Today a civil unions bill was introduced in the Delaware Senate. The Human Rights Campaign reports via press release: “Today, members of the Delaware Senate have put forth a solid plan for providing critical benefits to same-sex couples and their children,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “Now is the time to treat all Delaware families with equality and we call …

The president of Bolivia and a high-ranking Russian politico have asked the Nobel committee to strip President Obama of his 2009 Peace Prize over the attacks on Libya. Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader and Vice-Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky released a statement today calling for the Nobel Prize Committee to take back the honour bestowed on US …

Over the objections of anti-gay activists, today the Colorado House approved a comprehensive anti-bullying bill. One Colorado reports via press release: Today, the Colorado House of Representatives approved HB-1254 on its second reading. HB-1254 seeks to reduce the frequency of bullying in public schools. If passed, the bill will clearly define bullying, create a grant program to which schools can …

Today the Obama administration issued a landmark resolution calling upon the United Nations to battle discrimination against LGBT people everywhere in the world. Previous such resolutions sponsored by other nations were ignored by the Bush II administration. The U.S. declaration was made Tuesday, March 22 at the Geneva-based Human Rights Council and had the support of more than 80 countries. …

He died and went to heaven where he met John the Baptist, who is a “really nice guy.” Apparently nobody in heaven is old, everybody has wings, and there are lots of animals there. Unsurprisingly, dad is a pastor.

Despite the repeated protestations by Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy that his company “respects all their customers,” the damning evidence to the contrary continues to pour forth. Today Equality Matters issues an exhaustive report on Chick-Fil-A’s anti-gay activities. Their report is too extensive to adequately excerpt here, so hit the link to learn more.

“The congressmen who introduced this bill are claiming rights that don’t exist. There is no right to same-sex ‘marriage,’ and they seek to confuse people by using language like that. Every time that marriage has come up for a vote in a state, that state has protected marriages between one man and one woman. So when you look at how …

Prospective 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee tells the American Family Association that he would work to reinstate DADT if elected. “I would — because that’s really what the military wants,” says Huckabee. “There’s been some talk that the military is fine with having same-sex orientation people. But if you really surveyed the combat troops, that is not at all …

The Economist notes that the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami doesn’t appear on the chart due to the relatively low value of the land and property destroyed.

Gay porn researcher Peter LaBarbera will hold a two day conference where anti-gay Christian haters will discuss how they can get people to stop calling them anti-gay Christian haters. Said Americans For Truth president Peter LaBarbera: “This is the second of dozens of Truth Academies that we hope to hold across the country. I recently went undercover at a huge …

Josh Hutcherson starred in The Kids Are Alright. (Via – Boy Culture)

Census researchers say there are nine countries around the world where religion may be “headed for extinction.” The team took census data stretching back as far as a century from countries in which the census queried religious affiliation: Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland. [snip] Dr Wiener continued: “In a large number …

“If you’re born a male or a female, then you should remain a male or a female on your birth certificate. It’s actually quite deceptive — and it shouldn’t be legal to be able to have a birth certificate that has you identified as one sex when you’re really another sex altogether. I don’t know why we need to have …

Disco legend and gay favorite Loleatta Holloway has died at the age of 64. One of the most powerful and instantly recognizable voices of the genre, Holloway got her start in the 60s as an R&B singer, but in mid-70s she become better known as “the” voice of Salsoul Records, where she fronted the famed Salsoul Orchestra on smash disco …

Not very memorable.

Manhattan’s infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred one hundred years ago this week, spawning the modern American labor movement. HBO’s documentary on the tragedy and the resultant labor reforms airs tonight at 9PM.

JMG reader Mark S. King reports that Walmart’s website refused his review of the It Gets Better book until he removed the word “gay.” King, who contributed to the book with his openly gay brother, writes us: “My submission was nixed because I used the word ‘gay,’ which the site explained was ‘profanity.’ I felt properly chastised and removed the …

According to the authors of a first of its kind study on bird mortality, the American housecat is a “non-native, invasive species” responsible for the deaths of 500 million North American birds annually. Nearly 80 percent of the birds were killed by predators, and cats were responsible for 47 percent of those deaths, according to the researchers, from the Smithsonian …