FWISD Trans Guidelines under attack; FFW calls on supporters to attend board meeting
Fairness Fort Worth is asking for as many people as possible to turn out for the Tuesday night,...
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Tag: Tea Party
Join Sen. Don Huffines for his legislative town hall tomorrow
Sen. Don Huffines hosts a town hall from 1–2 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, at the Town North Family YMCA, 4332 Northaven. Media is not allowed. That’s where you come in.
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Ted Cruz’s Presidential Campaign’s No Good, Very Bad First Day
Man, Sen. Ted Cruz really bungled that presidential campaign rollout.
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UPDATED: Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign’s first big blunder
The 2016 presidential candidate’s campaign, which officially launched this morning already made its first blunder–and it’s a big one. It’s also really, really funny.
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Sen. Ted Cruz announces 2016 presidential campaign
Sen. Ted Cruz announced he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the first major candidate to announce his presidential ambitions.
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Rep. Louie Gohmert loses bid for House Speaker
On Sunday (Jan. 4), Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, announced his intention to challenge Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, for House Speaker.
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Tea Party Leader: Republican Party in Florida being taken over by gay ‘thugs’
The co-founder of a Florida Tea Party group compared Log Cabin Republicans to gay “thugs” and complained they have taken control of the local party in Broward County and are pushing a progressive platform.
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WATCH: Gohmert says gays are hurting evolution, which he doesn’t believe in
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, spoke at a Kaufman County Tea Party rally on July 2.
Read MoreGay GOP leader calls attacks on Leppert over gay Pride ‘repugnant’
Senate rivals rip former mayor for appearing in Dallas parade JOHN WRIGHT | Senior Editor One local gay Republican leader called attacks against GOP Senate hopeful Tom Leppert for appearing at gay Pride while Dallas mayor...
Read MoreTea party group makes surprising endorsement
The tea party is certainly not one unified political organization. And as a group the tea party has not backed any one particular GOP presidential candidate. While many supported Michele Bachmann, there’s been no consensus. But...
Read MoreYou can vote in the Tea Party’s straw poll this weekend, but it will cost you
There’s still time to register for the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll, a three-day Tea-Party-sponsored event at Minute Maid Park here in Houston. The poll’s organizers say it’s designed to give Texas greater weight...
Read MoreLGBT Person of the Year: Equality Texas’ Dennis Coleman
In his first year as ED of the state’s LGBT lobby organization, Coleman led the way in getting anti-bullying bills passed. Now he’s setting his sights on marriage equality JOHN WRIGHT | Senior Political Writer...
Read MoreLGBT issues again absent from GOP Tea Party debate
Fox News, Google sponsoring next debate on Sept. 22; citizens can submit questions for candidates through YouTube Ron Paul Lisa Keen | Keen News Service lisakeen@me.com There were no LGBT-related questions during the Monday,...
Read MoreWhat’s Brewing: Rick Perry’s first big flip-flop; Michele Bachmann says she doesn’t judge gays
Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea: 1. Hours after plunging into the Republican presidential primary, Texas Gov. Rick Perry made his first big flip-flop. The Texas Tribune reports that Perry is backtracking from one of...
Read MoreS. Texas pastor forms Hispanic tea party over Republican support for same-sex marriage in NY
Armando Vera A pastor in South Texas has launched what is said to be the first-ever Hispanic tea party chapter, ValleyCentral.com reports. Pastor Armando Vera, based in Pharr in the Rio Grande Valley, says the chapter is needed...
Read MoreTom Leppert now in minority of Republicans who will only tolerate ‘homosexuals’ if they’re single
Tom Leppert fraternizes with the queers in Dallas. A poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling shows that a majority of Republicans nationwide — 51 percent — now support either marriage or civil unions for same-sex...
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Friday 03.25 Don’t mess with the jester We’ve heard the sad clown bit before, but we think Verdi might have been the first with his opera Rigoletto. Ol’ Rig is a jester of the tragic kind, which is only made worse when a bunch...
Read MoreDemocratic Party chairman in San Antonio calls gays ‘termites,’ likens Stonewall to Nazi Party
Dan Ramos sought Stoneawll Democrats’ endorsement during his campaign for chairman of the Bexar County Democratic Party in 2010. But now he thinks Stonewall is “the equivalent of the fuckin’ Nazi Party.”...
Read MoreLGBT Democrats meet to strategize for the future
Texas Stonewall Democrats assess 2010 ‘ass-whipping’ at the polls during weekend meeting} See related slideshow here From Staff Reports editor@dallasvoice.com Members of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus from all...
Read MoreQUOTE OF THE DAY: Jim Schutze
“It’s why we can’t have protest movements in Dallas. People here are too obedient. Gay rights, black activism, Tea Party — doesn’t matter. There’s something in the water. If the mob in Tahrir...
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