Monthly Archives: December 2012

NEW POLL: Stephen Colbert Tops List Of Potential DeMint Replacements

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This American Life On HIV Testing

In the below episode of This American Life, New Orleans activists visit local bars and then the bathhouse to offer free HIV tests to the patrons. The clip includes some relatively frank depictions. Of note, the author of the piece is Nathaniel Rich, the son of famed essayist Frank Rich. Start at the 34:00 minute mark. (The clip may take …

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Barber: Punch Atheists In The Mouth

“Metaphorically speaking, of course.”

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Today Is World Human Rights Day

The White House press office sends us this statement from United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice: Today, we pledge to live up to Eleanor Roosevelt’s inspirational example, for in far too many places human freedoms are still denied. As long as a family anywhere is tormented by a state-sanctioned killer; a peaceful agitator is hounded by a violent brigade; an artist …

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Tweet Of The Day

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Worried About SCOTUS?

For the “Yes, we should worry” side, here’s noted journalist Linda Hirshman, the author of Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution. In 1996 Justice Anthony Kennedy, still rumored to be the swing vote this time, wrote a groundbreaking opinion in favor of the political rights of gays. In 2003, the Supreme Court threw out the remaining state laws making sodomy criminal. …

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Seen At Bed Bath & Beyond

Via Reddit, where most of the members are arguing the merits of the oven, rather than the above method of quitting your job.

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FCC To FAA: Drop Electronics Rule

Via New York Times: Now the United States government is telling the United States government to allow devices on airplanes during takeoff and landing. Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday, urging the agency to allow more electronics on airplanes. Mr. Genachowski said the F.A.A. should “enable greater use of …

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Tony Perkins Vs George Will

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Brian Brown: I’m Thrilled That SCOTUS Will Hear Marriage Cases

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If Seinfeld Was Still On

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Allen West: I Was Cheated

“The most important thing everyone has to understand is my voice is not going to be lost. We’ve gotten a lot of opportunities, a lot of offers, and we’re going to make sure we continue to have that platform. […] I’m a warrior and I’m a statesman and I’m a servant of this republic. I’m not going away just because …

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On Hillary 2016

Last week the Washington Post reported: Overall, 57 percent of all Americans say they would back a Clinton candidacy, with support peaking among younger women. Among all women, 66 percent say they would support Clinton as a candidate for president in 2016; it is 75 percent among those under 50 and 54 percent among those aged 50 and up. Forty-nine …

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Archbishop Of SF Prays For SCOTUS

“I pray the court will affirm the fact that the institution of marriage, which is as old as humanity and written in our very nature, is the union of one man and one woman. Marriage is the foundation of a just society, as it protects the most vulnerable among us, children. It is the only institution that unites children with …

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UKRAINE: Anti-Gay Protesters Spray Tear Gas At Kiev LGBT Rights Rally

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Facebook Vs Twitter

Over the weekend Facebook-owned Instragram pulled the photos that its users had posted to Twitter. In a company blog post, Twitter said that Instagram has “disabled photo integration with Twitter,” though tweeting links to Instagram photos is still possible. Photos from Instagram no longer appear in Twitter user photo galleries. In an interview at a Paris tech show last week, …

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Concerned Women Are Concernstipated About The Coming SCOTUS Cases

“By taking these cases, the Supreme Court has the opportunity to affirm our most cherished values by preserving the American people’s right to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. Those who persist in forcing their preferred redefinition of marriage on the country by rule of law stand squarely against everything on which this country was …

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Merck Suspends Boy Scouts Funding

New Jersey-based Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has suspended its funding of the Boy Scouts. Via GLAAD, here is their statement: The BSA’s policy of exclusion based on sexual orientation directly conflicts with the Merck Foundation’s giving guidelines. The Foundation re-evaluated funding for the BSA when the organization restated its policy that excludes members on the basis …

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TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week? I can think of one or two things…

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Exorcism Of The Day

His mother molested him and that totally put a demon inside is his brain. Acting! (Source)

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