Joe.My.God. LGBT News

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“It’s clear that the courts are going to shut down the marriage debate and impose gay marriage uniformly. There is not yet a unified sense of where we go from here, except for this: there is an accelerating awareness that the consequence of marriage equality is going to be extremely negative for traditionalist Christians. Refusing despair is a powerful political …

Remember when former Concernstipated Women head Sandy Rios predicted that “thousands of ex-gays will descend upon Washington DC.”? And then NINE showed up? She got more of the same yesterday at the FRC’s hate summit.

Breaking news from the Associated Press: The state’s highest court on Friday agreed to hear a case on whether gay marriage should be legal and whether same-sex weddings can be performed while it decides. A lower-court judge ruled last month that the state must legalize same-sex marriage starting Oct. 21, but Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said in a court filing …

The United States Olympic Committee today amended its official non-discrimination policies to include sexual orientation. At his annual address to the USOC Assembly on Friday, CEO Scott Blackmun said the federation is not in the business of trying to influence Russian policy. “The fact that we do not think it is our role to advocate for a change in the …

We’ll be holding the meet-up for JMG readers at Oscar’s, which I’m told is right around the corner from the giant Palm Springs Pride block party that night. Thanks very much to Oscar’s for hosting us and to Bud Light for sponsoring our meet-up. Hopefully I won’t get too hammered as I’m scheduled to be princess-waving the next morning. (I’ll …

From the Southern Poverty Law Center: Rep. Forbes cancelled his planned appearance today at a fundraising luncheon for an anti-gay hate group, the American Family Association, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. Forbes’ decision comes in the wake of a petition and TV ad campaign by Faithful America, a progressive Christian organization. My organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center, …

US Senate candidate Liz Cheney is super-upset about a campaign ad that claims she secretly supports same-sex marriage. And she wants that shit off the air. Cheney’s office sent letters to cable operators and TV stations in the Mountain West region and demanded the ad be removed from broadcast zones in the Denver, Cheyenne and Casper markets. The Cheney camp …