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“Homosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine and six million dead Jews. Gays in the military is an experiment that has been tried and found disastrously and tragically wanting. Maybe it’s time for Congress to learn a lesson from history. “The leftwing blogosphere has gone berzerko over comments …

The Coast Guard is saying today that it appears yesterday’s “top kill” attempt to cap the spewing oil spill in the Gulf may have worked. Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government’s top oil spill commander, Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning. The …

Upon the demand of Sen. John McCain, today’s Senate Armed Services Committee vote on the compromise DADT repeal will be televised. Wonk Room believes McCain will use his camera time to lie about the repeal and pump up his image to teabaggers back in Arizona. Sources close to the Senate Armed Services Committee are telling me that McCain has asked …

I haven’t followed this season of American Idol, but I did catch some of last night’s finale. The highlight, for me, was when unfunny comedian Dane Cook was performing a satiric tribute to Simon Cowell’s final appearance on the show. As Cook sang, a troupe of the show’s most infamous weirdos trotted out, including hipster hero William Hung. Watch how …

In 2002 the New York Senate rejected an amendment to include transgender protections in the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), which became law that year. Eight years later and after being approved by the state Assembly twice, it appears that we finally have the Senate votes to pass a stand-alone transgender protections bill, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA). The …

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen says that the proposed DADT compromise deal allows the military to decide whether the repeal will take place at all, regardless of how Congress votes. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that he’s comfortable with proposed legislation that seeks to repeal the law that bans gay men and …

Turner Broadcasting will launch an anti-bullying campaign on the Cartoon Network in October. It’s not yet clear if the program will specifically address anti-LGBT bullying. “This has been a growing and critical issue and we knew we had to find the right way to not only engage our audience and others but to also give them the proper tools and …

This Saturday in NYC there will be a demonstration at the Malawian consulate near the United Nations in protest of the imprisonment of the Malawi gay couple who last week were sentenced to 14 years at hard labor merely for holding an engagement ceremony. Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pmLocation: Malawian Consulate, 866 United Nations Plaza, NY, NYStreet: …

Jewish teabagger blogger Pamela Geller, who is a loud opponent of the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, has launched an anti-Islam bus campaign in NYC. “Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam?” read the ads bought by rabble-rouser Pamela Geller and the New York-based Stop the Islamization of America. They also …

According to a press release issued overnight, Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. James Pietrangelo will begin a hunger strike to protest the compromise DADT repeal proposal. FASTNG FOR EQUALITY & DIGNITY STATEMENT BY DAN CHOI Immediately following congressional mark-ups on the National Defense Authorization Act 2011, Captain James Pietrangelo and I will commence a fast in pursuit of Equality and …