that kept that from happening, so let me now share with you how things went. Join the Impact MA brought over 250 people to Washington DC by bus, which traveled overnight each way, [...]
Many LGBT activists are currently in Washington DC attending events all over the city that are geared to teach people how to become better at fighting for their rights. The call was put out in May by Cleve Jones who organized a March through DC that coincides with the 30th [...]
This story was something a guru once told me and I was happy to find it on the internet in a blog writing below...
An adult elephant can easily uproot huge trees with its trunk; it can knock down a house without much trouble. When an elephant living [...]
We're going on a road trip folks! No, not the extensive one Chris Mason made in his travels over the summer with his latest venture, drivingequality.com, but rather to the National Equality March in Washington DC this weekend. John Hosty-Grinnell will be accompanying Join the Impact MA along with the' [...]
As of today there have been nine requests from six different individuals or organizations for Referendum 71 petition records. Looking at public disclosure requests going back to 2003, it's fair to say that Ref. 71 records are probably the most requested petition signature information on record.
Apart from the request from [...]
Big Week Ahead for Washington's Referendum 71
by: Lurleen
Sat Aug 29, 2009 at 12:44:11 PM EDT
Referendum 71 faces two major milestones this week: The Washington Secretary of State (SOS) anticipates that the signature checking process will wrap up on Monday or Tuesday, and the Washington Families [...]
In their regularly scheduled meeting today, the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission heard a request for a "reporting variance" that would allow Protect Marriage Washington to hide their donors from public disclosure.
After hearing testimony and a 14 minute adjournment the commission returned and a motion was made and seconded to deny [...]
Pulbished in OnTopMag.com:
Amid declining revenues, Focus on the Family is getting out of the “ex-gay” business.
The AP reported the socially conservative group was facing a “serious budget shortfall.”
In a letter to donors, Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus, explained that the group is about $6 million in [...]
The sponsors of Referendum 71, who seek to put Washington's expanded domestic-partnership regulations on the November ballot, must not be allowed to make their citizen lawmaking an anonymous act.
Referendum and initiative petitions are public records and must remain so. People [...]
Earlier this morning the Secretary of State's web site showed that the total number of invalid signatures was 4,057 and the percent rejected at 13.55%:
But as of later this morning, that changed when the Secretary of State updated their status page:
The numbers from last nights signature verification are in with 29940 signatures examined so far, a little over 21.74% of the 137,689 submitted signatures have been checked. There are now 4,057 invalid signatures, with 113 duplicates, which gives an overall invalid signature rate of 13.55%. Referendum 71 petitioners need [...]
At the end of work yesterday just over 17% of the 137,689 submitted signatures had been checked by the Secretary of State, and the invalid rate has reached a new high of 13.31%. For Referendum 71 to make it on the ballot, petitioners need to maintain [...]
Dan Sytman, Spokesperson for Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, Sets the Record Straight to KnowThyNeighbor Regarding the State's Absence at Wednesday's TRO Hearing to Stop Public Access to Names of Signers of Referendum 71 as Well as Washington's Official Stand on Public Records Laws
KnowThyNeighbor has [...]
WhoSigned.org has filed it's official public records request for the Referendum 71 petition with the Secretary of State's office in Washington State. Receipt of the request was acknowledged by public records staff at the Secretary of State's office earlier today and we look forward to working with them and [...]
By Wayne Besen, Posted June 26th, 2009
Shocking Video Reveals Underbelly of ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministries
NEW YORK – Truth Wins Out condemned Manifested Glory Ministries in Bridgeport, Conn., for practicing child abuse in the name of religion, after a video surfaced where the church tried to exorcize demons from a gay [...]
Hello folks! We all know how successful KTN has been at bringing the GLBT community the dialog it needs to initiate change for the better in our world. Since Kris Mineau and the VoteOnMarriage.org group are floundering for funds I thought this might be a great opportunity to remind people [...]
How gullible or stupid are Mainers? Those I knew who grew up there can disparage the locals, but it's hard to believe they'll buy the bull shoveled at them in the drive to overturn same-sex marriage.
An excellent recap of the current machinations appears in today's Press Herald. A big point is that' [...]
Anti-Gay Petitions Circulating in Washington State Have Finally Surfaced to the Anger of Gay Community. Secretary of State's Office Goes on Record Defending the State's Policy of Allowing "Lies" and Deception To Be Printed on Actual Petition Sheets
You are reading this correctly. Thanks to our friends [...]
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 8, 2007
WHOSIGNED.ORG REFUTES INTIMIDATION CHARGES; WILL POST NAMES OF PETITION SIGNERS AS PLANNED
Seattle, WA - Despite criticism that making public information more accessible to the public amounts to intimidation, Whosigned.org and its national partner KnowThyNeighbor.org announced today that they will proceed with plans to post online [...]
Bless 'em, a few minutes ago (5:20 p.m. Eastern), N.H. Gov. John Lynch signed same-sex marriage into law. He and the House tossed it back and forth until they had nothing left to compromise on.
As expected, today was the final legislative passage of compromise wording on one' [...]
Washington State’s Ref. 71 Petitioners to Have Names Posted Online
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
Seattle, WA, June 1st, 2009 –
WhoSigned.org, a grassroots organization of Washington State residents, announced today that it would make the names of Referendum 71 petitioners looking to overturn the expanded domestic partnership law accessible online. The law [...]
If You Are Looking To Beat Up Some Queers, Welcome to Massachusetts. From Provincetown to Boston's South End to Gloucester It Appears That Hunting Season On Gays Is Now Open. But Who Ever Thought The Latest Gay Bashing Would Be In a Boston Municipal Court Room
A very dangerous precedent [...]
With loopholes big enough for trained dogs to jump through, the New Hampshire legislature and Gov. John Lynch look like they have a workable compromise all can approve. It's likely that Wednesday this coming week will be the day for a tweaked bill to get to Lynch and him to sign it.
To placate the [...]
The San Antonio Police Department has come under fire lately from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender activist after police allegedly used derogatory comments against a lesbian couple during a home raid. The women, Lindsey and Carol, had been at home for the evening when police [...]
This Says It All...
Tom Lang and Alexander Westerhoff spent all day at the Massachusetts State House on Friday holding an 8' x 4' sign which reads, "Thank You Massachusetts for 5 Years of Equality. Lang and Westerhoff who have been together for 21 years and who were married on the first day" [...]
Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the current court term after 19 years on the bench. The vacancy will give President Obama his first chance to name a member of the high court and begin to shape its future direction. We are [...]
Oh, my. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has me thinking macho and sexist thoughts — like he needs gonads.
Today he is speaking with reporters saying he will/he won't sign the same-sex marriage bill he got at the end of last week. His latest have-it-all-ways tactic is saying he'd approved it with some [...]
In the Wake of KnowThyNeighbor.org's Posting of 83,000 Names of Anti-Gay Petition Signers in Arkansas Last Week, The Pro-Gay Activist Group Sets Sights on Maine and Washington
KnowThyNeighbor.org in unison with Arkansas' Center for Artistic Revolution made national news last week with our joined effort posting online 83,000 signers' [...]
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Bypassing huge opportunities for theatrics and cowardice, Maine's Gov. John Baldacci took his pen to the same-sex marriage bill this afternoon. Within a half hour of receiving the bill (LD 1020), he made it law.
With so many, including the sitting President, cowardly about the fairness and equality and hiding behind, "Duh, [...]
Mike Duke, Newest CEO of WalMart, Inc. Is Listed As a Signer of The Anti-Gay Adoption and Foster Care Petition
A one, Mike Duke of 16 Pinnacle Drive, Rogers, Arkansas with the birthdate of 12/07/49 appears on a petition sheet for the Anti-Gay Arkansas Adoption and Foster [...]From Our Email Archives Ever Since We Published The Names of Signers of Act 1, Foster and and Adoption Ban
Hi,
I just checked your list here on Arkansans who signed the petitions. I must say I am a little upset with all [...]
CAR Partners With “Know Thy Neighbor” to Publish Act 1 Ballot Initiative Signatures
Not long after the tragic loss of Act 1 at the polls, CAR was contacted by Tom Lang of Know Thy Neighbor, a Massachusetts based organization that specializes in posting on their website for public viewing the [...]
It was a win-win-win at Park Street today. The ex-gay, reparative sorts finished their training, apparently of gullible ministers, at the church. The LGBT and friends protesters had their say on the other side of the soon-to-be-shuttered windows. The lone Boston cop got to say he restored order to the Granary Burying Ground [...]
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Primary Contact:
Tom Lang, Director of KnowThyNeighbor.org
(978) 335-0477
Tom@KnowThyNeighbor.org
Arkansas Contact:
Randi Romo, Center for Artistic Revolution
ArtChangesU2@sbcglobal.net
(501) 244-9690 (office)
(501) 258-3186 (cell)
NAMES OF ARKANSAS ANTI-GAY PETITION SIGNERS POSTED ONLINE
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, April 28, 2009 -- KnowThyNeighbor.org, the gay rights organization that drew national attention for posting online the names [...]
Director of KnowThyNeighbor.org Tom Lang and a host of other GLBT leaders will be present to welcome Wayne Besen to Boston and to show support for the protest of Exodus International's leadership conference here at the Park St. Church this Tuesday, April 28.
Exodus [...]
Our Old Friend Kris Mineau of the Massachusetts Family Institute Needs to Stop Lying About Gay Marriage
I am quite sick of this. Again, the Anti-Gay Marriage folks terrorizing churches and those blind followers into thinking that if Same-Sex Marriage is allowed that churches will be forced to [...]
Architect to the Nullification of the Goodridge Decision and Anti-Gay Fear Mongerer, Mary Ann Glendon Has No Business Being Validated By Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves, the human rights and educational organization which provides resources to communities worldwide by linking the past with the moral choices [...]
The New Hampshire Senate held a public hearing allowing testimony from citizens and interested parties April 15, 2009 on the matter of HB436; the Gay Marriage Bill. The opposition to equality did their best to equate civil marriage given by the state as religious marriage [...]
I've spent about $100 on Amazon.com so far in 2009. I won't spend a $1 more until this stops.
The good people at Amazon have made a small change to the way you can search for books. It’s Easter Sunday, so you’re probably not supposed to notice. The target of [...]LGBT and marriage-equality activist John Hosty-Grinnell is terrifically sincere but not necessarily the subtlest among us. He wants to invite one or more right-wing callers to explain themselves next Tuesday, April 14th.
He's the guest on the Left Ahead! weekly podcast at 2:30 p.m. If you want to listen or join' [...]
Vermont's motto is Freedom and Unity. The latter part of that certainly is questionable, particularly after the same-sex marriage passage and veto override.
The following party breakdown appears also at Marry in Massachusetts.
Until the override vote today, I hadn't tallied the Vermont House. While Gov. Jim Douglas' [...]
Don't let the anti-marriage equality folk denigrate the sweeping and historic victory in Vermont. They are running around squawking like, well like angry bigots attempting to dismiss the compounded wins there as razor thin and narrow one-vote upsets.
Forget that. What happened included:
Both houses of the legislature passed same-sex marriage' [...]It's a growl from the belly of the beast. In our nation's capital, the D.C. Council voted today to recognize legally solemnized same-sex marriages from other states, as in Massachusetts, Connecticut, probably those from California before Prop. 8, and soon Iowa and Vermont.
Our timid President hasn't looked up from the huge issues to' [...]
Vermont Allows Same Sex Marriage with 100-49 Vote Veto Safe Count in the House. Vermont's Republican Governor Jim Douglas Volunteers As Seventh Horseman.
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont on Tuesday became the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature's [...]
I was reading newspapers from around the globe and stumbled across this short bulletin that allowed comments. The nature of the comments were almost entirely ones of support. To my great surprise I was reading the Dallas Morning News! Here is what I saw:
In a unanimous decision, the Iowa [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and first in the nation's heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed.
Iowa joins only Massachusetts and Connecticut in permitting same-sex marriage. For' [...]
"The West Virginia House of Delegates has voted against advancing a proposed constitutional amendment on marriage.
The delegates voted 67-30 to reject an attempt by the Family Policy Council of
If anyone has reasonable estimates of Vermont House member's marriage-equality votes, no one is playing that hand. When befuddled Gov. Jim Douglas announced in a surprise yesterday that he's vote the bill, the political barnyard came alive with noise and action.
The anti-gay/anti-SSM crowd heaped praise on him. Both sides exhorted their supporters [...]
In Montpelier, Gov. Jim Douglas turned his back on the people and their legislature. Squarely facing the bigoted past, he said he'd veto the same-sex marriage bill already passed by the state Senate and well on its way through the House.
The Senate certainly has more than the 20 of 30 votes to override. We' [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, in a reversal of Bush administration policy, has decided to sign on to a U.N. declaration that calls for the decriminalization of homosexuality, the State Department said on Wednesday.
State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the Obama administration, which took office eight weeks ago, [...]
Redistributed with permission from author Dr. Pat Gozemba
If one did nothing but read even the half-baked right-wing screeds about the effects of same-sex marriage, life could be pretty scary. Take for example Brian Camenker’s insane piece “The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Massachusetts” and put it in the [...]
From the New York Times:
“In our view, it’s a straightforward equal-protection issue,” said Mary L. Bonauto, civil rights project director for the group, referring to the constitutional mandate that laws be applied equally to everyone.
The suit, to be filed in Federal District Court in Boston, does not challenge [...]
Truth Wins Out (TWO) expressed its hope today that James Dobson resigning as chairman of Focus on the Family would eventually lead the anti-gay organization in a new direction. Dobson has created an entire industry that distorts the lives of gay and lesbian people for political [...]
(Honolulu, Hawaii) "A Senate committee Wednesday was deadlocked on legislation to give same-sex couples in Hawaii all of the rights of marriage, but without the name.
var object1=SHARETHIS.addEntry({title:unescape(encodeURIComponent('Hawaii committee deadlocked on civil union bill ')), url:'http://www.365gay.com/news/hawaii-committee-deadlocked-on-civil-union-bill/' },{button:false});document.write('Send / Share');var element1 = document.getElementById("send1");object1.attachButton(element1);After 15 hours of often emotional testimony on Tuesday, the Senate" [...]
Dr. Gozemba reporting on scene in Honolulu:
"Honolulu, February 22–Misguided Christian fundamentalists, many of whom are politicians, rallied approximately 2,000 of their flock to the Hawai’i state capitol to try to give credence to the point that the downfall of civilization is epitomized by the granting of the civil right of" [...]
The Gay Community Bids Farewell and Thank You to One of Our Champions of Equal Rights, William Saltonstall, Who Passed Away Last Friday at Age 81
I do not understand why there has not yet been any mention of the important work that former Massachusetts Senator William [...]
Another Gay Related Controversy hitting the Obama Presidency before it actual begins, if Reverend Rick Warren wasn't enough! Not what we all need right now. I am sure we will get some [...]
I grew up bouncing between New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the 70’s and we settled in Salem NH where I went to high school. Since I was exposed to a wide range of people I feel qualified to say that people at the time weren’t just homophobic, they were acute [...]
There is a reason why President-Elect Obama has never offered up a good excuse as to why he doesn't support marriage equality for same-sex couples. Why? He supported full marriage equality for same-sex couples 12 years ago, when he was running for State Senate. What gives? Politics, obviously.
Now, some [...]
The first speaker was electric in getting the crowd whipped up, then turned the microphone over to Boston Mayor Tom Menino. Menino had a few great things for us to do, like reaching outside of our borders and talking to our counterparts in other states. Make sure you listen to what Congressman Barney [...]
In some ways, I'm very, very happy that Obama has given the nod to Bishop Gene Robinson to do the invocation at Obama's pre-inaugural inaugural kickoff at the Lincoln Memorial. It's a great, well deserved honor for Bishop Robinson. Moreover, this wasn't just trotting out a gay marching band or [...]
From the Associated Press:
"SAN FRANCISCO – The state's high court ruled Monday that three Southern California parishes that left the U.S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay ministers cannot retain ownership of their church buildings and property.
In an unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court ruled that the'" [...]
The following article is redistributed with permission from the author, Wayne Besen:
In a breathtaking display of lies and hypocrisy, a group of anti-gay culture warriors and long-time Mormon bashers placed a full page ad in the New York Times pretending to be both victims of alleged homosexual "mobs" and [...]
This is an amazing speech full of passion and articulate, intelligent points. One thing to make note of, Olberman makes it clear at the begining of his monologue that neither he, anyone in his extended family or circle of friends are gay, he is simply standing up against what he [...]
People need to be overtly aware that opposing marriage equality is anti-marriage, anti-family and anti-child.
Nothing changes when an anti-equality and anti-gay group adds family to their name, like the Massachusetts Family Institute. They are anti-family and we need to say that until others hear it.
Nothing is different when marriage-equality opponents [...]
In California, the people have spoken or screamed, depending on how you look at marriage equality. The victory of Proposition 8 was, as the expression goes, a redefinition of marriage there. It reads Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Now the suits [...]
Arnold Schwarzenegger's comments resolve nothing, but indicate much. Unlike Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain or Sarah Palin, California's governor finally groks marriage equality.
Evolving from opponent (tradition and then veto) to neutral (let the courts decide) to proponent (no-on-Prop. 8), he made his strongest, most hopeful statements yesterday. Speaking with CNN's John King, [...]
In the Wake of National Coming Out Day Last Week, KnowThyNeighbor Weighs 
In On Opening the Discussion of The Values Of Outing Public Figures
Does anyone really care anymore who is and who isn't gay? As long as there seems to be some sort of perceived [...]
Young Political Majors (YPM) finds itself in yet another state defending itself again from the allegations that it's employees are duping voters, this time in California. This time the gatherers are asked to collect republican registration signatures and paid $7 to $12 per each signature collected, but the essence of [...]
The big, loud battles this Presidential election may be on debate stages, in ad campaigns, and on the trail. Yet, the decisive raids and scuffles seem to be at the precinct, county and state levels. These tactics, tricks and even scams may be determine who sits in that Oval Office.
Right [...]
We need to come to the aid of our GLBT brothers and sisters in California and give them the financial support they need to win their battle against this discriminatory ammendment effort. visit [www.noonprop8.com] and make your contribution, none is too small nor unwelcome. Remember, Californians helped support our [...]
Associated Press reporters Pat Eaton-Robb, Stephanie Reitz and Larry Smith in Hartford contributed to this report. Thanks to Aaron Toleos for alerting me to this...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California [...]
I've written about how momentum is shifting toward Team Homophobia in California, fueled in large part by the money outsiders have raised to promote hatred and inequality in the state. The Church of Latter Day Saints, aka the Mormon church, has been out on the forefront, raising significant funds [...]
In California, the other Barack Obama race issue has increasing weight. One manifestation was a 9/21 piece in the New York Times suggesting a large November 4th black turnout in California for him might help pass ballot Proposition 8. That measure would halt recently legalized same-sex marriages in [...]
People are challenging John McCain on the qualifications of his VP selection, Sarah Palin - and he's none too happy about it. Her problems have been well established in the media - and aren't even fully fleshed out yet. We've only seen a glimpse of her potential for Republican [...]
Massachusetts voters have some brow-furrowing choices for the September 16th primary. In multiple races, they have to smudge the oval for one progressive or leftist candidate instead another.
In one contest, two progressives may give the socially conservative incumbent a better chance by splitting the vote. In another, a long-tenured [...]
Maybe the third time will stick and grow in Florida. A Monroe County (Key West) Circuit Judge David J. Audlin Jr. ruled that a 52-year-old gay man could adopt the special needs 13-year-old boy he has raised as a foster parent since 2001. The judge said that the state's [...]
"There is No Free Speech at the Boston Herald" was what I was told directly by 
Shawn Griffin, Boston Herald Web Editor, and "you are now banned."
So what does writing a negative comment about Mitt Romney in the Boston Herald's interactive feature get you? [...]
A few days ago, I was invited to participate in this community as a writer, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a longterm blogger on GLBT issues, among others, and someone who's been active in the marriage equality/civil rights battle in Massachusetts. I host a weekly political podcast [...]
Brian Camenker of the hate group known as "Mass Resistance" has sent in the paperwork for a petition with AG Coakley's office meant to reverse the repeal of the 1913 law that prevented same sex couples from outside of the state from getting married here in Massachusetts. Camenker may [...]
Rep. Bradford Hill of the 4th Essex District Has No Problem with Gay Marriage and most recently KnowThyNeighbor has been made aware that the longterm Republican Representative from Ipswich Is Even a Proponent of Fisting, well actually "Double Fisting." So shouldn't the Repeal of the Discriminatory 1913 Law that is [...]
Something Quite Amusing Just Happened to My Husband, Alex, Today And I 
Thought I'd Share This
I have never been one to use the argument, "We have gay marriage in Massachusetts (and California) and the sky hasn't fallen." I personally like to think that my [...]
This Weekend We are Celebrating What We Consider To Be This Country's Best
Attributes--Our Constitution, Our Freedom's, Our Diversity, etc...
We Americans celebrate what this country means to us. Unfortunately, for some it is our ability to write our fellow Americans out of the dream which [...]
Senator John Kerry Is No Friend to the Gay Community and Now That 
Election Season Is Beginning It Is Time for Massachusetts Gays and Progressive Democrats To Recognize How Much of an Embarrassment He Truly Is
In light of recent events of KnowThyNeighbor Co-Director and [...]
In Response to Our Calls, the Barack Obama Campaign Issued a Statement to 
KnowThyNeighbor Clarifying the Confusion Caused by this Morning's Associated Press Article and Holds His Position that Where Federal Laws Exist, No Program Receiving Federal Money will Be Allowed to Discriminate Based on [...]
Obama Intends To Expand Bush's Faith Based Programs, Providing Them Federal 
Money and Supporting Their Ability To Hire and Fire Based on Faith
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