Monthly Archives: February 2014

VIRGINIA: Ministers Call Press Conference To Denounce Marriage Equality Suit

(Via Good As You)

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NORTHERN IRELAND: Activists Threaten To Sue For Marriage After Scotland Vote

Saying that they are happy but frustrated about Scotland’s approval of same-sex marriage yesterday, activists in Northern Ireland say they may turn to the courts. Via Gay Star News: John O’Doherty, director of The Rainbow Project in Belfast and chair of Equal Marriage NI, told Gay Star News he applauded Scotland’s politicians for voting in favor of equality.  ‘But it’s …

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$1M Bail Set For Seattle Arson Suspect, FBI Investigating As Possible Hate Crime

Bail has been set at $1M for Musab Masmari, the man suspected of setting a New Year’s Eve fire at a packed Seattle gay nightclub, which the FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime. Via Capitol Hill Seattle: Citing the risk of flight and pending outcomes in recent brushes with the law, a King County judge Tuesday set bail …

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NYC Schools To Get Muslim Holidays

With the support of Mayor De Blasio, New York City public schools will add two Muslim holidays to its calendar. Also being added is the Lunar New Year, which historically sees massive absences by Asian students, who comprise one-sixth of public school enrollment. Though Mayor Bloomberg was adamant that the public school calendar remain the way it is, De Blasio …

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Fox Contributor Laura Ingraham Attacks “Immigrant” Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Fox News contributor and wingnut radio host Laura Ingraham apparently believes that Puerto Rico is a foreign country. In a February 3 speech before Yale Law students, Sotomayor commented on the fact that she was the first Supreme Court Justice to use the term “undocumented immigrant,” instead of “illegal alien,” saying “[t]o call them illegal aliens seemed and does seem …

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Jon Stewart Rips Fox News Over President Obama’s Super Bowl Interview

Josh Feldman has the recap: Jon Stewart thinks Fox News is maybe a little too sensitive about President Obama taking a few swipes at them during his Super Bowl interview with Bill O’Reilly, and mocked the idea that the leader of the free world went out of his way to deflect from the major scandals plaguing his administration by doing …

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MEXICO: “Ex-Gay” Conference Canceled

Last month I reported that “ex-gay” crackpot Richard “Tennis Racket” Cohen was exporting his crazy to Mexico.  JMG reader Juan reports today that the event has been canceled following a petition campaign by the local LGBT community. Good for them! I’ll update this post if more details come to light.

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Clay Aiken Announces US House Bid

Pop star and openly gay American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken today formally announced his candidacy for the U.S. House. Aiken portrays himself as someone who is not a politician. He emphasizes his personal story – growing up in a home torn apart by domestic violence – and says it inspired him to be a voice for the powerless. He began …

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Eurovision 2014: Belarus’ Entry

“I’m not Patrick Swayze and you’re no Jennifer Grey.” And then something about Google Maps. It’s actually catchy, but it definitely lacks that famous Eurovision cheese. I’m getting a Robin Thicke vibe.

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Vatican Survey: Vast Majority Of Catholics Reject The Rules Of The Vatican

According to a new Vatican survey, the “vast majority” of Catholics in Germany and Switzerland reject the Vatican’s rules about “contraception, sexual morality, gay unions and divorce.” The Vatican took the unusual step of commissioning the surveys ahead of a major meeting of bishops that Pope Francis has called for October to discuss family issues. The poll was sent last …

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Journalists: Sochi Isn’t Ready

Journalists already in Sochi say that some hotels remain far from finished and sanitation remains an issue at some facilities. Above is what came out of the faucet in one reporter’s hotel room. While the main venues and Olympic Village are finished, the area around the Olympic Park and a number of hotels are effectively construction zones, according to widespread …

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WaPo Publishes Interactive Marriage Map

The Washington Post has published an interactive marriage equality map which doesn’t show all the lawsuits currently in progress, but it does highlight the states where we seem to be closest to a win.

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Matt Zarley – Somebody 4 Everybody

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Liberty Counsel Files SCOTUS Appeal To Overturn CA Ban On “Ex-Gay” Torture

Last week the Ninth Circuit Court refused to consider the Liberty Counsel’s en banc appeal to overturn California’s ban on the “ex-gay” torture of LGBT youth. But the Ninth has now delayed the implementation of the ban while the Liberty Counsel asks the Supreme Court to hear their case. California’s SB 1172, which the 9th Circuit upheld in August, prohibits …

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CVS To Stop Selling Cigarettes

CVS Caremark, the nation’s second largest drugstore chain with over 7600 locations, has announced that they will phase out all tobacco sales by the end of the year. The company declined to say what will take tobacco’s prominent shelf place behind cash registers at the front of its stores. CVS Caremark will test some items and may expand smoking cessation …

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From Red State Dems

Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Tod)

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Bill Nye Vs Ken Ham

Bill Nye The Science Guy tonight debated Creation Museum head Ken Ham in an event that has been posted in full to YouTube. “I just want to remind us all there are billions of people in the world who are deeply religious, who get enriched by the wonderful sense of community by their religion,” said Nye, who wore his trademark …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Universal Entertainment, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is the Dallas Buyers Club video combo pack, which went on sale today online and at physical retailers nationwide. Enter to win a Dallas Buyers Club Blu-ray™ combo pack! An all-star cast led by Golden Globe Award® winners Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto inspire in Dallas Buyers Club – the epic true …

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VIRGINIA: Judge Promises To Rule “Soon” In AFER’s Marriage Equality Lawsuit

The judge hearing opening arguments in AFER’s marriage equality lawsuit against Virginia ended today’s proceedings by promising to make her ruling “soon.” Virginia Solicitor General Stuart A. Raphael compared the state constitutional amendment banning such unions to the commonwealth’s previous defense of segregation, a ban on interracial marriage and resistance to admitting women to VMI — all decisions overturned by …

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YouTube Comment Reconstruction #7

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