Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“The first prong is political. When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied equal protection under the law, we have to admit that we’re under attack. This is not pragmatic politics at work. These are the policies of bias, exclusion and unfairness. “The …

From the Voice of Christian Youth America.

Via email last night: “This is our last opportunity to score a legislative victory for marriage before the Supreme Court hands down their rulings on marriage next month. Our sources on the ground tell us the vote could be as soon as tomorrow or the day after (Thursday). Gay-marriage activists are claiming they have the votes, but we know they …

Mildly diverting and (mostly) on the beat. (Via Towleroad)

Responding to the recent flap with the Pope, the Washington Post takes a look at atheism around the world: There’s surprisingly little data available on the subject. But a 2012 poll by WIN/Gallup International — an international polling firm that is not associated with the D.C.-based Gallup group — asked more than 50,000 people in 40 countries whether they considered …

Wal-Mart has agreed to pay an $82M fine for improper disposal of hazardous wastes such as fertilizer and bleach. The cases were filed by the DOJ in California and Missouri. As part of the California plea agreement, Wal-Mart is set to pay a $40 million criminal fine and to pay $20 million to fund community service projects including helping U.S. …

Citing a leaked document, the Bay Area Reporter says that the USPS may issue a commemorative Harvey Milk stamp next year. Linn’s Stamp News, a weekly publication that covers the mail service, is reporting in its May 27 issue that Milk was among the special stamps chosen for next year by the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee during its closed door …

NOM tweeted out the above image this afternoon.

Homofascist terrorists are going to run wild in daycare centers and public schools, apparently.

In his role as the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Dolan has issued a directive for all parishes to insert the above message into Sunday bulletins.  David Badash writes at New Civil Rights Movement: As of Friday night, New York City has been home to nine anti-LGBT violent hate crimes this month, and 27 …