A Catholic bishop in Germany is facing demands to resign after it was revealed that his under-construction private residence will cost $37M. Via Reuters: Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, bishop of Limburg, was investigated by a Vatican envoy last month after protests in his diocese against lavish spending at odds with Pope Francis’s shift of the Church’s focus towards simplicity and poverty. …
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Man Killed By Truck While Walking To Honor Bullied Son Who Committed Suicide
Tragedy upon tragedy. KATU-TV reports: Joe Bell had a message for gay teens suffering from bullying who might be contemplating suicide: “It’ll get better.” He was spreading that message during a walk across the country – from Oregon to New York City. Joe was walking in honor of his son Jadin. The 15-year-old boy was gay and suffered from bullying. …
Read More »BREAKING: New Jersey Court Denies Christie’s Appeal To Stay Marriage Ruling
Breaking from the Associated Press: A New Jersey judge has denied a request from Gov. Chris Christie’s administration to delay the start of gay marriage in the state until after a legal appeal is final. The ruling Thursday from Judge Mary Jacobson moves the state a step closer to start recognizing same-sex nuptials on Oct. 21. That’s the day Jacobson …
Read More »Christmas Is In The Constitution
“You go to the end of the Constitution, what do you find? It’s dated from when? It’s dated from the first Christmas! From the birth of Jesus Christ, ‘the year of our Lord.’ So we dated our Constitution, we dated the Declaration of Independence. We dated them from the very first Christmas! In other words, Christmas is IN the Constitution. …
Read More »Robertson: AIDS Came From Polio Vaccine
Completely debunked theory, of course.
Read More »USPS To Announce Harvey Milk Stamp
From the Facebook page of the Harvey Milk Foundation: Breaking! It is official! The USPS will confirm this week that my uncle, Harvey Milk will be commemorated on a 2014 US postage stamp. Another first! My deep gratitude to everyone that supported this effort! More details including the image to come via USPS soon! “Hope Will Never Be Silent” and …
Read More »Gay Boxer Orlando Cruz To Don Rainbow Trunks For World Championship Bout
This Saturday recently-out boxer Orlando Cruz will fight for the world featherweight title in Las Vegas. Pictured above is his planned gear for the match. Via Yahoo Sports: It is, by far, the biggest stage that Cruz has had for one of his bouts. To take advantage of the exposure, Cruz plans to wear pink boxing gloves and a pink-trimmed …
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Taiwan Animators On Kuwait’s “Gay Test”
How that test might work hasn’t actually been revealed. (Tipped by JMG reader Gary)
Read More »CANADA: British Columbia To Launch HIV Test With 14-Day Post-Infection Result
The Vancouver Sun reports: British Columbia will be the first province in Canada to use a more accurate HIV detection test that has greatly improved the diagnosis of early or acute HIV infection. The new test, which will be utilized provincially following the results of a study led by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, detects the virus as soon …
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