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The Air Force Times reports: The Air Force Academy on Friday announced that it will now be optional for cadets to recite “so help me God” at the end of its honor oath. The academy made the change in response to a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which advocates for the separation of church and state in the …

The Jeebz has revealed himself yet again, this time on a chain link fence in Pennsylvania. David McFadden hopes it becomes a draw, that pilgrims will flock to the 300 block of Hill Street to witness the leafy embodiment of Christ. “It’s God letting us know his presence is here in York,” said McFadden, 53, a Catholic and a Mason. …

After being collared by an HRC staffer in an Arizona outlet of Staples, Cindy McCain signed a petition that asks her husband to endorse ENDA. The Washington Post reports: Call it a bold canvassing move that paid off: An organizer for the Human Rights Campaign asked Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) wife Cindy to sign a postcard Thursday urging the senator …

Tens of thousands marched in Taipei’s gay pride parade today in support of a marriage equality bill under consideration by the Taiwanese legislature. Via Reuters: Taiwan’s legislature on Friday began a review of a gay marriage bill, which has the support of 53 percent of the public, according to a recent opinion poll, though acceptance of a gay family member …

Via press release: With Illinois’s equal marriage rights bill running out of time in the current fall veto session, gay activists will picket the lead sponsor of the bill, gay Representative Greg Harris as the veto session reaches its half-way point. The main demand: a party-line vote in favor of the bill by the Democratic Caucus, which holds a super-majority …

That Fox News anchor Shepard Smith is gay is fairly widely known, even though he has never publicly acknowledged it. He’s even appeared in Out Magazine‘s annual ranking of the most powerful gays in America. But after a gossip column earlier this week reported that Smith had blown up at a downtown Manhattan cocktail waitress while on a night out …

Kathy Bates’ American Horror Story character has just been dug up after being buried alive for 180 years. She’s immortal, y’all. And here’s her reaction to seeing President Obama on television. I’ve been waiting for a good quality clip, but this one from JMG reader Drew will do. You absolutely must wait for the final line. Spoiler alert if you …

You may recall that last year, after he drunkenly crashed his boat, injuring six people (including children), Maryland state Rep. Don Dwyer blamed his alcoholism on being upset about the passage of gay marriage. And he went out and got yet another DUI, this time in his car. You’d think that the sentence for two DUIs would be more than …

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