Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“Straight people started the artificial reproductive technology morass to deal with infertility, but it’s now the gay lobby that promises the future growth market for the synthetic baby business, as well as the most compelling ideological pretext to normalize commercialized procreation. (Hypocrisy alert! In the 1970s, homosexuality was fervently de-pathologized by the medical field, but now homosexual activists compare themselves …

CNN Money reports: The Supreme Court decision this week striking down the Defense of Marriage Act means a lot of things to a lot of people. But to Edith Windsor, the plaintiff who brought the case, the landmark ruling also means she will finally get back the $638,000 in estate tax payments she had to make to the IRS and …

The amusement park at Brooklyn’s Coney Island was evacuated yesterday after boardwalk strollers reported that the 275-foot tall Astro Tower ride, which closed five years ago, was swaying and “making funny noises.”  The fire department inspected the site and found “no immediate danger.”  The park should reopen today. No, thank you.

Lawmakers in Costa Rica are arguing over who’s to blame after a bill that appears to have legalized civil unions was approved yesterday. According to Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion, a project to ‘reinforce the quality of life in the country’s youth’ also contained clauses about changing the Family Code to include same-sex unions. The bill, which 45 MPs approved …

Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: Late Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico, ACLU national, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Albuquerque law firm Sutin, Thayer & Brown PC, and Albuquerque attorneys Maureen Sanders, Kate Girard, and Lynn Perls filed a writ of mandamus with the New Mexico State Supreme Court …

All of Teabagistan went into an uproar last night after a handful of pro-choice activists allegedly chanted “Hail Satan” as a group of anti-abortion activists sang Amazing Grace in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol. I’ve watched the video several times and as far as I can tell only one woman says it to the camera, but you wouldn’t know …

The coming animated feature from Laika Studios mentions a two-dad family. Via The Hollywood Reporter: In the new trailer for The Boxtrolls, the latest 3D animated feature from Portland-based Laika Studios, a sweet-faced toddler stands alone on a street as various combinations of parents in Victorian garb appear and disappear beside him. “Sometimes there’s a mother,” the narrator intones. “Sometimes …

“In this regard we must note the unfortunate title The Homosexual Person (and therefore also the unfortunate title of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith document). In short, we should not predicate ‘homosexual’ of any person. That does a disservice to the dignity of the human person by collapsing personhood into sexual inclinations.  The chronology of the books …

Via Paul Constant at Slog.

NBC has picked up the sequel to the History Channel’s hit mini-series, The Bible. Via press release: “NBC is thrilled to bring this highly-anticipated sequel to Mark and Roma’s ‘The Bible’ to network television,” said Salke. “There was huge interest in this project within the television community and NBC is gratified by Mark’s confidence in our ability to partner with …