Yesterday, Father’s Day, former pro wrestler and current Florida politician Brian Blair, who campaigned against the Day Of Silence, silenced his two children by beating and choking them. Blair, 52, was arrested shortly after 5 a.m. after an altercation at his family’s home in the Forest Hills area of Tampa, sheriff’s Deputy Larry McKinnon said. Blair and his wife, Toni, …

Lt. Dan Choi, arguably the most passionate and personable figure to emerge in the LGBT rights movement in several years, has launched a personal website. The “in the news” portion of his site features numerous video clips of Choi’s appearances on national news shows. There’s also a link to a site selling his trademark “Don’t Hide” t-shirts.

“Public officials aren’t supposed to change their minds. But I firmly believe that it’s important to keep learning. Last week, while I was in Connecticut meeting with members of the gay and lesbian community from across the state, I had the opportunity to tell them what I’ve learned about marriage, and about equality. While I’ve long been for extending every …

According to this report, some of the protesters in Iran may have been emboldened by Obama’s speech to the Muslim world in Cairo.

If you haven’t been following Andrew Sullivan on the crisis in Iran, you are missing some of the most astounding blogging seen since the medium was invented. His coverage has been exhaustive, contemplative, and nothing short of Pulitzer-worthy, in my opinion. It’s a bit daunting just as a reader to follow his dozens of Iran updates a day, and while …

And again, the Westboro nutters prove their value to the LGBT movement. A Manhattan synagogue turned a visit from hate-spewing demonstrators into a lucrative fund-raiser Sunday. Leaders of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a West Village synagogue that caters to gays and lesbians, didn’t want to ignore a planned visit by members of the rabidly anti-gay and anti-Semitic Kansas-based Westboro Baptist …

New York is seeing its coolest and wettest June in many years. The temp has rarely gotten above 70 and rainfall is already way above normal for the entire month. Here’s why: Abnormal cold across Canada has pushed the jet stream south of its usual location near the U.S.-Canada border. Instead, the jet stream is stretching from the Great Lakes …

Join The Impact has announced that they will protest a DNC fundraiser scheduled for Boston on tomorrow. Another protest of the DNC fundraiser in DC is scheduled for Thursday. Via press release: The Obama administration’s decision to file a legal brief in support of the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA), in which same-sex marriage was compared to incestuous and underage …

“But now, a cocktail party? No, that’s not business — it’s schmoozing and sucking up, and it’s all about buying off gay leaders by seducing them, very cheaply, so the White House can help get the money coming back in, since the DNC gay fundraiser for next week is collapsing. The response so far has only been about the money …

And yet Sen. Ensign has not resigned.

As North Korea readies for a long-range missile test, President Obama says that we are ready for any potential threat. The U.S. Department of Defense has ordered “additional protections” for Hawaii in case the missile is launched over the Pacific. “This administration — and our military is fully prepared for any contingencies,” Obama said during an interview with CBS News’ …

As White House press secretary Robert Gibbs hinted on Friday, the 2010 U.S. Census will now include questions about LGBT relationships. US Census Bureau officials have said that the 2010 census will count married gay couples, despite previous statements that they would not be recognised. Steve Jost, a spokesman for the Census Bureau, said the organisation was already working on …

Ireland’s minister for justice Dermot Ahern says that he will seek the enactment of a nationwide civil partnerships law for gay couples by the end of 2009. He told the Sunday Business Post that the commitment give state recognition and protection to civil partnerships will be ‘‘implemented in full through the forthcoming Civil Partnership Bill, which I will publish within …

The name now appears to be the National Equality March.

NY Gov. David Paterson said yesterday that he will make sure there is a vote on marriage equality in the state Senate before they break for the summer. Paterson is calling for a special session tomorrow, but said that marriage equality will not be on the agenda. The development came as the governor announced plans to call the Senate to …

…for the first time ever.

Over the last seven days…. Texas: Pastor William Frank Brown charged with eight counts of child molestation and aggravated sexual assault.Missouri: Pastor Aaron Rodgerson charged with failure to report child abuse, neglect, or death and practicing law without a license.Florida: Pastor Jose Sos Santos charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of 12 year-old girl.South Carolina: Pastor William Ralph Wilson III …

Raise your hand if you’re totally shocked. Gerard Caron walked into the Auburn Post Office and was met by a woman with a pair of clipboards. “This petition is against gay marriage and this other petition is to support gay marriage,” she said, according to Caron. The Poland man said he asked her why there would be a petition to …

The president did ten minutes of stand-up at Friday’s Radio & Television Correspondents Dinner.

As you can see, we’re due for another wet Folsom East Fair today, but the forecast only calls for a half-inch of rain all day, so at best we’re probably only gonna get sprinkled on. When it started raining last year, the 10,000 or so folks in attendance had nowhere to run, so we all just covered our beers and …