Monthly Archives: March 2013

Asshat Of The Day – Ben Carson

“My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman. It’s a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality. It doesn’t matter what they are. They don’t get to change the definition. So he, it’s not something that is against gays, it’s against anybody …

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Gay Marriage Easter Bunnies

From Gayle’s Chocolates.  (Via JMG reader John)

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Record High For S&P 500

More evidence of the Obama economy: Stocks edged higher on Thursday as the S&P 500 rose just above its record closing high, a level that has acted as a significant resistance point in recent weeks. The S&P 500 had been stuck in a fairly tight range, having traded within 10 points of the October 2007 record closing high of 1,565.15 …

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From SF Archbishop Drunk Driver

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has posted the above mockery of the most famous profile avatar in Facebook history.  The scriptural reference does seem apt:  “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”  At this writing over 200 angry comments have been posted under the photo.  It doesn’t appear that …

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Perkins Cheers KY Gay Hate Bill

Background on the bill is here.

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293 Bike-Share Stations For NYC

New York City’s long-planned bike sharing program launches in May and today we get a first glimpse at the proposed locations.  Ho-hum, nothing above 60th Street.

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Skim-Milk Becomes Equality Meme

Rachel Maddow predicted this last night.

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Polygamy Will Automatically Become Legal If SCOTUS Strikes Down DOMA & Prop 8

So said “Bishop” Harry Jackson on The 700 Club.

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154 Rounds In Five Minutes

More details have emerged about Adam Lanza: Adam Lanza left a home stuffed with weaponry and carried out the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in a 154-bullet barrage that took less than five minutes, investigators said Thursday in the first detailed account of his surroundings and troubled state of mind. Search warrants from the second-worst school shooting in American …

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Salon’s Gay Marriage Courage-O-Meter

Posted today on Salon: Amid Supreme Court arguments this week on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, political leaders exhibiting varying degrees of courage have lined up to announce their support of marriage equality. Some just came off of reelection, meaning they won’t face voters for six years. One was a Republican prompted to change his position by …

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Gays “Crashed” Utah’s Hate Rally

The anti-gays are so very dismayed that a large number of equality-minded people showed up to defend their civil rights at Utah’s hate rally on Tuesday. Tuesday’s celebration of traditional family marriage had everything: the Osmonds, the Governor, and hundreds of gay rights party crashers. Needless to say it was not what traditional family supporters expected. “Do you think it …

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Willie Nelson Backs Marriage Equality

In an interview with Texas Monthly country music legend Willie Nelson displayed the above take on this week’s marriage equality meme and restated his well-known support for LGBT rights. TM: For better or worse, you’ve also grown into a reputation as something of an authority on marriage itself. WN: I’ve been there and back a few times. It’s not perfect, …

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Quote Of The Day – Charles Blow

“Witnessing a historic moment is such an odd and exhilarating thing. It is hard to register the full scope of it because you are chest deep in it.That is how I feel about the gay-marriage arguments made before the Supreme Court on Tuesday and Wednesday.However the court rules on California’s Proposition 8 and the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act, …

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Obama On SCOTUS: No Predictions

Yesterday President Obama spoke with the nation’s two largest Spanish-language networks regarding this week’s marriage cases before the Supreme Court.  Speaking to Univision: “I never predict what the court will do. But I used to teach constitutional law, and there is certainly a strong basis for determining that in this age, given what we now know, given the changes that …

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MSNBC On New TIME Covers

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No Senate Bid For Ashley Judd

The rest of her message came via several follow-up tweets.

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Alligator Is A Lent-Approved Fish

The Archbishop of New Orleans has ruled that it’s OK for Catholics to eat alligator during Lent. Because it’s a fish.  Via NPR: Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter, but seafood is allowed. Three years ago, when Jim Piculas was trying to settle a debate among his friends about whether gator …

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RI Bishop Calls For Marriage Delay

“In light of the historic deliberations of the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage, it would be appropriate for the General Assembly of Rhode Island to defer any action on this critical issue for the time being. Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court …

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Paris Cops Slam Hate March Figures

The Paris police are pissed at claims that they are biased against Manif Pour Tous for refuting their 1.4 million attendance figure at Sunday’s anti-gay march. Yesterday the police issued a press release. The estimation of the number of demonstrators at the “Manif Pour Tous”, held Sunday, March 24, has seen a series of claims challenging Police Prefecture neutrality. These …

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LGBT Museum Wants SCOTUS Signs

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