As Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer decides whether to veto her legislature’s anti-gay bill, the drip, drip, drip continues. Major League Baseball has now responded to the Arizona bill by condemning discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the NFL is reportedly looking at a backup site for next year’s Super Bowl. Tampa, the the runner-up to be the host city, is apparently the leading choice for a Plan B. Perhaps it was just a coincidence that Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) publicly said today that he would veto a bill like Arizona’s.
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce comes out hard against Georgia’s version of Arizona anti-gay bill.
Arizona-based fact-checking group affiliated with the Arizona State University’s J-school and the Arizona Republic looks at claims at Arizona anti-gay bill isn’t really anti-gay and comes up with “true.”
So tonight in Manhattan Ronan Farrow is being awarded the The Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Journalism.
With the news today out of Texas, I’ll stick to my bet: same sex marriage will be the law of the land throughout the country before Obama leaves office.
After trying Gen-X and hipsters, NRA rolls out ‘straight-shootin’ senior’ Elaine as new spokesperson for good times with an assault rifle.
Another state constitutional ban on gay marriage bites the dust. This time it’s Texas.
Alabama is working on passing a bill that would ban abortion at six weeks, before most women even know they’re pregnant.
Fascinating interplay between the raft of newly proposed anti-gay discrimination laws and the Hobby Lobby case that the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on next month. Very different cases but the scope of religious freedom at issue in both. What the court decides there, either way, could have a big impact on the “religious freedom” movement. Dylan Scott reports.