In another win in the battle to overturn DADT, late this afternoon a federal court ordered the reinstatement of Air Force Major Margaret Witt, who was suspended just before her retirement date in 2004 after her superiors learned she is a lesbian. Today’s decision only applies to Major Witt’s case. A federal judge ruled Friday that a decorated flight nurse …

Atlanta’s pastors are getting together for a “lock down” prayer vigil where they will ask Jeebus to watch over disgraced Bishop Eddie “Down Low” Long, his 22-room/nine bathroom mansion, and his $200K Bentley. Glory! Praise Hi$ Name! And send in another teenage hottie!

Finally some action from the Cuomo camp. I’ve seen this five times on NYC stations already today.

“As a band we’ve been trying to string together these moments, the kind of moments I’ve had as a music fan that have blown my mind. That’s not happening when you’re texting or checking your fucking fantasy league stats. I personally think you should be too high to operate a machine at our concerts.” – Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, …

The Libertarian Party has launched a campaign to lure gay voters, saying, “Like abused spouses who keep returning to their aggressors, gay voters keep handing their votes to the Democrats who abuse them.” The statement continues: The Libertarian Party (LP) wants to break this self-destructive behavior and offers LGBT voters a better alternative. LP Chairman Mark Hinkle said, “Exit polls …

Screw McDonald’s and their oppressive binary gender paradigm! Or something! (Via JMG reader Subtle Knife)

A new Saran Palin-backed website called “Take Back The Twenty” displays a map of 20 “winnable” Democratic districts with rifle scope cross-hairs laid over them. The site asks readers to “prescribe the solution” to doing away away with those Democrats. In March, when Palin last used the violent imagery of rifle cross-hairs to target Democrats, she was criticized by even …

As they have done in other states, the National Organization for Marriage has filed a lawsuit against the New York Elections Board, saying they shouldn’t have to comply with state campaign finance disclosure laws. Julie Bolcer reports at the Advocate: The complaint against the state board of elections was filed on September 16, two days after the primary election, in …

(Tipped by JMG reader Norman)

Today the Washington Post examines the two newest groups on the gay political scene. It’s been a big, loud gay year, and a pair of young gay rights groups on opposite ends of the political spectrum have tried to be heard above the noise in Washington: GOProud, from its basement office in Capitol Hill, and GetEQUAL, a nationwide, direct-action network …

The Knights of Columbus produced this program which the Catholic Church has sent out on DVD to all Catholics in Minnesota. Slaggie Gilamonster appears in the second clip.

“Many today advocate homosexual acts as normal even though any study of the design of the human body will indicate that man is not for man, or woman for woman. Rather, man is for woman, and woman for man. In Romans 1:27 St. Paul calls homosexual acts παρὰ φύσιν (para physin), ‘contrary to nature.’ “The latest rejection of nature is …

Video by Matt Baume, who is also in the post below this one.

JMG reader Matt Baume writes us to announce an It Gets Better flash mob to be filmed in the Castro on Sunday. San Francisco will be jammed for Folsom Street Fair this weekend so if you’re attending the fair, please consider participating in the shoot first. Here’s the event’s Facebook page. NOTE: This Sunday there will also be a marriage …

Americans United for Separation of Church and State is calling on the U.S. military to stop holding Christian music concerts on its bases. Their complaint is spawned by an upcoming Christian rock concert planned for Fort Bragg. The “Rock the Fort” event at Fort Bragg this weekend targets both military personnel and adults and children in the surrounding community for …

Openly gay Pastor Troy Sanders responds to Haggard: “It didn’t take a scandal for me to come out and walk in truth!”

Remix by JMG reader Sean Chapin.