More on the sexual hazing by Wackenhut employees guarding the U.S. embassy in Kabul.

We haven’t played chat room in a couple of years. OMG! Where you at? A/S/L? LOL!11!!!

The thing about writing parodies of the Christian right is that so often they are completely believable. From the geniuses at ChristWire, talking about Mike Rogers’ outing of South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer: That’s where flamboyant blogger with bulge of bias Mike Rogers toe taps in. He lubed his way into the national consciousness by bringing down idyllic Senator …

A study conducted by the University of Florida finds that education level is five times more predictive of support for marriage equality than race. But you knew that, didn’t you my gentle kittens? The education level of Florida voters, not race, best predicted support for the state’s gay marriage ban, according to a new University of Florida study rebutting conventional …

Porno Peter LaBarbera is outraged, outraged I tells ya, that Ben & Jerry temporarily named a flavor Hubby Hubby in honor of same-sex marriage coming to Vermont. “Besides the health aspects, there’s also the fact that homosexual behavior is opposed by God, and that’s something that we should take seriously. All homosexual behavior is sinful, and regardless of what liberals …

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who in July filed a federal challenge to DOMA, is the first candidate to request paperwork for the special January election to replace the late Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. Ms. Coakley, 56, who has not officially announced her candidacy, is required to gather 10,000 valid signatures by Oct. 20 to participate in the …

Washington state judge Julie Spector has rejected a challenge to Referendum 71, the petition bid to overturn the state’s new domestic partners law. But all is not lost as the judge said she had “serious concerns” about the validity of many of the signatures and told pro-gay opponents to refile their challenge in another court. Judge Julie Spector issued her …

Not enough Katie Couric this time, but love the bit with Sen. Grassley. He has a chart.

Embiggen the below graph to see how Forbes Magazine has ranked the stress levels of the 40 biggest metropolitan areas in the country, based on unemployment, housing prices, population density, air quality, and weather. Full chart here. Chicago is the most nerve-wracking, Austin is the least. My hometown of Orlando lands near the middle at 28.(Via – See My Briefs)

Haysi Fantayzee, John Wayne Is Big Leggy, 1982. One of the silliest songs from a time that gave us a lot of very silly songs. A lot of folks thought that Haysi ripped off their look from Boy George, but lead singer Jeremy Healy said it was the other way around. (They went to school together.) Haysi had a couple …

Fred Karger of Californians Against Hate is getting some traction in Maine regarding his allegation of NOM’s money laundering. Jonathan Wayne, Executive Director of State of Maine Commission of Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices, sent a strongly worded four page letter to Stand for Marriage Maine PAC (SFMMP) and the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), seeking more information on the …

NYC’s Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, which I mentioned here in June, is up for a Vendy Award, an honor granted to the best of Gotham’s street vendors. “Doug’s soft serve is anything but vanilla. Big Gay Ice Cream Truck has a unique and always-changing menu of toppings like curried coconut, wasabi pea dust, trix, sea salt and extra virgin …

I can’t post any of the photos here, but you might want to wander over to Gawker and see what kind of shenanigans the private security company hired to protect the U.S. embassy in Kabul are getting up to. Wonder what it’s like to guard State Department facilities in Kabul? In photos first published by Gawker, security contractors get their …

Washington DC’s Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl (seen here kissing Emperor Palpatine’s ring) has issued a press release supporting Harry Jackson’s attempt to put a ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot. The Archdiocese of Washington today submitted a letter to the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics in support of the “Marriage Initiative of 2009.” The initiative, filed …

Two months ago, the Indian High Court issued a landmark ruling that rolled back British colonial-era laws against homosexuality. Today the Indian government said they will let the ruling stand. The government will not oppose the Delhi High Court judgment which legalised homosexual acts between consenting adults, official documents show. The note, likely to be put up before the Union …

I think we saw an almost identical ad during Prop 8, but this one from Ireland still gets the point across. (Via – Father Tony)

The Catholic Truth Society has published a book commanding couples to pray before sex. Not for it. The prayer, which appears in the Prayer Book for Spouses, implores God ‘to place within us love that truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells the truth and does not deceive, forgiveness that truly receives, loving physical union that welcomes’. It …

Politico reports today that White House aides have revealed that President Obama does indeed plan to back away from the public option portion of his health care reform plan when Congress returns from its summer recess today Obama’s willingness to forgo the public option is sure to anger his party’s liberal base. But some administration officials welcome a showdown with …

Karl Rove says that most of the people without insurance don’t have it because they don’t want it.