Here’s yesterday’s press conference by hoaxers Patriots For A Moral Utah. It actually comes across better on video. The spokeswoman totally nails the type. “We don’t hate homosexuals, we just don’t want them to cram their members down our throat.” HAH. And they’ve just put up a website. BTW, I don’t think the protesters are in on it.

Just-resigned Rep. Eric Massa says he’s only been guilty of “salty language” around his employees. But others say differently. Former Rep. Eric Massa has been under investigation for allegations that he groped multiple male staffers working in his office, according to three sources familiar with the probe. The allegations surrounding the New York Democrat date back at least a year, …

“Did the Post go too far? Of course not. The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its Web site, and it warranted front-page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring. The recent D.C. Council decision to approve same-sex marriage was the culmination of a decades-long gay rights fight …

It turns out that Sarah Palin’s story about going to Canada to get health care, which she described yesterday as “ironic”, isn’t the same story she told about the incident just a few years ago. Also: She just compared herself to God.

Illinois state Sen. Bill Brady’s anti-gay bill just got shot down. Equality Illinois just announced that Senate bill 3447, which aimed to allow certain tax-exempt organizations to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and religion, is dead. The bill never made it out of a Senate Judiciary committee. In an email to supporters, Equality Illinois CEO Bernard …

Researchers have learned that HIV can lie dormant for years in bone marrow, evading drug therapy and later activating to cause disease. The issue of “hidden” HIV has been one of the biggest obstacles to attempts to completely clear the virus from the body. Dr. Kathleen Collins of the University of Michigan and her colleagues report in this week’s edition …

Good As You points out the latest bit of transphobery from the Tradition Values Coalition. President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are quietly rushing through legislation (H.R. 3017 & S. 1584) that would actually bring cross-dressing teachers into your child’s classroom. Under the so-called, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), your children will be trapped in classes taught by drag queens and …

Lindsay Lohan is suing E*Trade for $100M, claiming that the “milkaholic” baby in their new ad is a violation of her name and personality. You see, the milk-addicted baby is named Lindsay. The drug-addicted Ms. Lohan says that since she’s now as famous as any other one-name celebrity such as Cher or Madonna, nobody can use the name Lindsay ever …

Zillionaire Rush Limbaugh, who could put a daily heart transplant on his debit card, says he’ll leave the United States if health care reform passes. My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, doctors have opted out. And once they’ve opted, they can’t see anybody Medicare, Medicaid, or what will become the exchanges. They have to have …

(Via- The Economist)

JMG reader Brosus shares a Florida voter’s close encounter with FL Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist. Last night as I was leaving a pizzeria in Downtown St. Pete, I ran into a small group of people around Florida Governor Charlie Crist who was campaigning for a US Senate run. So, I walked over waited a moment to gain his attention …

A teabagger’s take on Ernest Thayer’s classic 1888 baseball poem Casey At The Bat has been updated to include digs at Nancy Pelosi, “that aging queen” Barney Frank, ACORN, Chris Matthews, and others. Marxism, socialism, blah blah blah. You really DO need to watch this to grok the boiling hatred here.

This is not one of those church sign generator thingies. (Via – Almighty God)

Here’s a very well done send-up of Alicia Keys & Jay-Z’s Empire State Of Mind, put to the theme of social media trends.

The first legal same-sex marriages take place this morning in our nation’s capital. HRC’s live video stream below is slated to begin broadcasting at 9:45am EST. You can send messages of congratulations to the couples at the video link. UPDATE: The three ceremonies are concluded. And I’m out of tissues.

This is Respect For All Week in NYC public schools, during which students will take diversity workshops and learn how to diffuse bullying and harassment. GLSEN is one of the NYC Department of Education’s partners in the program. “We applaud the Department of Education for recognizing the importance of the ongoing project of providing safe and effective learning environments for …

The owner of a New Jersey gun shop is angry that he won’t be allowed to sponsor a Little League team. Matthew Carmel’s son played in the South Orange-Maplewood Baseball League last year and he wanted to sponsor a team in the coming season. A sponsorship costs $300. The league committee rejected his offer, and Carmel thinks that it is …

I think this debuted during the Oscars. Want one?

The U.S. State Department says that Uganda’s pending “kill gays” bill is a “serious affront to internationally accept human rights standards” and that it is reviewing Uganda’s preferred trade status. HRC Back Story reports: As a condition of receiving preferred status under AGOA, a country must not be engaged in “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.” In its letter, …