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USC's Daily Trojan Endorses the "No on 8" Campaign; Civil Rights Says "Yay!"

USC's Daily Trojan Endorses the "No on 8" Campaign; Civil Rights Says "Yay!"

In an unexpected move from what is considered to be a very conservative campus, USC's Daily Trojan encouraged students to vote "No" on Proposition 8, the California Proposition to ban same-sex marriages. 

 

At first, I (and I'm sure many) assumed that the headline on the website was an Op-Ed piece from one of its liberal writers. While the piece...

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South Carolina Upset Over Gay Tourism Ad

South Carolina Upset Over Gay Tourism Ad

Let's all take a moment to laugh at the irony that is South Carolina's latest woe.

 

South Carolina, a hotbed of gay-bashing Republicans (if we're going by stereotypes, of course), signed on to have Amro Worldwide, a UK travel agency specializing in gay and lesbian travel, represent the state in a series of tourism ads.  When Amro posted a serie...

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Indiana Jones Was a Nazi

Indiana Jones Was a Nazi
That is, the inspiration for Indiana Jones was.

Meet Otto Rahn, German archaeologist and Obersturmführer of the SS.

Like Jones, Rahn was an archaeologist, like him he fell foul of the Nazis and like him he was obsessed with finding the Holy Grail - the cup reputedly used to catch Christ’s blood when he was crucified. But whereas Jones rode the...

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