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Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that Arizona does not have the right to create its own laws on immigration. The original law was enacted in April 2010 after Arizona officials argued that they needed their own immigration law to deal with the growing problem of unauthorized immigration from across the Mexican border. In …

Following a vicious campaign of lies by anti-gay Christianist groups, Maryland’s gender identity anti-discrimination bill has died in the state Senate. Julie Bolcer reports at the Advocate: Maryland senators voted on Monday to recommit the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination to the judicial proceedings committee, effectively killing any prospects for the bill to pass this session, which ends at midnight. Shortly before …

Unswayed by the dozens of people killed in reaction to his burning of the Koran, Pastor Terry Jones now says he’s thinking about putting the prophet Mohammed “on trial” with an effigy hanging to follow. “As far as judging Muhammad, it would take place in the same way. We would try to obtain experts on both sides of the bench, …

As I noted yesterday, San Francisco’s venerable Eagle Tavern is scheduled to close at the end of the month. Tonight community activists will meet to discuss “strategies for fighting the Eagle’s closure, as well as the ongoing crisis of loss of gay property ownership in San Francisco and the continuing erosion of our iconic gay bar scene.” Facebook event page …

This Saturday is Record Store Day, an annual celebration of the nation’s dwindling music retailers in which acts such as the Beastie Boys make in-store appearances and issue special releases for the day. This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD …

The “ex-gays” at PFOX are asking students, parents, and teachers to distribute their brochures during this week’s Day Of Silence. Because since the pro-gay kids will be silent, they can’t complain. “We invite schools to distribute our ex-gay brochures year round,” said Regina Griggs, PFOX’s executive director, “but this Friday is especially important because it is considered a ‘day of …

Right Wing Watch notes today that for the third time in recent weeks, the American Family Association has rewritten the hate speech of their spokesbigot, Bryan Fischer. Here’s what Fischer originally said: Allowing Muslims to immigrate into the United States, a Christian nation by origin, history and tradition, without insisting that they drop their allegiance to Allah, Muhammad, the Qur’an, …

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According to a Sienna Poll released today, 58% of New Yorkers now support marriage equality. The Pride Agenda reacts via press release: “Today’s Siena poll results are yet another indication of ever-increasing support in New York for allowing loving, committed same-sex couples to marry. State legislators who have not supported marriage equality in the past should take note that New …