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Great news. I’ll take down the petition post from earlier.

“When Obama was asked once what his basic deepest flaw was, he said, ‘deep laziness.’ And I wonder whether this is not the equivalent of that first debate last year. The guy just didn’t focus — playing too much golf.” – Andrew Sullivan, speaking about the Obamacare website fiasco last night on CNN.

(Via Good As You)

A spokesman for Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) has announced his plan to vote for ENDA, leaving only one Democratic holdout in the chamber. Via the Arkansas Times: Pryor, with West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, was one of only two Democrats who had not said they would vote for the legislation, which has had a long and difficult history in Congress. It …

The Birmingham News has a recap: Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” put its satirical eye on Alabama Tuesday night, asking what people in Alabama – a state the show noted “still has segregated sororities” – and our cousins in Mississippi really think about gay rights. One segment of the show, “Last Gay Standing,” was built around a prediction made by …

The Federation of Catholic Family Associations In Europe has denounced a just-published European Parliament report that examines homophobia and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Via press release: The EU is currently facing many challenges and its popularity among the European citizens is not at its highest peak. Promoting an agenda based on lifestyle choices that clearly divides …

Trailer recap: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future. 4M views …

Israel’s Yesh Atid Party yesterday introduced a civil unions bill that would grant same-sex couples all the rights of marriage. The bill also ends the requirement that straight couples be married in a religious ceremony. The New York Times reports: American Jewish leaders have strongly urged the adoption of a civil marriage law, fearing that many of their constituents would …

“He told police the demon wanted drugs and to perform sexual acts with him, and that he lit the fire in order to burn a bible because he was a satanist.” Details.

Can you smell the desperation? NOM usually stays away from the above sort of vitriol, at least in the United States, but not anymore. In fact, their quote comes from the vile Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute, which is listed as a hate group by the SPLC, who really needs to consider adding NOM to that list of …