Three members of the House Of Lords have introduced an amendment that would stop the marriage equality bill from going into effect until after also being approved in a national referendum to be held two or three years from now. The amendment, tabled by Labour peer Lord Anderson of Swansea, Conservative peer Lord Cormack, and crossbench peer Lord Singh of …
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“I” Is For Indoctrination
From the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, here’s a song that teaches children how Jesus invented the alphabet. “Do you know your Christian ABCs?” (Source)
Read More »Pew Poll: When Did You Know?
The Washington Post reports: In a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday, nine in 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults said society has become more accepting of them and that they expect it to become more so in the years ahead. But only 19 percent said there is “a lot” of acceptance for gays, while 59 percent chose to …
Read More »Hitting Back At Cheerios Haters
General Mills had to disable YouTube comments a couple of weeks ago after racists descended on their Cheerios ad which features an interracial family. Here’s an amusing response (not from General Mills). Wait for the ending. (Tipped by JMG reader Daniel)
Read More »Pope Dances Around Marriage Issue
In a speech that the Associated Press is characterizing as “diplomatically wading into the gay marriage issue,” today Pope Francis notably did not explicitly denounce same-sex unions when speaking about family values with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Francis, who vigorously opposed gay marriage in his native Argentina, and Archbishop Justin Welby chatted, prayed and had lunch together at the Vatican …
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ISRAEL: Police Ask Gay Activist To Turn State’s Witness In 2009 Shooting Spree
Tel Aviv police are asking a well-known gay activist to admit to molesting a gay teen so that they can prove that he was known to the three men suspected in the 2009 shooting spree at an LGBT teen center that left two people dead. The activist is himself a suspect in the Barnoar club attack in which a gunman …
Read More »A Tale Of Two Dads
From Freedom To Marry and Campaign For Southern Equality.
Read More »Anthony Weiner: I No Longer Toss Salad
Anthony Weiner has yet again provided hilarity to New York City’s tabloids in response to a New York Times story that recounts his famed temper. From the Times: In 2005, he became so irritated with a staff member that he threw a salad against the wall, then left the room as the dressing slowly dripped, leaving a stain. Another time, …
Read More »Freedom To Work Slams Marco Rubio
Miami Herald journalist Steve Rothaus has their full statement: “Freedom to Work condemns Senator Rubio’s retrograde stance against basic workplace protections for gay and transgender Americans,” said Tico Almeida, a first-generation Cuban-American who is President of the LGBT organization Freedom to Work. “Like Rubio’s family, my parents also abandoned Communist Cuba because America is a place where every individual should …
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