Earlier today Lambda Legal and ACLU filed a demand that SCOTUS hear their appeal of the Sixth Circuit Court ruling in Ohio. This afternoon the National Center for Lesbian Rights and a coalition of local legal firms did the same regarding the Tennessee case. From their petition: Beyond the many legal protections denied to petitioners, Tennessee’s refusal to recognize their …
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Read More »Missouri Changes Its Stripes
Wikipedia’s marriage map monitor, who decloaked this week as a JMG reader, has made a change to reflect the complicated situation in Missouri.
Read More »MONTANA: Federal Judge Cancels Gay Marriage Hearing, Will Likely Rule Shortly
Via the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: A U.S. District Court judge has vacated a hearing in a lawsuit filed by four couples who seek to overturn Montana’s ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Brian Morris had originally set a hearing for federal court in Great Falls on Thursday, Nov. 20, after the plaintiffs’ lawyers filed a motion for summary judgement in their …
Read More »MISSISSIPPI: County Clerks Prepare For The Legalization Of Same-Sex Marriage
Via the Clarion-Ledger: County circuit clerks across the state of Mississippi are preparing for the possibility of potentially thousands of same-sex couples arriving at courthouses to apply for marriage licenses. If U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves strikes down Mississippi’s gay marriage ban and does not put a temporary hold on same-sex marriages, county clerks will likely be flooded with long …
Read More »LA Galaxy Sign Out Soccer Star Robbie Rogers To Multi-Year Contract Extension
Via press release: The LA Galaxy announced today that the club has signed defender Robbie Rogers to a multi-year contract extension. Rogers, an MLS veteran and former U.S. Men’s National Team member, joined in Galaxy in May 2013 and has made 30 appearances and 22 starts as a member of the Galaxy. “We are excited that Robbie will remain a …
Read More »VATICAN: American Anti-Gay Religious Leaders To Attend Meeting On Marriage
Miranda Blue writes at Right Wing Watch: Next week, American Religious Right leaders including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Russell Moore, pastor Rick Warren, Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, and Latter-Day Saints official Henry Eyring will be joining opponents of LGBT equality from around the world at an interfaith conference on the “complementarity of man and woman in marriage” hosted by …
Read More »VATICAN: Topless Femen Trio Arrested After Simulating Anal Sex With Crucifixes
Via the International Business Times: Three topless Femen demonstrators have been dragged away from St. Peter’s Square after simulating anal sex with crucifixes in a protest against the Pope outside the Vatican. The women crouched on all fours and re-enacted sex with crosses while shouting anti-papal remarks including “a world without religion, a parliament without a pope” and “god is …
Read More »ALABAMA: Lesbian Lawmaker Renames LGBT Rights Bill For Apple CEO Tim Cook
In 2011 openly lesbian Alabama state Rep. Patricia Todd introduced a bill to protect LGBT citizens from employment discrimination. The bill failed, but Todd is trying again and this time she has renamed the bill the “Tim Cook Economic Development Act.” According to the governor, state employees are already protected. In October, Cook — an Alabama native and CEO of …
Read More »Today In Open Carry Crazy People
Arizona-based trucker and devout “lover of Christ” Rob Kinnison, whose YouTube channel is laden with obscenity-heavy anti-gay rants, is very angry with the gun control group Moms Demand Action. Via Wonkette: Rob Kinnison is probably not the kind of spokesperson open carry advocates would select for themselves, but that’s not how it works anymore. How it works now is you …
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