May 15, 2013

Wedding Cake Wars: Oregon Edition
Filed by John M. Becker | May 15, 2013 | 5:00 PM |Yet another small business owner is going to the barricades and claiming that her private religious beliefs grant her the "liberty" to illegally discriminate against same-sex couples in the public marketplace. Sorry, but they don't.Read More

Marriage Equality Coming to Brazil?
Filed by John M. Becker | May 15, 2013 | 3:30 PM |If yesterday's ruling holds, equal marriage rights will be extended to same-sex couples nationwide and Brazil will become the fifteenth country where gays and lesbians can legally marry.Read More

Fitch the Homeless: A Helpful Protest
Filed by Bil Browning | May 15, 2013 | 2:00 PM |An interview Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries did with Salon back in 2006 has found new life on the intertubes mememobile over the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately for Jeffries, honesty is not a virtue when it comes to brand marketing.Read More

Historic Catch One Disco Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 15, 2013 | 12:30 PM |Forty years ago, Jewel Thais-Williams bought a bar that wouldn't allow black people to enter even though she wasn't legally allowed to tend bar. She's still going strong thanks to an old redneck from Texas.Read More

Candidate Endorsed by Jesus Comes in Last
Filed by John M. Becker | May 15, 2013 | 10:45 AM |Out of 6,783 votes cast, Anna Pierre won just 56 -- 0.83% -- and came in dead last. I guess an endorsement from Jesus Christ doesn't get you very far these days.Read More

A History Lesson on Marriage Equality in Minnesota
Filed by Davina Kotulski | May 15, 2013 | 10:30 AM |Minnesota has been a key state in the marriage equality movement since the beginning of the movement.Read More