Days after the American Atheists posted their “You Know It’s A Myth” billboard at the New Jersey entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, the Catholic League has erected an answering billboard at the other end. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, a lay civil rights organization that receives no church financing, said that an anonymous donor in Manhattan came up …
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NEW YORK CITY: Guilty Pleas In Hate Crime Bashing Of Queens Gay Man
Two men charged in the brutal October 2009 gay-bashing of Queens resident Jack Price have pleaded guilty to hate crimes. Price, 49, spent days in a medically-induced coma after the attack left him with collapsed lungs, multiple broken ribs, and liver and spleen damage. Daniel Rodriguez, 22, of 502 115th St. in College Point, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count …
Read More »Deck The Falls
It seemed like a funny idea until: “A 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn’t realize that it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of the many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn’t …
Read More »Log Cabin Republicans Ask John McCain To Change His Mind On DADT
Chris Matthews calls out LCR head R. Clark Cooper for being a gay Republican, what with their pesky anti-gay platform. Cooper: “Something, something, work from the inside, something something.”
Read More »Glee Spoiler: Special Education
Stay out of the comments if you haven’t yet seen tonight’s episode. Otherwise, dive in and dish the strangeness. (The above clip may vanish from YouTube, of course.)
Read More »Dan Savage: McCain Is A Bigot
“There’s really no other explanation for his backflips and his hypocrisy other than just irrational animus, which is the definition of bigotry.”
Read More »Tweet Of The Day II – GetEQUAL
Today’s summit with GOP leaders at the White House was primarily about extending the Bush tax cuts and the START treaty. And it was attended by GOP leaders of the House, which has already approved the repeal of DADT. GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was also there, but he’s one of the staunchest opponents of repealing DADT. So who, …
Read More »Tweet Of The Day – NOM
The above tweet comes from the new Twitter account of NOM’s Facebook moderator, Louis Marinelli, who formerly tweeted for them as OneMan-OneWoman. It’s not the first time Marinelli has expressed support for the repeal of DADT, which is all the more bizarre as he believes that all homosexuals are mentally ill.
Read More »ILLINOIS: Civil Unions PASS In House
The Illinois state House has approved its civil unions bill by a vote of 61-52! Openly gay Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), who co-sponsored SB 1716, started his opening statement at 5:17 p.m on Tuesday. “Once in every generation,” he said, “legislatures across the country have a chance to advance the cause of liberty and justice for all. The Illinois Religious …
Read More »President Obama On DADT Survey
“Today’s report confirms that a strong majority of our military men and women and their families-more than two thirds-are prepared to serve alongside Americans who are openly gay and lesbian. This report also confirms that, by every measure-from unit cohesion to recruitment and retention to family readiness-we can transition to a new policy in a responsible manner that ensures our …
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