As you surely know by now, last night the Illinois House adjourned without voting on its marriage equality bill. Today is the final day of the legislative session and Illinois Unites is offering free bus rides from Chicago to Springfield for a morning rally at the state capitol. If the vote does not take place today, there is an apparent …

Responding in part to a petition by All Out, Apple has banned an “ex-gay” app from the iPhone. Pink News reports: A Christian app has been banned by Apple for claiming to help users ‘cure’ themselves of homosexuality, it remains available for download by Google Android users. The app called Setting Captives Free claims: “Despite what you may have heard …

“I tell this story in the book of being at this park in Seattle many years ago, where a limo pulls up and a bride and a groom tumble out to get their portraits at this very famous park with a beautiful view of downtown Seattle. And as they’re walking back to the limo everyone starts to applaud, and rightly …

Says the world’s self-proclaimed top exorcist: Practicing yoga brings evil as does reading Harry Potter. They may both seem innocuous but they both deal with magic and that leads to evil.  People think it is an innocuous book for children but it’s about magic and that leads to evil. In Harry Potter the Devil is at work in a cunning …

Tucker Carson’s Daily Caller today issued a tweet referring to RNC chair Reince Priebus by an acronym that stands for “head (N-word) in charge.” The tweet was later deleted but not before it was picked up by Gawker, Wonkette, and others.  Even the wingnuts at Twitchy are disappointed.  Apparently Daily Caller was trying to riff on the fact that there’s …

The Illinois House is recessed until 4PM local time. Should the bill be presented for a vote, you can follow along on Twitter at the hashtags #IL4M and #IllinoisUnites. UPDATE: At this writing we still don’t know if the bill will come to the floor. But in case it does here is the live video stream.

Famed New York City nightlife columnist Michael Musto has landed on his feet after being canned from the Village Voice after three decades. Venerable Village Voice columnist Michael Musto — whose departure from the weekly this month caused outrage from devotees — tells us he’s starting a slew of new gigs. “I’ll be doing a weekly interview feature for Gawker, …

From Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, starring Jane Lynch and Jordan Peele.

Today the Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected NOM’s appeal to continue to cloak the names of their donors. Via Bangor Daily News: In affirming an earlier Kennebec County Superior Court’s decision, justices on the Supreme Judicial Court rejected NOM’s arguments that subpoenas issued by the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices violate donors’ First Amendment rights and expose …

The Windy City Times reports that there may be a vote on the Illinois same-sex marriage bill as soon as this afternoon. LGBT activists, advocates and community members have begun filtering into the capitol as a the deciding vote on Illinois marriage equality is expected as early as this afternoon. Sponsors have until Friday to pass the Religious Freedom and …

“Law professors on both sides of the marriage issue agree that Senate Bill 10 provides the worst religious liberty protections of any same-sex marriage bill in the country. SB 10 will force religious people and organizations into years of legal fights, likely against the Illinois government, to defend their rights to practice their faith. SB 10 would make Illinois the …

With Lady Gaga, Mel Gibson, and Sophia Vergara. (Via Towleroad)

Pink News reports a change on next week’s timing: Next week’s House of Lords vote on the marriage bill will now take place on Tuesday in the daytime after supporters warned voting in the early hours could put the bill at risk. At least 80 peers are expected to speak in Monday’s second reading debate, raising the prospect that a …

Via Good As You.

“While other businesses drift away from their principles or capitulate under pressure, Exxon is putting its stock in something other than political correctness.  For the 14th straight year, shareholders voted to maintain their reputation as a company that upholds the commonsense principle that managers should be able to determine what conduct contributes to and what conduct detracts from the effective …

Today the Nigerian House approved a bill that sets a 14 year prison sentence for people that enter into same-sex marriages. Nigeria’s House of Representatives approved the bill in a voice vote, likely sending it immediately to President Goodluck Jonathan for him to potentially sign into law in Africa’s most populous nation. Whether he will approve it remains unclear, and …

Via All Out: Gay ‘cures’? There shouldn’t be an app for that. But, there’s a new one called “Setting Captives Free,” available in both the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores, meant to teach you how to stop being gay. It’s a 60-day course that tells gay people they are not “born this way” and offers to help them find …