Monthly Archives: September 2012

CALIFORNIA: UC Davis To Pay $1M To Students Pepper-Sprayed By Cop

Last week I reported that the above police officer had gotten off with no criminal charges. But at least today we learn the amount of the settlement to be paid to students by UC Davis. The details of the settlement, approved in secret earlier this month by the regents, are contained in documents filed in federal court in Sacramento this …

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NEW YORK CITY: Catholic League To Protest New Exhibition Of Piss Christ

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue responds with a bobblehead of President Obama in a bed of feces. UPDATE: I guess ole Bill didn’t like my comment over on YouTube. “Comments are disabled.” Heh.

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OctoBEARfest At NYC’s LGBT Center

Next month the NYC LGBT Center will host a week of events as part of their inaugural octoBEARfest.  Via press release: In a celebration of bear culture, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (the Center) has created octoBEARfest, a week of activities centered on everything furry and fuzzy. Four events will take place throughout the week of October …

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Gays Remain Missing From Marriage Ads

And even the mainstream press has noticed.

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Tomorrow: HIV Awareness Day

A message from the Centers For Disease Control: On National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we honor the remarkable history of gay men’s leadership in the fight against the HIV epidemic. Three decades ago, extraordinary community and public health prevention efforts led to dramatic declines in new HIV infections among men who have sex with men. Yet infection rates are …

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Anti-Austerity Riots Rock Athens

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Vandalized Yard Sign Of The Day

A McKinney, Texas woman was alerted by neighbors on Friday that her Obama yard sign had been vandalized. She writes on her blog: To the person who did this: Firstly, I hope you don’t have children. I’m no handwriting expert, but I’m thinking you are a grown woman. In fact, you’re probably one of those ‘Christians’ who gets all of …

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SPLC Vs Eugene Delgaudio

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Book Trailer: The Seven Big Myths About The Catholic Church

Everything you believe about the Catholic Church is a myth! They totally love homosexuals! And there’s a new book to prove it!

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Andy Williams Dead At 84

Lifelong wingnut and multiple Grammy nominee Andy Williams has died at the age of 84.  Over a career spanning six decades Williams scored dozens of Top 40 hits and 17 gold or platinum albums.  The song most-associated with Williams, Moon River, was not released as a single. With a string of gold albums, a hit TV series and the signature …

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Google Launches Ocean View

Clip description: Google Maps strives to provide people around the globe with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world – including the underwater world. This ocean collection includes six of the world’s most incredible underwater spots, including coral reefs (and their inhabitants) in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii. This imagery is available to millions of people through …

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Katey Sagal For Marriage

Trivia: She’s a former Staggering Harlette.

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French President Calls On UN To Support Decriminalizing Homosexuality

“France will continue to engage in all these struggles: for the abolition of the death penalty, for women’s rights to equality and dignity, for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality, which should not be recognised as a crime but, on the contrary, recognized as a [sexual] orientation. All members countries have the obligation to guarantee the security of their citizens, and …

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PhoboQuotable – Eric Teetsel

“Symbols still matter. When I moved to Washington I noticed these small blue stickers with two yellow lines permeating the city. They were on cars, t-shirts, and lamp posts. It wasn’t long before I Googled ‘blue sticker yellow lines’ and discovered it is the logo of the Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s largest gay rights organizations. As a …

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VIRGINIA: FBI Investigates Eugene Delgaudio For Multiple Violations Of Campaign & Employment Laws

The Washington Post has published an expose of Eugene Delgaudio in which a former worker in his Virginia office alleges that she was ordered to work on his anti-gay campaigns during county time.  Such work is against the law and the FBI is investigating. She worked from a spreadsheet that listed more than a thousand names and the political campaigns …

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New Poll: MD Marriage Leads By Eight

The Washington Post has data on a new Maryland poll: Fifty-one percent say they will vote to uphold the state’s same-sex marriage law, while 43 percent say they will vote against it. Six percent are undecided. The law would allow gay nuptials to begin in January. Forty-four percent of African American voters support same-sex marriage, a figure that has increased …

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Web Gamblers Put Money On Obama

Embiggen the above chart to see the betting trend on the Intrade gambling site.

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Adam Lambert Performs For MD Marriage

(Tipped by JMG reader Bert)

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NEBRASKA: Omaha Archbishop Encourages Repeal Of LGBT Protections

Archbishop George Lucas has sent a letter to parish priests encouraging them to promote a petition to repeal Omaha’s brand new LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance, which was adopted by the city council in March. Via the blog Aksarbent, here’s a portion of Lucas’ letter: Dear Father, You will soon learn from the local media about an effort that is underway to …

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Chicago Alderman Demands Response From Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy

“I am asking him [Dan Cathy] to PUBLICLY confirm and support what Chick-fil-A executives voluntarily told and confirmed to me earlier this month— that Chick-fil-A, and its not for profit arm WinShape, in 2012 has not and will not donate to entities with political agendas, including organizations that politically work against the rights of gay and lesbian people. Mr Cathy …

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