Monthly Archives: January 2013

ADL: Gun Control ≠ Hitler

“We know that the national debate over gun control is one of the most divisive issues in the land, and while Americans are entitled to have strong opinions, there is also language that is inappropriate and offensive in any such discussion. The idea that supporters of gun control are doing something akin to what Hitler’s Germany did to strip citizens …

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SCOTUS Asked Not To Rule On DOMA

SCOTUSblog reports on the latest DOMA wrinkle: The Supreme Court does not have the power to rule on the case the Justices have agreed to review on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, a Harvard law professor argued in a brief filed Thursday evening. The professor, Vicki C. Jackson, also argued against letting the Republican …

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Maine Poll On Marriage: 78% Claim Positive Impact Or “No Impact At All”

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WYOMING: House Committee To Hear Marriage Equality Bill This Monday

Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: Three bills—marriage equality, domestic partnership, and non-discrimination—have just been introduced, and the first committee votes are only days away. At noon on Monday, January 28, the House Corporations Committee will hear testimony on the marriage equality and domestic partnership bills. If one or both pass committee, they will proceed to …

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RUSSIA: 20 Protesters Arrested As Duma Approves Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Today the Russian Duma almost unanimously approved the first reading of the national bill to ban “homosexualist propaganda.” The bill was supported by 388 MPs with one vote against and one abstention. The ban was submitted by deputies from the Novosibirsk Region in Siberia, who had earlier introduced similar local regulations. If approved, it would introduce heavy fines for the …

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Pope Backs US Pro-Life March

Several hundred thousand anti-abortion protesters are expected today in Washington DC. GOProud is the only “gay organization” taking part.

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Sen. Saxby Chambliss To Retire

RELATED: Longtime JMG readers may recall that Chambliss has a history with this blog.

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Coachella 2013 Line-Up Announced

If you embiggen the image you’ll see that one of the bands slated for Friday is Deathfix, the new collaboration between Blowoff DJ/remixer Rich Morel and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, who has also toured with Bob Mould.  Spin Magazine describes Deathfix: Their self-titled LP debut is out February 19 on Dischord, and the first taste comes in the form of …

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Poland Rejects Civil Unions

The Polish parliament today narrowly rejected legislation that would grant some relationship rights to same-sex couples. The lower house of parliament rejected three bills that would have legalized civil unions, including narrowly defeating one proposed by a member of the ruling Civic Platform that would have given limited rights to unmarried partners, including ability to inherit property. The motion to …

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Quote Of The Day – Bobby Jindal

“We’ve got to stop being the stupid party. It’s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.  We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. I’m here to say we’ve had enough of that.” – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, during yesterday’s keynote address to the winter meeting of the Republican …

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WATCH: RI House Approves Marriage

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AFER Recaps States In Play

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HAWAII: Marriage Bills Introduced

Marriage equality bills were introduced yesterday in Hawaii’s Senate and House. The Human Rights Campaign provides some history: This year marks the 20th anniversary of Baehr v. Lewin, the Hawaii State Supreme Court opinion that sparked our nation’s marriage equality movement. In the opinion, Justice Steven Levinson said, “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due …

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TRAILER: Climbing With Pride

A documentary about “the largest LGBT rock climbing convention in the world.”

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ACT UP Reacts To Uncle Poodle Story

Earlier this week investigative reporter Todd Heywood raised questions about Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Lee Thompson (known on the show as Uncle Poodle), who claims to have had a former boyfriend sent to prison for five years for infecting him with HIV. Today ACT UP responded to the story via press release. While it’s unfortunate that Thompson …

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RANKING: Bible-Minded Cities

From a national survey conducted by the Barna Group. “Individuals who report reading the Bible in a typical week and who strongly assert the Bible is accurate in the principles it teaches are considered to be Bible-minded.” Regionally, the South still qualifies as the most Bible-minded. The top ranking cities, where at least half of the population qualifies as Bible-minded, …

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Perkins Slams Women In Combat

“In another triumph of political correctness over common sense, the Pentagon is lifting its ban on women in combat and direct combat units. Senior officials leaked the news yesterday during the House’s Benghazi hearings, making the timing even more suspect. If Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was hoping to distract the country from Hillary Clinton’s Libyan testimony, he succeeded. According to …

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X-Men Stars Are Coming To Broadway

Via the NYT’s Arts Beat: The theater and film stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, known for their chemistry in the “X-Men” films as the friends-turned-foes Magneto and Professor Xavier, will return to Broadway together in the fall for an unusual two-play repertory of Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” and Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” the producers said on Thursday. …

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LIVE: Rhode Island House Marriage Vote
UPDATE: Marriage Bill Passes 51-19!

Watch it live here.  Things should start at 4pm. Photo source. UPDATE: The vote tally is here.

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Holy Toner, Monkman

Get your holy toner here! St. Andrew’s Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, a religious community of Catholic men who are vowed to a life of constant conversion & witness to the Gospel. The monastic community was founded in China in 1929 by the Abbey of Sint Andries Zevenkerken in Brugge, Belgium. The monks prayed, taught, and worked in China until …

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