Joseph Nicolosi is the co-founder of NARTH. (Tipped by JMG reader Daniel)

Egyptian authorities have arrested 14 gay men for “committing homosexual acts” at an underground Cairo sauna that may have presented itself as a medical center. An Egyptian prosecutor ordered on Saturday (12 October) that they be held for four days to enable them to be sent to a pathologist ‘for forensic reports’. He has also ordered and that the centre …

From the Grand Forks Herald: North Dakota now has a tax form for married same-sex couples, and it’s precisely because the state doesn’t recognize such marriages. For the North Dakota tax department, that posed a bit of a dilemma, according to Lorie Bowker, who oversees the department’s income tax section. She said its answer was the form ND-1S, which was …

Rush Limbaugh: “The purpose was to get healthy people with average incomes to sign up and then gouge them, but the IT experts say the regime didn’t want them to see when they signed up they were getting gouged. So they caused the glitches that caused the slowdown so that people would keep trying to sign up, while not being …

This is the freak show that declared the anniversary of the Newtown massacre to be “Guns Save Lives Day.” Via Mediaite: The interview began in a hostile foundation and exploded when Gottlieb laughed at Morgan after he quoted the family member of a victim of the massacre at Newtown. “That’s totally over the top,” Gottlieb stressed. “You plan a campaign …

His own proposed campaign slogan: “Hi, I’m Ted Nugent. I have nine children from seven women, and I’m running for president.”

The Buncombe County, North Carolina registrar says that he will issue but not sign same-sex marriage licenses beginning tomorrow. And then he’ll turn to the state Attorney General, who this week endorsed marriage equality, for his advice. From the News & Record: A 2012 amendment to North Carolina’s Constitution forbids same-sex couples from marrying. But Drew Reisinger said Tuesday he …

The Associated Press captured Sarah Palin’s note to herself as she rallied in New Jersey on Saturday against prolific Twitter user Cory Booker. “We need a leader not a tweeter…That was poem-worthy – I’ve got to remember that one,” she said in her stump speech for candidate Steve Lonegan at the New Egypt Speedway on Saturday. Lonegan and Booker are …

“The decision to bar homosexuals from entering Kuwait is a sovereign decision. Amnesty International should take care of lofty and noble goals for which it was established, leave aside homosexuality and deviations and stop defending delinquents. The organisation should heed the annual rates of births outside the institution of marriage in Europe and abortions as well as the high rates …

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But he’s still going to defend the state against the lawsuit brought by the ACLU. Via the Associated Press: Attorney General Roy Cooper says he supports gay marriage but argues his personal views aren’t preventing him from vigorously defending North Carolina’s constitutional amendment affirming its prohibition from a lawsuit. Cooper opposed passage of the amendment in 2012 but hadn’t addressed …

On Wednesday, US District Judge Bernard Friedman is expected to issue a ruling on whether Michigan’s 2004 ban on same-sex marriages violates the Constitution.  Activists, officials, and same-sex couples are ready to move quickly in the event of a positive ruling. Should he lift the ban on same-sex marriage and decline to issue a stay while it’s being appealed, same-sex …

Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch appears to have accidentally published a tweet that was meant to be a private message. The interwebs are buzzing about its meaning. (Eric Schmidt is the chairman of Google.)

From the editorial board of the Newark Star-Ledger: Christie’s words — leave it to voters, not judges or politicians — portray a man who wants history to take its own course, without meddling from the government. His actions, on the other hand, have stonewalled New Jersey’s march toward equality at every turn. Christie could borrow a page from President Obama, …

CNN host Don Lemon and right wing radio host Ben Ferguson tangled yesterday over Tea Party rally attendees that waved a Confederate flag and called the president a Muslim. “Ben, you have to be embarrassed by this video,” Lemon said to conservative radio host Ben Ferguson. “You’re not embarrassed for some members of your party?” When Ferguson tried to argue …

Moldova has repealed its “gay propaganda” ban as part of its bid to join the European Union. Pink News reports: Moldovan officials narrowly voted to overturn the law on Friday with a view to being offered an EU Association Agreement at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Lithuania this November. In similar legislation to recently introduced Russian laws, the Moldovan …

“I am a white heterosexual male. This trifecta of privilege means that I’m not routinely subjected to prejudice. But for a few minutes I got to walk in the shoes of a gay person in a public place. For no good reason I had had a slur marked over my luggage. I was degraded. I was shamed. I was humiliated. …

Clip recap: “We’re just one week away from the start of marriage in New Jersey, but there’s still a chance it could be delayed at the last minute. We have a date for the next step in a Pennsylvania lawsuit. And Illinois lawmakers could consider a marriage bill as early as next week.”