Over at Kenneth In The 212, my pal Kenneth Walsh has published a rather comprehensive photo essay recounting the dozens of businesses that have departed the Eighth Avenue corridor of Chelsea that was arguably once the nation’s most popular stretch of gay nightlife, retail, and restaurants. Chelsea’s demise as the center of Manhattan gay life began early this century and …

Great piece on Politico. An excerpt: Negative national headlines on religious freedom continue to fuel a negative image of the entire party. Both in my private conversations with and in public (and private) polling, conservatives are moving ever closer to supporting full equity for LGBT Americans. Gallup’s Values and Beliefs poll released last month showed a more than 20 percentage-point …

From the website: Alabama! Be a voice for truth: Marriage = One Man + One Woman. God created it. Nature reveals it. Societies thrive on it. Children are nurtured by it. History affirms it. The Gospel is exemplified by it. Man doesn’t change it. Calling all pastors, churches, families and individuals to join thousands in Montgomery on June 6th, to …

“Ireland appears to be going the way of Europe and America. Christianity is everywhere in retreat before the onslaught of secularism, materialism, and hedonism, especially among the young. And I think it holds.When the faith dies, the culture it produced begins to die, then the civilization goes, and, then, the population. As for the Catholic schools, I am sure that …

The record had previously been broken just two weeks ago by President Obama’s @POTUS account.

For its 17th annual issue Pride Magazine has changed its name slightly and you’ll soon find it stacked around the gayborhoods as Pride Life – which is the same name as its sister publication in the UK. Inside you’ll find my interview with the always hilarious Panti Bliss, which I’ll excerpt here once the physical copies hit the streets.

More from Mediaite: The Fox host was particularly outraged by the way some in the media have highlighted connections between the Duggars and Republican presidential candidates like Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. “Bill Clinton was accused of rape. He has been accused by several women of sexually assaulting them,” Kelly stated. But the fact that a presidential candidate has posed …

Via RT.com: St Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, known for his orthodox stance and anti-gay campaigning, has prepared a bill imposing fines for “nudity or unethical attire” in public places. The bill elucidates this as “either absence of clothes or nudity of either upper or lower parts of the body” for men and women alike. The list of “unethical clothing” includes …

“If the nation’s highest court decrees same-sex marriage as the law of the land, the consequences will be grave. It sets the stage for persecution of believers who are committed to the truth of Scripture. Can pastors preach against homosexuality without being accused of hate speech? The ultimate danger, of course, is the devastating results of disobedience to God’s Word. …

Via the SPLC: Jury selection is underway in the SPLC’s landmark consumer fraud case against a New Jersey provider of conversion therapy, which purports to turn gay people straight. Opening arguments in the Superior Court of New Jersey are expected to begin on either Tuesday, June 2 or Wednesday, June 3. The SPLC filed the suit – Michael Ferguson, et …

Via the Associated Press: The state Senate voted Monday night to cancel Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill that would allow some North Carolina court officials to refuse to perform gay marriage activities because of religious objections. The 32-16 vote was above the three-fifths threshold necessary to override a veto. The bill still must clear the House again for …

Clip recap: “This Marble Run ‘Marble Tsunami’ has 4 tipping containers holding totally more than 11 000 marbles. In this video you’ll see the 10 000 marbles AND the 1000 marbles container will tipping together causing more than 11 000 marbles rolling down the giant tracks.” (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

Memo to Brian Brown: Germany-based Adidas Group is the second-largest sportswear manufacturer in the world with annual sales over $15 billion. Other brands under the Adidas Group umbrella are Reebok, Rockport, TaylorMade, and Stella McCartney. New Avenues For Youth is a DC-based group working to end youth homelessness.

“These Republican candidates want to take us backwards, undoing the progress we’ve fought so hard to secure. Jeb Bush has said that, ‘the institution of marriage is under attack in our society.’ Marco Rubio said one would need to have a ‘ridiculous and absurd reading of the U.S. Constitution’ to think same-sex couples have the right to marry. Rand Paul, …

Yesterday’s heavy rains caused lakes and rivers in Newark to overflow, sending fish up through nearby sewer grates. And you totally should not eat sewer fish because “it’s unclear how exposure to elements outside of their natural domains will affect them.”

Last week Zsuzsanna Anderson declared that all sexual deviants, including Josh Duggar, should be executed. Today we learn about her “Cute And Covered” line of modest swimwear for women. There’s no extra charge for the full bathing burka. She is the wife of notorious hate preacher Steven Anderson, whose church is listed as a hate group by the SPLC. PREVIOUSLY …

Also: “I’ll be a voice for social conservative values without apology or animosity.”

“We find that the virus is spreading rapidly. It won’t be enough to pervert the whole world with this evil anti-family worldview. Since the developed governments of the world aspire to colonizing planets we have to prepare for the export of sodomy to other worlds — to the entire universe! I think it’s time for us Christians to flip open …