Monthly Archives: March 2013

White Smoke At The Vatican

Stand by for the name of the Next Top Pedophile Enabler. After party at the Vatican-owned bathhouse! First fifty cardinals get in free! Pick up your altar boy gift bag at the door!

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Denver Post Editor Defends Front Page Photo Of House Speaker Kissing Partner

Early this morning a JMG reader sent us his photo of the front page of today’s Denver Post.  Anticipating complaints, the paper has published a defense of the photo. We have received objections to our photographs of gay couples before, so we all knew there would likely be a negative reaction to running the picture of Ferrandino. The civil unions …

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Koch Brothers May Buy Tribune Company

The multi-billionaire Koch Brothers are reportedly considering purchasing the Tribune Company, which owns eighteen daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. Acccording to one report, the buy is being orchestrated by hotel magnate Doug Manchester, the infamous backer of Proposition 8 who later bought San Diego’s Union-Tribune. Melissa Cohlmia, a spokeswoman for Koch Companies Public Sector, …

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FLORIDA: Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Resigns Amid Racketeering Investigation

Florida GOP Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll resigned today immediately after police questioned her regarding her involvement with a non-profit group that is being investigated in a federal racketeering probe. Carroll took office in 2010 as Tea Party hero Rick Scott’s running mate.  The group in question, Allied Veterans, runs dozens of internet cafes that apparently permit internet gambling. Officials from …

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Beau Biden For Marriage

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Shrinkage Is Real

From WebMD’s article Life Cycle Of A Penis: Recent research confirms what men have long suspected and, in some cases, feared. The penis itself undergoes significant changes as a man moves from his sexual prime — around age 30 for most guys — into middle age and on to older age. The penis tends to undergo an actual (and irreversible) …

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NEW JERSEY: Cops Investigated For Rap Video Featuring Homophobic Slurs

Maurice Gattison, president of the Irvington, New Jersey police union, and three other officers are facing discipline for performing in a gangsta rap video that includes anti-gay slurs such as the word “faggot.” In the video, posted on YouTube, three other men flank Gat as the broad-shouldered emcee with the booming voice spits out various homophobic slurs and promise violence …

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MS Outlook Ad Features Lesbian Wedding

(Tipped by JMG reader Alyson)

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It’s 1973 For Marriage

“If you could go back to 1973, would you participate in a march to save society from the scourge of abortion? Would you go to Washington to show the Supreme Court that you are one of a multitude of people who are demanding that they not use our constitution to create a great moral and civic wrong? If we lose …

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Sanjaya And Fantasia Both Eliminated In Third Round Of Vatican Idol

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More On The IL House Head Count

The anti-gay Illinois Review blog claims that we’re still ten votes short in the Illinois House. As marriage redefinition proponents and opponents lobby legislators, it seems like the same sex marriage bill (SB 10) may be 10 votes short in the Illinois House. The bill’s sponsor, Democrat State Rep. Greg Harris needs 60 votes to make gay marriage the new …

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Catholic Charities: We’re Done In Colorado

Responding to yesterday’s passage of civil unions, Catholic Charities of Colorado said that they will probably end their adoption services rather than allow gay couples to rescue children abandoned by heterosexual parents.   The Rev. Samuel J. Aqulia, archbishop of Denver, released a statement Tuesday refuting Ferrandino’s stance on religious exemptions, adding that while the Catholic Church “recognizes and affirms …

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Gay Rabbi To Head Rabbinical Group

Yesterday Rabbi Jason Klein was elected to head the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. He is the first openly gay man to head any such group in the United States.  Israel’s Haaretz reports: Reconstructionist and Reform seminaries have ordained gay rabbis for decades. The Conservative movement began to allow openly gay rabbis to attend their seminaries in 2006. Orthodox seminaries and rabbinic …

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Letter To A Gay WWII Soldier

Posted yesterday to Upworthy via Hypervocal which notes: “The pro-gay magazine, ONE, first published the letter in 1961 and the original is supposedly preserved in the Library of Congress.”

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Feds Overturn Virginia’s Sodomy Law

Over the objections of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (who is running for governor), yesterday a federal appeals court overturned Virginia’s ban on sodomy. The majority ruled that Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” anti-sodomy provision is unconstitutional in light of a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating state laws that make sexual activity between consenting adults crimes. “It is shameful that Virginia …

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Today’s Denver Post

JMG reader Bob sends us the above shot of today’s Denver Post, which shows House Speaker Mark Ferrandino kissing his partner. Colorado’s civil unions bill is headed for the governor’s desk and ceremonies may commence as soon as May.

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Two Minutes Of British Hate #9

The Coalition 4 Marriage (C4M) says David Cameron’s public consultation on same-sex marriage was a “complete sham” and that gays will descend on churches with “hostile litigation.”

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What To Wear At CPAC

  Wonkette tips us that a publicist has created the above guide on what to wear at CPAC.  Teabaggers are especially warned not to wear their Walmart outfits.

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Valerie Harper: How To Remember Me

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Marriage Equality Coming To New Zealand

Marriage equality is coming to New Zealand! Lawmakers supported the bill 77 to 44 in the second of three votes needed for a bill to be approved. The second vote is typically the most crucial one. The third and final vote is likely to be little more than a formality and could be taken as early as next month. “I’m …

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