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“Dear friends, please pray for us at Exodus. We have experienced an unexpectedly low giving season this summer coupled with much higher expenses (insurance, utilities, etc). Sadly, we have had to let several staff go. Your prayers are appreciated. For those who are also having to endure this unfriendly economy, our prayers are with you!” – Exodus International president Alan …

As the 20th anniversary of the release of Pet Shop Boys’ immortal Being Boring approaches this fall, the Guardian UK’s music blogger calls it the greatest pop single of all time. In the panoramic lyrical sweep from the 1920s to the 70s and, finally, the 90s, Being Boring really is about everything: innocence and experience, ambition and self-realisation (“I never …

Via Matt Yglesias at Think Progress.Yglesias notes that 73% of Americans believe at least one of the above items, while only 27% believe none of them.

Today in crazy teabaggers we have California GOP congressional candidate Mattie Fein, who attacks Rep. Jane Harman (D) with this Young Frankenstein spoof in which Harman is portrayed as Cloris Leachman’s immortal Frau Blucher. And yes, that’s really Mattie Fein in the clip. UDPATE: The clip’s maker writes to say that Fein is “not a teabagger or a Tea Party …

Over at the New Republic, James Downie has posted an excellent timeline of President Obama’s evolving positions on same-sex marriage. I’m excerpting Downie’s piece below, but do go read the entire article. 1996: “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.” 1998: “Undecided.” (Candidate poll response.) 2004: “Strategically, I think we can get civil unions …

Tom Emmer’s got seven kids and he uses them all to shill for his bid for Minnesota governor.

From artist Ginger Williams, the maker of the Golden Girls Nesting Dolls. Ginger tells me that my first post about her dolls went rather viral, with mentions of her work popping up on MSNBC and garnering her an interview on Good Morning, Sacramento where she also displayed her Steel Magnolias dolls. Many of you have asked about purchasing the dolls, …

OK, so it was only 18 inches long. But still! At least one alligator really does live in New York City’s sewers. Cops apprehended an 18-inch gator that crawled out of an overflowing Astoria storm drain and hunkered down beneath a parked car this afternoon, delighting onlookers and giving fresh meat to the urban myth that the carnivorous critters are …

A group of LGBT activists and allies have formed Catholics For Equality. From their about page: Drawing on the rich tradition of Catholic social justice teachings, American Catholics are among the strongest supporters of equality for LGBT people of any religious group in the U.S. Yet the official voice of the hierarchy is increasingly one favoring discrimination and opposing just, …

Meg Whitman surprised no one when she announced this weekend that if she becomes governor of California, she will defend Proposition 8 in court, something Schwarzenegger declined to do. However many are questioning whether the timing of both the election and the appeal to the Ninth Circuit would allow Whitman to do so. Karen Ocamb spoke to Lambda Legal’s Jon …