Monthly Archives: July 2013

Headline Of The Day

Via McClatchy: “From an LGBT perspective, at this point, immigration is going to be an even playing field,” said Cara Jobson, a partner in Wiley and Jobson, a San Francisco immigration law firm. The U.S. government is working to ensure that couples who qualify will be able to get the process started right away, Janet Napolitano, the secretary of the …

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The Devil Is Running Loose In America!

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From The Manhattan Declaration

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New From Garden State Equality

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ENDA Set For Senate Committee Vote

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee has scheduled the markup for the LGBT job anti-bias legislation two weeks to the day that the Supreme Court ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. Scheduling the vote is first step for Senate HELP Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) in …

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FRANCE: Some Binational Gay Couples Cannot Marry Due To Decades-Old Treaties

Some binational couples have been barred from marrying in France due to decades-old treaties signed with eleven nations where same-sex marriage remains illegal.  Radio France Internationale reports: In a circulaire (recommendation note) presented to French civil servants stipulating how the new marriage law should be applied, the note stated that nationals from 11 countries are subjected to marriage laws in …

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WASHINGTON: Marriage Equality Flag Flies Atop Seattle’s Space Needle

On a day that also saw the Seattle Mariners become the first major pro sports team to fly the rainbow flag, a marriage equality flag was hoisted to the top of the city’s Space Needle. (Tipped by JMG reader Daniel)

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Jay-Z Forces RIAA Change

Last week it was announced that Samsung had purchased one million digital copies of Jay-Z’s coming album, which will be given away free when they launch a new cell phone app. Jay-Z then tweeted his millions of followers with a demand that the RIAA grant him a platinum album even though technically no one has bought it. Yesterday the RIAA …

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Marriage Polling Hits New High Of 55%

USA Today reports on their latest poll: By an unprecedented 55%-40%, Americans say marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by law as valid, with the same rights of traditional marriage. That’s the highest level of support since Gallup began asking the question in 1996. Then, fewer than half that number, 27%, backed the idea.  Last year was the first …

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NEW MEXICO: Anti-Gay Protesters Shut Down At Albuquerque Pride

It doesn’t appear that the preachers were arrested. Perhaps the police asked them to leave the scene as a matter of public safety. At the 0:50 mark you’ll note that at least one of the protesters is wearing a gun. (Tipped by JMG reader Elise)

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MICHIGAN: Judge Cites DOMA Ruling, Allows Marriage Lawsuit To Proceed

Citing last week’s SCOTUS ruling on DOMA, a  Michigan judge has kept his word and will allow a lesbian couple to sue the state for marriage rights. From his ruling: “Plaintiffs’ equal protection claim has sufficient merit to proceed. The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Windsor, No. 12-307 (U.S. Jun. 26, 2013), has provided the …

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PA State Rep. Brian Sims On Hardball

Openly gay state Rep. Brian Sims appeared on Hardball last night to discuss being told he couldn’t discuss gay marriage on his chamber’s floor because he is in “open rebellion to God.”

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New Site: Vegan Sellout List

Launched yesterday was the Vegan Sellout List, a site which features an interactive map of the United States for finding ex-vegan sellouts near you. Readers are encouraged to upload the names, photos, and home towns of these meat-eating traitors. “Tell us everything you can about this person.” The site’s domain is registered in China, presumably to protect its owner from …

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Matt Barber Is Ready To Go To Jail In Order To Defy Same-Sex Marriage Laws

“In my 35 years as a Christian, I never seriously believed we might end up in prison for our faith – except, perhaps, for something like a pro-life demonstration. This is the first time it seriously occurs to me that the trajectory of the nation is such that it is possible in five to 10 years. Oddly, this thought does …

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GovTrack.us For The Win

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HomoQuotable – Christopher Doyle

“We are tired of the gay activist lobby discriminating [against] us, marginalizing us and taking away our rights, and we’re now fighting back, and we’re demanding that if gays are going to get full diversity and equality in America, we also demand that ex-gay voices be heard as well. What we’re going to be doing is former homosexuals, persons with …

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The Anti-Christ Controls SCOTUS

So says the Third Eagle of Batshittery. Also, the Anti-Christ wrote Gangnam Style and Call Me Maybe.

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Church Sign Of The Day

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Cardinal Dolan Sought Vatican Permission To Shield Millions In Assets From Lawsuits Filed By Victims Of Pedophile Priests

He has denied it for years, but today the truth came out. Via the New York Times: Files released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday revealed that in 2007, the diocese’s archbishop at the time, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, requested permission from the Vatican to move nearly $57 million into a cemetery trust fund in order to …

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Wingnuts Furious With Lady Gaga

Over the weekend every site in Teabagistan erupted with condemnations of Lady Gaga for altering the final line of the national anthem when she sang it at Friday night’s NYC Pride event.  Her version: “The land of the free and the home for the gay.” I posted the clip on Saturday and here it is again.

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