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Last night CBS piled on to the NOM scandal story, which has now hit basically every mainstream media outlet. The leading national organization opposing same-sex marriage has sought to split the Democratic Party base by pitting African-Americans and Hispanics against gay-rights groups, according to confidential strategy memos made public by court officials in Maine. “The strategic goal of this project …

Posted to CNN.com early this morning: A national group opposed to same-sex marriage aimed to fight it by driving “a wedge between gays and blacks” and identifying “glamorous” Latino artists and athletes to advocate traditional marriage, according to newly released confidential memos. The strategies were among several pursued by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which has actively campaigned against …

GLAAD points out this tidbit from NOM’s secret documents: “Hollywood with its cultural biases is far bigger than we can hope to be. We recognize this. But we also recognize the opportunity – the disproportionate potential impact of proactively seeking to gather and connect a community of artists, athletes, writers, beauty queens and other glamorous non-cognitive elites across national boundaries. …

Just posted at the NYT’s Caucus Blog: “The strategic goal of the project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks — two key Democratic constituencies,” reads a portion of the memo, describing an initiative called the “Not a Civil Right Project.” The project’s goal, according to the memo, is to recruit blacks who oppose gay marriage to serve …

“The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was formed in 2007 and has worked extensively with supporters of traditional marriage from every color, creed and background. We have worked with prominent African-American and Hispanic leaders, including Dr. Aveeda King, Bishop George McKinney of the COGIC Church, Bishop Harry Jackson and the New York State Senator Reverend Rubén Díaz Sr., all of …

Just in from Protect All NC Families: “While this is just the kind of cynical strategy NOM’s industry of division is famous for, it’s still shocking to know that as we’ve been building a broad coalition that unites communities in North Carolina, the National Organization for Marriage has been secretly plotting to pit our state’s voters against one another. This …

The workday is barely an hour old and already the NOM scandal has widened from the gay blogosphere to more mainstream news sites. But we’ve not yet seen any mention from the major networks or newspapers, so if you’ve got contacts at those outlets, send them the word. Hit the headlines for the linked stories.

The Human Rights Campaign has published internal NOM communiques that were unsealed today as part of Maine’s investigation into NOM’s finances. Most repulsive is the blatant and grotesque manner in which NOM plots to set minority communities against each other. From a “confidential” report to NOM’s board of directors: “The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge …

A defrocked Catholic priest about to begin trial on molestation charges in Philadelphia abruptly changed his plea to “guilty” on Friday. As part of his confession, Father Edward Avery declared that his diocese had been aware of his crimes, but had allowed him to keep his job. In a statement of facts read as part of the guilty plea, Assistant …

“Temporarily” he says. By a one vote margin, yesterday the Sanford City Council voted “no confidence” in their chief of police.

“In a sign of their growing intolerance of people who hold positions other than those of the Homosexual Cultural Revolution, the Media Watchdog Organization which calls itself GLAAD has issued a blacklist of commentators. The effort recruits likeminded parties to ‘spy’. They are asked to send reports in to GLAAD if these commentators are featured in local media. GLAAD will …

Not only do the KONY 2012 people get funding from anti-gay groups and work with Uganda’s “kill the gays” advocate Martin Ssempa, their leader has got some serious mental problems. UPDATE: Here’s 10 seconds of video.

“If a Quaker, a Lutheran or a Buddhist, desiring communion had introduced himself as such, before Mass, a priest would be obligated to withhold communion. If someone had shown up in my sacristy drunk, or high on drugs, no communion would have been possible either. If a Catholic, divorced and remarried (without an annulment) would make that known in my …

As part of their defense for priests accused of child molestation, lawyers for the Catholic Church have subpoenaed SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, demanding to see more than 20 years of their emails even though they are not party to either side in the lawsuits. A judge in Kansas City ruled that the network must comply …

Emperor Palpatine hates the eeeevillle of gay marriage. Pope Benedict XVI on Friday condemned gay marriage in a speech to bishops from the United States after Maryland last week became the eighth US state to legalise same-sex unions. “Sexual differences cannot be dismissed as irrelevant to the definition of marriage,” the pope said, warning against “the powerful political and cultural …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation asks: “Can’t you see how misplaced your loyalty is after two decades of sex scandals involving preying priests, church complicity, collusion and cover-up going all way to the top? Apparently, you’re like the battered woman who, after being beaten down every Sunday, feels she has no other place to go. There’s a more welcoming home …

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu has been sued for $1 million by his former boyfriend, Jose Orozco. The claims contained in the lawsuit have not yet been disclosed. Tim Gaffney, Sheriff’s Office director of communications and grants, issued this statement in response to a request for comment: “A notice of claim was provided to our office earlier today regarding this matter. …

I just caught the latest “immigrants iz takin’ all our jerbs!” ad on CNN, but when I went to the Federation For American Immigration Reform’s YouTube channel, I also noticed their below clip of Sheriff Paul Babeu, which was recorded in October when he spoke before their annual convention. FAIR wants to end illegal and most legal immigration and wants …

Reportedly Babeu claimed that one of the school’s 17 year-old students was his boyfriend.