“If you want education you better include the fear of God, if you want to be a good scientist you better include the fear of God, if you want to be a good musician—1962, ’63, the U.S. Supreme Court in three decisions said no more fear of God in education, we want education to be secular. All right, that’s a …

Today the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network will file a suit against DOMA on behalf of gay active duty soldiers. The lead plaintiffs include Massachusetts Army National Guard Maj. Shannon McLaughlin and her wife, Casey. Lawyers plan to sue in federal district court in Boston, the same court that ruled last year that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional …

The NYPD clashed with protesters at last night’s solidarity march for Occupy Oakland.

The American Family Association has handed off their campaign against Target to their new One Million Moms group. Last week the AFA denounced the retail giant for advertising alongside a Trevor Project PSA on LGBT suicide. The Trevor Helpline promotion aired during the “Beat It” episode of Teen Nick’s Degrassi series when teen Riley, the openly gay football captain and …

The Family Research Council has issued a statement in reaction to yesterday’s CDC recommendation that boys get the HPV vaccine too. The CDC is quick to point out that the vaccine also protects against anal, mouth, and throat cancer–but they downplay the fact that these cancers are almost entirely the result of men having homosexual sex! Apart from the cost …

It’s time for our quarterly book review. What are you reading? Authors, feel free to pimp your own work.

Think Progress has more charts from Pew Research.

The Center for American Progress has posted an in-depth analysis of America’s gay families. Lot of interesting stuff there.

Yet another bizarre clip from Herman Cain. This was posted to YouTube in late August, but is getting passed around again in the wake of this week’s strange smoking ad.

PETA is suing Sea World for violating the Thirteenth Amendment, which bans slavery. And Shamu? That’s his SLAVE name. The chances of the suit succeeding are slim, according to legal experts not involved in the case; any judge who hews to the original intent of the authors of the amendment is unlikely to find that they wanted to protect animals. …

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Yet another teacher is in trouble for posting viciously anti-gay comments to Facebook. The school board is investigating, but Family Research Council head Tony Perkins says this is just another witchhunt by intolerant radical homofascists. First Amendment! More dead gay kids! Praise! Glory!

“I applaud Herman Cain’s growing recognition of the need to protect marriage, not just at the state level, but at the federal level as well. Herman Cain has always been outspoken in support of marriage, but actions speak louder than words. It’s time for Herman Cain to sign the NOM Marriage Pledge and join Rep. Michele Bachmann, Gov. Rick Perry, …

Occupy Wall Street protesters will march at 3PM today to the former site of St. Vincent’s, the public hospital which closed in a suspicious bankruptcy last year. Via press release: St. Vincent’s was a Catholic-run hospital, which had a charity mission to serve the under-insured and uninsured. St. Vincent’s lacked the corporate clout to negotiate fair reimbursement rates from profit-driven …

Observers note that both ABC and CBS suspended their live video feeds moments before the Oakland police unleashed “flash-bang” grenades on protesters. Obviously, the cops didn’t want their actions transmitted to America’s living rooms. Pity about that iPhone thing, huh?

A Brazilian appeals court has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple who claimed that the national constitution ensures their right to marry. But it’s not clear if the ruling applies to anybody but this one couple. In a 4 – 1 vote, the highest federal court ruled that the Constitution “makes it possible for stable civil unions to become …