Here’s the ruling. Analysis and reactions shortly.

“I guess we’re supposed to presume that Palin supports the repeal of the ban on gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military. And I suppose by extension we should presume that she is down with gay equality. But it’s easy to support something that has already happened and costs you little to speak out about — even …

Geico pitchman R. Lee Emery now says he is awfully sorry for his speech to thousands of Marines in which he urged them to “rise up” against the president for his plan to “impose socialism.” “I recently appeared at a fundraising event designed to collect toys and raise awareness for underprivileged children. While that event succeeded in raising thousands of …

Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s wealthiest and most populous province was assassinated today by his own bodyguard, who pumped 26 bullets into his boss for opposing a law that imposes the death penalty for “insulting Islam.” Taseer vented his opposition publicly – even using Twitter – to hard-line blasphemy laws that effectively order death for anyone convicted of insulting …

Today the Quislings at GOProud are proclaiming Sarah Palin as a supporter of LGBT rights because yesterday she re-tweeted a comment on DADT by nutjob radio host Tammy Bruce. GOProud remains silent, however, on this passage from Palin’s latest book: “When it comes to raising good citizens, all ‘lifestyle choices’ are not equal.” Yeah, she’s a real fucking hero. (BTW, …

Alan Cumming, Justin Bond, Dan Choi and others (including me) speak in support of the Ali Forney Center, which has seen its funding dramatically cut by New York City. You can help. Hundreds of gay kids will spend tonight sleeping on the subway or worse.

Real or photoshopped? The source doesn’t give a location.

After Elton points us to this clip of today’s Ellen appearance by out rugby star Gareth Thomas. Mickey Rourke has said he’ll have his front two teeth removed to play Thomas in an upcoming biopic.

Courtesy of the hook-up site DaddyHunt.com, here’s a list titled “Top Ten Republicans I’d Like To Fuck.” Daddy Hunt was founded by the husband of JMG reader Armistead Maupin. RELATED: The music in the clip is the 1979 leather dance anthem Walk The Night by the Skatt Bros, who were like a Canadian version of Village People. Here’s my 2005 …

“Joining the US military should never be an option for the socially conscious while our troops are being used as corporate tools for profit, or hired assassins for imperial expansion. Soldiers are called: ‘Bullet sponges,’ by their superiors and “dumb animals” by Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state. “While soldiers are dehumanised and treated like dirt, they are taught …

In an effort to get school kids to read Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, a new version edited by a Twain scholar will excise the novel’s 219 usages of the n-word. Finn is rarely taught in public schools anymore due to discomfort with the word, even though most agree its use is meant as an attack on slavery. Twain himself defined …

Not that we really needed another one. (Via – Good As You)

(Via – Right Wing Watch)

The Navy has suspended the aircraft carrier commander who made raunchy and anti-gay videos for the entertainment of his crew. Capt. Owen Honors commands the USS Enterprise and produced the videos while second in command aboard the aircraft carrier. He is to be relieved while the Navy investigates the incident. Made in 2006 and 2007, the videos just came to …

All this week the Economist is hosting a rather unusual online debate between Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson and NOM’s Maggie Gallagher. Click over and join in. (Tipped by JMG reader Mark)

(Via – Right Wing Watch)

“There are so many homosexuals, both active and celibate, at all levels of clergy and Church hierarchy that the church would never be able to function if they were really to exclude all of them from ministry.” – Father Alberto Cutie (his real name), in his new book which slams the Catholic Church as misogynistic and hypocritical. Cutie left the …