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It’s been decades since ticker-tape went the way of the rotary phone, but that’s what they’re calling tomorrow’s Manhattan celebration for the Giants. But good luck getting anywhere within sight of the players as millions are expected to descend on the Canyon Of Heroes. New York City will be hosting a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony for Super Bowl …

To the surprise of some observers and despite having dozens of co-sponsors, on Friday the NYC Council refused to endorse a resolution in support of a pending state bill that would allow churches to hold services in public school buildings. Religious groups are being booted from city school premises after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s ruling …

Yesterday morning Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson wiped the floor with NOM president Brian Brownshirt during an appearance on a local NYC politics show. I caught this live and was happily tweeting my glee at Wolfson’s performance. (Via – Good As You)

“Pam [Spaulding] needs Jesus, when Pam meets the Lord that yearning for a member of the same sex will change. She’d probably make a fantastic mother and would enjoy having a husband who was born male – no Chaz Bono business – born male – and meet her man, and rock her world, in the name of the Lord.” – …

Happy birthday from the Koch Brothers.

CNN commentator Roland Martin got into a Twitter war with gay activists last night after he made two tweets that appear to endorse violence against unmasculine men. Today GLAAD is calling for Martin to be fired. At a time when the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs found that violence against LGBT people was up 23%, we need people in the …

Finland’s openly gay presidential candidate lost his runoff election yesterday. Sauli Niinisto won 63 percent of the votes, compared to 37 percent for his rival, Greens candidate Pekka Haavisto, official results showed with 100 percent of ballots counted. The 63-year-old Niinisto will be the first president from the conservative National Coalition Party since 1956, and the first in 30 years …

Oh how shocking.

I thought it was fucking fantastic. And easily the gay gay gayest national sporting event in the history of everything. UPDATE: Clip yanked. Looking for another. UPDATE II: This one won’t last either. Watch it now.

NY Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell married John Banta, his partner of 32 years, at a massive NYC event last weekend. The New York Times traces the beginning and course of their relationship in today’s Weddings section. Hit the link. NOTE: In case you’re new to JMG, O’Donnell is considered one of the chief architects of marriage equality in New York state, …