Evan Gahr writes at Daily Beast: Dr. Ben Carson, the Republican right’s favorite African-American neurosurgeon, often says that President Obama’s health care law is the worst thing since slavery. But in my recent interview with the good doctor—who is riding high in the presidential preliminaries, having come in a close second to Sen. Ted Cruz this past weekend in the …

This one is set in New York City. SyFy executives have so far ignored suggestions to make Bearvalanche, Ottergeddon, and Shih Tzumami.

Last week Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a motion to dismiss one of her state’s marriage equality lawsuits, saying that same-sex marriage would be “harmful” to the state. Several major newspapers have since reacted with commentaries blasting her position.  From the Miami Herald: All adults should have the right to marry and divorce as they see fit. That’s why, …

The Wall Street Journal has a review of her coming first solo album, which is due next week: The album opens with “You or No One,” styled after the 1960s’ Wall of Sound, and closes with “Adding the Blue,” a moving ballad driven by an acoustic guitar played by Joakim Åhlund, who co-wrote the song with Ms. Hynde. With its …

A new study has linked Viagra use to an increased risk for melanoma. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, found sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, may increase a man’s risk for melanoma by as much as 84 percent. The study involved nearly 26,000 men enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study at the Harvard School of Public Health. In …

Via the Salt Lake Tribune: Utah intends to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that requires the state to recognize the same-sex marriages performed during the brief time it was legal in late December and early January. Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Sean Reyes filed a notice of appeal Wednesday in U.S. District Court. The case would go to the …

This one is from the Washington Blade, which has a recap of pending cases.

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“We are disappointed that the US Supreme Court has declined to issue a stay of a federal judge’s order redefining marriage in Oregon. Because the state Attorney General has worked in concert with the plaintiffs to deny the people of Oregon a defense of their state marriage amendment, and because the trial judge refused our request to defend the amendment, …

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Via Buzzfeed: The Supreme Court denied the National Organization for Marriage’s attempt to stop same-sex couples from marrying in Oregon. NOM has appealed the trial judge’s decision not to let the group, which is opposed to same-sex couples’ marriage rights, to intervene in the lawsuit challenging Oregon’s ban on such marriages. The 9th Circuit, which is hearing that appeal, denied …

CBS News reports: A LGBTQ pride celebration at D.C.’s Woodrow Wilson High School led to a big surprise for students Wednesday, as Principal Pete Cahall came out as gay in front of the crowd. Cahall tells WNEW’s Matt DelSignore that he just turned 50 and was “tired of hiding.” “I would be a hypocrite if I tell kids to ‘be …

Via the Dallas Voice: Metroplex Republicans President Rob Schlein reported from the Republican state convention in Fort Worth that wording his organization wanted removed from the platform is gone. “Good news!” Schlein wrote. “Platform subcommittee votes unanimously to remove the hateful antigay language in the platform.” The removed language read: “Homosexuality ― We affirm that the practice of homosexuality tears …

“I get angry because of stories about kids like [six year-old transgender boy] Ryland. Angry at people. Angry as sin. Angry at Satan. I am not the type of person that believes Satan is hiding behind every rock, but I do think that there is a demonic element at play when little girls actually start to think they’re little boys, …

I believe the map maker used Census Bureau data on where same-sex couples live, not total population numbers. Source.

Via Adam Weinstein at Gawker: Used to be when a bunch of people got murdered with a gun, it was called a “murder.” But now it’s a “shooting,” because the leftist media lies, except it’s not a lie, but whatever. The point, according to this awesome he-hulk in an NRA propaganda video is: Don’t watch the news! “Now they race …

Remember last year when Ex-Gay Pride Month was canceled due to “anti-ex-gay extremism”? Remember a month later when the AFA predicted that “thousands of ex-gays” would descend upon DC for Ex-Gay Lobby Day? Remember how only 15 losers showed up? Remember last October when tens of ex-gays showed for the First Annual Ex-Gay Awareness Month gala? Here we go again. …