Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Tea Party Patriots have issued an apology to Karl Rove for sending out a fundraising email with a doctored photo showing him wearing a Nazi uniform. “We apologize to Mr. Rove,” Jenny Beth Martin, the co-founder of the group, said in a statement. “While we may have strong disagreements with him on the future of conservatism, we want to …

“Dear Joe, I have some great news! Recognizing the importance of this March for Marriage, one of our best supporters, a heroic defender of marriage, has agreed to commit up to $500,000 — HALF A MILLION DOLLARS — for a challenge, matching grant to NOM… so your contribution to defend marriage will be instantly matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $500,000! NOM …

He’s apparently quite well known in Australia, but this is the first I’ve heard from him. Oddly endearing. He’s selling the track with a “pay what you want” offer.  His site notes that he has a part in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, which is scheduled to come out in May.

From Steven Petrow’s Civil Behavior column in the New York Times comes this question: Dear Civil Behavior: I recently joined a gay Alcoholics Anonymous meeting after many years denying I had a drinking problem. Now I have a new problem: My birthday is coming up, and every year I throw myself a party to celebrate. This year is a “big” …

Clip recap: “It’s been a busy week, but we have even bigger news coming in just a few days with briefs in the Prop 8 and DOMA cases. Meanwhile, relationship recognition wins Senate votes in Colorado and Illinois, and new marriage initiatives are launching in Texas and Oregon.”

Microsoft says that Hotmail users will be migrated over to Outlook. Outlook.com is coming out of beta testing and is now ready for primetime. The service, which was announced last July, now has 60 million users and will now replace Hotmail.com, Microsoft’s older webmail system. Microsoft’s Hotmail, which was originally MSN Hotmail, has been online since 1997. Hotmail users will …

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Posted today to NOM’s blog.

Crain’s Business reports a good polling result in Illinois: The survey of 600 adults found that 50 percent support the gay-marriage bill that cleared the state Senate last week and now awaits action in the House. That’s considerably more than the 29 percent who oppose it, with 20 percent saying they don’t know or have mixed feelings on the matter. …