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Is it homophobic to speculate about a politician’s sexuality?

In 2004, LGBT activist and journalist Mike Rogers posted a story on his website—Blog ACTIVE—suggesting that Edward Schrock, a Republican congressman representing Virginia’s second district, solicited sex with other men through a phone service. For years, Schrock had advocated…

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Anti-LGBT lobbying group compares gays to Hitler.

A new anti-LGBT lobbying group called Gone Too Far has launched in Washington, DC, and they wasted no time comparing gay people to Hitler, slave owners and paedophiles. The Gone Too Far coalition was set up by anti-LGBT evangelicals to…

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GOP delegate compares gay community to KKK.

A second round of bigoted comments from a Republican delegate has drawn frustration from legislators and no sign of resolve. Delegate Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer, made the comments after calling a reporter to discuss a report in Friday’s Gazette-Mail. That report…