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The normally staid SCOTUSblog fired out some interesting tweets last night.

Ad Week scratches their head: Poo-Pourri’s marketing team would like you to know its odor-trapping spray isn’t just for poo. You can use it to save water, too, by not flushing your pee. To make its case, the company is out with an ad featuring a foul-mouthed octogenarian who spouts a steaming stream of double entendres about urinating. It’s trying …

Texas Values head Jonathan Saenz has sent a letter to Dallas County Clerk John Warren, warning that no matter how the Supreme Court rules, issuing a same-sex marriage license will be a criminal act. Hit the link and read the letter. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)

Via Indie Wire: A regular feature on the HBO series “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” Wanda Sykes stepped behind the “special commentary” pulpit to deliver a tongue-in-cheek, biting critique of violence within the LGBTQ community – specifically, where professional athletes are concerned – as only the comedian can. It’s what she refers to as “the gay perspective on sports headlines.”

Abstinence scold Bristol Palin is pregnant again. Bristol Palin says she’s pregnant for a second time. The daughter of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin announced the pregnancy on her blog Thursday. Her representative, David Martin, and Palin family lawyer John Tiemessen confirmed the blog post. The 24-year-old wrote that she knows this is a “huge disappointment” for her …

Via the New York Times: The next time Hillary Rodham Clinton visits New Hampshire, she need not look over her shoulder to find Bernie Sanders; the Vermont Senator is running right alongside her in a statistical dead heat for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, according to a CNN/WMUR poll released on Thursday. The poll shows Mrs. Clinton drawing 43 percent …

“It’s time to lower the rainbow flag everywhere. God created the rainbow as a sign of hope (Genesis 9:12-17). But homosexual political operatives have captured this symbol as an unauthorized expression of ‘pride.’ Well, rainbows accompanying this depravity are as unfitting as the term ‘gay,’ and it’s time for Christians to demand recognition of the offense involved and a permanent …

Clip recap: In his very first YouTube interview, Jim shares the details of his personal journey that has led him to the Supreme Court and branded him the face of marriage equality. Jim wants to share his story with the millennial generation, which will hopefully soon experience marriage equality as a protected right. Watch Jim’s YouTube debut as he sits …

NJ.com reports: A New Jersey jury on Thursday found a non-profit group that provides gay-to-straight conversion therapy guilty of consumer fraud for promising clients they could overcome their sexual urges by undressing in front of other men, pummeling an effigy of their mothers, and re–enacting traumatic childhood experiences. In the first case in the nation to put the controversial practice …

CNN reports: Univision is canceling its telecast of the Miss USA pageant, an event partially owned by Donald Trump, to protest Trump’s offensive remarks about Mexicans. Furthermore, Univision says it is severing all other business ties to Trump. Univision is the biggest Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, so its decision is a blow to the Miss Universe Organization, a …

Buzzfeed reports: An HIV-positive man named Janne recently stood on the street next to a sign that read, “I’m HIV-positive, touch me,” to see if the negative stigma attached with HIV/AIDS still exists. The video isn’t in English, but actions speak louder than words. Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle Kioski, and Janne collaborated to make a video that truly reflected HIV …

“Friend, as a trusted leader in the Conservative movement I need to ask you an important question. Should I run for President of the United States? I have been praying about this decision for a long time and if I do decide to seek the Republican nomination for President I need to know you’ll stand with me. If you think …

We won’t have the marriage ruling to celebrate tonight, but I’m sure we can find another reason or three to lift a few pints at the Duke Of Wellington pub in Soho. And the first three guys that come up to me and say “Obergefell” get a free JMG t-shirt. I’ll be there around 9PM providing I don’t get lost.

But with two huge wins for the good guys today, optimism is now even higher for the Obergefell ruling.