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It didn’t last very long, but Sen. Diane Feinstein got to say her piece. The committee vote is now scheduled for November 10th.

Filed in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Massachusetts’ DOMA suit against the federal government. View the entire list, which also includes trade groups, employee associations, and civic organizations. (Via – GLAD)

The always culturally au courant Christian right has suddenly stumbled onto the fact that the X-Men series is one big honking allegory for gay rights. Viciously anti-gay wingnut Michael Brown opens today’s Townhall column with this: The X-Men movie series, based on the comic books of the same name, is well-known for its unusual cast of gifted mutants and for …

Filed in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Massachusetts’ suit against the federal government. Read the entire brief. (Via – Good As You)

The GOP-dominated Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill ordering teachers to downplay any mention of contraception in sex education classes. Because the only thing you need to know is “God hates fucking.” The new GOP-backed legislation would not ban teachers from discussing contraceptives, but would demand they stress abstaining from sex the only reliable way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases …

Ugandan politicians say they’d rather go without foreign aid than submit to immoral Western homosexuals and their advocates.

Today JMG reader John convinced the manager of a Baltimore-area Whole Foods to temporarily remove a placard which solicits donations for a local charity which trumpets the below mission statement on its website. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that …

Michigan’s state Senate has passed an anti-bullying law which contains a GOP mandated exemption for bullying which has a “religious or moral basis.” And that has infuriated the father of the dead child for whom the bill is named. “Matt’s Safe School Law” passed 26-11 with all Democrats voting against it. The bill is named for Matt Eppling, an East …

“How many kids here tonight want to speak in tongues? You’ll chase DEVILS away when you learn how to speak in tongues!” UPDATE: The clip has been pulled by its creator.

NOM has hired notorious Tea Party attorney Cleta Mitchell in their battle to evade Minnesota’s campaign finance disclosure laws. Mitchell registered as a lobbyist with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board last Wednesday, according to board records. She’s the only lobbyist that NOM has currently registered in Minnesota, although NOM President Brian Brown was registered for a month …

“Whether they know it or not, Christians who engage in yoga are participating in a religious expression that is antithetical to Christianity. The result is often an unguarded spirit that is susceptible to the many lies of Satan and a slow, almost unperceivable degradation of faith and Christian truth in one’s life. The act itself is a worship act. Subsequently, …

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on the Respect For Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA. First to comment this morning is Freedom To Marry: “Today is another step toward restoration of the traditional practice of having the federal government respect marriages lawfully celebrated by the states – and eliminating the gay exception that unfairly denies that equal treatment …

A memorial for late gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny takes place from 3pm-8pm today at Washington DC’s Carnegie Library, where Kameny’s body will lie in repose.

Discount clothing retailer Filene’s Basement and its parent company Syms have declared bankruptcy and will close all stores nationwide on January 1st. CEO Mary Syms, whose father Sy Syms founded the company in 1958 based on offering bargain prices for designer clothes, blamed the move on competition from department stores and private label discounters, plus the weak economy. “Filing for …

Vowing that he will “never legalize homosexuality,” the president of Ghana is blasting British Prime Minister David Cameron, who last month threatened to cut aid to nations that abuse their LGBT citizens. The Ghanaian President John Atta Mills has reacted angrily UK’s threat to cut bilateral aid if the country refuses to legalise homosexuality. He said the UK did not …

He’s clearly studied with David Barton.

The Archdiocese of Boston has retracted its column claiming that gay people are created by Satan. (On Monday that column was excerpted here on JMG.) The article was written by David Avila, the policy advisor for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. The 182-year-old newspaper withdrew the column from its website on …