Chris Geidner writes at Buzzfeed: In a memorandum being distributed Thursday by the group [Evan] Wolfson founded a little more than a decade ago, Freedom to Marry details “the Pathway to Winning Marriage Nationwide” in light of these and other recent developments. “What we’re trying to do in the memo is underscore that, while there will be flash points, there …

For the last two days LGBT activists have been hijacking the McDonald’s Twitter hashtag for the Sochi Olympics.

AdWeek recaps: GoDaddy, which this fall promised no more sleazy Super Bowl commercials, still shows plenty of skin in its first ad for this year’s game—but it’s mostly male, and it’s absurdly pumped up. The Web-hosting company on Wednesday rolled out one of its two 30-second spots for Super Bowl XLVIII, titled “Bodybuilder.” Unlike most of its Super Bowl work …

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, who won election in November by a 0.04% margin, will join Prop 8 victors Ted Olson and David Boies in their bid to strike down his state’s ban on gay marriage. The action will mark a stunning reversal in the state’s legal position on same-sex marriage and is a result of November elections in which …

It’s definitely been a week for super crazy Republicans. This one, Susan Atanus, is running for the US House in Illinois. Atanus, 55, has run for this office twice before — she lost the 2010 GOP primary and in 2012 was taken off the ballot because she didn’t have enough valid signatures. She says her plans for the economy will …

Breitbart is very upset about this. Not office safe.

“Remember that Nobel Prize winner, the scientist who discovered the ‘gay’ gene? I’m having trouble coming up with the name. It’s because there is no such researcher, since nothing like a ‘gay gene’ has been found. But try to tell that to the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and the various self-important ‘gay’ bloggers. With claws and teeth exposed, the monster …

The Scottish Parliament will have its final debate and vote on same-sex marriage on February 4th.  The Equality Network yesterday gave a statement to Pink News: After six years of campaigning for equal marriage there is now less than a fortnight to go until the final vote. Scotland can be proud that we have produced one of the most progressive …

Time for our quarterly book report. What are you reading?

This a reworking of a single from their Grammy-nominated album Settle, this time with vocals by Mary J. Blige, who surprised a Manhattan audience on Sunday when she joined the band to perform this at Terminal 5. Released to iTunes today. (Tipped by JMG reader Robbie)

Delaney’s district covers part of Indianapolis. Markle was the subject of this JMG post earlier today. UPDATE: Freedom Indiana reacts. We’re disappointed, but we’re more disappointed in the jury-rigged process than the outcome today. The traditional legislative path for this divisive amendment was completely upended when Speaker Bosma decided he had to switch committees to shore up enough Republican votes …

Elton John today posted a long message about Russia on his website. An excerpt: I am deeply grateful for the support of the Russian people who have welcomed and accepted me in their country ever since I first visited in 1979. On my last visit, in December 2013, I wondered whether the new legislation banning “homosexual propaganda” might have changed …

The Human Rights Campaign reacts: “It’s alarming that the reason Gene Schaerr gives for taking this position has nothing to do with the U.S. Constitution or the legal issues at play. Schaerr’s entire motivation for taking this anti-equality case is to impose a certain religious viewpoint on all Utahns – and that’s wrong. When you become an attorney, you take …

Via Mediaite: Self-professed fecal draft-dodger Ted Nugent, who is not racist because he profits from black music, was interviewed by Guns.com at the almost-aptly-named SHOT Show 2014 about a variety of topics, and had a few more choice words for President Obama, whom Nugent once said (from a distance) should “suck on my machine gun.” Toward the end of the …

This is the new committee that the bill was moved to after it failed to progress in the House Judiciary Committee. Watch it live here. Follow on Twitter at the hashtag #HJR3. UPDATE: Speakers have included a lawyer for Alliance Defending Freedom. Curiously she did not mention her former co-worker who is serving a 40-year prison sentence for making child …

“Anti-gay laws in countries like Uganda, Nigeria, India, and Russia are not being created in a vacuum. I would argue that they are also not in direct response to indigenous gay rights movements. These countries are enacting laws as a response to gay activists’ intolerance towards traditional views on marriage and sexuality, and their attempts to silence the speech and …

KKK-affiliated hate group leader Tony Perkins says that requiring businesses to follow the law and serve gay customers is like walking into a gay bar, rounding up all the patrons, and forcing them to go to church. It’s the SAME THING, people! (Via Good As You)

“If you redefine marriage, so as to say that the male-female aspect is irrational and arbitrary, what principle for policy and for law will retain the other three historic components of marriage—monogamy, exclusivity, and permanency? We’ve already seen new words created to challenge each and every one of these norms. Consider one example: Throuple is a three person couple. If …

Marriage has been legal there for months and months, but France’s neo-Nazi supported Manif Pour Tour carries on. Today’s clip announces major rallies in Paris and Lyon on February 2nd. Somebody want to translate all the graphics? UPDATE: They have taken down the clip. JMG readers have provided recaps and translations in the comments.

Via Andrew Sullivan. Of course.