Monthly Archives: February 2014

AZ Hate Group Authors Of Anti-Gay Bill Demands Signature From Gov. Jan Brewer

“As we witness hostility towards people of faith grow like never before, we must take this opportunity to speak up for religious liberty. The great news is that SB 1062 protects your right to live and work according to your faith and was passed by the Arizona legislature. This bill is now heading to Governor Jan Brewer’s desk. One thing …

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LGBT Ally AZ Rep. Chad Campbell Appears On CNN To Denounce Anti-Gay Bill

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Two Arizona Mayors: Veto Anti-Gay Hate

The Democratic mayors of Phoenix and Tempe took to Twitter to denounce Arizona’s anti-gay bill and demand that it be vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer. Notably quiet is the GOP mayor of Mesa, Scott Smith, who is running for governor. Also silent so far is Jay Tibshraeny, the GOP mayor of Chandler, Arizona’s fourth-largest city. (But he DID just tweet …

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Arizona Urgent Action Alert

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INDIANA: Brian Brown Surrenders, Won’t Sue To Force Marriage Ban Onto Ballot

“After reviewing all legal options, the National Organization for Marriage has decided not to bring litigation seeking to allow voters to have the right to vote on the marriage amendment in 2014. While we believe a strong legal case can be made that the amendment could appear on the ballot this year, we think that the time and expense of …

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ILLINOIS: Court Rules That Gay Marriages May Commence In Cook County

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a court has ruled that same-sex marriages may commence immediately in Cook County. The law was due to go into effect statewide on June 1st.  UPDATE: From the ACLU of Illinois. I am so pleased to let you know that a short while ago, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ordered Cook County Clerk …

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Freep This Arizona Poll

Halfway down on the right. (Tipped by JMG reader Bob)

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Utah TV Staffers Lip-Sync Let It Go

Let It Go, should you be unaware, is the Oscar-nominated song from Disney’s Frozen. It was written for and sung by Tony winner Idina Menzel, who will perform the track at next month’s Academy Awards. There are some cute bits in the clip below, especially the hug between two bears that could be read as an endorsement of gay marriage. …

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Activists Heckle Scott Lively At DC Press Conference For New Anti-Gay Hate Group

The Washington Blade‘s Michael Lavers reports that two activists disrupted the press conference held at the National Press Club yesterday by Scott Lively to announce the new anti-gay hate group formed in partnership with Porno Pete LaBarbera. Lively got very upset: “Every time we come forward to speak the truth from our perspective, we are interrupted by homofascists! THIS is …

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Headline Of The Day

Via Business Insider: People who espouse anti-gay views die younger than those who don’t, found a sure-to-be-controversial study in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health. “Anti-gay prejudice is associated with elevated mortality risk among heterosexuals, over and above multiple established risk factors for mortality,” wrote the researchers, led by Mark L. Hatzenbuehler of Columbia University. In …

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FLOTUS Performs In Tonight Show Skit

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TODAY: Protest At Arizona Capitol

From the event’s Facebook page: People are starting to go to the Capitol and aiming for a large protest gathering TODAY between 4 and 6 pm. Signs, speakers, good shoes. Come and be seen. Peaceful and respectful actions! Arizona’s State Legislature and the conservative majority in control are pushing to pass the expanded “religious freedom” bills and then have them …

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AZ Rep. Chad Campbell Reports Death Threat After Epic Defense Of LGBT Rights

If you watched yesterday’s Arizona House debate, you’ll know that the only bright points of the entire disgusting exercise were the impassioned defenses of the LGBT community delivered by Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Chad Campbell. Apparently some of God’s Gentle People didn’t like that. Campbell, not incidentally, is straight and married to a woman. RELATED: Last year the Phoenix Tea …

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AZ Gov. Jan Brewer Has Five Days To Act

The Arizona Republic reports on what happens next: The bill will be sent to Gov. Jan Brewer, who has five days to sign it into law, veto it or do nothing and allow it to become law. Specifically, the legislation proposes to: — Expand the state’s definition of the exercise of religion to include both the practice and observance of …

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Brian Brown Attacks Homocon San Diego Candidate For US House Carl DeMaio

Brian Brown has written a curiously homoerotic denouncement of the US House candidacy of San Diego homocon Carl DeMaio. It begins: Dear Marriage Supporter, It’s a beautiful summer day in southern California. Throngs of people line streets as paraders march by. They include transvestite brides (men in wedding gowns) who strut their stuff. Nearby a float with bare-chested, heavily muscled …

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Queer Nation Protests At Today Show

Yesterday several of you emailed me to wonder what they’d just seen over the shoulders of Today Show hosts Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. Queer Nation activist Duncan Osborne explains: “We walked in from 49th and 6th because they had the small crowd on the little plaza and the 49th St. side of the plate glass windows was unobstructed. …

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Brawl Breaks Out In Ukraine’s Parliament

Russia’s official news agency reports: “A massive brawl erupted in the Ukrainian parliament on Friday morning during a debate on a return to the 2004 Constitution, which limits presidential powers in favor of parliament. Meanwhile clashes continue in Kiev with the death toll now standing at 80.”

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ARIZONA: State’s Largest Paper Urges Gov. Jan Brewer To Veto Anti-Gay Bill

From the editorial board of the Arizona Republic: Gov. Jan Brewer’s pen is a powerful economic-development tool. She should use it to veto legislation that would allow businesses to refuse service to gays and lesbians on religious grounds. Doing so would further what Brewer calls “ongoing work to make Arizona the best state in the country for high-tech companies to …

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Photo Of The Day

Posted to the Facebook page of Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria in Tucson. The restaurant has also posted this: “As a longtime employer and feeder of the gay community, Rocco’s reserves the right to eject any State Senators we see fit to kick out. That is all.” The photo has been shared over 2000 times and many commenters are vowing to …

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