Via the Associated Press: A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use an automatic Uzi, authorities said Tuesday. Charles Vacca, 39, of Lake Havasu City, died Monday shortly after being airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Mohave County sheriff’s officials said. Vacca was standing next to the girl at …

Jeremy Hooper snarks: This graphic is like a warning poster from a pediatrician’s office. Should baby wake, that hand is going right to that mouth. When hand meets mouth, those rings become food. That “food” becomes lodged. It’s a tragedy waiting to happen. All credible organizations know and advise better. Must you flout the advice of all professional associations, NOM? …

Via the Christian Post: The man behind the controversial “Tattoo Jesus” movement will launch a new campaign “Death Row Jesus” on Wednesday to spread the message that God was the “worse criminal” while on earth. David L. Miller of the Little Pencil organization is known for his thought-provoking marketing campaigns that promote the Gospel. Last year, he erected 59 billboards …

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Last night The Amazing Race won its 13th Emmy Award out of 65 total nominations. Number of total nominations for Celebrity Apprentice: ZERO.

With a harp!

United Airlines diverted a flight from Newark to Denver after two passengers got into a fight over the Knee Defender, which prevents the seat in front of you from reclining. The fight started when the male passenger, seated in a middle seat of row 12, used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining while …

Via the Associated Press: Federal appeals judges bristled Tuesday at arguments defending gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee comparing them to now-defunct laws that once outlawed weddings between blacks and whites. Judge Richard Posner, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, was dismissive when Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Timothy Samuelson repeatedly pointed to ‘tradition’ as …

The judges are just brutal with the Solicitor General of Indiana.

Each judge – Posner, Williams and Hamilton – skeptical of arguments for marriage bans. My prediction: 3-0 ruling for #MarriageEquality.— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) August 26, 2014 Reagan-appointed Posner most vocal in skepticism, asking Qs about why states want to children with same-sex parents to be worse off. — Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) August 26, 2014 Williams expressed confusion over procreation argument …

Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: On today’s edition of the “700 Club,” a viewer told Robertson that her 13-year-old step-son, who “lives with his mother most of the time,” has “crushes on boys” and wanted the televangelist’s help. Repeating the myth that homosexuality is the result of a lack of parental bonding, Robertson said “his attraction is now …

A Christian movie starring Lenny Kravitz and the former lead guitarist from Korn? Here’s today’s press release: Funded by 2,500 investors who surged to support Director Darren Wilson’s Kickstarter campaign, HOLY GHOST raised a record-breaking $360,000 in just 45 days to become the #1 most-funded, faith-based film in Kickstarter history. The film’s producers, who turned to fans to fund HOLY …

Burger King has announced that it will move its headquarters to Canada in an $11B merger with the Tim Hortons donut chain. The new global company will be headquartered in Canada, but each brand will be managed independently, with Burger King retaining its U.S. offices in Miami, the two companies said in a joint statement. The new base in Canada …

Last week former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell revealed during his corruption trial that he has left his wife and is now living with a Catholic priest named Wayne Ball, seen above. Father Ball, as it turns out, was once busted for having gay sex in the parking lot of a park. Here’s a story about the 2010 arrest: The Rev. …

A long line has formed outside the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago this morning for today’s hearing of the marriage equality lawsuits for Indiana and Wisconsin. I’ll be posting live-tweets from the scene and audio/video as it becomes available. Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson is on the scene. UPDATE: Today’s panel of judges has been announced.

The World Congress of Families will hold its annual convention in Melbourne, Australia next week – that is, if their venues don’t cancel on them. The letter on the WCF website has been written to respond to what it claims has been “unremitting and grossly misleading attacks” in the lead-up to Saturday’s conference at St Cecilia’s school hall. “Sexual radicals …

Gay nightclub mini-chain Boxers, which presently has Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen locations, is opening a new club next week in Times Square – but this one is meant to appeal to a mixed crowd. The bar chain — known for its shirtless bartenders — plans to make the new location at 215 W. 40th St. a little more restrained than …