A four story apartment building collapsed in downtown Philadelphia this morning near the 30th Street train station. Emergency workers are searching the rubble for survivors. Philly police are calling the collapse an “industrial accident” but what that means isn’t clear. Following the developing story on Philadelphia’s ABC affiliate. CNN is also live on the scene.
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Macklemore Joins Americans United
LGBT ally and rapper Macklemore, whose singles have topped the Hot 100 for months, is speaking out on behalf of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. RELATED: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ Can’t Hold Us is #1 for the fourth consecutive week on Billboard’s latest pop singles chart. Their previous single, Thrift Shop, held the top spot for six …
Read More »Paging Martin Ssempa
Via Laughing Squid: “Cheeky chocolatiers in England have created Edible Anus, a line of handmade Belgian chocolates that are ‘lovingly cast and crafted’ from the asshole of a butt model. You can order your own chocolate stars in white, milk chocolate, or dark chocolate at their site.”
Read More »British Hate Group Has The Sadz
“Many of us might be feeling deflated today after the defeat of Lord Dear’s amendment in the House of Lords last night. Please don’t be. Our hope is in the Lord. The battle belongs to the Lord. He knows the end from the beginning. Let’s wait upon him and see what he has for us to do next.” That sounds …
Read More »Tony Perkins: Obama Is Bullying Other Nations Into Accepting LGBT Rights
“If the President doesn’t respect America’s views on marriage, what makes us think he would respect other countries’? Certainly not his latest USAID project. In April, to relatively little fanfare, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) embarked on one of the most shocking abuses of taxpayer dollars in the last five years. With help from the Levi Strauss Foundation …
Read More »Broadway To Honor Jean Stapleton
Tonight Jean Stapleton will be honored in one of the rarest of Broadway traditions when all the theater marquees dim their lights for one minute at curtain time. Stapleton appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including Damn Yankees and Funny Girl. She died Friday at the age of 90.
Read More »Obama To Nominate Activist Samantha Power As Ambassador To United Nations
United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice is set to step down to replace Tom Donilon as National Security Advisor. President Obama will nominate activist Samantha Power to replace Rice. The appointments of Rice and Power not only represent the ascension of women to top roles on Obama’s national security team, but the rise of two officials who have made human rights …
Read More »Pew Surveys 39 Countries
From the survey report: Attitudes about homosexuality have been fairly stable in recent years, except in South Korea, the United States and Canada, where the percentage saying homosexuality should be accepted by society has grown by at least ten percentage points since 2007. These are among the key findings of a new survey by the Pew Research Center conducted in …
Read More »HomoQuotable – Ellen Sturtz
“I lived and worked in the closet, hiding who I was in order to earn a living. I had planned to speak tonight with DNC officials but, as the First Lady was talking about our childrens’ future and ensuring that they have everything they need to live happy and productive lives, I simply couldn’t stay silent any longer. I’m looking …
Read More »Outside The House Of Lords Yesterday
Opposing groups prayed and rallied outside the House of Lords yesterday as the marriage bill was considered. The anti-gay group kept their backs turned on the LGBT camp when the big moment came (At the 3:00 mark.)
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