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Fred Karger to be First to File for President With the Federal Election Commission

Chino Blanco, March 22, 2011November 9, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2011 Contact: Rina Shah 304-237-6489 Rina@fredkarger.com WASHINGTON, DC Longtime GOP operative, Fred Karger will turn in his paperwork Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 11:00 am at the FEC Offices, 999 E Street, NW, Washington, DC. Karger was the first to announce he was seriously considering…

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Fred Karger: It Gets Better

Chino Blanco, January 7, 2011January 7, 2011

Fred Karger, Political Consultant and Activist: Watch Fred’s complete Big Think broadcast here.

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Meet the Republican who got California and Maine to investigate NOM and the Mormon church and now intends to debate Mitt Romney on national TV

Chino Blanco, September 22, 2010May 17, 2011

Fred Karger and I worked together on establishing the NOM-LDS connection. Now hes the GOPs first declared 2012 presidential candidate and has just released his first ad. I’d love to see Fred debate Mike, Mitt, Sarah and the rest of the (more-or-less anti-gay) 2012 Republican field. Campaigning in Iowa and…

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Fred, Linda and Lance talk about Mormon involvement in Prop 8

Chino Blanco, June 18, 2010June 18, 2010

Fred Karger, Dustin Lance Black, and Linda Stay discuss the film 8: The Mormon Proposition and Mormon involvement in the Prop 8 campaign generally. If you’ve got 16 minutes to spare, you’re welcome to listen in. P.S. Pls don’t razz me about the graphics. It’s a radio interview. I just…

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Dirigo Blue: NOM loses at Appeals Court

Chino Blanco, June 8, 2010October 20, 2010

Maine blogger Gerald Weinand makes my day: This morning, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) lost its appeal of a 1st District Court ruling requiring it to turn over information on its donors to the Maine Ethics Commission. NOM was ordered to turn over the names by Magistrate Judge John…

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  1. chanson on Thanks Gloria!September 20, 2026

    @Donna -- I wouldn't say you were one of the "dumb girls". You were a young starry-eyed convert who thought…

  2. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?September 19, 2026

    @Holly -- yes, I have absolutely felt that parallel in my life. I was fortunate enough to be able to…

  3. Holly on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?September 16, 2026

    You're no doubt right. Living in Trump's America right now feels to me the way I felt about the church…

  4. Donna Banta on Thanks Gloria!September 15, 2026

    There were years of cognitive dissonance, at least in my case. I told myself that the church was a compassionate,…

  5. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?September 14, 2026

    I can't help but feel like in today's church you wouldn't even have had the opportunity to mention Santa's not…

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