Joe.My.God. LGBT News

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People For The American Way has launched a petition demanding that John Boehner remove crackpot conspiracy nutjob Rep. Michelle Bachmann from the House Intelligence Committee.

Back in 1992, then-Stanford student Cory Booker wrote an op-ed for the student newspaper in which he explained his evolution from casual homophobe to gay rights ally. The column provides some fascinating back story to one of brightest young stars of the Democratic Party. Embiggen and read. (The text of the column is also at the link.)

If this pans out, WOW. UPDATE: CNN says Giglio voluntarily withdrew. UPDATE II:  Think Progress has a statement from Giglio. Due to a message of mine that has surfaced from 15-20 years ago, it is likely that my participation, and the prayer I would offer, will be dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point of the …

The gays aren’t the only ones upset with Pastor Louie Giglio’s selection to perform the benediction at President Obama’s second inauguration.  The American Family Association doesn’t like it either. “Louie Giglio has made some of the best DVDs you’ll ever see, theologically,” Wildmon stated on American Family Radio. “He’s done a wonderful job, I think, of galvanizing Christian young people …

The critically-raved AIDS documentary How To Survive A Plague was among the Oscar nominations today in the Best Documentary category. The film’s star, activist Peter Staley, issued a one-word response this morning on his Facebook page: “YAY!!”

“Brady has betrayed us, betrayed his party, misrepresented ‘key Republican values,’ and insulted conservative voters in Illinois and across America who deserve leaders who refuse to sell out on such a fundamental and crucial issue like the defense of marriage, children and family. The future of marriage in Illinois demands that Brady be replaced immediately with a brave pro-marriage individual …

A handful of French gay men has launched Homovox, a website to express their opposition to the marriage equality movement. “Ex-gay” advocate Robert Oscar Lopez writes on American Thinker: This is important stuff. If France can hold off the national legalization of gay marriage (which seems a difficult fight at this point), then there may be hope for the United …

“I think this is a very complicated human problem and Republicans need to take a deep breath and understand we need to deal with the human side of this equation — and understand that we want to defend marriage in its classic form between a man and a woman. I don’t accept that there’s an alternative. The government can declare …