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Last night my pal Matt Foreman and I were walking to dinner when we came across quite the scene on Castro Street as dozens of homelessness activists occupied a vacant storefront. A massive and helmeted SFPD riot contingent responded and gathered in several different huddles before rushing the storefront from all directions, with one squad blazing up from a side …

I think this storefront used to be Tower Records.

Marylanders for Marriage Equality has denounced Gallaudet University’s suspension of its diversity officer for signing the petition to repeal same-sex marriage. Via Washington Blade: Josh Levin, campaign manager for Marylanders for Marriage Equality, released a statement Wednesday evening expressing opposition to Gallaudet’s decision to place Dr. Angela McCaskill, a Maryland resident and the school’s Associate Provost of Diversity and Inclusion, …

Buzzfeed’s Jessica Testa reports: “TIME magazine released the photos Thursday morning— hours before Ryan’s debate with Joe Biden in Danville, Kentucky. The photo shoot happened last year, when Ryan was a runner-up for the magazine’s Person of the Year. The macho poses are, of course, a reference to Ryan’s affinity for P90X.” UPDATE: And the photoshopping has begun!

We don’t often get to the see the nation’s two most popular lesbians on the same set. Discussion topics: same-sex marriage and the vice presidential debate.

“The key thing about faith – at least in this country – is that you can choose whether to believe or not, and you can pretty much choose how to observe your faith. But you can’t (really) choose where you are born, or the laws under which you grow up whether you are gay or straight. And marriage is an …

David Pakman interviewed Westboro member Jonathan Phelps, who says that all homosexuals should be put to death as called for in the bible. Familiar stuff from him, but he also says that gay marriage nationwide is a done deal.

Spay or neuter your cat. And for some reason: Jersey Shore. Compared to what we’ve seen in recent years, we’ll take this. (Via Gothamist)

Halloween approaches. Scariest movies roll call.

And now you know what one looks like.