Monthly Archives: October 2009

Fight Over Football Scripture Continues

Since being told they could no longer use scripture-laden banners on the field, the cheerleaders at Lakeview-Fort Olglethorpe High School in northern Georgia have become local martyrs. Via Christianist site OneNewsNow: Community members have showed their overwhelming support for the cheerleaders who have since become media celebrities. A local youth pastor, Brad Scott, started a facebook page in their support …

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Approve Referendum 71 Ad

Too long and way too wordy, I think this ad from Seattle OUT Protest might be web-only. Anybody know?

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Manhunt Buys DList

Via their PR agency, Manhunt lets us know that they’ve purchased DList. Jonathan Crutchley, Chairman at Online Buddies Inc., the parent company of Manhunt, announced today that the company has acquired a majority stake in the leading social networking site for gay men under age 30, DList.com. As part of the deal, Online Buddies will take over all marketing efforts …

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Coral Ridge Congregants: You’re Not Anti-Gay Enough, We’re Outta Here

Ever since the viciously anti-gay Dr. D. James Kennedy died and was replaced by the not-as-bad-so-far Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, some congregants at the Fort Lauderdale-based Coral Ridge Ministries mega-church have been chafing in their pews. Tchividjian, you see, wants to ease Coral Ridge out of political issues such as homosexuality and focus on worship. After Tchividjian, who is Billy Graham’s …

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Iowa Goes Gay (Disney)

Representatives from three Iowa visitors bureaus set up a booth at Gay Days at Disneyland Resort this weekend, encouraging gays to come live and marry in their state. At the booth set up inside Disney’s Grand Californian hotel, gay and lesbian couples sampled wedding cake and posed for photos inside a frame that read, “Just Married … In Iowa City!” …

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Obama National Security Adviser: DADT Repeal Will Come “At The Right Time”

Obama administration national security adviser James Jones said yesterday that the repeal of DADT will come “at the right time.” “I don’t think it’s going to be — it’s not years, but I think it will be teed up appropriately,” James Jones said. Jones said Obama “has an awful lot on his desk. I know this is an issue that …

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James Carville: Glenn Beck Is Nuts And A Blatant Hypocrite

And watch his wife Mary Matalin roll her eyes when he says it.

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Morning View – 1 Prospect Park

Richard Meier’s trademark all-glass luxury condo building has been ready for occupants for months in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a place more noted for classic brownstones than for Miami Beach-style see-thru boxes. Unsurprisingly, only 25% of the units have sold. I wonder if the building will leak like crazy like the three eyesore Meier towers in the West Village.

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days…California: Pastor Jose Campoverde charged with molesting four girls living in church housing for needy families.England: Father David Pearce confesses to sexually assaulting five underage boys.Ohio: Pastor Joshua O’Bannion accused of molestation by two girls who came forward after O’Bannion was arrested in Arizona on the same charge.Alabama: Pastor Curtis Willis shot and killed by police …

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Today’s Lie From Fox News

Of course they’ll say they just “accidentally” left the decimal off the real number, 14.9M.

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The Oldest Story In The World

By now you’ve likely heard that the world’s most famous anti-Semite, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had Jewish parents. A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver. …

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Worst SNL Skit Ever?

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Endorses National Equality March

Equality Across America has received a letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) endorsing the National Equality March. On Friday Reid announced that the Senate would remain in session through Columbus Day weekend in order to finish work on the health care reform bill. Will Reid speak at the March?(Via – Pam’s House Blend)

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PhoboQuotable – James Bowman

“If reason were to be readmitted to the debate, we might find something in the history of military honor to justify the principle now enshrined in the law decreeing that “homosexuality is incompatible with military service.” We know that soldiering–I mean not training or support or peacekeeping or any of the myriad other things soldiers do, but facing enemy bullets–is …

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Maddow On Wingnut Olympic Joy

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The High Cost Of Being A Gay Couple

Today’s New York Times features a fascinating breakdown of the added costs that gay couples bear as incomplete and unrecognized members of society. The authors created a hypothetical gay couple and enlisted tax, insurance, and financial planning experts to run many scenarios on how much more it costs to be a gay couple in the United States. Our goal was …

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Limbaugh: Obama Should Have Lobbied For Kenya To Get 2016 Olympics

Continuing the right-wing’s exultations over Chicago losing its bid for the 2016 Olympics, Rush Limbaugh says that President Obama should have lobbied for Kenya to win, if he were to be “true to form.” Like the rest, Limbaugh overlooks the fact that Chicago’s Olympic bid began years before Obama took office.

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Our $100 Million Mayor

With a month yet to go in the campaign, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $65M on his bid for a third term. That’s sixteen times what his opponent Bill Thompson has spent so far. Bloomberg’s outlay is expected to reach $100M by election day. The New York Times puts it in context: To market Bounty paper towels last year, …

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NJ Governor Candidate Chris Christie Speaks Against Same-Sex Marriage

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie reiterated his opposition to same-sex marriage at last night’s debate with Gov. Jon Corzine. A poll released yesterday shows Corzine pulling almost even with Christie. A win by Corzine is critical to the passage of marraige equality in New Jersey.

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Sen. Harry Reid: Senate Will Stay In Session Through Columbus Day

It looks like at least part of Congress will be in session during the National Equality March after all. Democrats at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are gripped with a renewed sense of urgency in their effort to pass healthcare reform. As the Finance Committee continued into the second week of marking up its bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …

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