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According to a Public Policy Polling result issued today, should Maryland’s pending marriage equality bill be forced onto the November ballot, voters would approve the issue by a 20 point margin. 57% of Maryland voters say they’re likely to vote for the new marriage law this fall, compared to only 37% who are opposed. That 20 point margin of passage …

The 34th annual International Mister Leather convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago, where attendees at the host hotel could potentially face a picket line over a long-running union labor dispute. The Hyatt Regency Chicago, site of the recent competitions, has been at the center of a bitter a contract fight with workers represented by the union UNITE HERE …

It looks like they’ve finally shitcanned Victoria Jackson from their weekly ditz-fest. It feels slightly less crazy without the ukelele. Slightly.

New York GOP Assemblyman James Conte wants to make it illegal to leave anonymous comments on the internet. SRSLY. Wired weighs in: Republican Assemblyman Jim Conte said the legislation would cut down on “mean-spirited and baseless political attacks” and “turns the spotlight on cyberbullies by forcing them to reveal their identity.” Had the internet been around in the late 1700s, …

(Via Zack Ford)

Ultra Orthodox Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is the founder and head of Israel’s Shas Party, which presently holds a number of seats in the national government. Last week Yosef declared that “religious doctors” should refuse to treat non-Jews if their emergency occurs on the sabbath. During a class on Sabbath halacha relating to religious physicians, the spiritual leader of Shas said …

Creationists freeped the online poll of a popular travel site to place Kentucky’s Creation Museum as the #1 place that “any kid should see before the age of 15.” And now they’re all butt-hurt because the site refused to list the freeped result. The creation science group that runs the museum, Answers in Genesis, expressed disappointment. The group said, “Curiously, …

Right on cue, the American Family Association says it is asking its supporters to “shop elsewhere” until Target cancels its selling of gay Pride t-shirts. “We know for a fact that Target is a very gay-friendly company. You may remember a couple of years ago, when Target came under heat from homosexual activists for donating to a pro-family candidate for …