Tag Archives: celibacy

A just-released poll shows that support for maintaining Washington state’s domestic partners law is ahead by 51-44. But gay organizers are concerned. When voters are read the exact ballot language, 51 percent approve referendum 71 and 44 percent reject referendum 71. The discrepancy may because this new poll looks only at voters likely to cast ballots in the 2009 off …

From the Free Republic post on the ENDA hearings. The post quotes a blog called The Last Crusade: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is designed to make homosexuals, bisexuals, drag queens, cross-dressers and transsexuals into federally-protected minority groups. Once enacted, the latest legislation from the Obama Administration will produce the following results: A. Businesses, as well as local, state, and federal …

The ENDA hearings begin today in the U.S. House. View the proceedings live here. UPDATE: C-SPAN is not yet covering the hearings on the above link. I’m hunting for another video source. Follow along with the NGLTF’s executive director Rea Carey, who is live-Tweeting from the U.S. Capitol. UPDATE II: Watch it live here right now.

London’s Metropolitan Police are seeking LGBT applicants to join a special detail that protects the royal family. Advertised internally, the positions are available to current armed officers, and involve residential protection in London, Windsor and Scotland for the SO14 branch. The listing states that the groups specified are currently under represented. The advert has sparked criticism from numerous quarters. John …

Stand For Marriage Maine has released its latest anti-gay ad. Commenter Maine4Marriage via YouTube: More lies. All they did was redo an ad from California. And this Charla Bansley? She’s a member of the Stand For Marriage Maine team. She works for the Concerned Women For America of Maine, and has spoken at several SFMM rallies. And she teaches at …

Fire Island’s famous Cherry Grove Hotel, home to the Ice Palace nightclub, was severely damaged in a fire last night. The blaze broke out inside a housekeeping shed along the north side of the two story Grove Hotel around 2 a.m. Firefighters from Cherry Grove, the Fire Island Pines, Point O’ Woods, Ocean Bay Park, Ocean Beach, Saltaire and Sayville …

A coalition of 50 prominent French politicians wants to require that advertisers place “bold notices” on airbrushed images of models. The pols say that women need to know when the photos have been digitally altered and that trying to become one of those skinny bitches can be bad for your health. Campaigning MP Valerie Boyer, of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP …

It turns out that the 2009 GOP candidate for Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell, cited Michael Schwartz (the “all porn makes you gay” guy) two times in his master’s thesis at Liberty University. As has been noted here, McDonnell’s thesis also rails against “cohabitators, homosexuals and fornicators” and says that women shouldn’t work outside the home. Since Bob McDonnell thinks Schwartz …

GOP senators are lining up to oppose net neutrality, legislation from the FCC that would prevent internet service providers from favoring their own web applications over those of their competitors, including wireless providers. In other words, all customers should be able to access all available content at the same speed. Major telecom companies, who often operate both broadband and wireless …

Improv Everywhere pulls off one of their sweeter stunts. Doesn’t compare to Best Game Ever, though.

Raze, Break 4 Love, 1988. A sexy classic of the early days of house music, Break 4 Love was a global smash, reaching #1 on the U.S. dance charts and topping out at #28 on the UK pop chart. Vocalist Keith Thompson had a falling out with producer Vaughan Mason (whom you might recall from his 1979 roller-disco hit Bounce, …

Saying that she is a heathen who doesn’t believe in God and is therefore unworthy to hold public office, a group called Christians For Better Government has emailed thousands of voters attacking openly lesbian Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker. An excerpt: “Annise Parkers lifestyle that of being a HOMOSEXUAL is not the proper role model to lead the fourth largest …

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) begins hearings tomorrow in the U.S. House. The House Education & Labor Committee will hear testimony on ENDA on Sept. 23, according to committee spokesperson Aaron Albright. He said witnesses had not yet been finalized for the hearing and a subsequent markup for the legislation hasn’t been scheduled. Albright said the hearing “will be the …

Speaking to a Mormon “ex-gay” group, LDS Elder Bruce Hafen said “being gay is not in your DNA” and that if you think you are, it’s because Satan is telling you so. Hafen promised attendees, “If you are faithful, on resurrection morning — and maybe even before then — you will rise with normal attractions for the opposite sex.” Whenever …

“If you have been gay your whole life and feel that that’s the way God made you, God bless you. But I would still say that that doesn’t mean you should act on that. I would happen to say, for instance, that God made me with a pretty short temper. Now, I still think God loves me, but I can’t …

The annual United Nations General Assembly begins today and NYC is under a tight security lockdown. Midtown subway stations are swarming with cops and ominous men in dark suits. Many East Side streets are closed. Heightening tensions is this: Investigators overheard conversations that indicated an attack might be carried out on New York’s subways in a style similar to the …

The bigots behind Washington state’s Referendum 71 are using the iconic 50s television show Ozzie & Harriet in their latest leaflet. Of course, we know that the kids of the real life Nelson family weren’t exactly paragons of marital virtue, just like the many, many marriages under the belts of R-71’s backers. Lurleen at Pam’s House Blend rips into it: …

Last night when David Letterman asked President Obama to respond to Jimmy Carter’s contention that racism is behind much of “the vitriol” being flung at him, Obama said, “It’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.”

Bloomberg doesn’t own a nuclear power plant (I don’t think), but this was inevitable. There’s a website too. (Via – Gothamist)

“Apparently, there’s a lot of debate going on right now, whether I’m qualified or not to be the new judge on American Idol… I’ll tell you right now, how I know I’m going to be a great judge — because I’ve spent my whole life being judged. So, I know what it’s like. So, I will be kind. I will …