Joe Jervis

TEXAS: GOP Reps To Introduce Bill To Nullify LGBT Rights Laws Statewide

John Wright reports at Texas Observer: Four Republican lawmakers from the Plano area plan to introduce legislation that would bar cities and counties from adopting ordinances prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people, the Observer has learned. The proposed legislation also threatens to nullify existing LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances in cities that are home to roughly 7.5 million Texans—or more than one-quarter of …

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Pete Coors Drops Out Of Anti-Gay Summit

MillerCoors chairman and 2004 Senate candidate Pete Coors has withdrawn from his speaking gig at the annual convention of Legatus, the anti-gay Catholic group that supports NARTH and “ex-gay” torture. Today’s news follows the withdrawal of actor Gary Sinese and Fox News anchor Bret Baier. As always, major props to our own relentless Str8Grandmother for her social media campaign against …

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NEW YORK CITY: Charges Dropped In 2014 Attack On Eagle Bartender

Last summer NYC Eagle bartender Paul Martone was left in critical condition after an altercation with a stranger on a Hell’s Kitchen street. Several days later Martone’s assailant [photo] was identified and apprehended in part due to a video of the incident which went globally viral, spawning a heated social media discussion on whether Martone had instigated the attack. Yesterday …

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New Nikon Ad Stars Gay Family

Via the Grio: Last year, a photo of two gay fathers, Kordale and Kaleb Lewis, went viral. Today, the couple and their three children are starring in a heartwarming commercial for Nikon. The couple, who live in Chicago, tell their story as part of Nikon’s I Am Generation Image campaign. Last year, Kordale and Kaleb were shocked when a photo …

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Bright Light – There Are No Miracles

Last night I saw this Welsh popster (real name Rod Thomas) at Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge, where his well-received set drew heavily from last summer’s Life Is Easy, which yielded one of my favorite tracks of 2014. Thomas collaborates with Scissor Sisters member Del Marquis on the latter’s Slow Knights project, and the pair performed a duet near the end of …

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HRC Backs Atlanta Mayor Kasis Reed

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Tony Perkins Vs New York Times

“Just when you thought the media couldn’t sink any lower, the Times takes on the same First Amendment that gives it the freedom to print these vicious attacks on Christians. In a stunning column, the newspaper argues that men and women of faith have no place in public management of any kind. The piece, which shows a remarkable disinterest in …

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POLL: Europeans Tend To Overestimate Local Muslim Populations

Per this Economist graphic, polled Europeans tend to wildly overestimate the percentage of Muslims in their nation. The French, for example, told pollsters that their country is about 31% Muslim. The actual figure is 8%. Similarly, a 2011 Gallup poll showed Americans tend to believe that 25% of the country is LGBT.

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Ship Your Enemies Glitter

Via Salon: On Tuesday morning, Twitter exploded when a link to a website called Ship Your Enemies Glitter started getting passed around. We first saw a link to the website posted to Reddit’s r/InternetIsBeautiful forum and later on startup discovery website Product Hunt. Ship Your Enemies Glitter was described by Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover as “the ultimate troll product.” …

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COLORADO: Church Cancels Funeral For Lesbian Minutes After Scheduled Start

Via Denver’s NBC affiliate: A “Dignity in Death” rally will be held Tuesday afternoon for a lesbian woman who was denied a funeral at New Hope Ministries in Lakewood, Colo. last week. Vanessa Collier’s friends say the funeral was canceled by the church 15 minutes after the service was supposed to start because the church would not allow a picture …

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CALIFORNIA: AG Kamala Harris To Make 2016 Bid For Barbara Boxer’s Senate Seat

Via USA Today: California Attorney General Kamala Harris formally launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate and immediately pushed the nascent 2016 race to a new level. “I want to be a voice for Californians,” Harris said in an message to supporters posted on her website. “I will be a fighter for the next generation on the critical issues facing …

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Deborah Cox – Everywhere

I posted an audio clip of this track a few weeks ago and today we get the lyric video as the track is now approaching the top ten on Billboard’s dance chart. Cox has scored twelve #1 singles on that chart and has recorded the vocals for the Whitney Houston biopic as the producers were unable to get the rights …

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Tony Perkins Compares Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed To Islamic Terrorists

The FRC has launched the hashtag #FiredForFaith. You know what to do. UPDATE: The local Fox affiliate was live-streaming. Click play and forward to where things start around the 20-minute mark. At the 60-minute mark anti-gay crackpot Alveda King speaks. King is currently signing her press releases as “Dr. Alveda King” because she got an honorary doctorate from some Christian …

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Fox Anchor Bails On Anti-Gay Convention

Yesterday actor Gary Sinese canceled his speaking gig at the Florida convention of Catholic anti-gay activists. Today AdWeek reports that Fox News anchor Bret Baier has done the same. Baier had been among the confirmed speakers at the 2015 Legatus Summit later this month in Naples, FL. But he’s canceled the appearance following recent revelations that the group’s publication insisted …

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NOM Money Beg Includes “Free” Copy Of Anti-Gay Book By Fired Atlanta Fire Chief

Just in via email: Dear Joe, Right now, our friend Reverend Garland Hunt is preparing to lead the Standing for Our Faith Rally at the Georgia Capitol rotunda in support of Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran. At the center of the controversy down in Atlanta is a man who has served as a public official with a sterling record; and who …

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Headline Of The Day

The company is called Perceived Carry Decoys.

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Teabagger Rep: Even Hitler Went To Paris

RELATED:  Weber, you might recall, is the author of the House bill that would ban the federal government from recognizing any same-sex marriage conducted outside the state where the married couple resides. The bill died in committee after fewer than 25% of GOP House members signed on as cosponsors. Weber, of course, is a Tea Party hero and BFF of …

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Editorial Of The Day

From the editorial board of the New York Times: Until last week, Kelvin Cochran was the chief of the Atlanta fire department, where he oversaw a work force of more than 1,000 firefighters and staff. He was fired on Jan. 6 by Atlanta’s mayor, Kasim Reed, for homophobic language in the book, “Who Told You That You Were Naked?” Among …

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KENTUCKY: Judge Grants Gay Divorce

Via the Louisville Courier-Journal: Despite a Kentucky law that bars the recognition of gay marriages performed where they are legal, a Jefferson Family Court judge has granted the state’s first same-sex divorce. In the first ruling of its kind in Kentucky, Judge Joseph O’Reilly permitted the divorce of two Louisville women who were legally married in Massachusetts. Though state law …

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GLSEN Launches No Name-Calling Week

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