Monthly Archives: March 2009

Dems Want To Send Rush A Message

The Democratic Party is going to put a billboard up near Rush Limbaugh’s house and wants input on what the message should be. Suggestions?

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Felony Charge For Homo Craigslist Prank

A woman in Wisconsin was charged with felony identity theft because she posted a photo of her ex-BF’s junk in the “M4M casual encounters” section of Craigslist. She also listed his work phone number and invited men to call for phone sex. Meet Kari Heath. The Wisconsin woman, 20, is facing a felony charge for allegedly posing as an ex-boyfriend …

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Gupta Withdraws As Surgeon General

Add another name to Obama’s long list of withdrawn appointees. CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta withdrew from consideration to be the next surgeon general Thursday, with CNN and Obama Administration officials attributing his decision to personal considerations amid a campaign by some liberal interest groups to block his selection. Gupta, a neurosurgeon, said in an interview with CNN’s Larry …

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Rachel Maddow On The View

Maddow tells the ladies of The View how she got started in the business and how she met her partner, Susan. Cute interview. (Via – Towleroad)

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Brooklyn Revealed

History buffs will get a kick out of Brooklyn Revealed, a new interactive site launched today by the New York Historical Society. You can click and learn about the six original towns of Brooklyn, which were united 340 years ago by the British to create what would become the most populous borough of the city. Interesting trivia: Brooklyn only voted …

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Vermont: Marriage Equality “Fast Tracked” To Pass This Month

Lawmakers in Vermont are “fast tracking” their marriage equality bill, which is widely expected to pass both chambers of the state legislature by the end of the month. The bill is one of several House Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Shumlin said will be among their priorities when the Legislature reconvenes March 17. Among the others …

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NYC: Nelliest Town In North America

According to the latest dumbass “study” to hit teh intertubes, NYC is the least “manly” major city in North America, as ranked by number of hardware stores, sports bars, monster truck rallies, and other such nonsense. The story has been been picked up by almost every major news outlet, particularly in the “manliest” towns, but so far only the Chicago …

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NPR: Gays Conducting Witch Hunt

Plenty of people are pissed off about a NPR report yesterday that characterized gay activists as conducting a “witch hunt” against donors to Yes On 8. “This seems to be an effort to indiscriminately go after anyone who contributed money, regardless of their position on gay issues,” says Frank Schubert, spokesman for the Yes on 8 campaign. He says the …

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HomoQuotable – Rex Wockner

“Disaster. They constantly interrupted the gay side with aggressive questions, but let Ken Starr go on and on and on. They were obsessed with the fact that the domestic-partnership law gives the same rights as marriage, and they completely ignored the fact that they so eloquently argued that separate isn’t equal in their previous ruling. They seemed enamored of the …

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Maddow Interviews SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera About Prop 8 Hearing

Last night Rachel Maddow interviewed SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera about the Prop 8 overturn hearings. They both take on Ken Starr’s position that the public has an “unfettered right” to take away the rights of minorities.

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Faces Of Hate

Some of today’s anti-gay protesters in San Francisco were bussed in from the Sacramento area’s massive Russian/Slavic community, many of whom belong to the extreme right-wing organization Watchmen On The Walls. The group was co-founded by the former California director of Focus On The Family and Latvia-born preacher Alexey Ledyaev. The Watchmen are listed as a hate group by the …

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CA Papers React To Prop 8 Hearing

According to most of California’s major newspapers, today was not our day. San Francisco Chronicle: California Supreme Court justices directed sharp questioning today at attorneys seeking to overturn Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Justice Joyce Kennard, one of the justices in the majority of the 4-3 ruling last year that legalized gay and lesbian marriages – a …

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Jon Stewart Eviscerates CNBC And Rick “Tea Party” Santelli

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HRC Launches New Site To Fight The Anti-Gay Lies Of The Right Wing

The Human Rights Campaign has launched End The Lies, a new interactive site that calls out the lies used by the right wing to thwart LGBT equality. “Again and again, opponents of equality have claimed one shallow victory after another by telling lies about who we are as individuals, as loving couples and as families. These lies must be called …

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Illinois: Civil Unions Pass Committee

Via press release from Equality Illinois: An Illinois House committee passed a bill today that would extend legal recognition and many of the benefits limited to married couples to same sex couples. The Religious Freedom and Civil Union Act (HB2234) passed the Youth and Family Committee with a vote on Thursday, March 5. The bill now goes to the full …

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Live Stream: California Supreme Court Hearing On Overturning Prop 8

LIVE FEED ENDED. Oral arguments on overturning Proposition 8 begin at the California Supreme Court in San Francisco at 9am local time (noon on the East Coast.) I recommend opening this post in a separate window at once, as you may not be able to get on to this live stream later. If this video feed crashes, you can try …

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Special Swag Thursday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, we’ve got three pairs of tickets to give away for the March 31st edition of the Radio City Music Hall Speaker Series where CNN host Anderson Cooper will interview Ariana Huffington, D.L. Hughley, and former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential asshat candidate Mike Huckabee. Tickets are on sale here for $50 – $180. Enter to …

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San Diego’s Mayor Announces Lesbian Daughter’s Engagement At Eve Of Justice

San Diego’s very gay friendly Mayor Jerry Sanders announced the engagement of his lesbian daughter from the stage of yesterday’s Eve Of Justice rally. “I want to thank each of you for your dedication, and I see you all over the city and I see you marching and I see you talking to people, I see you lobbying, I see …

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“Boycott” Projected Onto San Diego’s Manchester Grand Hyatt

Rex Wockner reports a cool moment from San Diego’s Eve Of Justice rally: After the rally, the 600 people in attendance took to the streets of downtown chanting, “Separate church and state.” They marched up to the epicenter of downtown, Fourth and Broadway, then back to the Hall of Justice. At the march’s end, ralliers looked south and saw that …

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11 Year Old Sam And Attorney James Brosnahan Speak At Eve Of Justice Rally

Here are two more great Eve Of Justice SF clips from JMG reader Sean Chapin. The first is from 11 year old Sam, on behalf of his two moms. The second is from noted lawyer James Brosnahan.

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