Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Matt Comer reports at Q Notes: City Council members in Greensboro, N.C., unanimously passed several new ordinance changes at their meeting on Tuesday, making it the first city in the state to prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in housing, among other protections. The city’s move toward more inclusive local policies follows similar proposals and discussion in Charlotte, the state’s largest city, though …

“I do not wish to lend our voice to notions which might suggest that same-sex couples are a threat incapable of sharing relationships marked by love and holiness and, thus, incapable of contributing to the edification of both the church and the wider society. In the midst of changing societal definitions and understandings of marriage, there may no doubt be …

“Nothing is inevitable. ‘Inevitability’ is the progressive substitute for the idea of Divine Providence. Either God is in charge, or the future hasn’t yet happened and is freely determined. Or God leaves us free.” – Former NOM president Maggie Gallagher, speaking yesterday to the Daily Beast.  Asked if anti-gay groups have any hopes of winning in 2015, Gallagher said “I …

Quite the lineup. Tickets are $260 and go on sale Friday.

From the editorial board of the New York Times: Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and marriage-equality opponent who may make a run for the Republican presidential nomination, reiterated his longstanding belief that the decision on whether to allow same-sex marriages should be left to the states. In 2008, during his tenure as governor, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot …

Via press release from Freedom To Marry: Today Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure that the federal government respects all valid marriages across all agencies. The bill has 42 original cosponsors in the Senate, including every returning Senator to …

Tylenol is made by a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, so Porter should probably also boycott their other OTC healthcare products: Sudafed, Pepcid, Motrin, Immodium, Mylanta, Benadryl, and Zyrtec. Better get that flu shot, huh?

“As a result of the purposeful misinterpretation of Judge Hinkle’s now infamous ‘clarification’ in the federal case Brenner v. Scott, clerks of court throughout Florida began today issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, disregarding their oaths to uphold the Florida Constitution. And despite appeals of Judge Hinkle’s ruling and the state court marriage cases waiting to be heard, Florida Circuit …