Complete with speaking in tongues. (Via Good As You)

Tea Party darling Rep. Allen West yesterday filed an injunction demanding a full recount of early votes in Florida’s St. Lucie Country.  Election officials this weekend declared West the loser, but he has refused to concede. A partial recount of early votes on Sunday showed Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy losing 667 votes and West losing 132 — a net gain …

“Despite relentless pressure to make its message more politically correct, the Boy Scouts have kept their commitment to keep the organization ‘morally straight.’ Unfortunately for millions of young boys, not everyone in America respects that decision. Instead, their stance on homosexuality has often made the Scouts the target of harassment, ridicule, and now financial bullying. For more than 100 years, …

Citing the recent sweep of marriage victories in America, high ranking Tory member George Osborne says his party must “get in step with the people” if they want to stay in power. His call came in an analysis of why Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in the US election despite rising unemployment and even polls suggesting that the Republican candidate …

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The New York Times reports that the young man who accused Sesame Street actor Kevin Clash has recanted his claim that their relationship began when he was underage. Clash provides the voice of Elmo. Andreozzi & Associates, a law firm that said it represented the accuser said in a statement that “he wants it to be known that his sexual …

“Last week’s election continued America’s great history of expanding opportunity and equality. Today, we must take the next step on that journey by affording the opportunity to marry to all Americans — and we can continue that march by quickly enacting marriage equality here in Illinois. Gays and lesbians are our teachers, our doctors, our police officers, family members, friends …

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According to multiple reports, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is preparing to step down tomorrow as House Minority Leader. “I love you all very dearly, but I thought I’d tell my caucus first,” Pelosi told reporters Tuesday. Pelosi has held the top slot among Democrats in the House for 10 years, a decade that saw her lead her party to control of …

An update from AFER: AFER just received word from the U.S. Supreme Court that it will discuss whether to hear AFER’s federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8 at its private Conference on Friday, November 30. The Court will also consider on that date whether it will hear one or more challenges to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). …

Jeremy Hooper observes: “From a different commentator, framed in the right way, this could be a funny turn of phrase. But from a man who frequently cites Levitical condemnations as literal reasons to deny gays of everything from rights to our own senses of peace? Not as funny, frankly.”

Last week Los Angeles County voters approved a bill that mandates the usage of condoms in all porn productions.  Adult Video News reports that a coalition of porn companies has sent the county Board Of Supervisors a notice of their intent to sue to overturn to new law. “We believe that the law is not only unconstitutional on the grounds …

“We need to stop, take a deep breath and learn. The president won an extraordinary victory. And the fact is, we owe him the respect of trying to understand what they did and how they did it. But if you had said to me three weeks ago Mitt Romney would get fewer votes than John McCain and it looks like …

The Human Rights Campaign sends us this analysis: Total Americans voting 120,871,984 Total LGB voters (5% of electorate) 6,043,599 President Obama’s national popular vote (51% of all voters) 62,088,847 President Obama’s national popular vote margin over Mitt Romney 3,305,710 LGB votes for President Obama (76% of total LGB votes) 4,593,136 President Obama’s LGB votes if the demographic group only voted …

George P. Bush, the grandson of Bush I, nephew of Bush II, and son of Jeb, has filed notice in Texas that he will run for office. His mother, Jeb’s wife, is an immigrant from Mexico and some in the GOP are already dangling George P. as the lifeline to the Hispanic vote they so desperately need. The younger Bush, …

The British government has issued a statement declaring that “ex-gay” therapy is harmful and should not be allowed. Pink News reports: Culture Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller has responded to a parliamentary question on gay conversion therapy by instructing Health Minister Norman Lamb to outline the government’s official position.  It was after Diane Johnson, the Labour …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is Unapologetic, the new album by Rihanna which goes on sale worldwide on November 19th. Unapologetic is available for pre-ordering today on iTunes. From MTV’s review: Yes, Unapologetic is certainly the most aptly titled album in recent memory. From the rattling electro whomp of tracks like “Fresh Out the Runway” …