Monthly Archives: June 2014

OHIO: Same-Sex Marriage Ban Repeal Fails To Make November Ballot

Via the Associated Press: A key organizer in the ballot effort to overturn Ohio’s gay marriage ban says a revised proposal lacks the required signatures to go before voters this fall. FreedomOhio’s executive director Ian James also said Thursday the campaign would not have had enough money to run an effective statewide campaign this year. The group hinted in April …

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NOM’s Exercise In Photo-Cropping

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Frothy Mix At NOM’s Hate March: Gay Marriage Is Bad For The Economy

Check out his vigilant bodyguard. (Tipped by JMG reader John)

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Quote Of The Day – NOM Marcher Morton

“They’re not born with it, you know. If anybody opens the back door unnaturally from outside, you end up having open-door syndrome. You can’t close the door. Anal sex harms [gays]. It reduces their life by, on average, 25 years—anal or oral sex. Uh, it also has an impact—a strong impact [on women]. I’m not certain the exact statistics there.” …

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NOM: 10,000 Attended Our Hate March

From the Christian title WORLD Magazine: This year marks the second annual marriage march, held to ask Congress to define marriage according to traditional, biblical standards. The marchers this year included people of different ages, races, religions, and cultures, all united under the belief that marriage is between a man and a woman. They gathered Thursday on the Capitol lawn …

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NYC Pride Wins Injunction Against Club Promoters For Using Their Trademark

Via press release from NYC Pride: Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a preliminary injunction against Matinee NYC, Voss NYC and their proprietors Brandon Voss and Jake Resnicow, barring them from using Heritage of Pride/NYC Pride’s “NYC Pride” trademarks, trade name and logo in connection with, among other …

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PBS: The Tide Is Turning On Marriage

Opening with a brief look at NOM’s hate march, yesterday PBS aired the below recap of the coming wave of rulings on same-sex marriage. (Tipped by JMG reader Richard)

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HomoQuotable – John Paulk

“There was a time in my life when I used to sound a lot like Rick Perry. In fact, for more than ten years I was one of the nation’s leading spokesmen for the ‘ex-gay’ movement. I traveled the country telling audiences that being gay was a preventable condition, and it could be treated if only you followed a simple …

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Holly Johnson – Follow Your Heart

Former Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson releases his first solo album in 14 years in September. From the press materials about the first single: The digital EP, featuring one of the final remixes by Frankie Knuckles (and Eric Kupper), is out July 27 alongside a limited-edition coloured vinyl the week before. Surrounding the launch of ‘Europa’, the Frankie …

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Headline Of The Day

Even NOM’s media partner, the Washington Times, had to concede yesterday’s shitty turnout. UPDATE: And here’s how the Mormon Church-owned Deseret News titled their report.

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Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars

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ALABAMA: Attorney General Wants Court To Reconsider Overturn Of Sodomy Ban

Last Friday an Alabama appeals court struck down the state’s ban on consensual oral and anal sex. Yesterday Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange indicated that he will seek an appeal of that ruling. In a statement, the attorney general said the office believed the law was unconstitutional as applied to consensual acts. However, he said he was concerned with the …

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Tony Perkins Celebrates “Triumphant” NOM Hate March Attended By “Thousands”

“Whoever said the marriage debate was over must not have been anywhere near the U.S. Capitol yesterday morning. After months of hearing the courts’ opinion on marriage, today America heard from the voters those courts trampled. Thousands of people from states all across the country descended on Washington, D.C. to show the nation that we care about protecting marriage and …

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NPR’s StoryCorps Animates A Man’s Tale Of Parents’ Rejection For Being Gay

It’s a cartoon but you still might want a tissue. (Tipped by JMG reader Chris)

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Presbyterian Church USA Votes To Allow Pastors To Perform Same-Sex Marriages

Via the Associated Press: The top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has taken major steps toward recognizing gay marriage. The General Assembly voted Thursday in favor of redefining Christian marriage in the church constitution as the union of “two people” instead of “a man and a woman.” The redefinition will take effect only if most of the 172 …

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Straight Owner Of Hell’s Kitchen Gay Bar Performs Westboro Baptist Blues

The dancers are the bartenders at Flaming Saddles. (Tipped by JMG reader Robert)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry: I Stepped In It

“I got asked about an issue, and instead of saying, ‘You know what, we need to be a really respectful and tolerant country, and get back to talking about, whether you’re gay or straight you need to be having a job, and those are the focuses I want to be involved with,’ instead of getting — which I did, I …

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Huckabee: God Will Punish America If We Don’t Stop Same-Sex Marriage

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Leader Of Neo-Nazi Backed French Hate Group Joins NOM’s March On SCOTUS

Second from the left holding the banner is Ludovine Rochere, the head of France’s anti-gay Manif Pour Tous, which is supported at home by the neo-Nazi National Front Party, whose Holocaust-denying founder has been repeatedly convicted of inciting racial and religious hatred. Last week Pope Francis invited Rochere to a private mass where she presented him with a Manif Pour …

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State Department Cuts Funding To Uganda, Bans Officials From Entering US

Via White House press release: As President Obama has stated, the Government of Uganda’s enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) runs counter to universal human rights and complicates our bilateral relationship. We announced in April a series of initial responses, and we have since considered how further to reinforce our support for human rights of all Ugandans, regardless of sexual …

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