Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Via First Post Bollywood: The controversy around Section 377 of IPC raised a lot of questions about gay people, gay sex and homophobia. What is this whole ‘gay’ thing, anyway, said a large swathe of Indian society. And why is everyone making such a big fuss about it? Actor Imran Khan has taken it upon himself to disabuse these people …

“Dear Joe, With the end of the year right around the corner, FRC can look back and be proud of all we’ve accomplished in 2013. We took the Obama Administration on headfirst. We challenged its unconstitutional breaches into our lives. We fought back. And we are winning. The momentum is on our side and your support has never been more …

Gothamist reports: At today’s NYPD graduation ceremony, Mayor Bloomberg announced some impressive news: The 2013 murder total, through today, was 332—a 20.7% drop from 2012’s total of 419. This is the lowest since the city started keeping track in 1963. Bloomberg bragged, “New York’s crime-fighting strategies have made us America’s safest big city—and one that cities across the globe want …

The pro-gay NALT Project (Not All Like That) has responded to the Duck Dynasty furor. An excerpt: As is usual in these debates, the real loser is Christianity itself. Millions of Christians around the world affirm the dignity and equality of LGBT people, and their voices go unheard when public figures like Phil Robertson and his supporters in the right-wing …

“Hope necessarily drew the Wise Men from the East to glorify the newly born Savior… but the people of Bethlehem didn’t see that — they only saw the vindictive and brutal retaliation of King Herod. You and I are often very much like those poor townsfolk, who see only the brutality without seeing the underlying magnificence of God’s blessings. These …

Clip recap: In 2013, AFER took our case against Prop 8 to the US Supreme Court. Standing with us was an unprecedented groundswell of support, including you. It was the first time a marriage case for gay and lesbian Americans had ever been briefed before the nation’s highest court. And we won. Gay and lesbian couples can now get married …

This event is the work of the teabagger site Grassfire, which is home to numerous bits of hilarious crackpottery, such as their claim that President Obama has ordered unisex uniforms for the Marine Corps.

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