NPR opens this story by declaring that it’s not an April Fool’s joke. President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea is reigniting talk in Russia of taking back Alaska from the United States, which purchased the territory from a czar for $7.2 million nearly a century and a half ago. Most of the talk is tongue-in-cheek, but comes at a time …

Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid reports that a street preacher has been awarded just over $20K in a lawsuit filed after he was arrested for telling two teenagers that they will burn in hell for being gay. John Craven, 57, recited from Revelation after two gay teenagers asked about his views on homosexuality. But after he read from chapter 21, verse …

Same-sex marriage has been legal in England and Wales for only four days and already the BBC has published a trend piece on whether gay bars are destined to fade into history. (Spoiler alert: They aren’t.) The article opens by asking a couple of familiar questions. It’s a Saturday night in March, unusually mild for London, and Soho is thronging …

Rosie O’Donnell will receive the honorary Isabella Stephenson Tony Award this year for her musical theater work with New York City school kids. Via the Hollywood Reporter: O’Donnell was chosen for the 2014 award in recognition of her commitment to arts education for New York City public school children and her establishment of the nonprofit arts education foundation Rosie’s Theater …

In a post on Matt Barber’s website, infamous anti-Kinsey activist Judith Reisman today declares that AIDS patients should file a class action lawsuit against “condom pushers” because the FDA has never approved condom use for anal sex. The reality is that condoms are manufactured and approved every day for natural, vaginal sex, not anal “sex.” They are not effectively designed …

Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: Lively told [SiriusXM host Michelangelo] Signorile that he never referred to Obama as the Antichrist or Putin as a champion of right-wing Christianity: “No I didn’t say that. Oh boy, that’s quite the leap you’re making. No, I’ve never said either of those things. In terms of the Antichrist thing, we need to …

“The employees of Mozilla evidently think that people like me, and perhaps you, are not morally fit to be employees of their company. They are attempting to force out their CEO because he made a financial contribution in support of the ballot initiative to uphold marriage in California as the union of husband and wife. The CEO isn’t out yet, …

Maryland haters are assessing support for a petition drive to place a repeal of that state’s transgender rights bill on the 2014 ballot. The bill awaits Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature after passing its final hurdle in the state legislature on Friday. This freep won’t be as fun as those in which you see a changing tally of the vote totals. …

Archdiocese of Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory has apologized after local Catholics expressed anger over his construction of a $2.2M mansion. “I am disappointed that, while my advisors (sic) and I were able to justify this project fiscally, logistically and practically, I personally failed to project the cost in terms of my own integrity and pastoral credibility with the people of …

“I frankly don’t understand why the judge elected to pass on a discussion of some of the very real concerns our research raised. It’s as if raising standard methodological issues on this subject is just unwelcome today, unless it’s clear that you are friendly to the political goals of the same-sex marriage movement. My study noted numerous suboptimal outcomes experienced …

The clip can’t be embedded here, but I’m guessing many of you will enjoy this. (Tipped by JMG readers Ed and David)

Via Irish Central: President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has been invited to become Grand Marshal of the 2015 NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade. According to a press release published on its homepage by parade committee, the committee has personally written to the Russian president to invite him to become the parade’s Grand Marshal in 2015. The historic invite will silence …

Back in 2012, Virginia-based anti-gay crackpot Eugene Delgaudio lifted the above wedding photo from the blog of a New Jersey gay couple, replaced the New York City skyline backdrop with snow-covered trees, and used the image for a flyer that attacked a pro-gay marriage candidate for the Colorado state Senate. After first sending an cease-and-desist order, in September of that …

“A preferred ploy of left-wing change agents is to ridicule critics when they point out the undeniable parallels between the goals of today’s ‘progressive’ movement, to include the Democratic Party in general, and the goals of the early, and very much still alive, communist movement. If, for instance, one mentions the historical fact that nearly every adult who, at any …

“Nobody understands the cloud, it’s a fucking mystery.” This feels like a very long Apple commercial.

Rosanne cast member and talk show host Sara Gilbert married rocker Linda Perry on Sunday. News of the ceremony was revealed yesterday by co-hosts on Gilbert’s show, The Talk. “Let’s get started with a big congratulations for our own Sara Gilbert, who got married last night,” Julie Chen said. “It was magical. It was the most beautiful ceremony.” Aisha Tyler …

Over one million views already. (Tipped by JMG reader Elmo)

“Now is the time for every church that works with World Vision, every Christian musician and artist that partners with World Vision, and every believer that supports World Vision to inform them that they have made a terrible choice and that they will no longer have your support. And for every child who will fall through the cracks because of …

On Saturday Ugandan Pastor Martin “Eat Da Poo Poo” Ssempa smirkingly invited me to attend a parade in celebration of his country’s brutal crackdown on its LGBT citizens. The festivities went off as planned yesterday, complete with a marching band and children that waved anti-gay signs.  J. Lester Feder reports at Buzzfeed: Fire jugglers, acrobats, and schoolchildren performed at a …