Monthly Archives: July 2013

Pentagon OK’s Soft Porn On Military Bases

The Pentagon has rejected a demand from the wingnut group Morality In Media, who claims that on-base sales of Penthouse and Playboy violate federal decency standards. The group contends that the display and sale of adult magazines in military exchanges amounts to a violation of the Military Honor and Decency Act of 1996, which prohibits the sale or rental at …

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Robertson: Gays Want Christians In Jail

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Relationship Relief?

I’ve had friends who just couldn’t make it work with prospective partners due to pet allergies. “Either his cats go or I do.”  But there’s hope.

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Full Service

Marketing blog The Drum reports: “The Pembrokeshire Herald has apologised after someone tampered with an Enterprise Rent-A-Car ad to suggest that ‘cock sucking’ was an added bonus of the service. It is not.”

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan On Pope Francis

Dolan appeared on CBS This Morning today to downplay Pope Francis’ seemingly more kind tone towards gay people. Igor Volsky recaps at Think Progress: Dolan insisted that the Church has long embraced gay people and that Francis’ answer did not represent a new tone or establish a more liberal precedent. “Homosexual acts,” he said, are still a sin. “Homosexuality is …

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USCIS Updates FAQs On Gay Marriage

The USCIS has updated their FAQs page on same-sex marriage. Here are the first two questions: Q1: I am a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident in a same-sex marriage to a foreign national. Can I now sponsor my spouse for a family-based immigrant visa? A1: Yes, you can file the petition. You may file a Form I-130 (and any …

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Madonna Teases “Secret Project”

No idea what this is about, but the superfans seem very excited.

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Quote Of The Day – Matt Barber

“Anti-Christian extremist groups like the ACLU, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and People for the American Way hate God. They also hate America. True America. These ‘progressive’ outfits – along with like-minded politicos, judges, Hollywood elitists and left-wing media-types – hate that this great nation was expressly founded upon the bedrock precepts of the Judeo-Christian tradition. And so, in response, …

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Study On Trans Military Service Gets Grant

The Palm Institute has received a $1.3M private grant to study transgender military service. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: Indra Lusero, the project director of the Palm Center’s Transgender Military Initiative, has commissioned 16 scholars to conduct 11 studies investigating “whether and how the U.S. armed forces could include transgender troops without undermining readiness”—in areas ranging from privacy and medical …

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Trader Joe’s Won’t Ditch Russian Vodka

“Thank you for your email. We can assure you that at Trader Joe’s, we do not take stands on local, national, or global political or human rights issues. We leave that stuff up to the governments involved, and we rely heavily on the trade regulations established by the United States government. We bring in many products from around the world …

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Icona Pop – Girlfriend

Their follow-up to the inescapable I Love It, which went multiple platinum all over the world and was heard five times a day during Bear Week.

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Sweden Runs Out Of Garbage

An interesting report notes that Sweden’s national recycling program is so successful, they’ve actually run out of garbage. Sweden’s waste management and recycling programs are second to none as only four percent of the nation’s waste ends up in landfills. By contrast, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, over half of the waste produced by U.S. households ends up …

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Brazil’s New Journalists: The Midia Ninja

JMG reader Robert notes there’s lots of gay activism among Brazil’s rise in citizen journalists.  This clip is a great example.

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HomoQuotable – Nancy Goldstein

“So who on earth does the IOC, or Putin for that matter, think they’re kidding with their ‘assurances’? Can they really be so entirely naïve or so thoroughly cynical that they don’t think non-Russian LGBT people or our allies care about what’s been happening to our Russian counterparts in the wake of Putin’s edicts so long as our own skins …

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New Poll: Weiner Tumbles To Fourth Place

According to Quinnipiac Poll issued yesterday, Bill de Blasio is benefiting from Anthony Weiner’s tumble to fourth place in the New York City mayoral race. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has surprisingly shot up to second place in the Democratic primary for mayor, as scandal-scarred candidate Anthony Weiner’s numbers continued to tumble in the wake of his latest sexting scandal, …

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Sen. Rand Paul Vs. Gov. Chris Christie

Over the weekend Christie took on the libertarians: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is ripping libertarians — including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — for challenging government surveillance programs and failing to understand the dangers of terrorism. “This strain of libertarianism that’s going through parties right now and making big headlines I think is a very dangerous thought,” the New Jersey …

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Fox News Priest On Pope Francis

“Summarizing the pope’s comments on homosexuals in the priesthood, the AP reported: ‘Francis was much more conciliatory [than Pope Benedict], saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten.’ Pope Francis didn’t say that, and the report is wrong on so many levels. First of all, it suggests that being gay itself, is a sin. What Pope Francis really …

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TRAILER: Bad Milo

What the?

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Radio Network Giant Cumulus To Drop Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity Shows

Radio network giant Cumulus is reportedly going to drop the shows of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity after a battle over distribution costs came to an impasse. Cumulus has decided that it will not renew its contracts with either host, the source said, a move that would remove the two most highly rated conservative talk personalities from more than 40 …

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Avicii – Wake Me Up

Dance music meets apparel branding. Via the press materials: Today, two-time Grammy-nominated superstar, Avicii and Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren will release the first co-produced official music video for “Wake Me Up,” the first single from Avicii’s September 17th album, TRUE (PRMD/Island Records). The video was directed by celebrated American photographer Mark Seliger, and merges the hallmarks of Avicii’s driving …

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