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National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on February 5, 2011 in a mailing to Rhode Island voters:
"Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage."
False
By Peter Lord • February 10, 2011
Organizing for America
Organizing for America
stated on December 6, 2010 in a press release.:
"An overwhelming majority of Americans support passage of the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth willing to work for a college degree or serve in our armed forces."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 22, 2010 in his radio broadcast:
"This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasn’t taken any money from the government. They don’t want any money from the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • December 3, 2010
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 in a news release:
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show.":
"Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 24, 2010 in a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”:
Charlie Crist "attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 24, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 1, 2010 in a press release:
Says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.
Mostly True
By Michelle Cole • September 28, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 in a television interview:
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 in an East Texas campaign stop.:
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 in a news release:
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children
Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children
stated on July 15, 2010 in a newsletter:
By 12th grade, "more than 3 out of 10 girls have been pregnant at least once."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 22, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 in a candidate forum:
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Paula Dockery
Paula Dockery
stated on April 3, 2010 in an opinion column in the Lakeland Ledger:
"Teachers will not be able to return to work after raising their children."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2010 in a debate:
Says his executive order requiring young girls to be vaccinated against HPV wasn't mandatory.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 6, 2010
Ronnie Earle
Ronnie Earle
stated on January 18, 2010 in a speech:
"Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 20, 2008 in a campaign mailer:
"Barack Obama has consistently voted against tougher penalties for criminals."  
False
By Robert Farley • October 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2008 in a speech at a Chicago church:
"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
True
By Stephanie Garry • June 23, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
True
By Janet Zink • November 28, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC:
"I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue, Ryan Kelly • October 5, 2007
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