Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Via Reuters: Gay men will be able to donate blood one year after their last sexual contact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday, under a proposal that will be introduced early next year to end a ban that has been in place since 1983. Scientific evidence shows the move will not create risks for the nation’s blood …

Via the Idaho Statesman: Idaho must pay more than $400,000 to the team of lawyers who successfully fought to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage, a federal judge ruled. In her decision, U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale awarded an amount that is about 10 percent less than what the six lawyers requested. “Simply put, the case was neither easy …

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.”