Monthly Archives: July 2013

NOM Denounces “Lawless” Politicians

Remember how NOM, the Alliance Defense Fund, and other anti-gay groups vowed to defend county clerks who break the law by refusing to issue legal same-sex marriage licenses? Here’s the latest bit of hypocrisy from Brian Brown’s newest money beg: It’s not just ambitious Attorneys General who have decided to take the law into their own hands. Now some local …

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Russia State News Notes Stoli Boycott

From the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti: As boycotts of Russian vodka spread across the globe in protest over new Russian laws on homosexuality, US gay rights activists warn the campaign could be the first stage in a broader drive targeting Russia’s economy and image with the Sochi Winter Olympics six months away. “I don’t think the Russian vodka …

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Former APA Head Denounces SPLC’s Lawsuit Against “Ex-Gay” Group JONAH

Nicholas Cummings, who headed the APA for one year back in 1979, has penned a USA Today column slamming the SPLC for their fraud lawsuit against the New Jersey-based “ex-gay” group JONAH. Cummings, who has keynoted the convention of NARTH, the most vile, lying “ex-gay” group in the nation, claims that hundreds of his patients successfully became heterosexual. Of the …

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Weiner Spokesperson Calls Former Campaign Intern A “Fucking Slutbag”

The bad news out of the Weiner campaign never ends. Talking Points Memo has the latest: Tuesday was an angry day in Weinerland. The campaign staff awoke to see their former intern, Olivia Nuzzi, on the front cover of the Daily News. Inside the paper was an article bylined by Nuzzi in which she told a rather unflattering tale of …

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REPORT: Gay US Soldiers In Afghanistan Are Using Craigslist For Hook-Ups

The wingnut-o-sphere is outraged about an Army Times report that gay US soldiers deployed to Afghanistan are using Craigslist to hook up with each other.  Military investigators are busting those caught. Agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Afghanistan are tracking service members who are hooking up in the war zone via Internet sites such as Craigslist and busting …

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ACT UP Disrupts Stoli Promo At NYC Bar

Last night members of ACT UP disrupted a Stoli promotion at the popular Splash Bar in Chelsea.  Paul Schindler reports at Gay City News: It certainly didn’t have the makings of a fair fight, as a group of less than a dozen members of ACT UP/ NY faced off against a crowd of roughly 150 who had been primed with …

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NEW YORK CITY: Appeals Court Squashes Mayor Bloomberg’s Big Soda Ban

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OMM Vs Discovery Channel

“Dear Joe, As the newest show airing on the Discovery Channel, ‘N*ked And Afraid’ has cast members who are completely uncovered and dropped in the jungle with no food, no shelter and no clothes. Discovery should be ashamed to air n*dity and then call it entertainment. In fact, having the cast be n*ked is the basis for fifty percent of …

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Rand Paul Vs Chris Christie, Round Four

And the snipe fest continues: In an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” Paul defended himself against Christie’s most recent allegations that the senator was bringing home too much money for his state.  “This is the king of bacon talking about bacon,” Paul said about Christie. Both are considered potential 2016 contenders for the Republican presidential nomination. …

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PENNSYLVANIA: Health Department Sues To Stop Montgomery County Marriages

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health today filed suit to stop Montgomery County from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Montgomery County’s register of wills, Bruce Hanes, has issued licenses to 31 couples so far. The lawsuit, filed this morning by the state Department of Health’s chief counsel, asks that the court immediately force Hanes to “comply with the [Pennsylvania] Marriage Law and to …

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Chris Christie Vs Rand Paul, Round Three

Just posted to Christie’s YouTube channel. Also: Suh-NAP.

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to see The Orion Experience, Off-Broadway’s new interactive show that opens this Thursday at XL Nightclub in Midtown Manhattan. THE ORION EXPERIENCE: Off-Broadway’s New Interactive Dance Party! THE ORION EXPERIENCE is an interactive musical event in the style of ROCKY HORROR, BARBARELLA and CAPTAIN EO. In-flight amenities include …

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Dolan Wins In Milwaukee

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: In a major victory for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, a federal judge ruled that funds set aside for cemetery operations cannot be tapped to pay sex abuse settlements in the archdiocese’s bankruptcy case. U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa ruled that taking even a portion of the funds would violate the archdiocese’s free exercise of …

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National Gallup Poll: 52% Back Marriage

Gallup reports that if a national referendum on same-sex marriage were held in November, a slim majority of Americans would back it. Across the nation’s major demographic, political, and religious groups, support for the proposed law ranges from as high as 77% among self-described liberal Americans, and 76% among those with no religious affiliation, to as low as 23% among …

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British Bishop Has The Gay Marriage Sadz

“As Catholics, like Israel in Egypt, we now find ourselves in an alien land that speaks a foreign language with unfamiliar customs. For what we mean by matrimony, sexual intercourse and family life is no longer what today’s world, the Government, the NHS and policy-makers understand by marriage, sex and the family. Parliament’s Orwellian attempt to redefine marriage radically changes …

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TODAY: Stoli CEO On Signorile’s Show

If you can’t listen live, I’ll try to get an audio clip later.

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Mixed Verdicts For Bradley Manning

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Interviewed By NPR New Hampshire

This morning I was interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio’s Word Of Mouth show about yesterday’s comments by Pope Francis.  Listen here.  Towards the end, we also touched on the Russian vodka boycott. The show airs at 2:00PM Eastern today.

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Fischer: Weiner’s Wife Huma Abedin Wants To Destroy Western Civilization

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Gay Patriot: Leftists Are Bullying Stoli

“Stoli has donated to a number of gay and lesbian organizations, including some like GLAAD and HRC, on the left of the political spectrum. Let us stand up to those who would bully a corporation merely because of the Russian origin of its product. On my way home from the Meatless Mondays Steak Dinner last night, I stopped by my …

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