Memorial vigils and rallies were held across France last night for murdered 19 year-old pro-gay activist Clement Vigil, who died yesterday after being attacked by neo-Nazis outside a Paris clothing shop. Many have blamed France’s anti-gay marriage movement for spurring the attack, an allegation hotly denied by former Manif Pour Tous leader Fridige Barjot, who has vowed to sue a …
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Christian TV Recaps House Of Lords Vote
Tony Perkins Cheers Amendment To Allow Harassment Of Gay Service Members
“Fortunately, Congress is as frustrated with the hypocrisy as the rest of us. Yesterday, thanks a marathon mark-up on the Defense Authorization bill, sleepy members didn’t make it home until 2 a.m.– in part because they were so intent on passing a series of religious protections. Rep. John Fleming (R-La.), the author of one such amendment, urged his colleagues to …
Read More »Transgender Former Navy SEAL To Anderson Cooper: I Just Want Happiness
ISRAEL: Police Say LGBT Center Shooting Was To Be Hired Hit On Gay Leader
Tel Aviv police yesterday said that the man who murdered two people in a 2009 mass shooting at an LGBT teen center was contracted to kill a gay local leader. The intended victim, police say, is the fourth man arrested two days ago for withholding information about the attack. Via Haaretz: It is believed that the man who pulled the …
Read More »SOUTH CAROLINA: Public High School Student Says Lord’s Prayer At Graduation
Focus On The Family has a new hero. They tried to silence him. But the efforts of a South Carolina school district to ban prayer didn’t intimidate him — not one bit. Dressed in his cap and gown, with his honor cords hanging around his neck, Roy Costner IV, valedictorian of Liberty High School, ripped up a copy of his …
Read More »Red Sox Win On Pride Night
While the haters at MassResistance were presumably marching around in furious little circles outside of Boston’s Fenway Park, openly gay NBA player Jason Collins was signing autographs before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. While the Red Sox have been enduring some ugliness on their Twitter and Instagram accounts tonight, we can celebrate that they won on Pride Night with …
Read More »New York Times Editorial: President Obama Has Now Lost All Credibility
From the New York Times editorial board: Within hours of the disclosure that the federal authorities routinely collect data on phone calls Americans make, regardless of whether they have any bearing on a counterterrorism investigation, the Obama administration issued the same platitude it has offered every time President Obama has been caught overreaching in the use of his powers: Terrorists …
Read More »ILLINOIS: Gov. Quinn Calls Special Session, Another Chance For Marriage?
Illinois Gov. Quinn today called the state legislature back for a special session in two weeks in order to resolve a pension reform bill. Some activists have speculated that a special session could provide one more shot at same-sex marriage before the new session begins in the fall. The governor called for a special session of the Legislature on June …
Read More »Frigide Barjot: Clement Meric Would Be Alive If France Hadn’t Legalized Marriage
“This extreme fight is the result of a power that for nine months has refused to listen to the French people. The President has caused extremism to grow by passing a law that the French didn’t want, and in a manner that was authoritarian and undemocratic. When we refuse to act like a democracy, extremism grows. In a way, you …
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