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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) cuts off Cruz, after nearly 22 hours, to start the new legislative day. — Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) September 25, 2013 Harry Reid: “a bad day for government is a good day for the Tea Party” #MakeDCListen — Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) September 25, 2013 OUR LONG NATIONAL INDIFFERENCE IS OVER — Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) September 25, 2013 …

Well, this is surprising. Commenters are screaming, of course.

The congregation of a Pennsylvania church has fired Pastor Ken Smeltzer after he officiated at a same-sex wedding in Montgomery County. Smeltzer was pastor for a local Church of the Brethren parish, which he has not identified since performing the marriage, because his beliefs differ from the congregation’s. Smeltzer said Monday that “a few things have to play out” before …

Jackson is running for lieutenant governor of Virginia.

Out British athlete Sarah Outen yesterday completed a 150-day solo row from Japan to Alaska, becoming the first woman to do so. And along the way, she got engaged. “I have had some of the most intense and memorable months of my life out on the Pacific. It has been brilliant and brutal at the same time,” Outen said in …

A Russian parents’ group has demanded that Vladimir Putin cancel Elton John’s coming concerts there. In an open letter to Putin, the local parents’ group in central Ural region was reported by media as saying: “The singer intends to come out in support of local sodomites and break the current Russian law, directed at protecting children.” Critics say the law …

After months of snippets and teasers, it’s finally out. The Toronto Star reviews: The film, co-created with Steven Klein, runs 17 minutes and features Madonna playing both a prisoner and a jailer (and sometimes looking like Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS) being thrown into a cell, then shooting fellow decoratively draped prisoners. There’s some beautiful dancing and it’s all …

Gay Star News reports that ten gay activists were arrested today in Sochi, Russia. The group, led by gay activist Nikolai Alekseev, tried to hold a protest against the ban against public rallies during the Olympic Games in Sochi next year. According to eyewitness reports, once police seized a poster calling for the end to homophobia in Russia the group …