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Via press release: This Christmas, Family Dollar Stores is breaking new ground by opening some of its stores on Christmas morning. All other major discount retailers (Fred’s, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, etc.) are honoring families by remaining closed to allow employees to spend time with their children. The Dollar is more important than the family.In an internal memo received by …

Today around 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What would be your top five gay news stories this week?

Maureen Dowd: Newt Gingrich’s mind is in love with itself. It has persuaded itself that it is brilliant when it is merely promiscuous. This is not a serious mind. Gingrich is not, to put it mildly, a systematic thinker. His mind is a jumble, an amateurish mess lacking impulse control. He plays air guitar with ideas, producing air ideas. He …

Long Island Railroad is testing a quiet car program similar to Amtrak’s long-running policy. No loud talking and no audible electronic devices will be allowed in the designated cars. Conductors will give “Shh” cards to passengers who do not comply with the rules but the program will be voluntary. Announcements will remind customers of the location of the quiet carriages, …

From the Gingrich 2012 parody website: The Gingriches need your support! Click on the picture to read about the family values of one of the most prolific and progressive husbands in politics. Learn about how he progressed from one grievously ill wife to the next, and took on the insurmountable task of condemning and prosecuting a president’s affair while keeping …

Because the villain in the new movie is named Tex Richman.

Maine’s activists have raised almost twice the required petition signatures to place marriage equality on the 2012 ballot. In 2009 the state legislature approved same-sex marriage, but that action was undone by the fascist criminals at NOM, who immediately launched their successful repeal campaign. No gay marriages ever took place in Maine. “Not only were we incredibly successful at gathering …