Yearly Archives: 2013

ILLINOIS: Cardinal George Demands Catholics Oppose Gay Marriage

“Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The Illinois General Assembly is being asked to consider a bill called ‘The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.’ This is a deceptive title that ignores basic truths. Marriage comes to us from nature. The human species comes in two complementary sexes, male and female. Their sexual union is called marital. It not only …

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PA Swears In First Out Gay State Rep

Yesterday Brian Sims was sworn in as the first openly gay person elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature. Brian Sims, 34, ran unopposed in the November election after ousting longtime Rep. Babette Josephs in the Democratic primary in the Center City district.  “The tide has changed,” said Sims, a civil rights advocate who recently stepped down as board president of …

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TOMORROW: Rhode Island’s Same-Sex Marriage Bill To Be Introduced

Rhode Island’s legislature comes back into session on Thursday and one of the first items they will consider is a same-sex marriage bill. Rep. Arthur Handy, a Cranston Democrat, said the bill is already drafted, but that he needs Wednesday’s second legislative day to gather signatures from co-sponsors, who will include openly gay House Speaker Gordon D. Fox, D-Providence. A …

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Illinois Hate Groups Are Panicking

(Via Good As You)

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Infighting!

The Family Research Council and the American Family Association are ever so pissed at Grover Norquist. Squee!

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TODAY: Illinois Senate Considers Marriage

An Illinois Senate committee is expected to begin debate on a same-sex marriage bill today. A vote may come as soon as tomorrow. Via Windy City Times: The Senate will be in session Wednesday afternoon, and LGBT leaders say that a vote on a bill seeking gay marriage is likely to come sooner rather than later. Sen. Heather Steans tells …

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House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill

Late last night the House passed the fiscal cliff bill approved by the Senate on Sunday night. An agreement to stave off the harshest and most immediate consequences of the fiscal cliff won approval in the House late Tuesday. President Barack Obama said he would sign the law, the battle over which foreshadowed more fights with Congress over spending. Following …

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Franklin Graham Has The Sadz

“As we come into the new year, America is facing many challenges. For the past few weeks, the media has been focused on what has been termed as the nation’s ‘fiscal cliff.’ Our country’s financial problems, however, are nothing compared to the spiritual and moral cliff that is far more destructive to our nation than any economic concerns. Since the …

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Westboro To Picket Maryland Courthouses

Both pickets are scheduled for tomorrow morning. Embiggen the images for their usual dreary notices.

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Barney Frank Slams Chuck Hagel

“Then-Senator Hagel’s aggressively bigoted opposition to President Clinton’s naming the first openly gay Ambassador in U.S. history was not, as Sen. Hagel now claims, an aberration. He voted consistently against fairness for LGBT people and there does not seem to be any evidence prior to his effort to become Secretary of Defense of any apology or retraction of his attack …

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NYE Fireworks Around The World

Taipei was especially impressive.

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Senate Passes Fiscal Cliff Compromise

While the rest of us celebrated the New Year, the Senate passed a “compromise” fiscal cliff bill at about 2AM this morning.  Eight Senators voted against the bill and three did not vote. The Senate approved a bipartisan agreement early Tuesday morning to let income taxes rise sharply for the first time in two decades, fulfilling President Obama’s promise to …

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Key West: Sushi Drops In Her Pump

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Clinton’s Blood Clot Is In Her Skull

Last night doctors revealed that the blood clot suffered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in her skull.  News outlets had spent the last two days speculating as to its location. “This is a clot in the vein that is situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear,” her doctors, Dr. Lisa Bardack …

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Maryland Marriages Begin

Together 35 years, Jim Scales and Bill Tasker were the first to marry early this morning at Baltimore City Hall. Other weddings took place across the state at about the same time.

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Twenty-Thirteen!! (NOT The Other Way)

(Via Boing Boing)

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