CNN reports: A second Maryland woman has been charged with murder in connection with the Friday stabbing deaths of two children during an exorcism attempt, authorities said. Two children died of multiple stab wounds and two others are hospitalized with undisclosed injuries, police said. Monifa Denise Sanford, 21, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of …

In a long interview with the New Yorker, President Obama said that he believes marijuana is safer than alcohol. The question came regarding the legalization of the sale of marijuana in Colorado and Washington state. When I asked Obama about another area of shifting public opinion—the legalization of marijuana—he seemed even less eager to evolve with any dispatch and get …

Matalin: “Can I just say, I’m so sick of sports and politics. All of my gay friends think he looks so buff when he is shirtless. Why is he [Putin] even talking about this?” (Via Memeographs)

Via the Associated Press: The people behind the ABC Family show ‘‘The Fosters’’ say that criticism from the group One Million Moms contributed to it getting off to a strong start for the cable network. The show, which premiered last summer and returned to the schedule this week, features a biracial lesbian couple with a household of foster children. One …

Hawaii Family Advocates, one of the hate groups that helped organize that state’s now-infamous “citizens’ filibuster” against same-sex marriage, is once again rallying their troops. Tomorrow the group’s supporters plan to descend upon a Hawaii House hearing on a student anti-discrimination bill. From the text of the bill: [[]§302A-1001[]] Student bias. No person in the State, on the basis of …

Local police have arrested a man for posting death threats to the Facebook page of Seattle’s openly gay mayor, Ed Murray. Mitchell Munro Taylor of Seattle was arrested Thursday night, two days after Mayor Ed Murray’s staff found more than 20 threatening, anti-gay postings from the man’s account on Murray’s Facebook page, court documents said. One post said “Mayor, meet …

Multiple lightning strikes blew the right thumb off Brazil’s famous Christ The Redeemer statue.  Gawker has more amazing photos.

Via Al Jazeera: Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have clashed for hours with riot police in Ukraine’s capital, attacking officers with sticks, stones and flares after new laws were passed to stifle protests. The protesters, many wearing hard hats and gas masks in defiance of the new legislation, also used stun grenades and fire extinguishers on officers at Sunday’s rally in …

“I myself know some people who are gay. We’re on friendly terms. I’m not prejudiced in any way. If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don’t care about a person’s sexual orientation. I’ve honoured several members of the gay community in this country but for their personal achievements, regardless of their sexual orientation. There’s no …

The Human Rights Campaign has published a blistering reaction to the comments made by Vladimir Putin on yesterday’s broadcast of ABC’s This Week. “President Putin’s public interpretation of the country’s anti-LGBT law is beyond comprehension,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “This law was designed to do nothing less than secure second class status for LGBT Russians and visitors. It does …

From Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid: The suggestion that the lifestyle of an expectant mother can affect their offspring’s development has been put forward in Professor Dick Swaab’s new book We Are Our Brains. The professor of neurology at Amsterdam University claims that the chance of having a child who is gay can be determined by a range of factors including …

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Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s debut episode of HBO’s Looking. Otherwise dive in and dish.

Via Idolator: Kylie Minogue‘s “Into the Blue” has leaked, proof positive that she was perhaps too good at building anticipation for its January 27 release date. Following a hashtag tease, a snapshot from her video shoot, and interviews, her new single popped up hours after Amazon revealed its artwork (above). While launched by piano chords and a wash of strings, …

ABC News today aired an interview with Vladimir Putin in which he declared that Russia’s anti-gay laws are more liberal than the laws in some parts of the United States. “I’d like to ask my colleagues and friends that, as they try to criticize us, they would do well to set their own house in order first,” Putin said. “I …

“Our court didn’t see any biological evidence to support marriage being between a man and a woman. They need some basic plumbing lessons. For one omnipotent, omniscious, ubiquitous federal judge who is wise beyond his education to say to make such a declaration about the law, I think, requires revisiting by each state and compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court.” …

On Friday, the state of Utah asked the Tenth Circuit Court for ten extra days to figure out why gay marriage is so icky. Yesterday the plaintiffs filed a motion opposing the extension request. From the motion: The State Defendants’ Motion requesting an extension of time to file their opening brief fails even to mention the showing that Tenth Circuit …

The Family Research Council is asking its supporters to pray that God helps Rep. Randy Weber succeed with his bill to ban the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages that were conducted in states other than those in which the married couple resides.  State Marriage Protection Act – The Supreme Court decision that overturned part of the Defense of Marriage …