Monthly Archives: July 2014

Tony Perkins Has The Virginia Sadz

“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit yesterday became the second federal appeals court to declare that a state (in this case, Virginia) defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman violates the U.S. Constitution. The three-judge panel divided 2-1, with the majority declaring that ‘the fundamental right to marry encompasses the right to same-sex …

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OHIO: New Ad From Why Marriage Matters

Columbus television reports: For the first time in a decade, marriage equality ads will be seen on Ohio TV. Starting Wednesday an ad supporting gay marriage will begin running statewide. The TV spot tells the story of George and Henry – they’re two Ohioans who have been together fifty years. Although their marriage license says New York, here’s how the …

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Zillow Buys Trulia In $3.5B Deal

Creating what is being characterized as an “online real estate juggernaut,” on Monday the realty site Zillow reached a deal to purchase Trulia, its chief competitor, in an all stock $3.5B merger. Under the terms of the deal, Zillow will pay 0.444 of one of its shares for each share of Trulia. Based on Friday’s closing prices, the takeover bid …

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Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules That WTC Cross Isn’t A Religious Symbol

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the public display of the so-called WTC Cross is a secular remembrance of the 9/11 attacks and not a religious symbol. “Thank God,” said Father Brian Jordan, the Franciscan priest who had the cross pulled from Ground Zero weeks after an excavator showed it to him. “In a way, we’ve been …

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Hillary Duff – Chasing The Sun

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COLORADO: State Supreme Court Orders Boulder Clerk To Stop Issuing Licenses

Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: After Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall had been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples for more than a month, the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered her to stop doing so for the time being. Hall’s office reported Tuesday that it granted 202 licenses to same-sex couples since starting doing so last month. “I am …

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Hate Group Leader Janet Porter Launches Anti-Gay Facebook Alternative Called ReaganBook, Much Hilarity Ensues

Kyle Mantyla writes at Right Wing Watch: Last weekend, the Ohio Liberty Coalition hosted a “Reload 4 Liberty” event at which Janet Porter spoke about her never-ending push to get her anti-choice “Heartbeat Bill” legislation passed in Ohio. But apparently that is not all that Porter is up to these days, as she also revealed to the audience that she’ll …

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Straight UFC Fighter Drops Trou At Weigh-In To Reveal…. Support For Gays

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Happy Birthday, Edith Windsor!

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Postmodern Jukebox – Livin’ On A Prayer

“Miche Braden (from our “Sweet Child O’ Mine” cover) was in town, so she stopped by to lend her legendary powerful voice to this Bon Jovi ’80s classic. Also, check out the horns playing the Richie Sambora guitar solo. This one takes me back to my New Jersey roots.” You remember that cover, right?

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Film Project: Reel In The Closet

Documentary filmmakers for a project titled Reel In The Closet are seeking your home movies that might help catalog LGBT history. If you want to feel the past not just read about it, watch the home movies and videos. Look at the community shows LGBTQ people put together. Watch the clips they saved. They go at least as far back …

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Pat Robertson On CBN: Perverse Gays Want To Drive Christians Out Of Business

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Impeachment Talk: Cash Cow For Dems

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Red-Caped Catholic Loons Visit Louisiana

From their website: Unfortunately, however, police officers soon arrived. “You cannot be on the neutral zone,” they said, referring to the large public sidewalk where we were standing. “There’s a city ordinance against this, and you will need to step away and ask the private businesses for permission to stand on their property. You can’t do it here.” How strange: …

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TEXAS: AG Greg Abbott Files Marriage Ban Overturn Appeal With Fifth Circuit Court, Uses Tired Procreation Argument

Via the American-Statesmen: Back in court to defend Texas’ ban on gay marriage, Attorney General Greg Abbott is arguing that the restriction is designed to promote responsible procreation, not to demean same-sex couples — a tactic that has already been rejected by two federal appeals courts. Nonetheless, Abbott relies heavily on the argument as Texas prepares to defend the ban …

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Former “Ex-Gay” Activist: I Wouldn’t Date An “Ex-Gay” Myself, They Can’t Be Trusted

“Many people I knew suspected all along that change—true change where all same-sex attractions disappear or become rare and incidental, and heterosexual attractions take their place—never happened. I can say I’ve never met an ‘ex-gay’ man I thought was not still attracted to men and would not go back to gay relationships under the right circumstances. One of my colleagues …

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Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Anything Goes

The first single from their duet album, due in September, was released today. Cheek To Cheek features classic jazz standards sung by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in a combination of vocal duets and solo performances. Each song was handpicked by the artists, and the album features classic selections from the Great American Songbook including “Anything Goes,” “It Don’t Mean …

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KENTUCKY: Creationist Noah’s Ark Theme Park Asks State For $18M In Tax Rebates

Via the Louisville Courier-Journal: Ark Encounter is applying to participate in a program that allows eligible tourism attractions a rebate of 25 percent of the sales tax they collect on admission tickets, souvenirs, food and other things over 10 years. For this application the rebates would be as much as $18.25 million. The incentive program’s rules say that if preliminary …

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COLORADO: AG Says Boulder Clerk Is Making People Lose Faith In Government

“Permitting one clerk to ignore some state laws while using the power granted by other state laws causes significant irreparable harm to the state and the public interest. Each day that one clerk continues to issue same-sex marriage licenses — and publicly declare those licenses’ validity, despite the state marriage laws and the attorney general’s statements to the contrary — …

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