Joe.My.God. LGBT News

(Via – Media Matters)

Clip description: Former State Minister of Ethics and Integrity Dr. James Nsaba Buturo has condemned western leaders for what he describes as the promotion of the homosexual agenda. British Prime Minister David Cameron and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently said that the two countries will tag their foreign aid of the respect of gay rights. Dr. Buturo, who …

The champion of Cuba’s nascent LGBT rights movement, Mariela Castro, has launched a blog. The niece of Fidel Castro and daughter of President Raul Castro, Mariela has been the public figurehead of a series of advances over the last few years. You can also follow Mariela Castro on Twitter. (Tipped by JMG reader Adam.)

“When a photo of a homecoming kiss between Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta kissing her ‘partner’, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell went public on December 22, it set gay and lesbian hearts atwitter. What the predominantly heterosexual population thought of it was unreported. [snip] Gays and lesbians play on the inherent sense of fairness and tolerance that is …

(Photo via JMG reader Craig)

In the face of growing calls for his resignation, Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George has retreated slightly on his claim that gays are like the KKK. “Obviously, it’s absurd to say the gay and lesbian community are the Ku Klux Klan, but if you organize a parade that looks like parades that we’ve had in our past because it stops us …

As massive protests sweep Russia, former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev says that Prime Minister Vladamir Putin should resign. Gorbachev, 80, on Dec. 24 said Putin, 59, had been in power for too long after two terms as president and one as prime minister. “There shouldn’t be a monopoly of power, we don’t need any czars,” he told Ekho Moskvy …

Is this thing on? What with the funky weekend holidays this year, who’s working this week?

Matt writes to recap: “This week’s about a weird new legal situation that means Ireland will soon be giving New Yorkers more legal protection than they can get in their own country. Plus another hospital visitation nightmare in the south, and a ‘compromise’ on marriage that could ban gay couples from marrying in churches.”