Tag Archives: Spain

After he accurately predicted the winner in six straight matches, Spain’s Minister of Fisheries says he will ask the German government to ensure that Paul The Octopus is never eaten and will be allowed to die naturally of boredom during the next World Cup.

After just a few more hours we won’t have to hear about soccer for another four years. Of course, there’s one aspect of the sport that isn’t entirely boring.

Spain’s constitutional court declared on Friday that there is no legal basis to consider its Catalonia region an autonomous nation, sending over one million protesters into the streets of Barcelona yesterday. The verdict came after four years of debate in which conservative and liberal judges locked horns over whether the charter went beyond the limits of Spain’s system of granting …

Several readers have written to note that Sunday’s World Cup final will be between Holland and Spain and will be played in South Africa. All three nations grant full marriage equality rights to their LGBT citizens. That’s pretty cool, eh? UPDATE: A reader in Italy sends us his map of this year’s World Cup participants and the status of marriage …

Similar to one staged annually in DC. (Tipped by JMG reader Alja)

Slaggie blogs: A new study by a Spanish gay rights group reports that about 10,000 gay marriages have taken place since Spain legalized gay marriage in 2007. Spain has about 30 million people in 2008 over the age of 15. If 3 percent of the population is homosexual, that would be about 900,000 gay and lesbian adults. So 20,000 gay …

The Catalan government is investigating a Barcelona clinic that is alleged to be performing “gay cures” and may impose fines on the business. Policlinica Tibidabo in the Catalan capital offers pills and psychiatric “treatment” to convert homosexuals. Spain’s leading daily El Pais said people who wanted to be treated are often followers of a particular religion which believes homosexuality is …

Madrid Pride has announced that they are canceling the appearance of an Israeli group in their parade over heightened security concerns since the Gaza flotilla raid. The Israeli delegation, made up of members of the LGBT association and the Foreign Ministry, was scheduled to run an Israeli “bus” in the parade, for the first time since its establishment. But the …

Late last month a Spanish matador was grievously injured in Mexico, prompting renewed calls around the world to ban the “sport.” And yesterday in Madrid another matador was gored so grotesquely that many newspapers in Europe are under fire for having published a [WARNING!] horrific photo of the incident. I won’t post the photo here, but some animal rights activists …

Andres Duque at Blabbeando directs us to the below safe sex campaign from Spain which has just won a coveted Summit International Award for advertising. Andres translates the opening of the clip: “To you, who has fucked us during so many years, who CRUSH us all, young people, older people, women, men, heterosexuals and homosexuals. To you, ABOMINABLE being… we …

One of the world’s most famous matadors was brutally injured during a bullfight in Mexico this weekend, prompting renewed calls to ban the “sport.” You may not want to watch this.

JMG reader Hector writes from Sitges to tip us to the latest release from Barcelona bear dance duo Barb@zul. Lots of beefcake within, possibly NSFW. Bonus points for a short tour of Barcelona’s bar scene. More performance clips from Barb@zul at their YouTube channel.

“There are 13 year old adolescents who are under age and who are perfectly in agreement with, and what’s more wanting it, and if you are careless they will even provoke you.” – Tenerife Bishop Bernando Alvarez, blaming child molestation on the victims. Alvarez’ comments have ignited a firestorm of condemnation in Spain.

Somebody was videotaping in one of the upper deck restaurants when the wave hit this morning, killing two passengers and seriously injuring up to twenty other passengers and crew. The ship returned to port in Barcelona immediately after the incident.

Led by Cardinal Antonio Rouco, tens of thousands of Spaniards attended an open air Mass and rally in Madrid against same-sex marriage and abortion rights yesterday. According to Rouco, Europe is “doomed” to experience a declining population unless Catholic values are maintained. According to a just-published survey, only about 25% of Spaniards now describe themselves as Catholic. Spain legalized same-sex …

Andres Duque is reporting a gruesome story out of Spain where a man was just acquitted of his confessed murder of two gay men because of his claim of “homosexual panic.” 27 year old Isaac Ali Dani Peréz Triviño was born in Spain. 32 year old Julio Anderson Luciano was born in Brazil. They lived together in the Spanish province …

Last week a Spanish court ruled that parents may not take their children out of classes that teach about LGBT rights. Some Spanish families are rebelling, as demonstrated by the above video. From the Christianist LifeSiteNews, where I also got the title of this post. Spanish families who are resisting their government’s mandatory homosexualist indoctrination program have made a video …

A Spanish court has ruled that parents will not be allowed to have their children opt out of civics classes that mention gay rights. Parents in Spain who do not want their children to attend civics classes that include lessons on gay rights do not have the right to conscientiously object, a court has ruled. The Roman Catholic church is …

Hilarious or terrifying? Yesterday John McCain was interviewed on the Florida affiliate of Spanish radio network Union Radio. And in the interview McCain appeared not to know who the Prime Minister of Spain was and assumed he was some anti-American leftist leader from South America. After the interviewer presses him a couple times on the point and tries to focus …

Spanish basketballer Jose Calderon responds to yesterday’s “Asian eyes” controversy: Spanish basketball player Jose Calderon rejected international media accusations on Wednesday that slit-eyed gestures by his team at the Beijing Olympics were racist and said he had great respect for Asian people. Published pictures show the world champions dressed in Olympic kit standing on a basketball court marked with a …