Monthly Archives: December 2012

MICHIGAN: School Settles With Expelled Counselor Who Refused Gay Clients

Yesterday Eastern Michigan University settled the lawsuit of a counseling graduate student who was expelled in 2008 after refusing to treat gay clients. The suit was brought in 2009 by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund, who represented the student pro bono. The former graduate student Julea Ward will be given a $75,000 settlement from the university. Ward was kicked out of …

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Atlanta Mayor Backs Marriage

Democratic Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed yesterday endorsed marriage equality after a very long wait for him to say so. Via Georgia Voice: Reed made the announcement via a lengthy press release about his decision to sign a marriage equality resolution passed Dec. 3 by the Atlanta City Council. The resolution, approved by the council by a vote of 11-2, was …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

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NYC Media Donate To Ali Forney

On Monday night my loyal companion Dr. Jeff accompanied me to Hudson Terrace in Hell’s Kitchen for a media holiday get-together to benefit Ali Forney Center.  The room was largely populated by gay staffers from CBS, Viacom, NBC Universal, the New York Times and McGraw-Hill, most of whom brought gift cards for Ali Forney’s youths. Gap cards (in the denim …

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Toronto Marlies: Against Homophobia

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Tony Perkins: The UPS Boycott Is On

“In this busy shipping season, UPS will have at least one less customer to worry about: FRC. After 11 years as our official carrier, FRC is suspending its contract with UPS for openly discriminating against the Boy Scouts of America. FRC tried to resolve the matter behind the scenes, even contacting Chairman and CEO Scott Davis with a letter of …

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It’s Lawrence Welk Day

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Uruguay House Overwhelmingly Approves Same-Sex Marriage By 81-6 Vote

Rex Wockner and Andres Duque have the good news: Eighty-one of the 99 members of Uruguay’s House of Representatives voted to legalize same-sex marriage this evening. Twelve members of the chamber were not present for the vote. The bill now advances to the Senate, where support is equally strong, according to LGBT activists. President José Mujica plans to sign the …

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Fox Reporter Slugged At MI Union Protest

The wingnut blogosphere is going nuts tonight after Fox News reporter Steven Crowder posted the below video in which he is punched several times by a pro-union protester outside the Michigan capitol building. (The above screen-cap is from Breitbart.)  In the clip, take note of the jump-cut at 38 seconds which immediately precedes the punching.  Commenters on even some of …

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Scott Lively Endorses Uganda’s “Revised” Plan To Imprison Homosexuals For Life

Hate group leader Scott Lively, whom many believe to be the person most responsible for Uganda’s “Kill The Gays” bill, announced today that he is endorsing the allegedly revised version of the bill which only calls for gay people and their allies to be imprisoned for life. Lively writes on his blog: Just because Secular Humanist America began to decriminalize …

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Glenn Beck On Gay Marriage: I Don’t Care

The screams of wingnut betrayal have already begun.

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Your Mother Made You Gay

Researchers at the University of California believe they’ve found another clue to the origins of homosexuality. A group of scientists suggested Tuesday that homosexuals get that trait from their opposite-sex parents: A lesbian will almost always get the trait from her father, while a gay man will get the trait from his mother. The hereditary link of homosexuality has long …

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Brian Brownshirt: Help Us Build A Conservative Army To Fight Hillary

Another find by Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper.

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LIVE VIDEO: Uruguay Votes On Marriage

It’s happening right now. Go watch.  If the House approves the bill as expected, it goes to the Senate next year.

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Rock Hall Of Fame: Donna Summer, Heart, Rush, Randy Newman, Public Enemy

Today the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced its inductees for 2013. After more than a decade of irate rants and enthusiastic lobbying from fans, Rush is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Canadian trio will be inducted into the hall on April 18 along with Heart, singer-songwriter-pianist Randy Newman, rap group Public Enemy, …

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MICHIGAN: Union Supporters Tear Down Koch Brothers Tent At Capitol Building

Via Breitbart: A group of pro-union, progressive protesters leveled a large tent with people inside during Tuesday’s demonstrations outside the Michigan Capitol building in Lansing against right to work legislation. The protesters shouted “scab” and “Walmart tent” as they advanced. The tent, one of many at the demonstration, had been put up by the pro-right to work group Americans For …

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Mrs. Betty Bowers: The War On Xmas

It’s a fragrance-spritzing jihad on the Baby Jesus!

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Family Research Council: We Know We’re Successful Because People Hate Us

Via press release from the Family Research Council: Dear Joe, The election is now behind us. President Obama gets another four years to wage his war against biblical values. Due to the outcome of the election, some feel the battle to end abortion, stop same-sex “marriage,” and preserve religious liberty is lost. Nothing could be further from the truth! The …

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Tweet Of The Day – Bill Donohue

Donohue is responding to a study issued yesterday by the NYC Department of Health, which observes that the highest rates of STDs are mostly found, unsurprisingly, in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.  But don’t expect Bill Donohue to acknowledge that Staten Island is quite prosperous compared to the South Bronx. Among the most severe examples is ZIP code 10474 in Hunts …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Federal Court Rules Anti-Abortion Plate Is Unconstitutional

A federal district court has ruled that North Carolina’s anti-abortion license plate is unconstitutional because the state does not offer a pro-choice version.  “The State’s offering a Choose Life license plate in the absence of a pro-choice alternative constitutes viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment,” U.S. District Court Judge James Fox wrote in the ruling Friday. The ruling …

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