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The plaintiffs in a marriage equality lawsuit against the state of Michigan have filed a motion requesting that so-called “expert witness” be barred from testifying. Because all his debunked bullshit is about children. An excerpt: In addition to being relevant, an expert’s testimony must also be reliable. Reliability of an expert’s conclusions is based on the expert’s knowledge or experience …

A Google Glass app titled NameTag will allow the user to access online information about a stranger merely by looking at them. NameTag uses facial recognition technology that will allow you to take a snapshot of the person you forgot or the cute person at the bar and send the picture to NameTag’s servers, where it will be compared to …

TMZ last night published a claim that Budweiser has “bailed” on its usual party zone at the Olympics.  The company is not one of the official Sochi sponsors. TMZ Sports has learned Budweiser has decided to NOT throw its traditional Winter Olympics party this year and it’s all because the company is not comfortable with the situation in Russia. In …

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Above are just two panels from a graphic novel-style telling of the case brought against hate group leader Scott Lively by the Center For Constitutional Rights. Read the full thing. If you’ve not yet considered kicking in to help their legal costs, you can read their plea here.

“Consider this post a thank you note to shitty bigot [Irish Times columnist] John Waters and shitty bigot Breda O’Brien and all the shitty bigots at the Iona Institute. Thank you for bringing Panti Bliss to our attention. Thanks to your stupidity and Rory ‘Panti Bliss’ O’Neill’s eloquence, Panti has gained an international following. And if you shitty motherfuckers are …

From NOM: “The new radio ad is currently running in the Ft. Wayne and Muncie radio markets, but NOM and CitizenLink are both prepared to expand into other markets and cut new ads to cover other legislators who fail to support marriage in the present deliberations over Indiana’s proposed marriage amendment, HJR3.” You might recognize the announcer’s voice, it’s Stuart …

On Monday the Indiana Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee will meet in the afternoon to consider the same-sex marriage ban that passed in the House last week. The Senate’s session is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EST. The committee hearing will be held immediately after session in the Senate Chambers. Senate President Pro Tem David Long announced last …

Do you plan on watching the Olympics?

Below is the charging document in the case of Musab Marsmari, who is suspected in the New Year’s Eve arson at the packed Seattle gay nightclub Neighbours.  Details of Masmari’s actions and words in the days between the crime and his Saturday arrest are within. The FBI is investigating the fire as a possible hate crime. You’ll likely need to …

Two weeks ago Arizona GOP state Rep. Steve Yarborough introduced a bill that would legalize discrimination against LGBT people on the grounds of religious beliefs. Today that bill was approved by an Arizona House committee. Critics told the committee that the bill’s primary purpose is to allow discrimination against gays. “It most decisively takes away reasonable protections people have from …

From a Canadian diversity group. (Tipped by JMG reader Tam)

Via Reddit. I always find these things fascinating.

New Republic reports that a Russian critic of Vladimir Putin found a giant wooden cock chained to her car. Last Monday, when Katya Romanovskaya left her Moscow apartment for work, she discovered that her car had a giant phallus strapped to it with a metal chain. Upon further examination, she discovered that the shaft was made out of one tree …

All of Broadway’s theaters will dim their marquee lights at curtain time tonight in tribute to late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman appeared on Broadway three times, each performance earning the actor both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations. 2000 marked his first appearance, opposite John C. Reilly in True West (the duo alternated their roles during the run, each …

The wingnuts are mocking this, of course.

USA Today reports: Billie Jean King, one of three openly gay members on the U.S. delegation for the Sochi Olympics, will miss the opening ceremony Friday because of her mother’s failing health. King said Wednesday she needs to be with her mother and brother “at this difficult time.” “I want to thank President Obama for including me in this historic …