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After Gay Marriage, Why Not Polygamy?

The idea that after gay marriage is legalized, polygamy will be next—and then bestiality and legal unions between lawn mowers and volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica and so on—is one of the main arguments that social conservatives trot out to “defend traditional marriage.” But why NOT legalize polygamy? Full story

Tubesteak

The Red Marriage Equality Sign on Your Facebook Profile Is Completely Useless

It's a big week in the fight for “marriage equality,” which is what most gay activists want us to call gay marriage. Right now gay activism needs all the help it can get. Know what’s not helping? Changing your Facebook profile picture to a silly red-and-pink equal sign. Full story

Popping the Marks

Lifetime’s Assassination of Malcolm X

In the Lifetime Original Movie 'Betty & Coretta,' they present cardboard versions of what I like to call "Early Malcolm" and "Real Malcolm." But Early Malcolm and Real Malcolm are not real. They are both fabrications that serve to oversimplify a complex human being. Full story

Question of the Day

What Would MLK Say About Today's America?

"He would totally celebrate with Obama. They would have a heart-to-heart and Obama would be inspired even more. It would be a really awesome meeting. I can only imagine them doing dinner together and sitting in one room privately, without cameras." Full story

We Interviewed Tommie Smith About the 1968 'Black Power' Salute

Tommie had an interesting story to tell. He says it was a fist raised for the world, not just Black Americans. And he spoke a lot in the third person because he's a badass. Full story

Spinning In her Grave

Zora Neale Hurston Hates Your Guts

If Zora Neale Hurston were alive today, she would hate your fucking guts. Full story