Monthly Archives: March 2010

Saudi Arabia: 1000 Lashes And A Year In Jail For Gay YouTube Clip

A man in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 1000 lashes and a year in prison for appearing in an internet video in which he dresses as a policeman and appears to be making sexual advances to an unseen male detainee. A 27-year-old Saudi man from Jeddah has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes, a year in jail and a fine …

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Concerned Women Sign The Anti-Gay Manhattan Declaration

After a few weeks of relative quiet, the Manhattan Declaration, whose signers vow to disobey LGBT rights laws, is getting renewed attention. “We are following a long line of Christians who obey God over man.” (Via – Good As You)

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Oklahoma Senate Votes To Exempt State From Federal Hate Crimes Law

Oklahoma state Sen. Steve Russell’s bill to exempt his state from complying with the federal hate crimes law has passed overwhelmingly. Under the new provisions of Senate Bill 1965, reports that were collected during investigations of possible hate crime that did not end in a conviction would be destroyed or kept by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Russell said …

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Meg Whitman Wigs Out At Own Presser

Former eBay CEO and candidate for California governor Meg Whitman had the media thrown out of the press conference that SHE called. Loves it. (Via – Boy Culture)

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SF LGBT Center Denies $1M Bailout Request From The City

The San Francisco LGBT Center has issued a statement denying yesterday’s SF Chronicle story claiming that they’d requested a $1M mortgage bailout from the city. Via their PDF: We do have $3.2 million in outstanding debt related to the construction of the building, which has been carried in a loan with First Republic Bank. After almost a year of very …

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Nancy Pelosi Attacks Eric Massa

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RuPaul Spoiler Drag Race Spoiler Spoiler

Don’t click on the comments if your tired buttocks haven’t gotten around to Monday’s episode. If you have, let’s dish the elimination and the challenge winner.

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Prop 8 Attorneys Ted Olson & David Boies Speak At The New York Times

Last night Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger lead attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies spoke before about 150 journalists at the New York Times headquarters in Manhattan in an event called “Unlikely Allies.” In attendance among the print journalists were uber-blogger Andy Towle, activists Corey Johnson and Brendan Fay, former Clinton advisor David Mixner, and former GLAAD director Neil Giuliano. Olson and …

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Iowa Pol Seeks To Exclude Married Gays From Domestic Abuse Bill

Yesterday Iowa state Rep. Chris Hagenow attempted to exclude married gay couples from protection under a domestic abuse law. Senate File 2357 brings federal laws concerning protective orders and conviction of domestic violence with relation to possession of guns into Iowa’s law. Rep. Chris Hagenow, R-Windsor Heights, offered an amendment that would define the term spouse to be a person …

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Overwhelming Internet Polling Reveals: You Can’t Pray The Gay Away

Over 90% of the readers of the American Family Association’s news site OneNewsNow agree that it is impossible to pray the gay away. At least, that is how the Christianists would spin it, had the result gone the other way. Thanks to everybody who played along in yesterday’s freeping, we sent the AFA a little message about the uselessness of …

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ABC Nightline Covers Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill And Pastor Martin Ssempa

Last night Nightline delivered an excellent report on the situation in Uganda, interviewing the genocidal Pastor Martin Ssempa and his American evangelical accomplice Scott Lively. Watch this.

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Mississippi School Cancels Prom Over Lesbian Student’s Date Request

All Constance McMillen wanted was to bring her girlfriend to her high school prom, but a Mississippi school board has canceled the event entirely rather than allow lesbians to attend. “Due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events, the Itawamba County School District has decided to not host a prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School this …

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Rep. Patrick Kennedy Goes Off

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Open Thread Thursday

What’s on your DVR right now?

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Evening View – 42nd & & 7th

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VA Gov. Bob McDonnell: I’m Not Making It Illegal, But You Shouldn’t Discriminate

After weeks of criticism over his explicit exclusion of LGBT people from an executive order banning discrimination against some groups, today Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issued a statement ordering state agencies not to discriminate against gays. The statement has no force of law and is effectively useless to any homosexual fired for being gay. In a strongly worded edict, Gov. …

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Jose Peralta For New York Senate

I love that it opens with the video of Slasher Monserrate roughing up his girlfriend. Fight Back New York, help Jose Peralta.

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Eric Massa’s SnorkelGate

Eric Massa, the gift that keeps on giving. According to shipmates from his days in the Navy, Massa had a well-known habit of hitting on his fellow sailors, information that was supplied to the Congressional ethics committee. Massa resigned the next day. According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells …

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Train Wreck TV: Beck Vs. Massa

Here’s ten minutes of last night’s hilarious battle between Glenn Beck and Eric Massa. Beck closed the hour-long show by apologizing to the viewers for wasting their time.

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Freep This Poll

Go tell the American Family Association that there’s no such thing as “ex-gay.” Hey! I’m holding my breath! I’m an ex-breather! Oh, wait. Damm. (Tipped by JMG reader Kim)

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