Monthly Archives: February 2013

Jesus Set The Minimum Wage

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PhoboQuotable – Peter Sprigg

“A person who believes they are, or wishes to be, the opposite sex from that which is written in the chromosomes of every cell of his or her body, is suffering from a disconnection with an immutable biological reality. The solution to this problem is not actions – up to and including self-mutilating surgery amputating healthy body parts – which …

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Father Tiger – Head Hung Low

You might recall that Father Tiger’s holiday song was a big hit with you back in December. (Tipped by JMG reader Jared)

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Church Sign Of The Day

Source.

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David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

Whoa. Trippy. Starring Tilda Swinton.

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Larry Craig: Toe-Tapping In An Airport Restroom Is A Legitimate Senate Activity

Lawyers for former GOP Sen. Larry Craig will argue tomorrow before a federal court that his activities in that Minnesota airport restroom were a legitimate part of his job as a U.S. Senator. Seriously. The Federal Election Commission has charged Craig with illegally using $216,000 in campaign funds in his attempt to have his tearoom toe-tapping guilty plea withdrawn. “Craig …

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Edith Windsor Files DOMA Brief

Edith Windsor today filed a Supreme Court brief in the DOMA case that bears her name. Chris Geidner has the details: Specifically, Windsor argues laws like DOMA that classify people based on their sexual orientation should be subjected to “heightened scrutiny” by courts, which demands the government to provide an “important” reason for the law in question. A similar argument …

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Senate Busts Hagel Filibuster

Minutes ago the Senate voted to end the filibuster of Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense, clearing the way for a formal vote on his confirmation. The vote was 71-27 to end debate and send the nomination to the Senate for a full vote, which is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Hagel’s confirmation seems virtually assured, as Democrats control …

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Eurovision: Russia’s Dina Garipova

Russia’s Dina Garipova will compete with the below English-language version of her track What If at the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be hosted by last year’s winner, Sweden. As with Germany’s 2013 entry, the Russian entry is already being accused of lifting its melody from several well-known pop songs, including one by Britney Spears.  The lyrics call for the …

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Madonna’s Songs: Best To Worst

Boy Culture blogger and Madge fanatic Matt Rettenmund, who almost 20 years ago authored the Encyclopedia Madonnica, has put out another one of his exhaustive rankings. This time he rates all of Madonna’s 219 officially released tracks. Topping his list is 1985’s Into The Groove.  The Erotica track Did You Do It? from 1992 is named by Matt as her …

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Comedian Pranks Westboro Baptist

Clip description: The Westboro Baptist Church, known for protesting the funerals of children and soldiers with signs reading “God Hates Fags” and “Jews Killed Jesus” went to the Malibu Presbyterian Church and Our Lady of Malibu Catholic Church the morning of Feb. 24th 2013, and Brick Stone (comic Dave Sirus) was there to ruin their day. (Via Towleroad)

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Thomas Peters Has A Hate March Plan

“At other NOM events we’ve had people shout at us and call us ugly names and try to spit in our general direction. We’ve seen people thrust their middle finger in our faces. We are going to have our own camera crews there [at the Supreme Court] so if any one of our opponents tries to show how ‘tolerant’ they …

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Catholic Vote Calls For Cardinal Mahony To Withdraw From Papal Conclave

Catholic Vote, where NOM’s “cultural affairs director” Thomas Peters occasionally blogs, today posted a call for pedophile-shielding Cardinal Roger Mahony to withdraw from the coming papal conclave.  The post notes the “credible accusations” made against British Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who yesterday resigned, and urges Mahony to follow O’Brien’s example. Tom Crowe writes: I’ll not get into the moral balancing act …

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US Census Drops “Negro”

The US Census will no longer ask citizens if they consider themselves to be “Negro.” The description has come to be viewed as outdated and even offensive by many people in the black community, officials say, so the bureau will reduce the options to “black” or “African-American.” The agency will include the new language next year in its annual American …

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Pat Robertson Expands His Anti-Gay Rights Campaign To Brazil

Pat Robertson’s “legal” group, the American Center for Law & Justice, has long extended its scaly tentacles into other nations such as Russia and Kenya, where they work to inflame anti-gay sentiments.  Now the ACLJ has set up an office in Brazil.  Buzzfeed reports: The head of the new Brazil office, Filipe Coelho, is a scion of one of Brazil’s …

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Emerson College Frat Raises Money For Transman Member To Pay For Surgery

Out Magazine reports that a fraternity at Boston’s Emerson College is raising money to help a new member pay for his gender reassignment surgery. Much like the world of professional sports, the world of campus Greek life is not often heralded as the epitome of acceptance. Locker room antics are an insidious fact of the frat house. No doubt about …

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Iceland Wants To Ban Web Porn

Iceland, where porn has long been technically illegal, wants to block all internet pornography even though web experts warn that such a move will likely cause many unrelated sites to be blocked as well. The proposal by Interior Minister Ogmundur Jonasson has caused an uproar. Opponents say the move will censor the Web, encourage authoritarian regimes and undermine Iceland’s reputation …

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Pastor Robert Jeffress: I Never Said All Those Things That I Totally Said

Responding to the Tebow flap, megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress yesterday appeared on the Alan Colmes Show to dance around all the anti-Semitic, anti-gay, and anti-Catholic things he’s said in the past. Colmes does a great job of quoting Jeffress right back to him.

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HomoQuotable: Peter Tatchell

“Cardinal [Keith] O’Brien condemned homosexuality as a grave sin and was a long-time opponent of gay equality. He supported homophobic discrimination in law, including the current ban on same-sex marriage. In the light of these allegations, his stance looks hypocritical. He appears to have preached one thing in public while doing something different in private. Several other prominent opponents of …

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Ill Papa Wants Your Prayers

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