Joe.My.God. LGBT News

All four Tampa Bay-area county clerks say they will turn away same-sex marriage license applicants. Pinellas Clerk of Court Ken Burke expects same-sex couples will show up to his office Jan. 6 to seek a marriage license. At this point, they will leave empty-handed, and so will couples who try in Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. “We’re sympathetic but we …

But there’s a big catch. Via the Orlando Sentinel: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has agreed to officiate at a big same-sex wedding at City Hall on Jan. 6, the first day a federal judge has cleared gay and lesbian couples to lawfully get married in Florida, according to a local business association. According to the association, the City Hall event …

From the editorial board of the New York Times: Any credible investigation should include former Vice President Dick Cheney; Mr. Cheney’s chief of staff, David Addington; the former C.I.A. director George Tenet; and John Yoo and Jay Bybee, the Office of Legal Counsel lawyers who drafted what became known as the torture memos. There are many more names that could …

The spinoff of Breaking Bad. (Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

(Tipped by JMG reader Gordon)

Twitchy writes: “Let’s talk repulsive. Nearly three years after Andrew Breitbart’s tragic death, Alec Baldwin’s still lashing out at the amazing and brilliant man he could never hope to be.”

“FRC needs to finish 2014 strong so we can start 2015 stronger than ever—rallying Americans and the new Congress to stand against perhaps the biggest threat to faith, family and freedom in decades. That threat is the increasing lawlessness—the Executive Tyranny—of President Barack Obama. Consider what he’s done: Imposed an executive order telling thousands of businesses—regardless of whether they are …

We already know about Louisiana and now four more have been added. Via Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed: The Supreme Court is set to consider on Jan. 9 whether it will hear appeals of same-sex couples’ marriage challenges in cases out of five states, one of the legal teams representing the couples told BuzzFeed News on Monday. “The Tanco [Tennessee case] …