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Arts & Culture
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Theater Review
Apr 26, 2018
The plot is ripped from the headlines, but
The Cake
lets in a whiff of ambiguity
Bekah Brunstetter's play takes its characters to exquisitely complicated places.
By Justin Hayford
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Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 10, 2015
A Kim Davis civil disobedience comparison—but not the one you think
Kim Davis isn't the first Kentucky office-holder to say no.
By Michael Miner
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Gabriel Arana
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Huffington Post
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Politico
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Michael Gerson
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Washington Post
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Rosa Parks
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Bleader
Jun 30, 2015
Scalia to America: The Supreme Court isn't worthy to judge
Justice Scalia says the court he serves on is out of touch.
By Michael Miner
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Oct 8, 2014
Posner v. Scalia—fight canceled
Did Scalia duck Posner?
By Michael Miner
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Neil Steinberg
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Sep 9, 2014
A rite and a writ—a good week for gay marriage
A gay couple from Wisconsin marry in Chicago as the Seventh Circuit strikes down that state's constitutional amendment forbidding same-sex marriage.
By Michael Miner
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Best of Chicago
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City Life
Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Love Story
Vernita Gray and Pat Ewert
By Jake Malooley
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Savage Love
May 16, 2013
Should Mom buy
Playboy
for her kid?
Plus: Gays have 99 problems, but drunk straight girls making out ain't one.
By Dan Savage
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Bleader
Apr 3, 2013
Conservative thinking as gay marriage becomes the new normal
The right deals with gay marriage in the
Times
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By Michael Miner
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Feb 14, 2013
Is my maybe gay kid maybe fooling around with Gomer?
How to handle "the talk." Plus: blind to all but the Adonises
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
Jan 12, 2012
Dan Savage sticks it to Rick Santorum
And the frothy mix has it coming
By Dan Savage
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Feb 25, 2010
Video
It's OK, Gays: Rep. Nancy Elliot Wants Straight People to Be Unhappy, Too
Nancy Elliott wants gays to stay away from marriage, and straights to stay married no matter what.
By Whet Moser
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Feb 25, 2010
Video
Savage Love: February 25, 2010
"Excrement is for anal what Representative Elliot is for the New Hampshire state legislature."
By Dan Savage
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Bleader
Nov 3, 2009
Ashley Madison's Conservative Values
The Ashley Madison has begun courting gays, but it's just as conservative as ever.
By Amanda Hess
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