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Randy Thomasson of Save California is calling for parents to keep their children home from school during any Harvey Milk Day observations. Because kids will be instructed on cross-dressing! And Harvey Milk endorsed pedophilia! Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com reports that May 17-28 may include exercises in celebration of Milk, as students will participate in commemorative activities honoring him without …

Well, this is pleasantly shocking. In reaction to yesterday’s news that the son of two lesbian moms was denied enrollment at a Catholic school, the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has issued a letter saying that it will not fund any school with a discriminatory admissions policy. Any such practice “is at odds with our values as a foundation, the intentions …

Today Emperor Palpatine urged the Portuguese people to oppose the marriage equality bill recently approved by the nation’s legislature, calling it an “insidious” threat to society. The pope, wrapping up his trip to this country where more than 90 percent of the population is officially Catholic, made his appeal in the shrine city of Fatima on a day that started …

NARTH has announced their 2010 convention, which will be held at Philadelphia’s Renaissance Hotel on November 5th-7th. This year’s “ex-gay” confab will be called “Preserving Personal Freedom: The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.” Who’s down for a drop-in? The luggage prop opportunities are irresistible!

Once again, a Catholic school has refused to admit a student because he has lesbian parents. A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was “in discord” with church teachings, according to one of the boys’ mothers. It’s at least the second time in recent months that students …

Good As You calls this ad from “ex-gay” nutters Stonegate Fellowship “creepy,” probably because of the zombies who come to life momentarily to spew “we can save you from the gay” nonsense before turning back into statues. They’re from Texas! Zombie, Texas!

Musical satirist Roy Zimmerman updates his classic.

The world’s second-most famous rentboy patron (for the moment) has incorporated a new church in his hometown of Denver. Ted Haggard, the deposed founder of the New Life megachurch, told the Gazette newspaper on Tuesday that the incorporation of a new church on April 29 was done for accounting purposes — tracking reimbursement of travel costs as they speak at …

Andrew Sullivan tips us to this: Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Muhammad enraged many Muslims, was head-butted today while giving a lecture about freedom of speech. Vilks, who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog in 2007, said he was assaulted by a man sitting on the front row as he spoke …

The Democratic machine in Florida is wasting no time in going after Attorney General Bill McCollum after this morning’s revelation that he personally sent a letter recommending Dr. George Rekers be hired for the state’s defense of its ban on gay adoption. As soon as the story broke that Bill McCollum’s expert witness for Florida’s gay adoption trial was photographed …

Everybody’s least favorite homosexual, the publicly shamed Dr. George Rekers, has resigned from the board of directors of NARTH, the nation’s most repulsive “ex-gay” organization. Talking Points Memo has the story: NARTH vice president of operations David Pruden tells TPMmuckraker that Rekers first offered his resignation last Thursday, and officially resigned today. NARTH is a group that promotes the idea …

As our “Facebook riot” continues on Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s campaign page, yesterday he issued a statement of regret over the hiring of Dr. George Rekers. “I will not do it again,” McCollum said, but defended his agency’s handling of the case, and steered the blame toward the Department of Children and Families, which he said hired him. “I …

JMG reader Stephen wonders if the LGBT community shouldn’t extend an olive branch and a rainbow flag to homophobes like Dr. George Rekers after they’ve been outed. He writes: In light of this most recent outing of an anti-gay conservative, I’ve had some thought that I’d like to share with you. Last summer, I saw that great documentary, Outrage, that …

The creators of the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration, whose signers vow to disobey all LGBT rights laws, today announced that a British counterpart has been launched. From the Westminster Declaration: We pledge to support marriage – the lifelong covenantal union of one man and one woman as husband and wife. We believe it is divinely ordained, the only context for sexual …

You get to watch this one without audio, because Warner Brothers has zapped Exodus for using copyrighted music.

Over the last seven days… Virginia: Pastor Tommy Shelton charged with seven felony counts of child molestation.Texas: Pastor Rico Dominic Escudero pleads no contest to numerous felony charges of kidnapping, child molestation, and criminal sexual conduct with minors under 13 years old.Italy: Seventeen molestation victims of Father Lelio Cantini demand his bishops resign for shielding him from prosecution.Arkansas: Christian school …

Rentboy.com has posted a response to the Rekers scandal. At Rentboy.com, it is our policy to protect the privacy of any escort advertising his services on our site–the same goes for clients. Information exchanged between consenting adults meeting on our site remains private. Mr.Rekers has built a highly public, lucrative career out of shaming gay men and women. If it …

What a disappointment CNN’s coverage was tonight. But WOW, did Rachel Maddow ever hit it out of the park! JMG reader Curtis observed on Facebook: “The difference in reporting between the two is notable. Probably not coincidental that one is out and one is not.”

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