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The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing the federal government on behalf of a disabled lesbian veteran and her partner. Tracey Cooper-Harris served her country for 12 years in the U.S. Army. She received more than two dozen medals and commendations. She was honorably discharged in 2003. In 2010, Cooper-Harris was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a disabling disease that attacks …

Freedom To Marry and the Human Rights Campaign have launched a board coalition of organizations who are uniting in the battle to repeal DOMA. Here’s the list so far. Alliance for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Americans for Democratic …

UPDATE: Contrary to widely-published reports, Donald Trump will today endorse Mitt Romney, not Newt Gingrich. Via Politico: We reported, along with the New York Times and the Associated Press among others, last night that Donald Trump is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich, according to sources around his campaign. The Times went first with the news in terms of national outlets. …

To the bemused concern of my friends who live next door, Lady Gaga’s parents have opened a restaurant on the Upper West Side. I snapped the above phone photo on Saturday after dodging a cluster of excited Little Monsters who apparently expect their hero to drop by regularly. Initial reviews have been brutal so we’ll have to see how long …

Minnesota For Marriage has posted over $830,000 in donations, almost all of which comes from the Catholic Church and NOM, which likely gets most of their money from the Catholic Church. Feed the poor? Clothe the homeless? FUCK THAT. Hit the link and scroll through. (Via JMG reader Jim)

“Marriage serves a vital and universal societal purpose. To channel biological drive and sexual passion that might otherwise become socially destructive.”

“They parade their sin like Sodom. And they do it under the rainbow banner almost as if they’re saying ‘God, you can do nothing to us’ because they don’t believe that Sodom was destroyed because of homosexuality so they aren’t learning the lesson from that. In fifty years we have seen this tiny group of people – they really only …

Here’s the bill’s openly gay sponsor and then the vote.