Monthly Archives: October 2012

Anti-Gay WA Marriage Ad: We Are Being Bullied For Our Religious Beliefs

With voiceovers from children.

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Log Cabin Denies ENDA Deal

Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner spoke to Log Cabin head R. Clarke Cooper, who is denying claims that his group agreed to endorse Mitt Romney in return for a promise to support the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Cooper acknowledged that he “discussed legislative vehicles and executive actions with Romney regarding workplace non-discrimination, including ENDA.” But he insisted the endorsement …

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Google Employees For Marriage

From TheFour.

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Linda Harvey: Keep Your Kids Home So They Don’t Hear Anti-Bullying Talks

“Kids may learn that saying phrases like ‘that’s so gay’ or other slurs about homosexuality are wrong—and they are—but here’s the problem, there’s no allowance in these lessons that I’ve ever seen for kids to believe that homosexuality as a behavior is still wrong even if they don’t use insulting phrases to convey this. Our kids should learn to respect …

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Freedom To Marry Concert

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As Predicted

As I predicted hours ago, Donald Trump is trying to beat Gloria Allred into tomorrow’s news cycle by leaking details about his alleged October Surprise.

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Bryan Fischer Demands Romney Respond To ENDA Rumor About Log Cabin

“Ben Adler of the Nation called me at quitting time today. Said he had been given assurances by Log Cabin Republicans that Romney’s camp has privately promised them he will support ENDA after he’s elected. ENDA will be the official end of religious liberty in America. Will trample on the 1st Amendment rights of every Christian businessmen in the country.  …

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Did Romney Secretly Promise To Support ENDA In Return For The Endorsement From Log Cabin Republicans?

Tonight the LGBT corner of the web is heating up due to a post from Nation blogger Ben Adler, who finds the Log Cabin Republican’s endorsement of Mitt Romney to have a curious sticking point, particularly this passage: We are confident that there will be no retreat from the significant gains we’ve made in recent years, most importantly on repeal …

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Pat Boone: What Is Obama Hiding?

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A Hint About Allred’s October Surprise

Matt Drudge first tipped the story last week and now Radar has a tantalizing detail about Gloria Allred’s supposed October Surprise. Famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred will be in a Boston area courtroom Wednesday in an attempt to unseal the sworn testimony given by Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, in a prior court case, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. “The …

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Photoshop Of The Day

I almost passed on posting this Photoshop job on what is alleged to be a page from Mitt Romney’s high school yearbook. But since so many of Vanity Fair’s readers are willing to believe that it’s real, that alone is an indictment of what people think about Romney’s character.

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New Maryland Marriage Poll

Among Maryland’s likely voters, this just-released polling breakdown shows that the marriage referendum is fairly evenly split between those who feel “strongly” on both sides of the issue.  Adding in the tepid “somewhats” pulls things more in the right direction, but as we well know, we can never depend on these things. More breakdowns by other categories (age, etc) can …

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Xelle – Queen

Quite the production and pretty catchy as well.

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Waldorf Gets Deco Makeover

I’d always rather enjoyed the faded opulence of the Waldorf-Astoria’s lobby, but this makeover of their west entrance looks grand. From their Facebook page: “Meet our newly restored Park Avenue Lobby! We referenced blueprints from when the lobby opened in 1931 to create a truly authentic Art Deco feel. Have you stopped by to take a look? If you do, …

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Two Minutes Of Minnesota Hate, Vol. 43

We’re going to turn into Holland! Dykes, everywhere!

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She’s Got A New Mini-Hat

You knew that headline was coming, right? Via Gizmodo: The iPad Mini is here. It’s a sleek, thin and light 7.9-inch tablet made of anodized aluminum and glass that follows the format reduction pioneered by Google and Amazon. This thing is really neat. Really light and thin at 0.68 pounds and 7.2 millimeters. The iPad Mini has a larger surface …

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Horn Blowing

An amusing email from JMG reader Cindy: Hi, Joe, I had an interesting call at the phone banks last night. I have been volunteering calling voters 3 or 4 nights a week to fight the MN marriage amendment, and last night I was given a list of voters who previously said they’d be voting yes (to limit marriage to one …

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The Gates Give $500K To WA Marriage

Bill and Melinda Gates have donated $500,000 to Washington state’s campaign to uphold same-sex marriage. The donation was announced Tuesday by Washington United for Marriage, which is working to approve Referendum 74. The donation was made on Oct. 15, but didn’t publicly post online with the Public Disclosure Commission until Tuesday. Referendum 74 asks voters to either approve or reject …

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NEW YORK: State Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Today New York’s hate groups hit the end of their miserable, bigoted road. New York’s top court has declined to hear an appeal from a Monroe County-based group that sought to overturn the state’s law allowing same-sex marriage. The state Court of Appeals announced its decision Tuesday. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a conservative group opposed to same-sex unions, filed …

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$100 Million Gift For Central Park

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson has donated $100M to the Central Park Conservancy. His gift is believed to be the largest personal donation to any park in American history. John Paulson, 56, was set to meet with Mayor Bloomberg this morning to formally announce the mind-blowing contribution. Paulson was previously best known for making a killing in 2007, short-selling the …

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