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“What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass. Right now, we are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom. And we may never be able to …

Pam Spaulding points us the latest bile from Bishop Harry Jackson, DC’s head homophobe. Spaulding rants: This is outlandish. Harry Jackson, the loudmouth carpetbagging preacher from Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland is filing to collect signatures to put marriage equality on the ballot in DC. In order to raise the profile of his anti-gay efforrt, he’s also released a …

At a conference on Islam held in Indonesia, moderate Muslim scholars issued a statement calling homosexuality normal and created by God. Moderate Muslim scholars said there were no reasons to reject homosexuals under Islam, and that the condemnation of homosexuals and homosexuality by mainstream ulema and many other Muslims was based on narrow-minded interpretations of Islamic teachings. Siti Musdah Mulia …

MS: You know, I’m gay..I’m gay, and I don’t molest any children. What do you think of that?SA: Well, I’d say you’re lying.MS: You think i must be molesting children, right?SA: Exactly, right.MS: Do you pray that I’ll died tonight?SA: If you’re a homosexual, I hope you get brain cancer like Ted Kennedy. Read Signorile’s full post on the interview.

It appears that Washington state’s proposed Referendum 71, the petition drive to repeal domestic partners legislation, has squeaked by with enough valid signatures to make the November ballot. With the Referendum 71 signature-check now nearly complete, state election officials say they’ve now confirmed that sponsors turned in more than the bare minimum needed for a spot on the November statewide …

Dethroned homophobe Carrie Prejean has filed suit against her former handlers at the Miss California USA pageant, alleging religious discrimination, libel, and everything else she could think of. Carrie Prejean’s attorney, Charles S. LiMandri announced today that the former Miss California USA is filing a complaint in the Superior Court of California against Miss California USA officials Keith Lewis and …

The marching band of Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri has had to send back their t-shirts because some parents were outraged that the shirt shows a monkey evolving into a human with a brass instrument. The logo on the shirt says “Brass Evolutions.” “I was disappointed with the image on the shirt,” said Sherry Melby, a band parent who …

As New Jersey moves ever closer to becoming the next state to legalize same-sex marriage, Christianists there have organized into a group they are calling the “Marriage Minutemen.” Two years ago, Jason Scalzi volunteered to serve a tour with the Air National Guard in Iraq. Now back home, the 35-year-old has signed up for what he says is a moral …

(Via – Almighty God)

According to WorldNetDaily, well-known anti-gay nutball Pastor Billy Ball and a supporter (pictured) were arrested several times on the same day last week for holding anti-gay signs on a Manchester, Georgia street corner. Chris Pettigrew and Pastor Billy Ball of Faith Baptist Church in Primrose, Ga., were arrested multiple times Aug 24 after they held signs on a public street …

Angelina Jolie’s Oscar-winning daddy thinks that Barack Obama is taking away “God’s first gift to man, our free will. And no man, no matter what his title, even if he’s the president of the United States, has the consent of God to say he’s God.” Uh, what?

Over the last seven days… New York: Pastor Victor Figueroa sued for $30M for sexually assaulting congregant.Alabama: Pastor John Picard convicted of 42 counts of sexual battery of six women.Ontario: Father Bernard Prince defrocked by the Vatican for his conviction for molesting 13 boys.Virginia: Pastor Gregory Biehl pleads guilty to possession of kiddie porn. Biehl was formerly convicted of climbing …

A high school student in Ohio has won a $121K settlement from his school district after his science teacher burned the image of a cross on his arm. School board members in Mount Vernon agreed Wednesday night to resolve a federal lawsuit by paying $5,500 to the boy and his family and $115,500 to their lawyers. The family still has …

Pastor Steven Anderson gets his head handed to him by radio host Alan Colmes in this clip, but the good reverend clearly thinks he won, because he just posted this to his own YouTube channel. It looks like Anderson is turning into the latest Fred Phelps, doesn’t it? (Via – Good As You)

Last week the mayor of Anchorage vetoed a gay rights bill that had passed the city’s assembly by one vote. And now it looks like there will be no attempt to override his veto. The Anchorage Assembly has less than two weeks left to override the mayor’s veto of the gay rights ordinance. But the ordinance’s author says it likely …

Peter LaBarbera has filed a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against a Chicago-area Holiday Inn because they canceled a 2007 event for the Americans For Truth About Homosexuality over fears of bad publicity. Porno Pete didn’t have a contract with the hotel, but he’s suing. The Carol Stream-based group alleges its Oct. 6, 2007 fundraiser was canceled by the hotel six …

Ted Cox, a straight formerly Mormon reporter, thought it would an interesting story to go undercover at Journey Into Manhood, a “recovery from homosexuality” event in Salt Lake City. But Cox was unable to publish his story because the event’s organizer convinced his employer that to do so would violate the confidentiality agreement he’d signed. But he can talk about …

Remember how we all snickered when Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) filed a lawsuit against the NEA, demanding that “ex-gay” be recognized as an sexual orientation and therefore subject to employee protections? Well, they won. In a case with potentially far-reaching implications, the superior court of the District of Columbia has ruled that individuals who formerly identified as gay …

Thanks to LGBT activist Jeremy Hooper at Good As You, who first brought him to blogospheric attention, the violent words of babbling madman Pastor Steve Anderson have been picked up by the national press.

The St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Charleston, West Virginia has blocked out the word “Lutheran” from their sign after the national denomination elected to allow openly gay clergy. “I asked that be done because I’m ashamed,” the church’s pastor, Richard Mahan, told the congregation later Sunday morning. “I’m ashamed of what the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has done to …