Log Cabin Republicans gave these out at Twin Cites Pride, telling the Advocate: “This one was such a no-brainer. With all the national attention with BP and the Gulf of Mexico and the suspension of any deep-water drilling, and Sarah Palin saying those words, it was like the planets coming into conjunction. What a great way to be in the …

San Francisco police have cleared the man they had in custody after a fatal shooting at the annual Pink Saturday pride party in the Castro. Authorities say the .357 revolver found on 20-year-old Ed Perkins was not the weapon used to kill 19-year-old Stephen Powell in San Francisco’s Castro district late Saturday. Witnesses did not place Perkins at the scene …

Kagan seems to be charming even the asshats.

“The decision by the leadership of the gay left to support the Arizona boycott over an issue totally unrelated to gay rights shows just how beholden they are to the union bosses. The Arizona boycott is being spear-headed by the Service Employees International Union, and the law at the center of the boycott has nothing even tangentially to do with …

Angry about their treatment by city police at last weekend’s G20 Summit, a group of gay anti-globalists heckled the Toronto chief of police yesterday as he attempted to enter a cocktail party at the headquarters of Pride Toronto. Demonstrators denounced Pride Toronto as a “disgrace and a sellout” for hosting the police at their party. If it’s not one thing, …

Considering that she will likely be hearing the Proposition 8 case in the next couple of years, Elena Kagan had to pull her punches when asked about states’ rights and same-sex marriage.

Slaggie blogs: A new study by a Spanish gay rights group reports that about 10,000 gay marriages have taken place since Spain legalized gay marriage in 2007. Spain has about 30 million people in 2008 over the age of 15. If 3 percent of the population is homosexual, that would be about 900,000 gay and lesbian adults. So 20,000 gay …

Today the top two GOP members of the House will announce their plan to attempt to force a vote on a bill to repeal health care reform. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia plan to announce Wednesday that they’ll support two discharge petitions — one from Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to repeal …

“It’s kind of like a kid coming to school saying, ‘The dog ate my homework.’ It’s childish. This is what children do until they mature. They don’t accept responsibility. This would break his heart, to get advice that applies some of the lessons of leadership my brother learned, because he apparently likes to act like he’s still campaigning, and he …

Concerned about his state’s plummeting tourism, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says that there’s no need to be concerned about “the toxic nature” of swimming in the Gulf waters. “It’s not detrimental to anybody. It’s much more of a nuisance than anything else at this point. It is safe.” Anybody buying that? (Tipped by JMG reader David)

And Alex Trebek “sings” the clues. Stop the madness.

I freakin’ love these ads. Remember the hawt last one? (Via – Towleroad)

“I’ve got a very, very graphic scene coming up that I shot with a man. I’m not a prude. I’m from Sweden, and it’s different there. If it makes sense, I’ll do nudity, and it’s made sense every single time I’m naked on the show. And I love to be naked. It’s kind of liberating.” – True Blood star Alexander …

Ben Smith reports at Politico: The gay soldiers arrested outside the White House protesting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will announce today that they’re demanding that President Obama testify in their trial on minor civil disobedience charges. Their novel argument: Obama himself called on gay rights advocates to pressure him, so they were just following orders. “Don’t Ask” has energized gay …

The MTA has caved to pressure from Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews and yanked the ad campaign from a vodka company that features a woman’s butt in a bikini. An MTA rep tells Gothamist: “At the request of community leaders, the Georgi vodka ads were removed from buses that are likely to serve Brooklyn’s Hasidic neighborhoods. It has been our longstanding practice, …

“If we’re struggling with a homosexual, same-sex desire, LET THE BIBLE KILL YOU, rather than make it easier for you, and say well, there must be a better scriptural answer to this … Brothers and sisters, let the Bible kill you rather than you twist the scriptures! And in that killing, it will break you so that you can find …

A 21-channel online Christian television network called DoersTV has launched. Interestingly, the network says it will never ask for donations, charge for subscribing, or air any fundraising telethons. “I truly believe, as disciples of Jesus Christ, all Christians (especially those in the media) have a responsibility to present the Gospel without cost,” Pastor David Wright, CEO of DoersTV.com, said recently. …

“This is Reagan country, and perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California’s Eureka College would become so woven within and interlinked to the Golden State.” – Sarah Palin, speaking to a graduating class at California State University. Slight problem. Reagan did attend Eureka College. In Illinois. There is no Eureka College in California.

Last night Dan Savage emailed us with the tip that a doctor in Florida is treating pregnant women with a drug she hopes will prevent babies from being born lesbian. Savage: Pediatric endocrinologist Maria New—of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Florida International University—isn’t just trying to prevent lesbianism by treating pregnant women with an experimental hormone. She’s also …

Last night CNN host Larry King announced via Twitter that he will be ending his nightly CNN show this fall after 25 years. King, 76, said that despite falling ratings, he was not pressured into this move. He also said that he plans to continue at CNN with occasional specials.