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Just in via press release: Australian Marriage Equality has welcomed the support of highly-acclaimed Australian singer and actor Olivia Newton-John. Ms Newton-John has joined other prominent Australians including Hugh Jackman, David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Lizzy Gardiner and Wallaby’s captain David Pocock in backing the campaign for reform. According to a statement issued by Ms Newton-John: “With respect to marriage equality …

Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s first openly gay presidential candidate, finished in second place yesterday. Since no candidate earned more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place. Sauli Niinisto, a former finance minister, won 37 percent of the vote, well ahead of the other candidates but short of the majority needed to avoid a second round, official preliminary …

Not in my experience, but whatever. New York has been named America’s rudest city in a survey by Time + Leisure magazine. The magazine has published its 2011 survey of favourite American cities with categories ranging from nightlife and bars to culture, shopping and people. But the article said The Big Apple was also America’s most diverse city, which could …

Occupy Wall Street protesters glitter-bombed Rick Santorum at his Citadel military academy post-election speech last night. Things got a little wilder than at previous glitter-bombings. NOTE: Sorry about the commercial. CBS News blocks the embedding of their identical clips on YouTube, forcing bloggers to use their proprietary video player and therefore run their ads.

Heartbreaking.

“We all know the record. He was run out of the speakership of his own party, he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations. This is a guy who’s had a very difficult political career at times and has been an embarrassment to the party. The fact of the matter is I don’t need to regale the country with that entire …

“NOM congratulates Newt Gingrich on his impressive come-from-behind victory in South Carolina. We have had three different victors in state contests thus far — Rick Santorum in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and now Newt Gingrich in South Carolina. What all these states have in common is that they have picked candidates who have signed NOM’s Marriage Pledge. They …

The flipside was Genius Of Love. It’s OK, I’ve overstood.