In his first official act following today’s inauguration, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order protecting LGBT state employees from discrimination. Shortly after taking office in 2010, GOP former Gov. Bob McDonnell stripped such protections from the traditional order, claiming that there was no evidence that gay people are discriminated against. McAuliffe: “My administration is committed to keeping Virginia …
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Virgin Galactic Makes Test Flight
Via the Los Angeles Times: Virgin Galactic, British billionaire Richard Branson’s commercial space venture, reached its highest altitude yet Friday in a supersonic rocket plane that’s set to carry paying customers into sub-orbit later this year. The company’s SpaceShipTwo blasted through the sound barrier and sped to Mach 1.4, climbing to 71,000 feet in its first powered test flight of …
Read More »Petition Of The Day
Nearly 5000 people have signed a petition calling on the New York City Council to write new fire safety laws after last week’s high-rise fire in Hell’s Kitchen claimed the life of a newlywed gay man and severely injured his husband. The two men were found in the emergency stairwell. The FDNY says that in most high-rise fires, it is …
Read More »TEXAS: Judge Refuses Regnerus Brief Filed By Anti-Gay Christian Group
A federal judge in Texas has refused to consider an amicus brief filed by the anti-gay Christian group Texas Values in the marriage equality lawsuit against the state. The brief cites the work of discredited researcher Mark Regnerus four times. The Dallas Voice reports: The group’s brief argues that children in same-sex families are at a disadvantage compared to children …
Read More »Eugene Delgaudio Just Got This Guy Appointed To The County Library Board
Via the Washington Post: A Sterling man who once tore out pages of the Koran in front of the White House, and whose fierce rhetoric on Twitter included declaring “the only good progressive is a dead progressive,” has been approved by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to sit on the county library’s board of trustees for the next four …
Read More »Ariel Sharon Dies At 85
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died today at the age of 85. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the nation bowed its head to a man he described as “first and foremost a brave soldier and an outstanding military commander” who “had a central role in the battle for Israel’s security from the very beginning.” In many ways, Mr. Sharon’s …
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UTAH: Hundreds Rally At State Capitol For Reinstatement Of Same-Sex Marriage
State Department Issues Security Warning To Americans Traveling To Sochi Olympics
The U.S. State Department today issued an updated travel advisory for Americans planning to attend the Sochi Olympics. An excerpt: MEDICAL CARE: The Olympics are the first large-scale event to be held in Sochi and medical capacity and infrastructure in the region are untested for handling the volume of visitors expected for the Olympics. Medical care in many Russian localities …
Read More »27 GOP House Reps Co-Sponsor Randy Weber’s Bill To Ban Federal Recognition Of Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriages
Yesterday House Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) introduced a laughably doomed bill that would limit the federal government to only recognizing same-sex marriages that are legally conducted in the state where the married couple resides. Since the bill’s introduction, 27 GOP members of the House have signed on as co-sponsors. The list so far is a cavalcade of crackpottery: Michele Bachmann, …
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