Never change, Bjork. (Via Stereogum)

Think Progress has posted a fantastic infographic recap of the freshman members of the next Congress: “The 113th Congress will be more representative of the United States from race to religion, and from gender to sexual orientation. It will look more like America with 3 new African American representatives, 10 new Latinos, 5 new Asian Americans and 24 women in …

Over the weekend I noted that a special prosecutor from another Virginia county had been appointed to investigate anti-gay hate group leader and Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio. Now we know why. The name of the former FBI agent hired by Loudoun County to lead the investigation of Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio was included on one of Delgaudio’s list of potential …

Dan Savage has launched Straight Up Thanks, a Tumblr site where he invites you to post the photos and stories of our straight allies who were so very important in our unprecedented string of wins last week. WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. We are LGBT people who want to thank the straight people who helped us win marriage …

You may recall that I met Brian Sims at the DNC after he’d already won his Pennsylvania House primary.  As Sims ran in uncontested in the general election, he is now officially Pennsylvania’s  first-ever openly gay legislator. He had no Republican opponent in Tuesday’s general election so once the first vote was cast and no write-ins were visible, Sims was …

“Kids will try to emulate the heroes (in movies like ‘Twilight’) and when they check out real occultism, they can be invaded by demonic forces. They have no clue that the devil and his angels are very real, and in Matthew and Revelation Jesus talks about the devil and his angels. When kids experiment with these things, they open up …

A couple of months ago I noted that the latest movie version of Les Miserables was filmed with the actors singing live on the set rather than lip-syncing to a prerecorded soundtrack. Today JMG reader Paul sends us this compilation of older movies that also featured live singing.

Citizens from 47 states have now posted petitions demanding that they be allowed to secede from the United States. Virtually all of the signatures are merely symbolic to be sure, but  the Texas petition has so many signatures that the White House, according to its own rules, must review the demand. From the right wing Daily Caller: A petition from …

Actress and activist Ashley Judd may be considering a 2014 run for the U.S. Senate. Actress Ashley Judd, said to be mulling a campaign against U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., refused to rule out a run against him in 2014 in a one-sentence statement to The Courier-Journal. “I cherish Kentucky, heart and soul, and while I’m very honored by the …

The New York Times looks at the current map and what’s on the horizon: Elated by their first ballot victories, in four states, advocates of same-sex marriage rights plan to push legislatures in half a dozen more states toward legalization as they also press their cause in federal courts. They are also preparing for what they hope will be another …

“I was disappointed with the results [of the election]. We have to pray for a legal reprieve. The president is against those who are pro-life, pro-marriage, and pro-religious freedom. He may get the change to change the makeup of the Supreme Court. We’re facing a serious generational problem. The Affordable Care Act will never be repealed. It will continue to …

From an editorial by the Chicago Tribune: Increasingly, the public understands that letting same-sex couples marry does no harm to the civil institution of marriage, but promotes family stability, rewards loving commitment, and safeguards the interests of children. Advocates also got a big boost in May, when President Barack Obama endorsed the idea. At the time, Ralph Reed of the …

GOProud head Jimmy LaSalvia spent the post-election week telling anybody that would listen that it’s now time for the GOP to support same-sex marriage. Today co-founder Chris Barron went off on those needling him about the issue by saying that GOProud has always believed that marriage should be a state issue. Which is exactly why they endorsed the man who …

The American Family Association is selling yard signs, buttons, and stickers promoting the cum-shot heard ’round the world. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

John McAfee, the man who founded the company whose anti-virus software resides on hundreds of millions of computers worldwide, is being sought for murder by police in Belize.  Gizmodo reports: According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force’s Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, who was gunned down …

It took almost a week to count all the absentee ballots, but today the Associated Press finally called the election for Krysten Sinema, who becomes the nation’s first-ever openly bisexual member of Congress. Chris Geidner has a recap at Buzzfeed: Sinema defeated Vernon Parker in the closely fought contest. She will be the only out LGBT female in the House …

GLAAD alerts us UPS has dumped the Boy Scouts, who will no longer be getting grants from the shipping giant due to their anti-gay policies.  UPS has posted this statement on their website: The UPS Foundation seeks to support organizations that are in alignment with our focus areas, guidelines, and non-discrimination policy. UPS and The UPS Foundation do not discriminate …

AFER’s Matt Baume takes a look.

“After Romney’s unfortunate loss, we see the weaker sisters of the GOP now pushing to cut back on the so-called ‘social issues.’ They feel we must pander to the godless liberals to get votes.  Not only, no, but hell no! That’s exactly the wrong formula. We cannot and do not want to try to out pander the socialist democrats. That’s …