Joe.My.God. LGBT News

One Million Moms spokesbigot Monica Cole says that JC Penney is calling for their own boycott by hanging up on people who call to complain about “perverse and deviant” Ellen DeGeneres.

“I was born and raised in Alabama where blacks and whites didn’t get along very well, and I tried being one of the main reasons they didn’t. I was extremely discriminatory towards whites. The only reason I played football was so I could hurt white people legally.” – Pastor Ken Hutcherson, testifying today before the Washington state House committee panel …

Another hurdle has been, um, hurdled. A House committee on Monday approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington state, setting the stage for final passage this week. The House Judiciary committee advanced the measure on a 7-5 vote after a public hearing. The bill could be up for a vote on the House floor as early as Wednesday. …

Anti-gay groups are trying to force the vote that that local GOP clearly doesn’t want to have to make. (Tipped by JMG reader Scott)

As civil unrest intensifies, the United States has closed its Syrian embassy and ordered diplomats to leave the country. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said President Bashar al-Assad has chosen a “dangerous path” in dealing with the 11-month-old uprising, adding that the United States remains “gravely concerned over the escalation of violence.” On Saturday, Russia and China vetoed a …

Last week when we freeped the AFA, you forced them to end the poll and freeze the results. Heh. Here’s another shot, this time for a local Maryland television station. (Via JMG reader Larry Mac)

Language NSFW.

Think Progress notes that the Romney campaign is spinning the decline as “voter satisfaction” that Romney will be the nominee.

Chris Geidner explains at Metro Weekly: The long anticipated ruling is expected to address three issues: (1) whether former U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself from hearing the case because he is gay and had a long-time partner with whom he was not married; (2) whether the proponents of Proposition 8 have the right to appeal …

Clip description: “Another crazy week, with news in the Prop 8 case and major advances in Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland. And yet another court has slapped down NOM’s attempts to evade financial disclosure laws.”