Two days ago the decidedly not slim Barber called the First Lady “Moochelle.” Looks like he got some blowback from his own people.
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Perkins Cheers Texas National Guard
“Major General John Nichols, the commanding general of Texas Military Forces, made it clear that the state’s marriage law came first. If Guardsmen want to take advantage of the Pentagon’s directive, Nichols said they’d have to enroll at a federal installation. In a letter to local service members, he stood his ground on the Texas Constitution, which only recognizes man-woman …
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Open Thread Thursday
Tell us about your summer. Any big travel? Burning Man?
Read More »Yet Another Weiner Incident [UPDATED]
UDPATE: The Weiner campaign has released a longer video of today’s confrontation in which the Orthodox Jewish man heckling him can be heard slamming Weiner for being “married to an Arab.” UPDATE NOTE: The video below, which was picked up by numerous sites, was posted by blogger Jacob Kornbluh and it is not known if he edited out the “married …
Read More »Where Does Congress Stand On Syria?
The Washington Post has created an interactive graph which notes the known positions of Congress members on a possible US strike on Syria. So far only two Senate Democrats have said that they oppose US intervention: Sen. Chris Murphy (CT) and Sen. Tom Udall (NM). Perhaps the most notable House Democrat to oppose intervention so far is Rep. Alan Grayson …
Read More »Iran’s President: Happy Rosh Hashanah
Well, that seems encouraging. Rouhani was elected in May by a landslide vote that some foreign observers characterized as a rejection of the Iranian conservatism epitomized by Ahmadinejad.
Read More »Eric Holder Announces: Military To Grant All Benefits To Spouses Of Gay Veterans
Just in via press release from the White House: In the Obama administration’s latest step to ensure equal treatment for same-sex married couples following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday that President Obama has directed the Executive Branch to take steps allowing for …
Read More »Here’s A Gay Trivia Quiz From 1966
Boy Culture has the rest of the quiz and its answers, many of which are jokes. Of the first 20 questions, I only got three right.
Read More »NEW MEXICO: Judge Orders EIGHTH County To Issue Gay Marriage Licenses
This here map is getting really crowded, folks! A district court judge upheld a ruling Tuesday that the Los Alamos County clerk must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Judge Sheri Raphaelson ruled yesterday that County Clerk Sharon Stover must issue a marriage license to a lesbian couple who filed a lawsuit in Los Alamos County. But Stover refused and …
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