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Via Politico: Since the average Republican is significantly older than the average Democrat, far more Republicans than Democrats have died since the 2012 elections. To make matters worse, the GOP is attracting fewer first-time voters. Unless the party is able to make inroads with new voters, or discover a fountain of youth, the GOP’s slow demographic slide will continue election …

From the Mothers & Fathers Matter hate group. I reported on the first douchebag seen in this clip earlier this month. UPDATE: As it turns out, Douchebag #1 won’t even BE in Ireland for Friday’s vote as he’s already in Vienna where he will be live-blogging the Eurovision finals. Thanks to JMG reader Ronan for the tip.

“Bristol and Dakota couldn’t be more thankful for the love and support of family and friends over the past months while preparing for their wedding. They have informed loved ones that unfortunately the announced celebration planned for May 23 will not be held. Many friends and family still look forward to getting together that day in Kentucky anyway – and …

440K views already.

Former DC escort service owner Henry Vinson pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges back in 1990 and served five years in a minimum security prison. Twenty years later he’s penned a tell-all memoir in which he claims that then-Rep. Larry Craig preferred that his rent boys be “quite masculine.” Vinson employed up to 20 escorts on a given night in …

“State RFRAs are bad vehicles for this fight, because they are broad and vague and their outcome is uncertain. It is very unlikely that a state RFRA will protect anyone from any gay equality wrath, precisely because courts uniformly view equality as a compelling interest, and because there is no way to make sure everyone gets treated equally while permitting …

These guys really get around! Great clip.

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Scott)

Via the Guardian: The Tory-supporting businessman Ivan Massow has launched his bid to become the next mayor of London with a candid YouTube video in which he introduces himself as “gay, ex-alcoholic and dyslexic”. Massow, 47, said the 70-second pop art-style animated video gave an “honest warts-and-all” portrayal of him. Brighton-born Massow has lived in the capital for 25 years …

Nobody really expected the marriage rulings today, but with the current SCOTUS term ending in just six weeks, court watchers will be paying extra close attention on the traditional days that decisions are handed down – Mondays and Thursdays. But that tradition does not always apply, particularly for landmark cases. Windsor, for example, was issued on Wednesday, June 26th, four …

Franklin Graham has posted the fifth in his Twitter series of daily anti-gay marriage prayers for members of the Supreme Court. Still to come: Breyer, Kagan, Sotomayor, Thomas.

The “Peeping Rabbi” has been sentenced. Rabbi Barry Freundel was sentenced to 6-1/2 years for secretly videotaping dozens of women naked in the mikveh of his high-profile Washington D.C. synagogue. The disgraced cleric was sentenced to 45 days for each of 52 counts of voyeurism. The courtroom cheered the decision and Freundel was taken into custody immediately D.C. Judge Geoffrey …

Parent company Toys R Us has announced the coming closure of the FAO Schwarz flagship store on Fifth Avenue, which was immortalized in the Tom Hanks movie Big. The toy store, which has been a staple in New York City for 145 years and was opened in 1870, is searching Manhattan for a new location to reopen its doors at …

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg coyly poked the haters this weekend as she officiated her third same-sex wedding. Via the New York Times: Wearing her black robe with her signature white lace collar, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided over the marriage on Sunday afternoon of Michael Kahn, the longtime artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, and …

Via Business Insider: Aaron Sorkin’s movie “Steve Jobs” has gone through its share of iterations, with many members of the cast and the original director leaving the project, but it now appears as if the film is off the ground. Universal Studios just released the first trailer for the film, which shows star Michael Fassbender as the iconic Apple founder. …

Via the Washington Post: Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who in recent months has moved closer to running for president, announced Monday on CBS “This Morning” that he will announce if he will make a White House bid on June 1 from South Carolina. Graham formed an exploratory committee, Security Through Strength, in January and has been staffing it as …

“Lawyers for Yes explain why surrogacy is not an issue in the Marriage Equality Referendum.” The vote is this Friday.

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s episode of Game Of Thrones. Otherwise dive in and dish the buggery trial of Loras. Business Insider notes that some fans are very unhappy with this storyline.

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