Via Chattanooga television: The Domestic Partnership ordinance loses in Chattanooga. With 100% of the vote reported: Against the Ordinance – 13685, For the Ordinance – 8184. Last year the Chattanooga City Council voted to allow the partners of city employees in domestic partnerships to get equal benefits. But the measure was forced to a public vote, and it appears the …
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NEW YORK CITY: 2000 AIDS Quilt Panels To Be Displayed August 11th & 12th
Via press release: The AIDS Memorial Quilt returns to New York City for a two-day public display, featuring 260 12-foot-by-12-foot sections of this internationally celebrated, handmade tapestry. Presented as a gift to the city by Kiehl’s Since 1851, the Governor’s Island display will begin with a special opening ceremony/press opportunity at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 11. This opening dedication …
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Brian Brown: Boycott Target Even Though All The Other Companies We Boycott Don’t Give A Shit What Hate Groups Say
“Dear Marriage Supporter, On Tuesday, the retail giant Target signed on to an amicus brief for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in two pending cases challenging the definition of marriage in Indiana and Wisconsin. Target joins with a number of other companies in signing the brief, including the Starbucks Coffee Company. But it is the spirit behind the brief, …
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FRC: Pray Against The Sixth Circuit Court
Here’s the Family Research Council’s prayer of the day: Circuit Court to Decide on Marriage in Four States – A three judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in Cincinnati heard cases today that challenge traditional marriage amendments in four state Constitutions: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. Each of the Amendments, duly passed by a majority of …
Read More »Sen. John Walsh (D-MT) Drops 2014 Relection Bid Over Plagiarism Scandal
Via the Washington Post: It’s a scenario that is extremely unusual, not only in Montana but nationally: a sitting senator who has won his party’s nomination withdrawing from contention before the general election. That’s what Sen. John Walsh (D-Mont.) did Thursday. It prompts two questions: How will he be replaced on the ballot, and by whom? Walsh was appointed by …
Read More »MISSOURI: Baptist Church Leader Charged With Attempting To Fuck A Dog
The president and CEO of Missouri’s Windermere Baptist Conference Center has been busted in a Craigslist sting after posting a message in which he solicited sex with a dog and another animal of an undisclosed species. Jerald L. Hill of the 500 block of Forest Circle in Roach was arrested in Columbia at 11:35 a.m. yesterday on suspicion of attempted …
Read More »FLORIDA: Charlie Crist Tells Gov & AG To Stop Defending Gay Marriage Ban
Via Steve Rothaus at the Miami Herald: Charlie Crist, Florida’s former Republican governor and attorney general, says current Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi don’t have to defend the state’s 2008 gay marriage ban in court. Crist, who is running to become governor again (this time as a Democrat), spoke Thursday as he accepted LGBT-rights group SAVE’s endorsement …
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