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Colorado’s civil unions bill was stalled tonight by the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, who refused to approve the bill for consideration by the full chamber. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper had urged the committee to advance the bill, which was approved by the state Senate last week. One Colorado reports via press release: “Today’s vote was out of touch with everyday …

Petty Officer Derek Morado today won his discharge hearing with the Navy after being told he faced ejection due to a MySpace photograph that was turned in anonymously. In the photo, Morado is seen kissing another man. Morado’s lawyer told KMPH News that even though DADT has been repealed, that doesn’t mean the military’s investigations are over. “There’s nothing illegal …

At today’s Tea Party rally in DC.

JMG reader Patrick writes: “I just happened across the old Protect Marriage Illinois website, (the one set up by the Illinois Family Institute a few years back when they unsuccessfully tried to get a marriage referendum on the ballot), and after years of inactivity, it’s currently displaying a message stating that a ‘Citizen Petitions to Protect Marriage in Illinois’ is …

As soon as Kentucky’s Creation Museum finishes their “full-scale replica” of Noah’s Ark, they’re going to build an accompanying Solomon’s Temple, but “it’s not going to be some sort of secular temple where all sorts of weird religious ceremonies are held.” Whew! Also on the drawing plans, the Tower Of Babel.

A fun diversion while it lasted, yes? No reaction yet on the cobra’s Twitter account.

Earlier this year the GOP awarded next year’s presidential convention to Tampa. But now GOP state organizations in Iowa and South Carolina say the convention must be relocated if Florida doesn’t move its primary to a date after theirs. Currently Florida’s primary is scheduled to be the first, an issue the GOP also squabbled over in 2008. Florida’s 2012 GOP …

Onscreen clip translation by Andres Duque at Blabbeando. He reports: On Sunday, 32 year old Valentina Hernandez (right) and her 23 year old girlfriend were enjoying a romantic walk down the streets of the historic Casco Antigüo colonial district of Panama City when she stopped to give her girlfriend a kiss. Hernandez, a psychologist by profession, reached out to Panamanian …

Where girls submit photos of their gay high school boyfriends.

Happening at the Colorado capitol building right now, according to the Catholic News Agency: Colorado Catholics and others in a coalition opposed to a civil unions bill will gather on the state capitol’s eastern steps on March 31 for a noontime prayer vigil. Auxiliary Bishop James D. Conley of Denver has invited others to join him at the event. “The …