Monthly Archives: August 2015

AUSTRALIA: Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard Reverses Position, Now Says She Supports Same-Sex Marriage

After voting against a 2012 same-sex marriage bill while Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard now says she’s changed her mind. Via the Sydney Morning Herald: “Given the 1970s feminist in me saw much to be concerned with from a gender perspective with traditional marriage, I thought the better approach was not to change the old but to create something new,” …

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TRAILER: Spotlight

The Guardian recaps: Michael Keaton, in his first post-Birdman role (ignoring his voice work in Minions), stars alongside Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci as the Boston Globe team who uncovered a massive child abuse cover-up within the local Catholic archdiocese, and later won a Pulitzer prize for their efforts. Billy Crudup, coming off a …

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Trump To Anchor Jorge Ramos: “Go Back To Univision” [VIDEO]

Donald Trump has once again stolen the news cycle after brusquely rejecting an out-of-turn question from Univision anchor Jorge Ramos at an Iowa press conference. “Go back to Univision,” Trump told Ramos early in their first back-and-forth. Ramos had attempted to engage with Trump on his positions though he had not been called upon, standing and lobbing concerns about Trump’s …

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Another NOM Humiliation: Only Four Out Of 17 GOP Presidential Candidates Have Signed Their Hate Pledge

If you’ve been wondering why we haven’t heard much about NOM’s 2016 anti-LGBT hate pledge since it was launched over two months ago, now we know why. From Brian Brown: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today identified four Republican presidential candidates they have dubbed “Marriage Champions” for having pledged to the American people that they will take several specific …

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LGBT Groups: Decriminalize Sex Work

A coalition of five national LGBT groups reacted to today’s raid on the Rentboy.com offices by tweeting out links to a recently published joint statement calling for decriminalizing sex work. The statement was first issued two weeks ago. An excerpt: As LGBT rights organizations in the United States, we join to applaud and support Amnesty International’s recent resolution to protect …

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DELICIOUS: Trump Vs Fox News Battle Goes Into Overdrive As Insults Fly, Roger Ailes Demands Apology [VIDEO]

Via Politico: Donald Trump may have finally crossed the line with Fox News. On Tuesday, Fox News chief Roger Ailes said in a statement Donald Trump should apologize for a tirade of tweets aimed at Fox News host Megyn Kelly. “Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is …

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KENTUCKY: State Faces $2.3M In Marriage Battle Legal Fees

Attorneys for the good guys have handed Kentucky a demand for $2.3M in legal fees. The Lexington Herald-Leader has more: Gov. Steve Beshear hired lawyers to defend the state of Kentucky’s ban on gay marriage for two years in the federal courts, arguing that Kentuckians deserved “finality and understanding of what the law is.” Understanding can be expensive. Two months …

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David Duke: Donald Trump Is The Best Man Running

David Duke, BFF of Tony Perkins, thinks that Donald Trump is best candidate in the presidential race.  CNN reports: David Duke, the anti-Semitic former Ku Klux Klan leader, praised Republican front-runner Donald Trump for his immigration policy proposals and said Trump is “the best of the lot.” After ranting about “Jewish supremacy” and Jewish domination of the media, Duke took …

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TEXAS: Austin United Methodist Church Congregation Gives Standing Ovation After Same-Sex Marriage Proposal [VIDEO]

From the clip recap: We were asked to share our faith story in front of our congregation at First United Methodist Church of Austin. This is a church that has welcomed us and changed our lives. All are welcome, no exceptions. As members of this incredible church family we have grown as Christians, individuals, and as a couple. After 9 …

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Certified Loon Glenn Beck Thinks Joe Biden Running For President Is The Funniest Thing He’s Ever Heard [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: The prospect of Joe Biden running for president befuddled Glenn Beck on CNN tonight and brought him to uncontrollable laughter. Don Lemon asked Beck about the prospect of Biden running for president. Beck rolled his eyes and said “Really?!” several times. He found himself at a loss for words and, despite Lemon pointing to Biden’s track record, said …

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Donald Trump Drag Makeover [VIDEO]

YouTuber Eve Summers gives Donald Trump a drag makeover in a clip that’s also a bit of a Photoshop tutorial. Stick around for the final product which, thanks to the wig, you’ll note resembles a certain nationally famed drag performer. (Via Pink News)

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ISRAEL: Jerusalem Pride Killer Charged With Murder, Tells Court His Victim Won’t Go To Heaven Until Parade Is Stopped

After having been found mentally competent to stand trial, the Jerusalem Pride killer has finally been formally charged with murder. The Associated Press reports: Jerusalem’s District Court indicted Yishai Schlissel for murder on Monday for last month’s deadly attack, along with multiple attempted murder charges for those he wounded. Schlissel, who had been freed from prison weeks earlier after serving …

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NEW YORK CITY: Feds Raid Rentboy.com Office, Arrest CEO And Staffers On Prostitution & Money Laundering Charges

Breaking news from New York City’s NBC affiliate: Federal agents raided the Manhattan headquarters of RentBoy.com as part of a money laundering and state prostitution investigation Tuesday, law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York. Seven people, including a high-ranking executive, were arrested as part of the RentBoy.com raid at the offices on 14th Street and Fifth Avenue, the sources …

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TRAILER: Kill Your Friends

Wired recaps: After years of being directly next to the leading man conversation, Nicholas Hoult is making a play in 2015 to be the conversation. He was excellent in Mad Max: Fury Road and in the last quarter of 2015 he’ll be front and center in three movies, one of which is Kill Your Friends. Friends is based on the …

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CALIFORNIA: AIDS Healthcare Foundation Subpoenas Health Centers For Medical Records Of Porn Performers

Several days ago a trade organization for the porn industry sent out an alert about the ever-combative AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which is most famous for its deep-pocketed advertising campaigns against the use of Truvada as an HIV preventive. From the Free Speech Coalition: Earlier this week, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) served several testing centers with subpoenas, asking them to …

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Jeb Bush Says “Anchor Babies” Term Really Applies To Asians, Donald Trump Mocks Him For “Speaking Mexican”

During a press conference in Texas, yesterday Jeb Bush responded to reporters in fluent Spanish. This upset Trump supporters, prompting his campaign to happily retweet the above message. Bush was defending his usage of the term “anchor babies” – which he says really applies more to Asian immigrants anyway. CNN reports: Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a …

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Christian Party Presidential Candidate: Criminalize Homosexuality & Adultery, Turn USA Into Christian Theocracy

Knoxville’s CBS affiliate reports: Darrell Trigg is running for president and forming his own political party, the Christian Party. The first point of his campaign platform is to do away with separation of church and state and make it union of church and state instead. This means, among other things, the official religion of the United States will be Christianity. …

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Lincoln Chafee: Biden Is Definitely Running

This morning former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee appeared on CNN where he said that he believes Joe Biden will enter the presidential race. Chafee pointed to several recent joint appearances of Biden and President Obama, which have raised Biden’s profile. Chafee also noted yesterday’s statement by White House spokesman Josh Earnest. The Guardian has more about that: Earnest told …

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Apple Disputes Report That Nearly Half Of Its Streaming Music Subscribers Are No Longer Using The Service

Last week the research company MusicWatch published a report which claims that 48% of Apple Music subscribers are no longer using the service even though the initial three-month free period has not yet expired. Apple, quite naturally, is disputing that claim. Motley Fool reports: Earlier this month, the consumer-electronics leader revealed that there were 11 million users of Apple Music, …

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Scott Lively Tells World Net Daily: The “Gaystapo Empowerment Act” Will Criminalize Christianity In America

“The ‘Equality Act’ should be called the ‘Gaystapo Empowerment Act,’ because if passed it will give homosexual activists and their allies the legal power to attack and punish Christians and other pro-family advocates in virtually every sphere of American life. The trampling of Christian bakers, florists, bed and breakfast hotel owners etc. that we’ve seen this far will instantly transform …

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