Monthly Archives: November 2013

BRITAIN: Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Gay Bed & Breakfast Owners

Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled against the owners of a bed & breakfast who were fined after refusing to rent a room to a gay couple. Hazelmary and Peter Bull refused to let civil partners Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall stay in a double room at Chymorvah House in Marazion in Cornwall in 2008. The couple, who had already lost …

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HomoQuotable – Joel Simkhai

“I’m very proud if Grindr has forced us to up up our game. To brush our teeth. Comb our hair. Eat right. Go to the gym. Be a healthy person. Cut back on the smoking. Cut back on the bad things and look your best. We’re men. We visualize. We see before we hear, before we think, before we do …

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Tap Tap Tap

So is anybody working today?

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Alec Baldwin Blames Firing On GLAAD And Andrew Sulllivan (Plus Himself)

“Martin Bashir’s on the air, and he made his comment on the air! I dispute half the comment I made If I called him ‘cocksucking maggot’ or a ‘cocksucking motherfucker’… ‘faggot’ is not the word that came out of my mouth. That I know. But you’ve got the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy— Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan—they’re out there, …

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Shortest Boycott Ever: Salvation Army Yanks “Ex-Gay” Groups From Website

Mere hours after Truth Wins Out called for boycotting the Salvation Army, the organization has removed the “ex-gay” groups listed on its website. From their letter to Truth Wins Out: We sincerely appreciate you bringing this matter to our attention. As you know, The Salvation Army strives to live out our mission of meeting human need without discrimination. Our doors …

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Freedom From Religion Foundation: Boycott Hobby Lobby Over SCOTUS Suit

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VIRGINIA: State Sen. Adam Ebbin Intros Bill To Repeal Same-Sex Marriage Ban

Openly gay Virginia state Sen. Adam Ebbin today introduced a bill to repeal that state’s constitutional ban on marriage. There’s a long road ahead, however. To repeal the 2006 amendment, legislation would have to pass the General Assembly two times with an intervening election, then would go on the ballot in the next succeeding general election. If it won first …

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Freep This TIME Magazine Poll

TIME Magazine is polling readers for its annual Person Of The Year issue. Click over and vote for Edith Windsor, my pretties. NOTE: You must connect your Facebook account to vote (ugh). At this writing 57% of voters do not want Windsor to be be selected. (Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

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INDIANA: Mary Cheney To Host Fundraiser To Fight Proposed Gay Marriage Ban

Mary Cheney will help Freedom Indiana raise money to fight that state’s proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. From Cheney’s message that accompanies the above image: “Speaking out against HJR-6 isn’t a matter of politics. It’s about family. It’s about everyone feeling welcome in the state they call home. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to protect my wife Heather and …

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Caramel Vs Popcorn

The White House has launched a website that actually works. Click over and select which turkey you’d like to have pardoned. Both will be pardoned, but if you check around in Teabagistan today they don’t seem to notice that detail and therefore the turkey contest is EXACTLY LIKE OBAMACARE DEATH PANELS. Praise Jesus, y’all.

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Pat Robertson Renews Old Leg Press Lies

Like Eugene Delgaudio, Pat Robertson is today dipping into the old well of his beyond ridiculous lies. Right Wing Watch catches you up on the back story. Back in 2006, Robertson said he could leg press 2,000 lbs. The New York Times wrote at the time: “According to a related news release and photographs on the network’s website, Mr. Robertson …

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MSNBC Fires Alec Baldwin

Above is the spin from the right-wing New York Post. A spokesman for Baldwin confirms the story but “quibbles” with the word “fired.” (Tipped by JMG reader Todd)

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Radio Free Europe Interviews Rainbow Flag Creator And Activist Gilbert Baker

Radio Free Europe has posted a great chat with rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker, who these days is a major force with Queer Nation here in New York City. The clip takes you inside Baker’s Harlem apartment and you even get a look at his sewing machines. He’s a JMG reader! (Tipped by JMG reader Ken)

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No Results Found

It looks like Charity Buzz has pulled the auction to have crackpot Orson Scott Card speak to a high school. I don’t know why, the bidding had soared to $0.00. Snork! UPDATE: Credit for the auction being yanked goes to Back2Stonewall blogger Will Kohler, who wrote to the RFK Center For Human Rights and got this response: Dear Will: The …

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Atheist Billboards Go Up In Sacramento

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SCOTUS Accepts Hobby Lobby Case

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Hobby Lobby’s appeal of the portion of Obamacare which mandates that employers provide contraception coverage. The high court last year narrowly upheld the key funding provision of the health care law, a blockbuster ruling affirming that most Americans would be required to purchase insurance or pay a financial penalty — the so-called “individual …

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Email Of The Day – Eugene Delgaudio

“Dear Joe, I’ve been putting off sending you this letter for a while because I didn’t want to worry you. But late one night while sorting through pro-Family petitions from supporters like you, a thug crept in through a door, threw a blanket over my head and pummeled me with a rock. Thankfully, one of my volunteers heard when I …

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NOM Goes After Fred Karger

NOM’s attorneys have sent archenemy Fred Karger the above letter (dated November 1st, but only just received) in which they demand that he not destroy any information he may have regarding the leaking of their tax return to the Human Rights Campaign, where Karger does not work. Via press release from Karger: Exactly four years ago Karger filed charges against …

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Truth Wins Out: Boycott Salvation Army

Via press release: Truth Wins Out called on people today to withhold holiday donations from The Salvation Army until the organization removes all anti-LGBT materials from its website, starting with two “ex-gay” ministries that are listed as sexual addiction resources. “Don’t drop change in The Salvation Army’s bucket until it changes its website into a platform that doesn’t refer clients …

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INDIA: At New Delhi Pride 2013

New Delhi’s gay pride parade was Sunday and while the event was small by Western standards, hundreds took to the streets to demand LGBT rights. The demonstrators urged an end to all forms of discrimination against gay men, lesbians and transgender people in India, four years after a colonial-era law that criminalised gay sex was overturned. One group of activists …

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