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Arizona’s Governor Signs Bill

Arizona’s Governor, Jan Brewer, Republican, who we’ve outlined here before as having radical ideas about merging government and religion, has done it again. She’s signed into law the controversial immigration bill in here state which will do the following: Police may detain people they "reasonably suspect" are in the country without authorization. Police can charge […]

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Ashburn Faces Judge

Roy Ashburn, the GOP Senator who was recently exposed as gay after he was pulled over for drunk driving after leaving a gay club, has pleaded no contest to the charges. He was sentenced to two days of jail time, three years probation, $2,000 in fines and had his license suspended for 30 days. Ashburn

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RE2010 Fails To Get Enough Signatures For a 2010 Ballot Measure

(San Francisco) Gay rights activists say they have failed to qualify a measure that would repeal California’s same-sex marriage ban for the November ballot. Restore Equality 2010 chairman Sean Bohac says the volunteer-run group fell short of gathering the nearly 695,000 signatures needed to put the initiative before voters. Monday was the deadline for submitting

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