“The family is being hit, the family is being struck and the family is being bastardized. What is being proposed is not marriage, it’s an association. But it’s not marriage! It’s necessary to say these things very clearly and we have to say it! So many families are divided, so many marriages broken, (there is) such relativism in the concept …
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NEW YORK CITY: Statue Of Liberty To “Dress” For Halloween In Promo Stunt
As part of a promotional stunt for a menswear line, on Halloween a helicopter will suspend a giant bow tie in front of the Statue Of Liberty in order to create the illusion that the tie is actually affixed there. The feds are not happy. The National Park Service told ABC News it doesn’t have a say in Graham’s project …
Read More »Media Matters: Right Wing Rodeo
Recapping the last week’s worst in wingnut media.
Read More »Facebook Zaps Anti-Gay Page
I’m somewhat torn on this as the No Gay Civil Right page was excellent “animus” fodder. (Tipped by JMG reader Claudio)
Read More »NEW YORK CITY: New Anti-Airbnb Ad
A group called Share Better has taken their New York City campaign against Airbnb to television in recent weeks, with the below spot airing today on CNN. From their about page: We are a group of New York City friends, neighbors, community activists and elected officials of this great city who have a unique perspective on the so-called “sharing economy” …
Read More »Brian Brown Robocalls In San Diego: Carl DeMaio Could Do Damage For Decades!
Via JMG reader Patrick, here’s the call he got this weekend from Brian Brown, who urges San Diego voters not to vote for homocon US House candidate Carl DeMaio. “Consider voting for Democrat Scott Peters. Peters is wrong on the issues but at least we can defeat him in two years. If DeMaio is elected, he may hold office and …
Read More »FLORIDA: Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiffs Lead Key West Fantasy Fest Parade
Via press release: Two fighters for the Florida Keys’ same-sex marriage equality led Saturday night’s lavish Fantasy Fest Parade in Key West, capping 10 days of masking and costuming events in the festival that ended Sunday. Parade grand marshals Aaron Huntsman and William Lee Jones won a landmark court ruling overturning Florida’s statewide same-sex marriage ban for Florida Keys residents. …
Read More »OK Go – I Won’t Let You Down
Via the Telegraph: OK Go have released their latest ambitious music video and their second to be taken from their forthcoming album Hungry Ghosts. Fans will be glad to know that the band perform another dance routine. But it is one rather more large-scale than the treadmill dance routine they performed for their 2006 Grammy-winning video for Here It Goes …
Read More »Jimmy Carter: States Should Decide On Marriage, Not The Federal Government
“I’m kind of inclined to let the states decide individually. As you see, more and more states are deciding on gay marriage every year. If Texas doesn’t want to have gay marriage, then I think that’s a right for Texas people to decide. I don’t think that the government ought to ever have the right to tell a church to …
Read More »PENNSYLVANIA: Murder Charge For Man Who Met His Victim On Craigslist
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with robbing and murdering a local man he met via a hook-up ad that the killer had posted on Craigslist. Police had already been seeking the suspect for failing to show up for his September trial on child rape charges. Via the Associated Press: Chad Marshall Wilcox, 28, of Williamsport, was arraigned Friday on …
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