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Amazon Unveils Its First Cell Phone

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos today unveiled his company’s first cell phone, the Fire Phone. First-look reviewers are (mostly) impressed. Via The Verve: The Fire Phone has a 4.7-inch HD display, aluminum buttons, a Qualcomm processor, Adreno 330 graphics, and 2GB of RAM. Bezos talked a lot about the phone’s build, from the injection-molded connectors to the chamfered edges. There’s a …

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NOM Forms Secretive New Anti-Gay Supergroup With Archbishop Cordileone

Writing for the HRC’s NOM Exposed blog, Jeremy Hooper reports that that NOM has formed a shadowy new anti-gay supergroup in partnership with the Becket Fund, Alliance Defending Freedom, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, and the Witherspoon Institute, which was the primary funding source for the debunked Regnerus study. The new coalition is called the Princeton Group, presumably because its …

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SOUTH DAKOTA: AG Files Motion To Dismiss “Implausible” Marriage Suit

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackely has filed a motion to dismiss the marriage equality suit filed by three local couples including Nancy Robrahn, 68, and Jennie Rosenkranz, 72, (above) who were married after 27 years together in an April ceremony officiated by the mayor of Minneapolis. According to the state, the plaintiffs have not presented “any plausible claim” of …

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Sinead O’Connor – Take Me To Church

That’s a different look for her. From her coming tenth album, I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss. From the chorus: “Take to me church / I’ve done so many bad things that hurt /  Get me to church / But not the ones that hurt / Cause that ain’t the truth / And that’s not what it’s worth.” I dig …

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Bill Donohue: Kudos To Cordileone

“A motley group of public officials, community activists, religious leaders, and gay advocates are upset that Archbishop Cordileone supports marriage, properly understood. It is a striking sociological moment when elites stage a protest of an archbishop in the Roman Catholic Church simply because he believes—as the whole world has believed for thousands of years—that marriage is the union of a …

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TENNESSEE: Nashville Approves Partner Benefits For City Employees

In a lopsided vote, Nashville’s Metro Council last night approved domestic partner benefits for city employees. The council voted 27-7 for the measure, adding Metro to a long list of public and private employers across the country that offer domestic partner benefits. The result was expected, but some council members spoke out strongly against the policy before the vote. Councilman …

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