Raw Story reports: The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is standing by her city’s police chief despite a series of profanity-laced and threatening videos. In a video that has received wide attention, police chief Mark Kessler repeatedly tells those upset by his use of profanity to “go f*ck yourself” as he fires various automatic weapons. Mayor Mary Lou Hannon told The …
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MONTENEGRO: Hundreds Of Extremists Attack First-Ever Gay Pride Parade
The Associated Press reports: Several hundred extremists shouting “Kill the gays” attacked gay activists and clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to disrupt the first ever pride event in staunchly conservative Montenegro, which is seeking to improve its human rights record as it bids to join the European Union. Angry assailants threw rocks, bottles, glasses and various other …
Read More »New York Times: Weiner Should Withdraw
From the New York Times editorial board: The timing here matters, as it would for any politician who violates the public’s trust and then asks to have it back. Things are different now, he insists. “This behavior is behind me,” he said again on Tuesday. He suggested that people should have known that his sexting was an unresolved problem well …
Read More »FLORIDA: Gay Groups Say Time Isn’t Right To Put Marriage Back On The Ballot
Saying that it’s unrealistic to believe Florida’s constitutional ban on marriage could be overturned at this time, a coalition of LGBT rights groups says it will be better to wait for the next Supreme Court ruling. Steve Rothaus reports at the Miami Herald: Gay marriage will “be imposed” on Florida by the U.S. Supreme Court before state voters, judges or …
Read More »PENNSYLVANIA: Montgomery County Will Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County says it will defy state law and issue same-sex marriage licenses. D. Bruce Hanes, the county’s register of wills, said he wants to come down “on the right side of history and the law.” Hanes had been prepared to issue a license Tuesday to two women who contacted him last week. The women, however, changed their minds …
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Photo Of The Day: The Earth From Saturn
Sky News reports: The Cassini spacecraft has captured a rare image of Earth taken hundreds of millions of miles away from the outer Solar System. The picture was captured on July 19 by the probe’s wide-angle camera from a distance of 900 million miles. Magnifying the image five times reveals not only the Earth but also the Moon, a fainter …
Read More »HIV Decriminalization Bill Advances
Via Poz Magazine: The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has passed an HIV criminalization amendment to a funding bill, according to a statement by the Sero Project. U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D–Calif.) offered the amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014. The amendment would require the attorney general to initiate a review of federal and state …
Read More »Quote Of The Day – Amanda Hess
“What would the American public find if it combed through all of your Facebook messages, Twitter DMs, and Gchat history? If it had an exclusive peek into your webcam, or could scroll through your iPhone pics at will? This great nation is littered with hard drives full of poorly lit topless pics, broken promises to former lovers, and messages that …
Read More »Bryan Fischer: Demon Hunter
Attacked in his bed by a demon!
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