McCluskey is the vice president of the FRC.

Isaac is predicted to grow to Category 1 strength today and tomorrow’s first day of the GOP convention is canceled. The storm may be Category 2 when it reaches the Gulf coast. Later today the storm will hit Key West where Duval Street’s storefronts have been boarded up. A steady line of cars moved north along the Overseas Highway, the …

Yesterday France’s ruling Socialist Party announced that it will submit a same-sex marriage bill in October. “In October, we will send a bill to the National Assembly and the Senate to allow same-sex couples to marry,” French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Saturday in an address to Socialist Party members at their annual gathering in the Atlantic port town of …

From the Becky Fischer Ministry: “Children were deeply touched during prayer time at the end of one of our kids conferences. We were amazed, as the longer they stayed, the deeper the experience. This video was taken after about an hour of them praying.”Source.

Citing “severe transportation difficulties due to sustained winds and rain,” the RNC has canceled the first day of the convention.

As the above photos from last year show, every year anti-gay activist Michael Brown and hundreds of red-shirted followers descend on Charlotte Pride with messages of eternal damnation and promises of gruesome deaths from AIDS. Last year one member of Brown’s group purposely marched her four young children through the festival area so that they could be photographed standing near …

“Every human has a finite number of heartbeats and I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” – Neil Armstrong.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour examines the political legacy of Jerry Falwell, whose message continues to shape elections more than five years after his death.

Fischer links to this blog: Together, the 48 contiguous states are comprised of 2,959,064 square miles (which excludes bodies of water). There are 640 acres in a mile. There are about 4,840 square yards per acre. To calculate the number of square yards in the United States, we multiply 640 * 4,840 * 2,959,064, which yields 9.17 trillion square yards …

A stunt from Montreal’s Queer Of The Year contest.

Spelling, Move On. Spelling.

The predicted track for Isaac has shifted west, somewhat lessening the danger to the Tampa Bay area. As attention focuses on north Florida, it appears that the Florida Keys will not be evacuated. A tropical-storm watch was posted at 5 p.m. Friday for all the Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Isaac continued its northwest march through the Caribbean toward Florida. …

The mother of Tyler Clementi, the gay Rutgers student who leaped to his death from the George Washington Bridge, says she’s riddled with self-blame but has come to a new understanding about her son’s sexuality. “I think some people think that sexual orientation can be changed or prayed over,” she said now, in her kitchen. “But I know sexual orientation …

From the DNC. Cute but I hate the sound delay thing.

Remember all the screams about yard signs and chikin graffiti? According to the American Family Association, vandalism is totally OK when it’s their side doing it. AFA was recently contacted by a Home Depot employee who says the boycott of Home Depot is being effective. “We have customers who come into our store and confront our store managers over the …

The American Foundation for Equal Rights says the Supreme Court should decline to review the overturn of Proposition 8. Today AFER filed a brief in opposition to Protect Marriage’s demand to have their appeal heard. Chris Geidner reports: The case challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 is “an attractive vehicle” for determining “whether the States may discriminate against gay …