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June 12, 2012
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"I’m very, very disappointed. I am disappointed that my campaign manager forwarded an e-mail that would include any member of my family in policy discussions."

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Representative Marsha Looper • Commenting on campaign manager Lana Fore-Warkocz’s decision to include her son in a recent email praising Looper for voting against a civil unions bill in Colorado. The message pointed to Looper’s decision to vote against the bill, even though her son was homosexual, as proof of her commitment to her ideals. Unfortunately, the email also outed Looper’s son, who had not previously discussed his sexuality publicly. Yikes. source(via • follow)

Family Values: You’re doing it wrong.

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May 10, 2012
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Colorado civil unions bill not dead, only has a flesh wound

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  • tuesday A bill to overturn the 2006 ban on same-sex marriage in Colorado died after House Republicans blocked the measure from coming to a vote before the end of the  current legislative session.
  • wednesday Governor John Hickenlooper announced that he would call a special legislative session to finish addressing the civil unions bill, in addition to a number of other bills which were left un-addressed. source

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July 25, 2011
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Mother Jones: The Teen Suicide Epidemic in Michele Bachmann's District

The first was TJ. Then came Samantha, Aaron, Nick, and Kevin. Over the past two years, a total of nine teenagers have committed suicide in a Minnesota school district represented by Rep. Michele Bachmann—the latest in May—and many more students have attempted to take their lives. State public health officials have labeled the area a “suicide contagion area” because of the unusually high death rate.

Some of the victims were gay, or perceived to be by their classmates, and many were reportedly bullied. And the anti-gay activists who are some of the congresswoman’s closest allies stand accused of blocking an effective response to the crisis and fostering a climate of intolerance that allowed bullying to flourish. Bachmann, meanwhile, has been uncharacteristically silent on the tragic deaths that have roiled her district—including the high school that she attended.

This is your morning must-read. More here. .

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