Tag Archives: Dallas

DALLAS: Airport Bystanders Take Down Drunk Redneck Homophobe After Verbal & Physical Assault On (Possibly) Gay Man

This went down at the Dallas airport. Via Raw Story: The video is dated Thursday, October 23, and shows an unnamed angry man bellowing and threatening another passenger who is wearing a jacket and a pink shirt. A tall man in a black cowboy hat approaches and asks the angry man what he’s upset about. “Queers!” the man shouted. “That’s …

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DALLAS: Second Nurse Has Ebola

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Dallas Nurse Tests Positive For Ebola

CNN reports: The patient is a nurse, an official who is familiar with this case told CNN. She was involved in Duncan’s care after he was placed in isolation and was wearing protective gear as prescribed by the CDC: gown, gloves, mask and shield, officials said. She is in stable condition, Texas Health Resources chief clinical officer Dan Varga said. …

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TEXAS: Dallas Ebola Patient Dies

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DALLAS: Christian Group To Protest Against Michael Sam At Cowboys Game
UPDATE: This Story Is A Likely Hoax

Crackpot Christian activist and alleged GOP lobbyist Jack Burkman says his group will protest against Michael Sam at Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys game. The group American Decency says thousands of right-wing Christians will demonstrate at AT&T Stadium Sunday to protest the Dallas Cowboys signing Michael Sam to its practice squad. Sam is the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL. …

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Author Of Texas GOP “Ex-Gay” Plank Was Member Of Log Cabin Republicans

Via Lone Star Q: According to Rob Schlein, former president of Log Cabin Republicans of Dallas, Schwab was a member of the group before becoming ex-gay. “He was in LCR for a time and even attended a party at my house with boyfriend,” Schlein wrote. Log Cabin Republican is one of the groups that fought the reparative therapy plank. Schwab …

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Chipotle: Leave Your Guns At Home

Over the weekend a Texas “open carry” group visited a Dallas outlet of Chipotle, where they bravely protected their burritos with semi-automatic weapons. After a furious social media campaign from the anti-gun group Moms Demand Action, Chipotle has issued a meek request: The issue of gun ownership or gun rights has become one of the most contentious debates in the …

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Is Dallas Television Host Amy Kushnir The Daughter Of Scamvangelist Robert Tilton?

It appears that anti-gay Dallas television host Amy Kushnir, who is so terribly outraged by Michael Sam’s kiss, is the daughter of legendarily disgraced scamvangelist Rev. Robert Tilton, whose multi-million dollar grifting empire first crumbled in the early 90s following an exposé by ABC News. Christian Nightmares points us to this 2011 post on the televangelists watchdog blog Snake Oil, …

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Anti-Gay Dallas Host Tells Fox News: ESPN Is Promoting Left Wing Agenda

Amy Kushnir: “If you are trying to maintain traditional values and views in your home and if you share them, you are going to get lambasted.” Kushnir says that since she stalked off the set of her Dallas show on Wednesday she has been subjected to death threats, rape threats, and petitions for her to be fired.

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Guess Who’ll Be On Fox News Tonight?

Via CBS Dallas: Amy Kushnir will not appear on today’s airing of The Broadcast as she is not in the city. She’s actually on her way to New York to appear on Fox News to address her comments in front of a national audience. Steve Kemble has been in touch with Kushnir and producers of The Broadcast since yesterday to …

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DALLAS: Chat Show Host Freaks Out Over Michael Sam’s Kiss, Storms Off Set

Dallas morning show host Amy Kuchnir stormed off the set of her show this morning after arguing with her co-hosts over ESPN’s airing of the now-legendary kiss between Michael Sam and his boyfriend. Amy is ever so pissed about something being shoved down her throat.

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TEXAS: Gay Couple Marries In United Methodist Church After 53 Years Together

NBC News in Dallas reports: It was a wedding 53 years in the making. Jack Evans and George Harris made their relationship official in the eyes of at least one church. “The marriage of George and Jack is a sign of God’s love and their love for each other and our love for one another,” said Rev. Bill McElvaney, the …

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TONIGHT: Celebration In Dallas

GetEqual invites LGBT Texans and allies to gather tonight at the Legacy Of Love Monument in Dallas at 5:30PM local time for a celebration of today’s marriage equality ruling. Other cities may announce celebrations too, so watch this space.  Photo source.

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TEXAS: Red-Caped Catholic Loons To Picket The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told

“One word describes the indecent play: blasphemy. Blasphemy is not free speech. Defamation is not artistic expression. The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told is a twisted version of the Bible story told from a pro-homosexual perspective and doesn’t belong in any theater. It begins with scenes of ‘Adam and Steve’ expelled from a Garden of Paradise with full frontal nudity …

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Alex Jones Goes To Dallas

Crackpot conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loaded his flying saucer with several dozen fellow crazies yesterday to descend on Dealey Plaza in Dallas so that they could, at last, reveal the truth about JFK’s assassination. On Wednesday, Jones had exposed the super-secret plot of the Dallas police to kidnap him before the protest so that the truth never comes out. Unfortunately, …

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DALLAS: Activist To Run For Office Of County Clerk Who Rejected His Marriage

Activist Mark Jimenez has announced that he will run for Dallas County Clerk.  You’ll likely recall that he has some history with that office. When Jiminez and his partner, Beau Chandler, applied for a marriage license in 2012, they were arrested when they refused to leave the County Records Building without their certificate. “I told them I’d be back,” Jiminez …

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Dallas Voice Stands By Firing Of Editor

Yesterday the former editor of the Dallas Voice, John Wright, issued a blistering email, claiming that he had been fired (among other reasons) for writing about the planned enforcement of public decency laws at Dallas Pride. The Dallas Morning News picked up the story: Publisher Leo Cusimano, who, along with Terry Thompson, bought the Voice from co-founder Robert Moore earlier …

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Dallas Voice Editor Fired

“In my opinion, the new owners of the [Dallas] Voice are interested in nothing but profit. They don’t seem to care about the LGBT community or their employees, and they certainly don’t care about doing good journalism. They want an editor who will write puff pieces about their advertisers instead of reporting the facts, and I refused to be that …

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Dallas Pride Institutes Dress Code

The organizers of Dallas Pride have notified parade participants that nudity and lewd behavior will not be permitted at this year’s event.  John Wright reports at the Dallas Voice: Michael Doughman, executive director of the Dallas Tavern Guild, which puts on the parade, called the controversy “much ado about nothing” and said the reminder came from law enforcement, not his …

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Dallas County Approves Domestic Partners

A little bit of good news today out of Texas: The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 along party lines Tuesday to approve medical benefits for domestic partnerships. The approval provides the money for couples who aren’t married, be they gay or straight. It’s an issue guaranteed to divide. “There is simply no place for pernicious partisanship when it comes …

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