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Second Avenue Subway Progresses

The MTA has posted a slideshow about the progress being made at the future 72nd Street Station of the Second Avenue subway.  Cool photos within.  The blasting has ended and the muck houses on Second Avenue started to come down this week after three years of destroying businesses and blocking apartment windows.  And only three more years (allegedly) until I’ll …

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Pew Research Survey: 48% Of LGBT Americans Have No Religious Affiliation

In another release from the latest survey from Pew Research, we learn the unsurprising news that gays are more than twice as likely to be atheists or religiously unaffiliated. When it comes to religion, the LGBT population has a distinctly different profile than the general public. Fewer LGBT adults have a religious affiliation. About half of LGBT respondents describe themselves …

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Oprah Network Special: Ex-Gay Survivors Confront Exodus International

The show airs on Thursday.    In a special episode, Lisa Ling is joined by a group of survivors of the condemned and damaging practice of “reparative therapy” as they confront Alan Chambers. Chambers recently asked Ling to help orchestrate an opportunity in which he could formally apologize to those who felt deceived and defrauded by Exodus’ practices and to announce …

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Pam Spaulding Retires From Blogging

“All good things must come to an end, even after numerous awards and accolades, it’s time to acknowledge that I cannot continue to run on fumes alone. The Blend could continue limping along, but my health and well-being come first; over the last few years burning the candle at both ends with a full-time offline job and PHB. It has …

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Today MIGHT Be The Day

SCOTUSblog writes: “On Monday, June 17, we will begin live-blogging at 9:00 a.m. We expect orders from the June 13 Conference at 9:30 and opinions in argued cases at 10. On Thursday, June 20, we will begin live-blogging at 9:30 a.m. We expect opinions in argued cases at 10.”

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