Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Today on the Signorile Show

Teabagger Christine O'Donnell, founder of an "ex-gay" group and winner of the Delaware U.S. Senate Republican primary, is threatening the Republican Party that she will win the Senate race with or without them -- on the heals of their plans to drop efforts to win Delaware after herupset over Mike Castle last night. The Tea Party scored a big win there and in New York when Carl Paladino -- a racist bigot -- took the Republican primary for governor. What does it all mean? We'll break it down.

"Don't ask, don't tell" will be voted on in the Senate but faces hurdles and it's not clear all the votes are there.

The GOP tax plan has been released and -- surprise! -- it calls for extending all Bush's tax cuts including for the wealthiest Americans.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Should a candidates religious convictions be important when deciding on a political candidate? Damon Linker, author of The Religious Test: Why We Must Question The Beliefs Of Our Leaders, joins us to discuss.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - In her article, How Queer! The Development of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in LGBTQ Headed Families, Arlene Istar Lev reviews research that "challenges family therapists to recognize the enormous societal pressure on LGBTQ parents to produce heterosexual, gender-normative children, and the expectations on their children, especially those questioning their own sex or gender identities."

The guy who actually did burn a Koran on 9/11 has been fired from his job. Was it the right call? We'll ask you your thoughts.

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