Monthly Archives: June 2013

Crowds Forms Outside Supreme Court

A long line formed for gallery passes to the Supreme Court early this morning. Onlookers report a heavy media presence.

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Nancy Pelosi Booed At Netroots Nation

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was heckled and booed at this weekend’s Netroots Nation convention when she said that Edward Snowden broke the law. Via Politico: As Pelosi was saying the country needs a “balance” between security and privacy, Marc Perkel, a 57-year-old activist from Gilroy, Calif., started shouting at Pelosi during her answer and was escorted out of the …

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NOM Chairman: We’re Going To Win

“If the Supreme Court manufactures a right to same-sex marriage out of the Constitution, then the remedy would be a constitutional amendment. I don’t think it’s going to be necessary because I don’t think the Supreme Court’s foolish enough to go there. They recognize what harm they’ve caused to our body politic when they did something similar to that in …

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Scotland: It’s Time For Marriage

JMG reader Calum says this clip from LGBT Scotland features “a whole host of famous faces, celebs, politicians, etc.”

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Today COULD Be The Day

Via SCOTUSblog: “On Monday, June 24, we will begin live blogging at 9 a.m. ET. We expect orders from the June 20 Conference at 9:30 a.m. and opinions in argued cases at 10 a.m. If more decision days are added, we will update our calendar as soon as possible.”

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Manhattan Declaration On SCOTUS

Via press release: Should the Supreme Court affirm the meaning and purpose of marriage, we will breathe a sigh of relief. But we won’t be satisfied. If the Supreme Court rejects the time-honored purpose of marriage, it will be because the court — like many of our friends, neighbors and colleagues — has lost the meaning of marriage and its …

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Tea Party: Recall McCain & Flake

Tea Party supporters have launched recall petitions for Sen. John McCain and Sen. Jeff Flake over their support of the immigration reform bill. From the Flake page: Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona has proven in his recent voting record that he does not represent his Arizona constituents, and instead votes in direct opposition to Conservative and Republican interests. Mr Flake …

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Al Jazeera On Edward Snowden

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OutServe-SLDN Fires Executive Director

This morning the Bilerico Project broke the news that the board of  OutServe–SLDN has asked for and accepted the resignation of executive director Allyson Robinson. Bil Browning writes: The organization’s entire senior staff quit immediately following the board vote. Director of External Engagement Zeke Stokes, Director of Chapter and Member Services Gary Espinas, and David McKean, Legal and Public Policy …

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Snowden Asks Ecuador For Asylum

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AFA Prays Against Same-Sex Marriage

Via press release from the AFA: Prayer for the Supreme Court and the Nation We pray for the pending Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage. We pray that next week the Court would not impose a false definition of marriage on our nation. Father, we confess that we in the Church have already sinned against You and have not …

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Brazilians Protest “Gay Cure” Bill

EuroNews reports: In the midst of the biggest nationwide protests against the government in decades Brazilians have taken to the streets to express their anger at a controversial law known as the “gay cure” proposed by the the president of the Brazilian Parliament’s Commission for Human Rights, Marco Feliciano. If passed the change in legislation would permit psychologists to treat …

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Decision Day Update

Tomorrow might be the big day. Visit the interactive map at United For Marriage for details about rallies/protests in your city.  Should the rulings come down, New Yorkers are invited to gather at Sheridan Square outside the Stonewall Inn at 5:30PM.

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Edward Snowden Flees To Moscow

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has helped NSA leaker Edward Snowden get out of Hong Kong.  But he apparently won’t be in Moscow for very long: Edward Snowden left for Moscow on Sunday and his final destination may be Cuba, Ecuador, Iceland or Venezuela, according to various reports. The move is bound to infuriate Washington, wherever he ends up. “It’s a …

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Blondie – A Rose By Any Name

Featuring Beth Ditto!

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Justice Antonin Scalia: Courts Shouldn’t Rule On “Moral Issues” Like Gay Marriage

Speaking before a group of North Carolina lawyers, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia yesterday restated his opinion that “moral issues” like homosexuality and same-sex marriage should be left up to a public vote. In a speech titled “Mullahs of the West: Judges as Moral Arbiters,” the outspoken and conservative jurist told the N.C. Bar Association that constitutional law is threatened …

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Edward Snowden Charged With Spying

The federal government has formally charged NSA leaker Edward Snowden with espionage and theft of government documents. Snowden has been charged with three violations: theft of government property and two offenses under the espionage statutes, specifically giving national defense information to someone without a security clearance and revealing classified information about “communications intelligence.” Each of the charges carries a maximum …

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Ireland Commits To 2014 Marriage Vote

Speaking yesterday at an LGBT event held at Google’s Dublin headquarters, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore committed to a 2014 national referendum on same-sex marriage. The Government’s own constitutional think-thank voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage earlier this year, pushing it up the political agenda. The Constitutional Convention is due to send its report on gay marriage to …

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Alan Chambers On His New Group

“It’s just in the dreaming and infancy stage of all of that. We don’t have a name. We do have a website that we just quickly put up that is called ReduceFear.org. It’s not going to be the name of the organization, but it is one part of a mission statement that we have come up with about what we …

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Christian TV On Exodus Shutdown

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