Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Just in via email: Dear Joe, Keep up the great work! After 1MM contacted Toys ‘R’ Us last week, they did not appear as a sponsor during the past episode of “2 Broke Girls.” Your voice was heard! Another program that needs our immediate attention is ABC’s creepy new program “How To Get Away With Murder.” This show is about …

Via the Charleston Fox affiliate: A Charleston County judge has issued South Carolina’s first same-sex marriage license. Charleston County councilwoman Colleen Condon and her fiance, Nichols Bleckley, were the first in line Wednesday morning to receive their marriage license. They were the first couple to have their application for a marriage license accepted in Charleston County last month. “I do …

Consumer goods behemoth Procter & Gamble has endorsed marriage equality. P&G executives say they want to attract top talent from all backgrounds and part of that strategy is providing a welcoming work environment. “We have always supported our employees and fostered a culture of inclusion and respect – this includes the right to marry whomever they choose and to have …

“It has been 18 exhilarating months since I came out in Sports Illustrated as the first openly gay man in one of the four major professional team sports. And it has been nine months since I signed with the Nets and became the first openly gay male athlete to appear in a game in one of those leagues. It feels …

A time lapse of Buffalo weather. (Tipped by JMG reader Blair)

“Today, the Vatican’s colloquium on the complementarity of man and woman in marriage moved from laying a theoretical groundwork to take on the tone of a half-time locker room pep talk for those advancing the cause of natural marriage. In message after message today, from Sikh, Muslim, Mormon, and others (including American evangelicals Rick Warren and Russell Moore), there was …

Via the Associated Press: The Kansas Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for additional gay marriages in the state’s most populous county while declaring that it would defer to the federal courts on whether Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriages is constitutional. The Kansas court also declined to say whether all of the state’s 105 counties fall under a U.S. Supreme …

Via press release from the Human Rights Campaign: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has refused to make its 2013 Form 990s publicly available following their November 17 deadline – a direct violation of federal law. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) first made an in-person request for the public financial documents on Monday morning and again on Tuesday – both …