Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Chicago Cubs co-owner Pete Ricketts is running for governor of Nebraska. Despite having a gay sister who owns the team with him, he’s against gay marriage as are the other GOP candidates.  Shocking. But the Chicago Cubs have participated in Chicago’s gay pride parade, which one candidate is trying to use against him. The Cubs’ connection to the parade raised …

Last week the Baylor University student government voted to replace “homosexual acts” with “deviate sexual acts” in its list of banned behaviors. Because that, somehow, was supposed to make gay students “feel more loved.” Yesterday the student body president vetoed the change. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)

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Via the Washington Post: The Vatican is taking the unusual step of conducting a worldwide survey on how parishes deal with sensitive issues such as birth control, divorce and gay marriage, seeking input ahead of a major meeting on the family that Pope Francis plans next year. The poll was sent in mid-October to every national conference of bishops with …

Soon you’ll no longer have to stop playing Candy Crush during take-off. Airplane travelers will soon be able to watch videos and play games with their electronic devices throughout their entire flight — and not just above a certain altitude — the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday in a long anticipated announcement. But don’t expect to be chatting on your …

This has been my most-played track on Spotify for at least a month and finally there’s a video. The remix is by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Dig the hat tip to Ashes To Ashes. And definitely check out the full ten-minute version.

The painting that Banksy donated to Housing Works has sold at auction for $615,000. What an amazing windfall for them.

Via email from Monica Cole: Dear Joe, In the original “Quicksilver” Capital One commercial starring Samuel L. Jackson, he blurts out the d-word! Capital One’s “Quicksilver” ad was irresponsible and offensive but after our members contacted the company a new commercial has begun airing. Capital One has updated their commercial to leave out the profanity. The revised commercial now says, …

“Oh Hallmark. You didn’t. Oh, wait you did. Hallmark’s ‘Holiday Sweater’ ornament is decorated with ‘Don we now our FUN apparel’ instead of “Don we now our GAY apparel.”Why? Hallmark says: ‘When the lyrics to ‘Deck the Halls’ were translated from Gaelic and published in English back in the 1800’s, the word ‘gay’ meant festive or merry,’ according to a …