Over on AmericaBLOG, John Aravosis quotes a British source on how bills proceed to law in Parliament.  British commenters here on JMG have been weighing in with similar information, but I figure we Yanks could all use the lesson. Before becoming a law, a bill goes thru these stages: 1st reading – effectively announcing that the bill has been published. …

Openly gay Tory MPs Mike Freer, Nick Herbert, and Margot James gave three of today’s best speeches.

Via the Guardian’s live blog, I’ve tried to compile their lengthy listing on how the House of Commons voted today.  This is what I came up with so far. Labour 217 Yes, 22 No Conservatives (Tories) 136 Yes, 144 No Liberal Democrats 44 Yes, 4 No Plaid Cymru (Wales) 4 Yes, 0 No. Democratic Unionists (Northern Ireland) 0 Yes, 8 …

Here comes Valentine’s Day!

They call themselves “the first bespoke luxury travel company to focus on chic romantic getaways and sophisticated honeymoons for gay couples.” Strictly for the high rollers, obviously. It’ll be Niagara Falls for the hoi polloi.

The final vote was 400-175.  A large number of Tories “rebelled” against Prime Minister David Cameron and voted against the bill.  The bill now heads for its third and final reading. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg reacts:  I genuinely believe that we will look back on today as a landmark for equality in Britain. Tonight’s vote shows parliament is very …

It’s happening right now and you can watch live. A vote on this second reading is expected sometime around 2PM New York City time. (Or maybe earlier!) The Guardian is running a live blog. UPDATE: Governmental processes are usually such a dreary drudge to witness, but there is nothing more entertaining than the back-and-forth acidic sniping in the House of …

GLAAD gives kudos to the CNN hosts.  This is a little different from some of the acocuntability we have seen in the past. Berman and Baldwin didn’t haul out comments from Land’s past so viewers would learn more about his patterns of engagement. Instead, the anchors calmly and quietly challenged most everything Land put on the table. They saw right …

In celebration of the terminal’s 100th birthday.

Famed porn star Arpad Miklos has committed suicide at the age of 45. The news came today via Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, who this morning interviewed a close friend of Miklos on his web series, Gwissues. According to Bragman’s source, Miklos left a note in which he stipulated how to dispose of his remains. Miklos, whose real name was Peter …

The Chaplain Alliance For Religious Liberty, which claims to represent over 2500 current and former military clergy members, has filed a Supreme Court brief against the overturn of DOMA.  The brief largely treads the ridiculous claim that anti-gay chaplains will be denied promotions or disciplined for refusing to conduct same-sex marriage ceremonies.  The brief also cites several bits of the …

The gayest place on earth now has an openly gay president. Orlando’s Watermark reports: One of Walt Disney World’s first employees now has 66,000 cast members calling him “boss.” In August 1971, George Kalogridis scored a job bussing tables at The Walt Disney Company’s new theme park, set to open that October. Now, as of Feb. 1, Kalogridis is Walt …

The board of directors for Boy Scouts USA is meeting in Dallas today and the ban on homosexual members is reportedly on the agenda. No press is being allowed to attend. Today the Family Research Council posted the below last-minute plea to their followers.

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Paulo)

The Mormon Church, the Southern Baptists Convention, the National Association of Evangelicals, the Orthodox Jewish Union, and a sect of the Lutheran Church have filed a joint Supreme Court brief against the overturn of Proposition 8.  Chris Johnson reports at Washington Blade: The brief offers three major reasons for why the Supreme Court should uphold Prop 8, which the court …

The guy knows how to take a joke.

He spent most of yesterday bragging about the attention he got for the above tweet.  Wonkette reports that he’s also been sending his cock shot out to strangers.

Clip description: “Anti-gay comments overshadow the Superbowl, but they can’t stop progress in Arizona, Hawaii, and Rhode Island. We have new legislation and strong polling to carry marriage forward from coast to coast.”

The Illinois Senate Executive Committee will today consider its marriage equality bill. Easy passage is expected. Last week Senate President John Cullerton promised that the full chamber will consider the bill on Valentine’s Day.  

Fairly bare-bones so far. So far.  Forbes weighs in: While the site was likely just established by Clinton as a way to make it easy to get in touch her now that she’s out of office, the large presidential looking picture, the font her name is written in (which basically screams campaign) and the fact that the word “office” is …