Monthly Archives: July 2012

Ancestry.com Claim: President Obama Has Slave Ancestry On His White Mother’s Side

The Mormon Church-affiliated genealogy site Ancestry.com today made the claim that they have traced President Obama’s ancestry back to the very first documented slave in what would become the United States. That’s fascinating on its face, but the more interesting wrinkle here is that the connection is made through Obama’s white mother. Research derived by Ancestry.com from early Virginia records …

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Email Of The Day – Eugene Delgaudio

“Dear Joe, In the past, the radical homosexuals have attempted to kill me, even threatening and stalking my family. However, all that did was make me more determined than ever to fight them. And with your help, I did. Together, you and I have really rocked the Homosexual Lobby. We’ve held off so much of their agenda for so many …

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(Tipped by JMG reader David)

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NOM: Extremists Have Captured The DNC

“The Democratic party has been captured by extremists from both coasts like Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi who are determined to redefine marriage in our nation. It’s ironic that they hope to kill off the institution of marriage at their convention in Charlotte, because North Carolina like 31 other states, just voted overwhelmingly in favor of preserving marriage as the …

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The End Of Spin Magazine?

It appears that the next issue of Spin Magazine may be its last. The next issue, dated September/October and featuring the rapper Azealia Banks on the cover, will come out in late August. But according to a statement on Sunday by Spin’s new owner, Buzzmedia, there will be no November/December issue while the company figures out what form a printed …

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HomoQuotable – R. Clark Cooper

“Turning a chicken sandwich into Public Gay Enemy Number One makes LGBT people look superficial, vindictive and juvenile — everything that we as a community have worked hard to overcome. Remember, employers don’t want drama queens on the payroll, military service is serious business, and marriage is not a right society grants to spoiled children. While in a perfect world …

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HBO’s Newsroom Rips Homocon

Last night HBO’s Newsroom, which is set sometime around late 2010, featured a blistering takedown of Rick Santorum’s gay former chief of staff Robert Traynham by fictional news anchor Will McAvoy, who is played brilliantly by Jeff Daniels. Watch the below clip beginning at about 2:00 mark and stay with it until McAvoy expresses regret for “bullying” Santorum’s flack on …

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Concerned Women Are Concernstipated About Your Unnatural Attractions

“We pray for healing and restoration of true manhood and womanhood in America. We ask for Your wisdom and protection against attempts to re-define our very identity as men and women. We pray for Your design for abundant and fulfilled manhood, womanhood and marriage to gain preeminence in America. We pray for a full restoration of the image and definition …

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Photo Of The Day – Polish Paulites

Ron Paul’s followers are everywhere, including at Mitt Romney’s stop in Gdansk, Poland. Tomorrow they will protest his appearance in Warsaw. Source.

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Cheney Vs Cheney

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Southworth: Why I Outed Jonathan Merritt

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Vietnam Moves Closer To Marriage

As I reported three weeks ago, Vietnam is seeing the early rumblings of a government-backed move towards same sex marriage. That first report noted that change “would not likely be coming soon.” Or maybe it will after all. Vietnam’s Communist government is now considering whether to allow same-sex couples to marry or legally register and receive rights — positioning the …

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Chick-Fil-A Nosedives In Popularity Poll

GLAAD reports: YouGov BrandIndex measurement scores range from 100 to -100 and are compiled by subtracting negative feedback from positive. A zero score means equal positive and negative feedback. On July 16th, the day the Baptist Press published its Dan Cathy interview, Chick-Fil-A’s Index score was 65, a very substantial 19 points above the Top National QSR Sector average score …

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Barney Frank: The Democratic Platform Draft Includes Support For Marriage

Chris Johnson has big news at the Washington Blade: The Democratic Party platform drafting committee approved on Sunday language endorsing same-sex marriage in addition to other pro-LGBT positions as part of the Democratic Party platform, according to two sources familiar with the drafting process. Retiring gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who sits on the committee, told the Washington Blade on …

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Donate To GOP, Get Free Chick-Fil-A

The Illinois Republican Party is cashing in: If the recent insults by Barack Obama against business owners and a 67% Illinois tax hike by Mike Madigan weren’t enough, Obama’s fellow Madigan-backed Chicago Democratic politicians have stooped to a new low in trying to silence a business owner, Chick-fil-A, by trying to block their business license simply for expressing a political …

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Dems Slam GOP Candidates On Taxes

Ay que bitchy! The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has created the same ad for more a dozen other GOP candidates.

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Gay Republican Runs For Congress

Former Massachusetts state Sen. Richard Tisei wants to be the first (*non-incumbent) openly gay Republican elected to Congress. Tisei, whose campaign issues page makes no mention of LGBT causes [Updated correction below], has been endorsed by the Victory Fund. But this is Massachusetts, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 3 to 1. Few places in the state are as Democratic as Lynn, …

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SOUTH AFRICA: Lesbian Beaten Unconscious By Security Guards After Kissing Girlfriend At Shopping Center

A South African lesbian woman says she was beaten unconscious by shopping mall security guards after they saw her kiss her girlfriend goodbye. “I accompany her to work every morning,” said Khanyisa Ndoda, 21. “And every morning I give her a goodbye kiss. “But as we kissed that day, we heard these guys saying ‘Some people will never reach heaven’ …

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TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?

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The Fixx – Anyone Else

Some fans of 80s chart-toppers The Fixx aren’t pleased with the new video from the band, which features Westboro stand-ins being splashed with mud by an angry mob of kids. The below clip also appears to support the Occupy movement. The Fixx is still touring after 33 years and scored four Top 20 pop hits in the early 80s after …

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