The Rapid City Journal reports that, over the last decade, the number of self-identified same-sex couples increased 68% in South Dakota, from 826 in 2000 to 1390 in 2010. In Rapid City, same-sex couples raising their hands for the Census…
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Don't try to fool Senator Al Franken. Christian theocracy group Focus on the Family tried that, and it didn't work. Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family's political wing tried to persuade senators that…
New York's legalization of same-sex marriage makes clear that this land was made for you and me and that nice gay couple down the block. U-S-A! U-S-A! Please pardon my goosebumps. Those cheers make clear that the dreaded "radical homosexual…
Ms. Flint sparks my interest by pointing out the following statement from Congressman Ron Paul in Monday night's GOP Presidential candidates' forum. Rep. Paul was responding to a question (and Mitt Romney's response) on pulling our troops out of Afghanistan:…
Congratulations to Ritchie Nordstrom for coming out as the top vote-getter in Rapid City's Ward 2 City Council election yesterday. He faces a run-off in two weeks against incumbent and second-place finisher Deb Hadcock. Whichever way the run-off goes, Nordstrom…
Bob Ellis returns to writing about real South Dakota politics... but alas! He does so only to peddle hate, deception, and his persecution complex. Ellis crows about the pink flyer being circulated by his fellow fundagelicals to damage Ritchie Nordstrom's…