Tag Archives: Connecticut

CONNECTICUT: Wrestling Maven Linda McMahon Loses To AG Blumenthal

Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal picked up retiring Sen. Chris Dodd’s Senate seat after an ugly battle with GOP pro wrestling zillionaire Linda McMahon. NICE. A happy surprise.

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Obama to Connecticut AIDS Hecklers: Why Do You Think This Is A Useful Strategy?

The president’s speech was interrupted by AIDS hecklers at a stop in Connecticut yesterday, prompting him to address them directly. ‘Let me just say this,’ he said, addressing the hecklers. ‘You’ve been appearing at every rally we’ve been doing. ‘We’re funding global Aids,’ he continued defensively. ‘And the other [Republican] side is not. ‘So I don’t know why you think …

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SPECIAL TO JMG: Father Tony Interviews CT Lt. Governor Candidate Nancy Wyman

As the CFO of a state agency in Connecticut for many years, I attended monthly meetings of the State Bond Commission where I would present and explain projects needing funds to a panel including the Governor, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and Nancy Wyman, the State Comptroller, or her openly gay Deputy, Mark Ojakian. I developed a respect for …

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CONNECTICUT: Ad Slams WWE CEO Linda McMahon For Dead Wrestlers

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CONNECTICUT: Former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy Five Points Up On Tom Foley

In Connecticut’s gubernatorial race, former Stamford mayor Dan Malloy has a slight polling advantage over zillionaire war profiteer Tom Foley, whom Dubya put in charge of “overseeing” Iraq’s private industries during the early years of the occupation. Foley’s wife used to be one of Duyba’s lawyers and her dad used to be chairman of the RNC. Foley has never held …

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CONNECTICUT: GOProud BFF Ann Coulter May Face Felony Voter Fraud Charges

Complaints about Ann Coulter’s habit of voting in states where she doesn’t live have been around for years, but stalling by friendly election officials and the statute of limitations resulted in no charges. That may change. An elections commission in Connecticut will soon decide if conservative pundit Ann Coulter will face felony charges over allegations of voter fraud in the …

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CONNECTICUT: Richard Blumenthal Leads Linda McMahon By Slim Margin

When professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon first announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, many scoffed. (Including me.) But she won the GOP primary and now narrowly trails Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in the race for the seat of retiring Sen. Chris Dodd.

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CONNECTICUT: Nine Dead In Workplace Massacre By Disgruntled Employee

Eight people were shot and killed this morning at a Manchester, Connecticut wholesale alcohol distributor, where a truck driver for the company opened fire on an office full of workers. The gunman is dead, but reports conflict over whether he was shot by police or took his own life. Sources said Omar S. Thornton, 34, was a driver for Hartford …

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SOLIDARITY PROTEST: Manhattan Borough President To Marry Out Of State

Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer and his fiance will marry in Connecticut in protest of New York’s unfair marriage law. After five decades of municipal fidelity, Mr. Stringer is refusing to do something rather momentous in the city of his birth: marry. He and his fiancée, Elyse Buxbaum, have decided to wed in Connecticut this year in what they described …

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CONNECTICUT: Catholic Priest Busted For Embezzling $1.3M For RENTBOYS

Father Kevin J. Gray is under arrest in Connecticut for embezzling $1.3M from his parish, money he allegedly spent on luxury vacations and lavishly appointed rentboys. Police have arrested a well-known Roman Catholic priest in connection with the theft of $1.3 million from the Sacred Heart/Sagrado Corazon parish over a seven-year period. Rev. Kevin J. Gray, 64, was charged today …

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Straight Couple Ditches New York To Hold Wedding In Gay-Friendlier Connecticut

New Yorkers Matt Borden and Rachel Henes say they are ditching the Empire State to hold their wedding in Connecticut, a move they are making as a show of solidarity to LGBT New Yorkers who cannot legal wed in their own state. Borden is chief of staff to Assemblymember Deborah Glick, New York’s first openly gay state legislator. They’re hoping …

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Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies At Age 67

Oscar-nominated actress Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer in her Connecticut home yesterday at the age of 67. Launching upon the scene in the early ’60s, at the same time her elder (and more flamboyant) sister Vanessa made a splash, Lynn Redgrave earned an Oscar nomination for her turn as a gawky Bridgit Jones prototype in 1966’s Georgy Girl. She …

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Catholic Bishops Fight Repeal Of Statute Of Limitations On Sex Crimes

Catholic bishops in Connecticut are fighting an attempt to lift the statute of limitations on sex crimes committed against children. Under current Connecticut law, sexual abuse victims have 30 years past their 18th birthday to file a lawsuit. The proposed change to the law would rescind that statute of limitations. The proposed change to the law would put “all Church …

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What Do We Think Of Linda McMahon?

I’m trying to figure out where we should stand on former WWE president Linda McMahon and her run for Chris Dodd’s Senate seat. The issues section of McMahon’s campaign site makes no mention of LGBT rights or same-sex marriage and a Google search on her name and those issues yields little. Dodd is retiring at the end of his current …

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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) To Retire

Mere hours after the retirement announcement of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) comes the news that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) will announce that he too is retiring at the end of this term. Unlike Dorgan, Dodd’s retirement is actually seen as a good thing for the Democrats. Embattled Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) has scheduled a press conference at his home …

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“Ex-Gay” Teen Tells Tyra: Exorcism Works

Back in March we learned of the church in Connecticut that had posted YouTube clips of its bizarre “homosexuality exorcism” rituals. It took a few months, but eventually the mainstream media picked up on the story, prompting Connecticut to investigate the church for abusing children. This week the 16 year-old focus of the inquiry, who was seen flopping around on …

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Pro Wrestling’s Linda McMahon To Run For Senate Against Chris Dodd (D-CT)

WWE CEO Linda McMahon, wife of pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon, has announced her candidacy to unseat Sen. Chris Dodd in Connecticut. McMahon, who is 60 and lives in Greenwich, is joining an increasingly crowded Republican field hoping to oust the man many perceive as the Senate’s weakest incumbent, Connecticut Democrat Christopher J. Dodd. “I have spent the past 30 years …

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Legislature Budget Session Fail

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Nomenclature

When two men get married and one takes the other’s last name (rather than creating one of those hyphenated thingies), how do you refer to his former last name? JMG reader Vincent in Connecticut recently married and was amused that his partner’s insurance form asked him for his “maiden name.” Vincent says his partner’s employer is open to suggestions. “Birth …

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Gay Exorcism Vids Hit CNN

Over three months ago I told you about the Connecticut church that was performing outrageous and abusive “exorcisms” on young gay men. For some reason this story has finally caught the attention of the MSM. Below CNN interviews the pastor of the church who lies that she has nothing against homosexuals. Yeah.

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