Monthly Archives: March 2013

Tweet Of The Day: Resigned Pope

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Teabagistan Remembers Andrew Breitbart

Infamous Tea Party hero Andrew Breitbart dropped dead one year ago today after President Obama’s subsonic death ray zapped him from a low-orbit satellite.  The anniversary of Breitbart’s demise is somberly being observed across Teabagistan with Twitter avatars, numerous blog posts, and funereal original music, an example of which is below. RELATED: Shirley Sherrod, one of the victims of Breitbart’s …

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TEXAS: Lesbian Suffers Broken Jaw In Playground Attack By Anti-Gay Parent

A Texas lesbian has had her jaws wired shut after a brutal attack that came when she attempted to stop older children from bullying her girlfriend’s four year-old son at a local playground.  The victim says the assault began when the parent of another child realized that she is a lesbian. Thus far police are refusing to consider the attack …

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Bob Mould Plays Jimmy Fallon

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Half Of Congress Files DOMA Brief

Almost half of the sitting members of Congress today filed a joint Supreme Court brief in the support of the overturn of DOMA. Via press release: Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Ranking Constitution Subcommittee Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) in the House, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate, along with …

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Christie Shrugs Off CPAC Snub

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CLAIM: Vatican Knew Five Months Ago About Cardinal O’Brien’s Gayness

The Scotsman reports an interesting claim today. The Vatican knew of allegations against Cardinal Keith O’Brien five months ago, it was claimed today. Reports said a priest lodged a complaint in October about “inappropriate behaviour” by the former Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in 2001. The priest is said to have written directly to Rome because he did not …

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NOM Slams Times On Musgrave

“Congresswoman Musgrave is a hero for marriage and was the lead sponsor of the original Federal Marriage Amendment in 2003. The fact that the New York Times would falsely claim above-the-fold that she now supports repealing a law to protect marriage without even checking with her shows the desperation of some in the media to push this absurd notion that …

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Editorial Of The Day

The New York Times on Obama’s Prop 8 brief: The legal analysis advanced by the Obama administration leads inexorably to the conclusion that all attempts to ban same-sex marriage are inherently unconstitutional. But the administration stopped short of declaring that truth, recognized earlier this week even by the Republicans’ brief. In fact, the administration said the court need not consider …

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John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts

The Irish Times writes today about openly HIV+ singer and songwriter John Grant: There are confessional songwriters, and then there is John Grant. The Michigan-born, Colorado-raised musician had been celebrated as a lyricist throughout his tenure with The Czars, the band he fronted for 10 years until their split in 2004. Yet it was the release of his astounding solo …

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ABC Buys How To Survive A Plague For Possible Mini-Series Development

Rights to the Oscar-nominated How To Survive A Plague have been purchased by ABC with the intent of turning the gripping documentary into a mini-series. France’s widely acclaimed doc, which he co-wrote and directed, focuses on two coalitions — ACT UP and Treatment Action Group (TAG) — whose activism and innovation helped turn AIDS from a death sentence into a …

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SPLC Files Prop 8 Brief

The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of the overturn of Proposition 8.  The brief cites the anti-gay advertising employed during the Prop 8 campaign as ample evidence of animus against LGBT people.  Among the citations are claims that pedophiles would be able to marry children and that humans would be able to marry …

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Girls Gone Bankrupt

Some feminists probably find this news very satisfying. The company behind the “Girls Gone Wild” videos filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from a $10.3 million debt claimed by Steve Wynn’s Wynn Las Vegas LLC and a $5.8 million award won by a woman who says the company used naked images of her without permission. Last year, Wynn and his …

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MINNESOTA: Kid Steals The Show At Marriage Equality Press Conference

Start the clip at 15:00 (Via Queerty)

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Civil Unions Pass CO House Committee

Two weeks ago Colorado’s civil unions bill passed in the state Senate by a vote of 34-21.  The bill now proceeds to the full state House.

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