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Quote Of The Day – Dan Savage
“I tell this story in the book of being at this park in Seattle many years ago, where a limo pulls up and a bride and a groom tumble out to get their portraits at this very famous park with a beautiful view of downtown Seattle. And as they’re walking back to the limo everyone starts to applaud, and rightly …
Read More »Blame Harry Potter & Yoga
Says the world’s self-proclaimed top exorcist: Practicing yoga brings evil as does reading Harry Potter. They may both seem innocuous but they both deal with magic and that leads to evil. People think it is an innocuous book for children but it’s about magic and that leads to evil. In Harry Potter the Devil is at work in a cunning …
Read More »Wingnut Site Daily Caller (Sort Of) Drops N-Word On RNC Chairman Reince Preibus
Tucker Carson’s Daily Caller today issued a tweet referring to RNC chair Reince Priebus by an acronym that stands for “head (N-word) in charge.” The tweet was later deleted but not before it was picked up by Gawker, Wonkette, and others. Even the wingnuts at Twitchy are disappointed. Apparently Daily Caller was trying to riff on the fact that there’s …
Read More »From Illinois Unites
The Illinois House is recessed until 4PM local time. Should the bill be presented for a vote, you can follow along on Twitter at the hashtags #IL4M and #IllinoisUnites. UPDATE: At this writing we still don’t know if the bill will come to the floor. But in case it does here is the live video stream.
Read More »The Show Musto Go On
Famed New York City nightlife columnist Michael Musto has landed on his feet after being canned from the Village Voice after three decades. Venerable Village Voice columnist Michael Musto — whose departure from the weekly this month caused outrage from devotees — tells us he’s starting a slew of new gigs. “I’ll be doing a weekly interview feature for Gawker, …
Read More »The Musical Break-Up Of Church And State
From Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, starring Jane Lynch and Jordan Peele.
Read More »NOM Loses Final Appeal In Maine
Today the Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected NOM’s appeal to continue to cloak the names of their donors. Via Bangor Daily News: In affirming an earlier Kennebec County Superior Court’s decision, justices on the Supreme Judicial Court rejected NOM’s arguments that subpoenas issued by the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices violate donors’ First Amendment rights and expose …
Read More »REPORT: Illinois Marriage Vote Imminent
The Windy City Times reports that there may be a vote on the Illinois same-sex marriage bill as soon as this afternoon. LGBT activists, advocates and community members have begun filtering into the capitol as a the deciding vote on Illinois marriage equality is expected as early as this afternoon. Sponsors have until Friday to pass the Religious Freedom and …
Read More »IL Anti-Gay Group Warns That Marriage Bill Will Prevent Them From Discriminating
“Law professors on both sides of the marriage issue agree that Senate Bill 10 provides the worst religious liberty protections of any same-sex marriage bill in the country. SB 10 will force religious people and organizations into years of legal fights, likely against the Illinois government, to defend their rights to practice their faith. SB 10 would make Illinois the …
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