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Subway has sent cease and desist letters to mom & pop sandwich shops around the nation demanding that they stop using the word “footlong” to describe anything on their menus that is…footlong. “You are hereby put on notice to cease and desist from using FOOTLONG (TM) association with sandwiches. You must immediately remove all references to FOOTLONG (TM) in association …

Openly gay New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell will hold a campaign fundraiser in NYC next Thursday. As regular readers know, it was O’Donnell who successfully guided the state’s marriage equality bill through the state Assembly. THREE TIMES, in fact. Embiggen the above image for details about next week’s fundraiser. You can also contribute to O’Donnell’s campaign via his ActBlue page. …

Last night Rachel Maddow recapped the latest news about Dr. George Rekers. The items she mentions were all covered here in the last few days, but as always, everything sounds so much more delicious when coming from Ms. Maddow, so here you go.

Eight AIDS activist were arrested in Manhattan late Wednesday night in a massive protest outside a $15K-a-plate Democratic fundraiser featuring an appearance by President Obama. Housing Works has the story: In addition to those arrested, 500 protesters from around the world chanted and marched holding signs reading “No More AIDS Lies! Treat People Now!” and carrying body bags. “While they …

-Liza Minnelli will release a new album titled Confessions in September. The CD will come in two versions. The track listing for the extended 15-cut deluxe edition is here. The album’s producer has not yet been named. -Christine Ricci makes her Broadway debut in Time Stands Still when it reopens on Broadway in September. Laura Linney will rejoin the cast …

The Courage Campaign has launched Equality On Trial, in which stars reenact the testimony given by the plaintiffs in California’s Prop 8 trial. Below are reenactments from Marisa Tomei, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Urie, Patricia Clarkson, Alan Cumming, and Ellen Greene. The Courage Campaign invites you to download trial scripts and upload your own reenactments to the Equality On Trial site.

Today Emperor Palpatine urged the Portuguese people to oppose the marriage equality bill recently approved by the nation’s legislature, calling it an “insidious” threat to society. The pope, wrapping up his trip to this country where more than 90 percent of the population is officially Catholic, made his appeal in the shrine city of Fatima on a day that started …

Sarah Palin doesn’t like it that an Illinois girls basketball team won’t be playing in an Arizona tournament due to the state’s racist immigration law. Cover your ears, Palin’s voice hits some frequencies only heard by bats.