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Hate Groups Are Furious About CBS Show Featuring “Ex-Gay” Serial Killer

“Ex-gay” crackpot Greg Quinlan is super-upset about this week’s episode of Criminal Minds, which featured a serial killer who’d undergone abusive “sexual conversion therapy.”  Via World Net Daily: The show portrays members of the ex-”gay” community as ticking time bombs who are potential serial killers. In one scene, a computer screen shot features a report portraying “The Ex-Gay Movement.” The …

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FLOTUS At The Oscars

The First Lady was the surprise final presenter at the Oscars, announcing the Best Picture winner via live video from the White House.  In her presentation, Obama gave a nod to the gay community. “These nine movies took us back in time and all around the world they made us laugh, they made us weep and they made us grip …

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Afternoon View: Gay Historical Marker

The above sign was posted in 2005 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. It stands about 100 feet from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell and is surely seen by millions of tourists every year. Visit Philly, the city’s official tourism organization, has some details: Pennsylvania erected Philadelphia’s first LGBT marker to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #112

Clip description: Marlon Brando gives an iconic performance while Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden walk off with the Oscars in Elia Kazan’s version of Tennessee Williams’ volcanic “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951). Shot in beautiful black and white with a haunting jazz score by Alex North, this is the ultimate version of a Williams’ play, directed by the …

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Morning View: Philly City Hall

Philadelphia City Hall was the world’s tallest building from 1901-1908. The 548 foot tower remains the tallest masonry building in the world.  At 37 feet, the statue of William Penn is the tallest atop any building in the world.  So sez Wikipedia.

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Headline Of The Day

We don’t usually see these sorts of accusations from priests. Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back 30 years. The four, from the diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, have complained to nuncio Antonio Mennini, the Vatican’s …

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