The Wrap takes note of the campaign to boycott Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game: The sci-fi action movie “Ender’s Game” isn’t out until Nov. 1, but it’s already the target of an organized boycott. The group Geeks Out has launched an online protest and is asking people to “Skip Ender’s Game” because of anti-gay marriage comments made by Orson Scott …
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Darth Cheney’s Daughter For Senate?
Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz Cheney Perry, is considering a run for the US Senate in 2014. And that has Republicans in a pickle. Ms. Cheney, 46, is showing up everywhere in the state, from chicken dinners to cattle growers’ meetings, sometimes with her parents in tow. She has made it clear that she wants to run for the Senate seat …
Read More »ISRAEL: Shooter At LGBT Youth Club Driven By “Biblical Edict Against Gays”
The complicated case of the 2009 mass shooting at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth club took another turn today thanks to an undercover officer planted in the accused killer’s jail cell. “[Hagai] Felician, motivated by feelings of anger and revenge, killed and tried to kill innocent young people… solely because they happened to be at the Bar Noar club,” read …
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MINNESOTA: Pro-Gay Church Vandalized For Second Time This Month
Raw Story reports: Members of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Maple Grove arrived for Sunday services to find their church had been vandalized with graffiti that read, “Gay Pride? NO! Shameful Sodomites!” The church was also egged and handcuffs were locked on the front door. “We are investigating this crime as a bias motivated crime. A hate crime …
Read More »INDIANA: Gay Couples Who Apply For Marriage Licenses May Face Jail Time?
According to an Indiana politics blog, any gay couple in that state who applies for a marriage license faces up to three years in prison. A 1997 state law declares it a Class D felony to submit false information on a marriage license application or lie about the physical condition, including gender, of a marriage license applicant. Two men or …
Read More »HomoQuotable – Neil Patrick Harris
“That’s the kind of question if you say, ‘No, I don’t want to do it,’ you look like a dick. And if you say, ‘I’m dying to do it,’ you look like a dick. So you’re kind of left in the middle.” – Neil Patrick Harris, when asked about the possibility that he will host next year’s Oscars. This year’s …
Read More »Spitzer: I’m Running For NYC Comptroller
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in 2008 while in the midst of a prostitution scandal, has announced his candidacy for New York City comptroller. Spitzer, 54, sounding restless after an unwelcome hiatus from government, said he had re-envisioned the often-overlooked office and yearned to resurrect the kind of aggressive role he played as New York State’s attorney …
Read More »Dubya On Gay Marriage: Don’t Criticize Until You Examine Your Own Heart
In an interview aired today by ABC News, former President George W. Bush refused to say whether he’d evolved on same-sex marriage, but he did say, “It’s very important for people not to be overly critical of someone else until you examine your own heart.” Back in February of this year, Laura Bush demanded to be taken out of a …
Read More »A Silly Lie From The National Review
All of Teabagistan has leaped upon a word cloud posted by Pew Research that even the wingnuts at Townhall allow “isn’t the most precise form of polling.” In fact, President Obama’s current approval rating is 47%. At this point in his second term, Dubya’s approval rating was 39.8%.
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