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		<title>The more things change&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/the-more-things-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;the more they remain the same. Obama spoke out in favor of allowing same-sex marriage. At the same time, a woman in Lincoln, Nebraska, offered this rather incoherent ramble in opposition to a proposed LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance there: (via Towelroad)]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/political-quote-of-the-day-180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married. &#8211; President Barack Obama Meanwhile, Mitt Romney has &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/political-quote-of-the-day-180/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/political-quote-of-the-day-177/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney has been forced to say, ‘Look, I overstepped my bounds here. I went outside the parameters here. I went off the reservation with this hire. The pro-family community has called me back to the table here. Called me &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/political-quote-of-the-day-177/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christionist homophobes testify</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/03/09/christionist-homophobes-testify/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Omaha is considering the adoption of an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting gays and lesbians. Check out the wacko &#8220;christian&#8221; testimony against the proposal. (via TowelRoad) Related articles Omaha Nondiscrimination Protections Face Proposed Limitations (thinkprogress.org) Nebraska Churches Buy Full-Page Ad To Oppose &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/03/09/christionist-homophobes-testify/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Same sex marriage is legal in California (again)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/07/same-sex-marriage-is-legal-in-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that Proposition 8, amending the California Constitution by eliminating the previously determined right to same-sex marriage under California law, was unconstitutional under the United States Constitution. The decision was made on narrow &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/07/same-sex-marriage-is-legal-in-california/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Proposition 8 ruling tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/06/proposition-8-ruling-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, sometime around or before 10 am, west coast time, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will release its opinion regarding California&#8217;s proposition 8. I will go out on a limb and predict that the court will conclude that (i) &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/06/proposition-8-ruling-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Religious&#8221; quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/10/religious-quote-of-the-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a simple social convention, but rather the fundamental cell of every society. Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself. &#8211; Pope Benedict, contending that same-sex marriage could destroy humanity. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/10/religious-quote-of-the-day-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Civil liberties quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/15/civil-liberties-quote-of-the-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These people who are making a big deal about gay marriage? I don&#8217;t give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We&#8217;re making a big deal out of things we shouldn&#8217;t be making a &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/15/civil-liberties-quote-of-the-day-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting the military</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/23/supporting-the-military/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is how one Presidential candidate who himself never served (and others in the Republican audience) support the military: Related articles Republican Debate Crowd Boos Steven Hill, Gay Soldier Serving In Iraq (mediaite.com) GOP Debate Crowd Boos Gay Soldier Serving &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/23/supporting-the-military/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foo Fighters v Westboro Baptist</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/18/foo-fighters-v-westboro-baptist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Foo Fighters have produced a counter-protest to the anti-gay bigots at Westboro Baptist Church. Here is a lovely little quote from the &#8220;church&#8217;s&#8221; website: “The entertainment industry is a microcosm of the people in this doomed nation: hard-hearted, hell-bound, &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/18/foo-fighters-v-westboro-baptist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A marriage is a marriage &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/24/a-marriage-is-a-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; although some have higher production values. Who is against love? Watch this full screen in HD. Patrick + Scott from John Hoel on Vimeo. (via Balloon Juice)]]></description>
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		<title>Could she be your president?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/15/could-she-be-your-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope she continues to face questions like these. She thinks her views are clear and so do I.]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/13/cultural-quote-of-the-day-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marriage is, and always has been, a constantly evolving tradition that never fails to incorporate the latest shifts in culture and climate, changing social habits, fashions and even fads. (Because, seriously, that chicken dance is not in the Bible.) &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/13/cultural-quote-of-the-day-11/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamentalist quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/28/fundamentalist-quote-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think we need to remember the term sodomy came from a town known as Sodom and Sodom was destroyed by God Almighty and the thing that they practiced was homosexual activity and even they tried to rape angels who &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/28/fundamentalist-quote-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The in-audacity of hope</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/26/the-in-audacity-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama, speaking at the LGBT Gala in New York last week, again refused to endorse same-sex marriage. Such refusal came as New York, lead by Andrew M. Cuomo, was legalizing same sex marriage in the state. Why Obama cannot &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/26/the-in-audacity-of-hope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The right to same sex marriage</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/20/the-right-to-same-sex-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 16:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, at the Cato Institute, a symposium was held on the right to same sex marriage. The panel included Ted Olson, former Solicitor General under George W. Bush, Assistant Attorney General in the Reagan administration, and one of the founders &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/20/the-right-to-same-sex-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>June 28, 1969</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/30/june-28-1969/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 00:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 28, 1969, the New York Police raided a mafia-run gay bar called the Stonewall Inn. The raid triggered a powerful upraising of gay people for the first time in the United States. The uprising changed the tide of &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/30/june-28-1969/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It gets better</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/15/it-gets-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=12735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;It Gets Better Project&#8221; is an effort to comfort LGBT kids and teens who face abuse and fear over their sexual orientation. Some are so tormented by cultural norms that they try (and succeed) in committing suicide. It Gets &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/15/it-gets-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>American hate</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/03/american-hate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t get much more scary than this. Here some video shot outside a charity event hosted my a Muslim group in Orange County, California. Listen to the invective shouted at families, including children, attending the event. Various politicians applauded &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/03/american-hate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama comes through</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/23/obama-comes-through/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally. The Obama administration will no longer defend in court the provisions of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits the Federal government from recognizing same sex marriages.  The administration believes that such provisions are unconstitutional. President Obama believes &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/23/obama-comes-through/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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