Monthly Archives: May 2014

Todd Starnes: DC Is Twerking On America

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OREGON: NOM Files SCOTUS Brief Demanding Stay On Same-Sex Marriages

“We are asking Justice Kennedy and the U.S. Supreme Court to take the step of staying the decision of Judge McShane so that NOM can pursue its request to intervene in the case in order to mount a defense of the people’s vote for marriage. This case is an ugly spectacle of the state refusing to defend the sovereign act …

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Kiss Of Death Redux: Palin Again Endorses Teabagger For US House Seat

Sarah Palin campaigned on behalf of Steve Lonegan when he ran against Cory Booker for the US Senate with the endorsement of NOM. That, obviously, didn’t turn out so great. This time Lonegan is running for the US House seat to be vacated by GOP Rep. Jon Runyan, who last year announced he was leaving Congress over his anger with …

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Hypocrisy Alert: Anti-Gay Crackpot Files Complaint After Business Refused Him

Canadian anti-gay activist Bill Whatcott, who was arrested last month with Porno Pete, says that he has filed a formal complaint against a computer repair store that Whatcott claims refused to serve him on the basis of sincerely held religious beliefs. From his post on a Canadian wingnut forum: I will be working on some paper work tonight that I …

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Black Pastors Compare Same-Sex Marriage To Slavery, Segregation, & The KKK

Jeremy Hooper writes at Good As You: The Coalition of African-American Pastors is intimately aligned with the National Organization For Marriage (CAAP head William Owens is listed as NOM’s religious liaison) and is one of the co-sponsors of NOM’s upcoming March For Marriage. Now look on as this organization helps NOM in its stated goal to “drive a wedge between …

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Google Honors Environmentalist Rachel Carson, Teabagistan Flips Out

Google marked the birthday of late environmentalist Rachel Carson today and the teabaggers are pulling their hair out in rage. Via Twitchy: Of all the people in the world to commemorate today, people who have done truly great things, this is who Google chose? Today would have been marine biologist and “Silent Spring” author Rachel Carson’s 107th birthday. Unfortunately, thanks …

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VANCOUVER: Hospital Shuts Dedicated AIDS Ward Over Lack Of Patients

Via the Vancouver Sun: St. Paul’s Hospital has shut down its dedicated AIDS ward, saying they no longer have enough patients — and the end of AIDS is in sight. Ward 10C opened in February 1997 during the peak of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Vancouver, when approximately one person was dying of AIDS every day. Earlier diagnosis of …

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Editorial Of The Day

From the Bangor Daily News: The results of the commission’s investigation might seem irrelevant now, given that five years have passed — because the commission faced two lawsuits from NOM, both of which NOM lost — and the issue of same-sex marriage is largely settled in Maine. But the principle remains, and the precedent is important. It’s quite likely the …

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TEXAS: Open Carry Gun Loons Get Tossed Out Of Chili’s And Sonic Restaurants

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Tweet Of The Day – God

God’s Twitter account, which has 1.3M followers, is written by David Javerbaum, a former head writer for the Daily Show and the current head writer for the Maya Rudolph Show.

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STUDY: Brains Of Gay Dads Change After Adopting Children Via Surrogacy

Reuters reports: Having a baby alters new mothers’ brain activity, researchers have found, and a new study adds the first evidence of such changes in the brains of gay men raising children they adopted through surrogacy. The men’s pattern of brain activity resembles that of both new mothers and new fathers in the study. The research, reported on Monday, could …

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Media Matters: Right Wing Rodeo

“The week’s worst moments in conservative media.”

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SUNDAY: Queens Pride 2014

If Queens were a standalone city, its 2.3M population would rank fourth* in the nation, just ahead of Houston.  But despite the massive size of the borough, the ten block-long Queens Pride parade in Jackson Heights, which will be held this Sunday, has a charming small town feel. Some of the pubs in the neighborhood become de facto gay bars …

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WISCONSIN: Walker Wavers On Marriage

Tea Party hero and GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making flippy-floppy noises after years of loudly opposing same-sex marriage. Gov. Scott Walker backed away from his previous support for the state ban on gay marriage passed in 2006, saying he didn’t know if it violated the U.S. Constitution, would still be approved by voters today or would amount to …

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Supreme Court Imposes IQ Cutoff Point For Death Penalty In 5-4 Ruling

In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court today imposed an IQ cutoff point for the 32 states that still perform executions. The Supreme Court made it more difficult Tuesday for states to impose the death penalty on prisoners who claim an intellectual disability, marking the first time it has fine-tuned a landmark 2002 decision barring executions of the mentally retarded. The …

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US Census To Count Married Gays

Via the Washington Post: The Census Bureau, which struggles to keep up with the rapid changes in American life, is about to start categorizing same-sex married couples as families. The 2013 American Community Survey results, which will be reported in September, will mark the first time the census integrates an estimated 180,000 same-sex married couples with statistics concerning the nation’s …

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E.W. Jackson: Satan Supports The Separation Of Church And State

This is the nutjob who ran for lieutenant governor of Virginia.

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WaPo Marriage Map

The Washington Post has published an interactive marriage map.  Click on each state for recent developments.

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Kylie Minogue – Crystallize

Idolator reports: You won’t find Kylie Minogue‘s new song “Crystallize” on her recently-released album Kiss Me Once, but you will see all the names of those who donated to One Note For Cancer at the end of the clip. The track is a tie-in with the cancer charity, and Kylie got fans involved by having them bid on eBay for …

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NY Sen. Ruben Diaz: I’m Bringing 100 Buses To NOM’s Hate March In DC

New York state Sen. Rubin Diaz, who is possibly the most viciously anti-gay Democrat in the nation, claims to be bringing 100 buses of Hispanic evangelicals to NOM’s hate march in Washington DC next month. Brian Brown has issued a money beg: I just recently got off the phone with my good friend, New York State Senator, Rev. Ruben Diaz, …

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