The creators of the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration, whose signers vow to disobey all LGBT rights laws, today announced that a British counterpart has been launched. From the Westminster Declaration: We pledge to support marriage – the lifelong covenantal union of one man and one woman as husband and wife. We believe it is divinely ordained, the only context for sexual …

Last night’s episode of Family Guy featured a storyline in which Brian Griffin (the dog) learns that the woman he’d been dating was transgender. Brent Hartinger at After Elton fills us in on the plot. In the episode, Quagmire’s friends think his dad is gay. Cue Family Guy‘s regular flood of penis and anal sex jokes whenever anything “gay” is …

“Is Obama actually going to use a Supreme Court nominee to advance the cause of the closet (as well as kill any court imposition of marriage equality)? And can we have a clear, factual statement as to the truth? In a free society in the 21st Century, it is not illegitimate to ask. And it is cowardly not to tell.”- …

You get to watch this one without audio, because Warner Brothers has zapped Exodus for using copyrighted music.

JMG reader Matt points us to this dissection of Elena Kagan’s Solicitor General confirmation hearing. In response to a question from Sen. John Cornyn (at page 28 of her Senate Judiciary Questionnaire), Kagan stated flat out that there was no constitutional right for same sex couples to marry (emphasis mine): 1. As Solicitor General, you would be charged with defending …

On today’s episode of The View, host Barbara Walters announced that she will be taking a hiatus from the show to undergo heart valve replacement surgery. “Later this week, I’m going to have surgery to replace one faulty heart valve,” Walters said, opening the show with news, which she had only revealed to her cohosts that morning. “You kept it …

“If Kagan is practicing immoral sexual behavior, it reflects on her character as a judicial nominee and her personal bias as potentially one of the most important public officials in America. The popular mantra — even among conservatives — is that Kagan’s sexuality is ‘irrelevant.’ But a Justice Kagan would help decide some critically important constitutional issues dealing with: homosexual …

Hilarious parody site Christwire on the Dr. George Rekers scandal: The proof of Dr. Rekers’ heterosexuality is in his supreme fight against the radical gay agenda. His deeds– his Evangelical writings and teachings– affirm a life lived under Christ’s laws. The power of his righteousness shines on the faces of the thousands upon thousands of people he has touched and …

Musical satirist M. Spaff Sumsion, whose work is often heard on the Dr. Demento Show, has weighed in on the George Rekers scandal with Rentboy, an actually rather lovely (and hilarious) tune based on the Beatles’ This Boy. Lyrics to Rentboy. Download Rentboy.

Media Matters reminds us what the right wing put Sonia Sotomayor through before her confirmation to the Supreme Court and wonders if we’re about to go through it all again.

Catholic Families For America (whoever THEY are) has issued a nasty press release denouncing the president for selecting Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court. “By nominating Miss Kagan to the Supreme Court, the president continues to demonstrate a brass-knuckles, Chicago-mobster mentality toward unifying our nation,” said Dr. Kevin Roberts, executive director of CFA. “Naming someone who has been so actively …

Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean has written an open letter to the president demanding that a repeal of DADT be attached to a Department of Defense funding bill. An excerpt: While I understand the need to research how repealing DADT will affect members of the military, the law can still be repealed with an implementation timeline this year. The time …

By now you should have heard that the president will be nominating U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, positioning the court to have three female justices for the first time, NBC News reported late Sunday. Kagan served as the Dean of Harvard Law School …

Gay hip-hop/R&B from J.R., about whom I know nothing. But I think I recognize the boy he’s chasing from the “movies.”

Pride Toronto, already in a pitched battle with the city over the inclusion of an anti-Israel group, has lost its federal funding for this year’s event. The announcement came Friday when Industry Minister Tony Clement released the government’s list of events that will receive federal funding under the Marquee Tourism Events Program, a temporary two-year stimulus measure to support tourism …

If, wherever you were last night, you felt a sudden and distinct shudder in the gay universe, it’s because the legendary, the incomparable, the beyond fabulous four-time Grammy winner Lena Horne passed away in Manhattan at the age of 92. Here’s just the first couple of paragraphs of the New York Times’ obituary. Lena Horne, who was the first black …

An impressive group of state and national LGBT organizations have expressed their support for Jo-Vanni Roman, the Miami rentboy caught in the middle of the best/worst scandal to hit the anti-gay political machine in years. The above listed organizations and other skilled Florida-based professionals have all indicated their willingness to step in with their widely varied areas of expertise, should …

Too much? UPDATE: I’ve replaced the “Dusty Muffin” clip with this Hulu edit which contains all of Betty’s bits from last night’s show.