Author: Sydney Robinson

North Carolina’s Newest Assault Against LGBT Rights is a Bill to Outlaw Same Sex Marriage

North Carolina’s Newest Assault Against LGBT Rights is a Bill to Outlaw Same Sex Marriage

Posted by | Apr 12, 2017 | , |

Despite the fact that the controversial anti-trans bathroom bill was repealed, and despite the fact that marriage equality is now inscribed in our U.S. constitution, North Carolina lawmakers are continuing their assault on LGBT rights this week by proposing a new bill to make same sex marriage illegal once more. House Bill 780 is being called the “Uphold Historical Marriage Act” and, if passed, would cause the state to defy the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court in favor of restoring the laws on marriage to their former, exclusionary, form. From The News & Observer: “The bill says that the 2015...

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Bill O’Reilly Being Sent Out to Pasture? Fox Host to Go On ‘Vacation’ Amid Scandal

Bill O’Reilly Being Sent Out to Pasture? Fox Host to Go On ‘Vacation’ Amid Scandal

Posted by | Apr 12, 2017 | , |

Choosing a particularly interesting moment to take some leisure time, Fox host Bill O’Reilly is set to take a brief hiatus from his much-boycotted show “The O’Reilly Factor,” purportedly to go on vacation. On his Tuesday show, O’Reilly noted that he would be taking a vacation, one which he claims was scheduled in the Fall of 2016. Sure. What likely happened is that Fox executives, concerned about the continued controversy surrounding O’Reilly, urged the host to take some time off to allow the negative press to die down. Unfortunately for O’Reilly and his bill-paying employer, the dearth of advertisers is...

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As Trump’s Favorability Rating Sinks, Sen. Warren’s War Chest Grows

As Trump’s Favorability Rating Sinks, Sen. Warren’s War Chest Grows

Posted by | Apr 12, 2017 | |

In the wake of continued and growing anti-Trump sentiment, one of the many Democrats benefitting from America’s fear and anger is Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren who is finding that her small donor pool has grown substantially in the last three months. Currently, Warren’s “war chest” has swollen to $9.2 million, all of which could go toward her re-election campaign in 2018. In just the first three months of the year, Warren received $5.33 million of that, the majority of which came from small, individual donors. Senator Bernie Sanders may have made the concept of small, individual donors a popular...

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Ben Carson Got Stuck In a Miami Elevator Because Of Course He Did

Ben Carson Got Stuck In a Miami Elevator Because Of Course He Did

Posted by | Apr 12, 2017 | |

Since failed presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson signed on to his second career as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the public at-large hasn’t heard much from the sleepy politician. But apparently, while we’ve all been looking elsewhere, Carson has been as bumbling and snoozing as ever, and even managed to get himself stuck in a Miami elevator on Tuesday because of course he did. Carson was touring an affordable housing complex in Overtown, a neighborhood in Miami, when he was trapped in the elevator. Carson was accompanied by NBA star Alonzo Mourning who, somehow, was not in...

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Anti-Gay Pastor Who Celebrated Pulse Nightclub Shooting Convicted of Child Molestation

Anti-Gay Pastor Who Celebrated Pulse Nightclub Shooting Convicted of Child Molestation

Posted by | Apr 11, 2017 | , |

An anti-homosexual pastor has been convicted on eight charges of child molestation, proving once again that there is often a deep, dark link between passionate anti-gay sentiment and criminality among prominent men. Pastor Kenneth Adkins groomed two teens at his church in Florida, a male and female, both of whom he molested when they were 15, in 2010. For his crimes, he has been found guilty of eight counts of child molestation. Adkins male victim turned him into authorities in August of 2016, resulting in his arrest and subsequent ruling. Throughout the case, Adkins and his wife Charlotte Stormy Adkins...

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