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CNN reports: Six people who were arrested in Iran for dancing in a YouTube video to Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy” have been freed, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Wednesday, citing a source close to the families. The director of the video was not released, the group said. One of the six announced that she was freed. …

“The Pennsylvania Family Institute expressed disappointment and dismay today at the decision of Gov. Tom Corbett not to appeal the decision by United States District Judge John E. Jones III overturning the historic and long-standing definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Marriage between one man and one woman has no parallels. Social science and …

This week Rep. Michele Bachman appeared on the Hallmark Channel’s Home And Family show where “lifestyle expert” Kenneth Wingard gave tips on throwing a proper tea party. At the 5:00 mark, Bachmann reveals that she took a napkin-folding course shortly after she married Ladybird.  And then she demonstrates.

“When you hold someone accountable, it takes an energy and resource. And Barack Obama is lazy. In fact, he warned us that he was lazy and he attributed that to having been brought up in Hawaii. His words, not mine. The problem starts at the top. And when you have a commander in chief who has not been engaged and …

Via GLAAD: Following offensive and inaccurate anti-transgender comments from 98.9 ‘Breakfast Buzz’ hosts Kimberly Ray and Berry Beck regarding a recent local ordinance granting transgender healthcare to Rochester city employees and their families, the station released a brief statement saying that the two hosts have been suspended indefinitely. “As a result of Kimberly and Beck’s hateful comments against the transgender …

Via the Associated Press: Amid a surge of public opinion in favor of gay rights in the U.S., the WNBA is launching a campaign to market the league to the LGBT community, becoming the first pro sports league to specifically recruit gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender fans to its games. With the marketing campaign, the WNBA is capitalizing on what …

From their 11th studio album, Meteorites, to be released on Tuesday. Some critics say the new album compares favorably with the best of their early 80s catalog. (1984’s Ocean Rain remains one of my favorite albums of all time. If you’re unfamiliar with Echo, start here.) I do like this quite a lot.

Late last summer Montgomery County Clerk Bruce Hanes began issuing same-sex marriage licenses to Pennsylvania couples. A court soon ordered Hanes to cease and Gov. Tom Corbett waded into the fray by comparing Hanes’ action to allowing 12 year-old children to marry. Corbett apologized, but by then he had joined a lawsuit against Hanes brought by the Pennsylvania Department of …

(Tipped by JMG reader Ray)