This just hit the JMG in-box: Casting for New Bravo Network Reality Series We are casting couples that are currently separated or separating from marriages, CIVIL UNIONS or common-law marriages. As part of the television series, couples will enter into a real mediation process with one of the nations top divorce & mediation attorneys, Vikki Ziegler. Your assets will be …

Via the Twitter account of Visit Philly.

“Here’s what we must not do: sacrifice our principles. Better to lose a thousand elections than win in sycophantic appeals to the lowest common denominator. Christians, at least, can rely on the long view of God’s redemptive story. We have already read the final page of human history; we know how the story ends. How utterly meaningless is the next …

The always classy New York Post consulted a “respected” plastic surgeon for suggestions on making mayoral candidates appear “stronger, happier and more likeable.”  More “fixed faces” are at the link.

After the second F-bomb, MSNBC interrupted coverage to apologize and announce that they were going to a seven-second delay. And then they cut back to yet another F-bomb, much to the delight of the wingnuts on Twitchy.

Nailed it. (Tipped by JMG reader Anthony)

A Virginia grand jury has rejected a criminal indictment for anti-gay crackpot Eugene Delgaudio, who is accused of having used a public employee to perform fundraising for his hate group. According to the grand jury, Virginia law considers the misuse of public assets to be a crime only when committed by full-time state employees. County commissioners like Delgaudio are considered …

Media Matters points out a story overlooked last week by almost all of mainstream media: On June 19, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) signed a bill that sets penalties of up to six months in jail and $10,000 for those who publish “any information regarding the identity of any person who applied for or received a concealed handgun permit.” The law …

The Michigan chapter of the American Family Association is calling on state governors to defy a possible SCOTUS ruling that would legalize same-sex marriage.

Today the House Of Lords is debating same-sex marriage for the third and final day of the bill’s committee stage. Pink News is running a live-blog. Watch the video live-stream.

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 109 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?

And fails to elicit a single snicker.

“A young man by the name of Onesimus found Paul in Rome, where Paul was in prison for the crime of preaching about Christ. Onesimus became a Christ-follower through Paul’s influence. The sticky part for both Onesimus and Paul was that Onesimus had no legal right to be in Rome. Onesimus was a slave, and had run away from his …

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of 6-year-old Coy Mathis, whose school barred her from using the girls’ bathroom at her Fountain elementary school because she is transgender. “This is huge for Coy and every transgender child throughout the state,” said Kathryn Mathis, Coy’s mother. “We told her and she was completely …

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