Monthly Archives: April 2009

Joe The Plumber Talks Tea

“Let me give you another extremist view – In God We Trust – you say that too loud you can get shot somewhere in America.”

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Boycott Jamaica Protest At Stonewall

Last night activists gathered with the owners of NYC’s historic Stonewall Inn for a ceremonial pouring of Myer’s Rum into the gutter in protest of the treatment of LGBT people in Jamaica. Activists are calling for a boycott of all Jamaican products including cruise ship tourism. Wayne Anderson at World Of Wonder has more, including lots of photos.

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Internet Ordination Mill To Sue For Marriage Equality Rights

The Universal Life Church, which sells online ordination certificates, says that it has retained two law firms in a plan to sue for marriage equality across the country on the grounds of religious discrimination. The Universal Life Church Monastery has announced a legal defense campaign that will take action in all states that have enacted unconstitutional same-sex sacramental marriage restraints. …

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GLAAD Asks For Straight Allies

Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Bacon, Sally Field and other stars encourage our straight allies to stand up for their LGBT friends. (Via – Bilerico)

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Octomom®

That woman with a clown car for a uterus has applied for a trademark on the word “octomom.” According to two applications filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Suleman on April 10, and obtained by E! News, the enterprising 33-year-old is looking for the right to attach her infamous handle to (surprise) future TV projects, as well …

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Washington Gets “Everything But Marriage”

The Washington state legislature has approved a bill giving “everything but the word marriage” to gay couples. After nearly two hours of debate, the House passed the measure on a 62-35 vote Wednesday. It now goes to Gov. Chris Gregoire, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill expands on previous domestic partnership laws by adding partnerships to …

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Tea Party Paranoia

Tim Russo at Blogger Interrupted interviews some patriots at a teabagger rally. I’ve been doing video of right wing nutbags for a long time, but this one was the most disturbing event I’ve ever attended. The rotting racist rabid rump of Republicanism has been reduced to a twitching crowd of paranoids. I got harassed away by a growing mob of …

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Archbishop Dolan Vows To Fight Paterson’s Marriage Equality Bill

In his second statement on the issue in as many days, yesterday New York’s new Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan vowed to use his new job to fight the marriage equality legislation to be introduced by Gov. Paterson today. Dolan said he will call on all the Catholic Bishops in New York to work with him to defeat the bill.Dolan: “We …

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Open Thread Thursday

The complaint box is open. Vent. Rant. Rage.

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Texas Governor Threatens Seccesion

Texas Gov. Rick Perry told an audience of teabaggers today that “Texas can leave the union if it wants to” and threatened “if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what may come of that.” Clip is audio only.

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NY State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. Calls “Emergency Summit On Gay Marriage”

Anti-gay preacher and NY state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. is positively freaked about Gov. Paterson introducing a marriage equality bill tomorrow and has called for an “emergency summit.” Oh noes! Homos! Elizabeth Benjamin at the NY Daily News: Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. has called an emergency summit of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization tomorrow to strategize on the “next …

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Big Apple Slice

They are the Xylopholks.

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“It’s Hard To Talk When You’re Teabagging”

Rimshot! Anderson Cooper FTW!

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Teabaggers Gone Wild

I didn’t see any “roughing up”, but news reports are saying that some of tea bag protests are getting quite rowdy.

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Pro-Killing Of Gay Youth Group Releases Anti-Day Of Silence Video

UPDATE: Since this post went up, the Illinois Family Institute has changed the information on their home page. Instead of a Baptist church in Arizona, the creator of the clip is now identified as Grace Gospel Center in Bensonville, Illinois. The Arizona church has written me to say they have no affiliation with the Illinois Family Institute. I have updated …

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Fail: DC Teabaggers Had No Permit

Today in massive fails: It was a great idea, really. Take 1 million tea bags and dump them in Lafayette Park to protest government spending. Hip, hip, hoo-ray! But a funny thing happened en route to a visually pleasing Tax Day protest. The National Park Service said the tea party protesters didn’t have the proper permit to dump their bags. …

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Madge Takes The UES

Madonna is crossing Central Park and moving into the triple digits of the UES, buying a $40M “double-wide” townhouse at Lexington and E.81st Street. Reminiscent of a London townhouse, this 26-room classic Georgian residence is notable for its extraordinary 57-foot width, making it one of the widest houses on the Upper East side, its 3000 sq. ft. garden bordered by …

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Not To Be A Category Tag On XTube

Today in bizarre police news: A convicted child molester was found naked and bleeding behind a Brooklyn building – a victim of sexual self-mutilation, police sources said. Sources said that Damiene Iriarte, 26, was found in Fort Greene with the tip of his penis bitten off. “How he did it? Limber, I guess. Not the work of a sane mind,” …

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How To Spot A Gay Ugandan

The Ugandan Observer asked readers how to spot a gay Ugandan. Here’s a couple of suggestions. John Mayanja, 26, BusinessmanIf I see a man acting like a woman and a woman taking up an appearance of a man, I would imagine they are gay. If a man applies make-up and is so serious about the way they look, then they …

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Bo-Bama Meets The Press

President Obama says that Bo will not be allowed in his bed.

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