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This poll is related to an exemption in the marriage bill that will be voted on by the Hawaii legislature in the special session that Gov. Neil Abercrombie has called for October 28th. The current draft exempts religious organizations and related facilities from hosting gay marriages if the facilities aren’t used primarily as for-profit businesses. Gary Secor, vicar general of …

Exhibit #797 in the GOP’s war on women. Source. (Via Towleroad)

CNN reports: Four Saudi men accused of dancing naked on the roof of a car and posting a video of the incident online have been sentenced to as many as 2,000 lashes and up to 10 years in prison, and fined thousands of dollars, a newspaper reported this week. A criminal court in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia, handed down the verdict …

Pennsylvania state Rep. Rick Saccone, who was elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave, has introduced a bill that mandates placing “In God We Trust” signs in all public school classrooms. Last year Siccone introduced a resolution that declared 2012 to be “The Year Of The Bible” and earlier this year he tried to have April 30th declared to be …

Mediaite has one of the kinder reviews: Saturday Night Live took full advantage of host Miley Cyrus‘ cultural footprint this week with a hilarious sendup of her aggressively surreal We Can’t Stop video, instead featuring Republicans like John Boehner and Michele Bachmann vamping dirtily to We Did Stop (The Government), an ode to the current federal government shutdown. The piece …

After vetoing a similar measure last year, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill which allows children to have more than two legal parents. Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said he authored the measure to address the changes in family structure in California, including situations in which same-sex couples have a child with an opposite-sex biological parent. The law …

From a live blog about tonight’s show: “6-6-7-6 from the judges. A total of 24 for Ben, which is higher than the judges comments suggested that it would be. Kristina and Ben will definitely take that score and run.” (Tipped by JMG reader Darryl) RELATED: You might want to also view tonight’s dance by Robin Windsor, the openly gay professional …

From Reddit. Original. (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)