Via the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel: The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to invite at least 100 couples from around the country and around the world to marry oceanside in a common ceremony sometime this winter, said Nicki Grossman, president of the Broward County tourism group in an interview. The 100 number also will honor Broward’s 100th birthday …
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GOP Rep. Michael Grimm To Resign
Via CNN: Rep. Michael Grimm announced late Monday night plans to resign from Congress, after pleading guilty to a felony tax evasion charge last week. The announcement came just hours after a source familiar with Grimm’s thinking told CNN he would resign “sooner rather than later,” after the New York Daily News broke the news of Grimm’s plans to step …
Read More »HomoQuotable – Robert Oscar Lopez
“With unforeseen success has come, unfortunately, a lot of challenges for which I was not prepared. Due to some of these challenges, and in the interest of protecting contributors and correspondents, we have had to take down and archive the 2,000 posts that were published here; we have warehoused them somewhere safe but cannot leave them as open-source resources to …
Read More »Wreckage From AirAsia Flight Found
Via the Los Angeles Times: Searchers recovered bodies from the Java Sea on Tuesday and found what officials said wreckage from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 as the three-day mystery over the plane’s whereabouts reached a heartbreaking resolution for the families of 162 people aboard. “I am absolutely devastated,” Tony Fernandes, AirAsia’s chief executive, said in a statement. “This is a …
Read More »Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel Includes Image Of Gay Proposal In Holiday Message
In a holiday message posted earlier this month, outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and his wife included an image of a gay sailor proposing to his boyfriend. (Via Towleroad)
Read More »BREAKING: Florida AG Pam Bondi Punts On Demand For Ruling Clarification, Says Judge Should Decide Scope Of Order
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has just filed. Pursuant to this Court’s December 24, 2014, order requiring a response, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Management Services (the “DMS Secretary”) responds to the Washington County Clerk of Court’s Emergency Motion for Clarification, DE 99. This Court is best situated to determine the reach of its own order. If the …
Read More »GOP House Majority Whip Confesses: I Spoke At Meeting Of White Supremacists
Via the Washington Post: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white nationalist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002, thrusting a racial controversy into House Republican ranks days before the party assumes control of both congressional chambers. The 48-year-old Scalise, who ascended to the House GOP’s …
Read More »RHODE ISLAND: State Supreme Court Rejects Suits Of Firefighters “Forced” To Drive In Providence Pride Parade
Via the Associated Press: The Rhode Island Supreme Court has thrown out lawsuits brought by two Providence firefighters who said their constitutional rights were violated when they were ordered to drive a truck in a gay pride parade despite their religious objections. The firefighters, Theodore Fabrizio and Stephen Deninno, argued that they are Roman Catholics and therefore do not support …
Read More »American Family Association Again Calls For The Criminalization Of Homosexuality
Fischer’s tweet above came shortly after a tweet endorsing a Hot Air column in support of criminalizing adultery.
Read More »JMG Top Ten For 2014
For the second year in a row, my favorite track of the year is by out and openly HIV+ singer/songwriter John Grant, whose collaboration with Hercules & Love Affair spawned a gorgeous modern dance video interpretation of Grant’s tale of coming out positive to a lover. Culled from my Spotify playlists, here’s my top ten for 2014. 1. John Grant …
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