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After Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) suggested cutting Pentagon sponsorship of NASCAR events, she received the above fax. “We alerted Capitol Police this morning after we got the fax,” Maria Reppas, communications director for McCollum, said. “We leave it to them to determine the threat level for pieces of correspondence such as this.” McCollum’s proposal seeks to ban the military from …

With even many Christianists backing away from Bryan Fischer’s outrageous statements, he wants everybody to know that he means every word when he says, for example, that homosexuals should be round up and put in concentration camps, or that Satan himself is behind animus towards Sarah Palin, or that Native Americans should have no right to own land because they’ve …

Wingnut gadfly and perennial failed GOP presidential candidate Alan Keyes is attacking Sarah Palin for endorsing GOProud’s appearance at CPAC last week. According to Keyes, Palin just doesn’t understand that “legitimizing homosexuality is a life-and-death issue.” And will mean the end of America. Or something. From Keyes’ column published today by World Net Daily: Why, you rightly ask, would someone …

Yesterday Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick “quietly” signed an executive order protecting state workers from discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Christian groups have denounced the protection as “the bathroom bill” and are screaming the usual nonsense about men in dresses stalking little girls in public restrooms. “This Executive Order ensures that all employees in the executive branch will continue …

Compiled by Stop 8’s Matt Baume, here’s a look at marriage equality protests that took place across the country this week.

Over at Think Progress, Igor Volsky has compiled some of more outrageous claims made at yesterday’s marriage debate in New Hampshire. A sampling from the below video: REP. ALFRED BALDASARO: “The same thing happened in Canada, where they passed gay marriage. Now they’re fighting in the courts to get 3 husbands, 3 wives.” SEN. FENTON GROEN: “[Homosexuality] will significantly increase …

Organizers of International Bear Rendezvous, the annual party weekend that for 17 years has drawn thousands to San Francisco, are calling it quits after this week’s events. “It was a big decision but we are going to do it,” said Chuck Rudd, one of the organizers of the annual event aimed at hairy gay and bisexual men – and their …

From students at the University of Arkansas.(Tipped by Dr. Jeff)

JMG reader Alex writes from Vancouver to share a peek at the It Gets Better book, which features his story in both English and Spanish. Advance copies are going out to the book’s contributors right now and it goes on sale across North America on March 22nd. Proceeds benefit the Trevor Project and the Gay & Lesbian Straight Education Network. …

Saying the bill doesn’t specifically target Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott, Florida lawmakers have introduced a bill allowing voters to recall state-level elected officials. Many Florida cities and counties have recall mechanisms for local politicians, but there’s no such ability at the state level. If the legislation is approved, voters would have four months to circulate a recall petition throughout …