Yearly Archives: 2009

Michigan Churches End Homeless Services Over LGBT Rights

Three Kalamazoo churches will stop providing meals to the homeless because of the city’s recent approval of a law protecting gays from discrimination. Martha’s Table, through which eight churches have provided Sunday afternoon worship and meals for the needy at First Congregational Church, is losing three of the churches because of the issue of homosexuality, even though the ecumenical ministry …

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GOP Senators Pray For Failure Of Health Care Reform With Lou Engle

GOP Senators Jim DeMint and Sam Brownback and Rep. Michele Bachmann prayed with evangelical extremist Pastor Lou Engle and others for the failure of health care reform. The march of American Taliban continues.

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PhoboQuotable – Ken Hutcherson

“Many reading this may not understand where I came up with this concept of calling Christians ‘the new Negro.’ The reason is because there are undeniable similarities. Jim Crow laws were passed to keep me from having my constitutional rights and my rights under the Declaration of Independence of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Even though the Constitution …

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Newsweek Predicts For 2010: “Obama Does Nada On Gay Rights”

Newsweek takes a grim outlook on what the president may do for us in 2010: Patience became the 2009 mantra of the gay rights movement, which generally supports Democrats. Many activists believe that in his heart Obama supports their flagship issues: the ability to serve openly in the armed forces, to be protected from employment in the workplace, and the …

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Al Franken Denies Joe Liebermann Additional Time On Senate Floor

And John McCain does NOT like it.

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BBC Apologizes For “Kill Gays” Debate

An executive from the BBC has issued an apology for yesterday’s online debate asking if homosexuals should be put to death. It’s not much of apology. From the blog of BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks: The original headline on our website was, in hindsight, too stark. We apologise for any offence it caused. But it’s important that this does …

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AIDS Group Files Petition To Require Condoms In All Porn

California’s AIDS Healthcare Foundation will file a petition to amend state law that that would require that male actors in all porn productions wear a condom. The majority of gay porn companies are based in California. The change would be made to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s policy on bloodborne pathogens. “Although workers in adult films should …

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Christianists To Appeal New Mexico Wedding Photographer Case

In 2008 a wedding photographer in New Mexico was fined under the state’s sexual orientation discrimination laws for refusing to accept a same-sex couple as clients. The case has been used by the Christianists in virtually every battle for LGBT rights as a glaring example of “homofascists” using newly-won rights to throttle people of faith. Today the anti-gay Alliance Defense …

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HomoQuotable – Ellen DeGeneres

“I’m so thankful for the freedoms that we have in this country; the freedom of speech, the freedom to vote and the freedom to love who we want. And I want to say that what’s happening in Uganda makes me incredibly sad. There’s an “Anti-Gay Bill” that’s proposing to jail homosexuals. They are trying to give life sentences to same-sex …

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Keith Olbermann’s Special Commentary On Health Care Reform

Last night Keith Olbmann issued one of his classic special comments/rants on the health care reform morass in the Senate. WATCH THIS!

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Going Vogue

RuPaul is promoting the second season of her hit LOGO series Rupaul’s Drag Race with a dig at Sarah Palin. If you recall, I got ridiculously engrossed in last season’s show – to the point where I actually squealed a little bit when I met the out-of-drag Nina Flowers on the dance floor at the Black Party. Season two begins …

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POLL: Teabagger Party Now More Popular Than Republicans

A Rasmussen poll released last week shows that more conservatives align themselves with the Tea Party than with the Republicans. Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican. In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate …

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Irish Bishop Donal Murray Resigns Over Child Molestation Scandal

Limerick Bishop Donal Murray has resigned in the wake of Ireland’s child molestation scandal. Last month the Irish public was shocked by the revelation that the Catholic Church had covered-up the abuse and molestation of thousands of students at its orphanages and private schools. Murray met with Pope Palpatine all this week and today the Vatican issued a brief email …

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Benefits Bill For Partners Of Federal Employees Headed To Full Senate Vote

Yesterday the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee approved a bill authorizing benefits for the partners of federal employees. The bill will now go to the full Senate. The benefits would include: health care, retirement and disability plans, family, medical and emergency leave, group life insurance, long-term care insurance and access to worker’s comp. Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) …

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Clinton On Gay Rights Abroad

Speaking at Georgetown University, on Tuesday Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded to an audience member’s question about the safety of gays in other nations. Clinton said she is “deeply disturbed” about the situation for gays in Iran and the “violation of human rights in Uganda.” She added, “It’s important for the United States to stand against that and enlist …

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One-Oh Arrives In Times Square

The numbers for the new year arrived in Times Square yesterday via pedicab in preparation for the ball drop two weeks from today. You can pose for photos with One and Oh in front of 1540 Broadway for the next week. (Via – Gothamist)

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GOP’s Secretive “Family” Condemns Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill

In what may be their first public statement ever, the GOP’s secretive “Family” has issued a condemnation of Uganda’s “kill gays” bill. Rachel Maddow is stunned.

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North Carolina Politician Mocks AIDS Death Of Colleague’s Son

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Commissioner Bill James is under fire for mocking the AIDS death of a fellow commissioner’s son during a debate on adding same-sex partner benefits. Toward the end of an emotional, two-hour debate on the topic, James leaned over to commissioner Vilma Leake and asked: “Your son was a homo, really?” Leake responded: “You’re going to make …

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NYC Gay Men’s Chorus Sings The Wendy Williams Theme Song

That’s a headline I wasn’t expecting to write today.

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Adam Lambert Tones It Down

Adam Lambert returned to live television on last night’s season finale of So You Think You Can Dance. This time there was no wardrobe gay sex malfunction, other than a little male back-on-back rubbing, but that move is a rock-n-roll staple anyway. There was, however, a little bit of guyliner malfunction.

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