Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Openly gay MSNBC host Thomas Roberts did a good job of keeping Perkins in line and called out his opinions several times. Excellent work by Sgt. Fricke as well.

“We are very disappointed that the Illinois General Assembly succumbed to emotional manipulation instead of reasoned justifiable evidence regarding the government’s recognition of the public purpose of marriage. Proponents engaged in embarrassing and maudlin displays of sentimentality intended to emotionally manipulate rather than intellectually persuade their colleagues. Illinois is now among the unfortunate minority of states with legalized civil unions. …

The bill just passed 32-24! Updates and reactions will be added to this post shortly. Somebody rush a defibrillator to Porno Pete’s house! Or don’t! Lambda Legal “Same-sex couples in Illinois, many together for decades, will finally have the legal protections to take care of each other and their children,” said Jim Bennett, Regional Director of Lambda Legal’s Midwest Regional …

Anytime a politician utters a sentence which begins “What the American people want…” – they should be delivered a sharp electrical jolt in the gut. Just enough to make them stop. And maybe pee a little.

NOM is demanding that Ninth Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt recuse himself from the three-judge panel set to hear the appeal of Prop 8’s overturn on Monday. NOM’s objection arises from a National Review article posted yesterday which points out that Reinhardt’s wife is the executive director of the Southern California chapter of the ACLU, that she made personal contributions …

There wasn’t any doubt, but it’s nice to hear her work it into her victory speech.

Simply brilliant. And not at all unrelated, Sanders is the only openly socialist member of Congress. We need 99 more of him. WATCH THIS.