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Trump ally blames gay soldiers for military sex assault rise.

Donald Trump’s “religious freedom” commissioner Tony Perkins has blamed gay soldiers for a rise in sexual assault reports in the military. Perkins, who Trump appointed to sit on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, hit out at gay soldiers…

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Anatomy of a smear: How a fake story about Buttigieg was born.

This is a story about how political operatives tried to take down a presidential candidate, and ended up just humiliating themselves.It’s also a story about how a smear was spread by right-wing websites — and was cleaned up by newsrooms that…

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How Trump’s limited concept of religion breeds bigotry.

“The American people and people of every faith in this country can be confident. They have a champion and a defender of faith and religious liberty in President Donald Trump. It’s true. From early in this administration, President Trump has…

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Texas Lt Governor insinuates Beto is gay on live TV.

Texas Lt Governor Dan Patrick is possibly best known for his nonstop attacks on the LGBTQ community. A religious right devotee, Patrick has been behind practically every legislative attack and gleefully promoting them in front of the cameras…

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Pundit: Buttigieg ‘made gayness an issue’ by kissing husband.

A Republican pundit is facing a backlash after claiming that gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg had made his sexuality “a huge issue” by kissing his husband. Conservative radio host Chandelle Summer appeared on MSNBC on Sunday (April 28) to speak about Buttigieg’s chances in 2020…

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Franklin Graham just cited the Leviticus ‘death to gays’ verse.

The Christian right-wing has been losing their minds over Pete Buttigieg’s political rise onto the national stage. Since announcing his candidacy barely a week ago, anti-gay protestors have reashowed up at his public events screaming about “Sodom and Gomorrah”…