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JAPAN: Mag-Lev Train Sets New Record

The BBC reports: A Japanese magnetic levitation train has broken its own world speed record, hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near Mount Fuji. The train beat the 590km/h speed it had set last week in another test. Mag-lev trains use electrically charged magnets to lift and move carriages above the rail tracks. Central Japan Railway (JR Central), which …

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MICHIGAN: Anti-Gay Car Shop Owner Blames Vandalism On “Evil Homosexuals”

Via Michigan Live: Already targeted by an egg-thrower and protestors, a Grandville auto shop came under fire from a can of spray paint days after its outspoken owner created a controversy with his anti-gay Facebook posts. Graffiti was sprayed on the Dieseltec building overnight. The message: “I (heart sign) NUTS.” Dieseltec owner Brian Klawiter last week created headlines and set …

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ACLU Video Supercut: Pop Culture’s Journey Toward’s Marriage Equality

Clip recap: “In 1970, the ACLU filed the first freedom-to-marry lawsuit in the United States. We are now at the Supreme Court to fight to win the freedom to marry for couples in all 50 states. As we get closer than ever before to the freedom to marry for all, let’s take a walk down memory lane. Thank you to …

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Dennis Prager And Glenn Beck: An Angry God Totally Caused California’s Drought

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AFA: Pray Against Satanic Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court hearings are now a week away and the prayer requests are flooding in. This one is from the American Family Association: Heavenly Father, we acknowledge that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. We know that Satan hates all that you are and stand for, …

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Taiwanese Animators Take On “Fabulous Flannel” Day Of Silence Protesters

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Court: Chimpanzees Are Legal Persons

NPR reports: A New York judge has granted two research chimps the writ of habeas corpus – a move that allows them to challenge their detention. The decision, says Science magazine, effectively recognizes chimps as legal persons, marking the first time in U.S. history that an animal has been given that right. The order, dated April 20, requires Stony Brook …

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SATURDAY: NOM Marches On SCOTUS

NOM has published the final details for Saturday’s hate march on the Supreme Court. Per their GoFundMe page, they have nearly reached their goal of providing 23 jillion buses and if tradition holds, on Sunday we’ll be provided with photoshopped images stolen from the Pope’s visit to the Philippines. Or something.

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Opening Soon In Dallas

Via Eater: If you’ve ever wondered why there wasn’t a male version of the skeezy dining establishment that is Hooters, well, your prayers are about to be answered: Brace for the arrival of Tallywackers, coming soon to the gayborhood. Per a help wanted ad on Craigslist, Tallywackers appears to be a bar and restaurant staffed by half-naked men who may …

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Tony Perkins: Christians Will Fight Always Fight Against Same-Sex Marriage No Matter How SCOTUS Rules

That’s creationist nutjob Ken Ham with Perkins, who adds that President Obama has “endangered our country and our future to advance his radical social agenda.”

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Adam Lambert – Ghost Town

Yahoo Music raves: I have heard the future of pop. It sounds a bit like ’90s pop. It also sounds amazing. It is “Ghost Town,” the forthcoming single by Adam Lambert, and true to its title, it is hauntingly catchy. Fitting right into the current pop spectrum alongside Years & Years, Disclosure, and Clean Bandit, the beat-tastic, remix-ready “Ghost Town” …

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Today’s FRC Marriage Fast Prayer

The Family Research Council’s 21-day fast against same-sex marriage is in its 15th day and the last few daily prayers have focused on individual members of the Supreme Court. Today the FRC asks its followers to pray that Justice Antonin Scalia exerts his influence over the others and that those three heathen Jews “bow their knee before Jesus.” Or else. …

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Ted Cruz To Pastors: Preach And Pray Against Same-Sex Marriage This Weekend

“Dear American Pastor, We know that marriage is intended to be sacred, beautiful, and nourishing. If you do not influence your congregation’s understanding of marriage, who will fill the void? Hollywood? Divorce courts? Prayer moves our God to intervene in history. Prayer softens our hearts and brings us into alignment with the heart of God. The church has not shared …

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Headline Of The Day

Via Raw Story: An evangelical Christian organization has called on right-leaning pastors to “investigate” the family and staff of U.S. presidential candidates in order to expose anyone who is secretly gay or who supports LGBT rights. The Washington Examiner‘s Paul Bedard reported on Monday that David Lane’s American Renewal Project had asked “100,000 pastors” that it was working with to …

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IRELAND: Grammy-Nominated Pop Star Hozier Is “Straight Up” For Marriage

Irish pop star Hozier’s smash single Take Me To Church was nominated for the 2015 Grammy for Song Of The Year. The track, which topped the charts in dozens of countries, reaching #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100, was propelled by its video which depicted a violent gay-bashing. The clip now has 183 million views. Below Hozier explains his support for …

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MICHIGAN: Gov. Rick Synder Opposes Marriage Of Terminally Ill Gay Man

Via the Washington Blade: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced in a legal brief filed late last week he opposes state recognition of the marriage of gay man in the Wolverine State who’s terminally ill. In a five-page brief dated April 16 and submitted to the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Michigan, Snyder argues Michigan shouldn’t be required …

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Activist To Swim NYC’s Gowanus Canal

Via Brooklyn Paper: He’s going up s—’s creek! A clean-water activist plans to take the ultimate plunge on Earth Day, swimming 1.8 miles through Brooklyn’s nautical purgatory — the Gowanus Canal. Serial activist Christopher Swain will don a drysuit and traverse the canal from its “source” near Butler Street between Bond and Nevins streets to New York Harbor to call …

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97% Of Liberal Dems Approve Of Obama

From the latest CNN survey: For the first time since May of 2013, more Americans polled say they have a positive impression of how Obama is handling the presidency than a negative one: 48% approve of the way Obama is handling his job, while 47% disapprove. As among young people, other shifts in Obama’s favor have come largely from the …

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Transgender Man Leads Contest To Appear On Cover Of Men’s Health Magazine

Via USA Today: A transgender man is leading in popular votes for the 2015 Men’s Health cover contest. Aydian Dowling, a video blogger, activist and the creator of a clothing line called Point 5cc, has more than 46,000 votes as of Monday afternoon. If he wins the contest, which is open for entries until June 21, his photo will appear …

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FLORIDA: State Senate Tables Anti-Gay Adoption Bill For Time Being

Via the Miami Herald: The Florida Senate Rules Committee on Monday didn’t vote to move forward with a proposal allowing private agencies to deny adoptions by gay and lesbian couples on religious or moral grounds. The bill was temporarily postponed and may be brought up again by the same committee, said state Rep. David Richardson, Florida’s first openly gay lawmaker. …

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