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Far-right interrupts our dinner by trying to interrupt our ceremonies
2008-05-23 16:06:00 Last night, while this writer and his partner were joyously discussing our impending nuptials over a glass of Pinot and a pile of Rigatoni, this notice hit my iPhone: "What the hell is this?" I asked myself while popping an... More About: Dinner , Interrupt
Video: Alanis' 'beautiful husband'
2008-05-23 15:02:00 Oh dear sweet Alanis. This lyric change was featured on this morning's "Today" show: Now if she would only change all of those things in this song that are not technically ironic, but just merely suck, then we'd be good.... More About: Video , Beautiful , Husband
Like a far-right bat signal, CA ruling brings Rick back into play
2008-05-22 21:33:00 Want a reason why former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum was voted out of office? Well, in a new commentary he has written in reaction to the CA marriage ruling, he gives us at least three of them: 1. "Let's put... More About: Play , Back , Signal , Ruling
Not ifs, ands, or butts about it: Pete's gettin' cheeky
2008-05-22 19:49:00 A few days ago, we forewarned you that Peter LaBarbera had a post in the pipe wherein he planned on attacking a Queer Prom that will be held tomorrow night in Chicago. But even we didn't expect Pete to do... More About: Butts
No need for verbosity
2008-05-22 19:06:00 In this morning's USA Today, the Family Research Council's Timothy Dailey has written yet another on CA Supreme Court's marriage ruling and what the far-right intends to do about it. However, to save you the time of reading yet another...
You be the judge: Wanna live with unfettered mob rule?
2008-05-22 17:43:00 This is a sample of the kind of logic that Randy Thomasson and his crew at the Campaign for Children and Families are using to fuel their efforts to overturn the CA Supreme Court's recent marriage decision: Courts commonly order... More About: Judge , Live , Rule
Focus to Colorado: 'Speak now or forever hold your pee'
2008-05-22 15:46:00 There is a long overdue piece of legislation that has passed both the House and Senate in the state of Colorado . Labeled the "Expansion of Discrimination Prohibitions" bill, the measure would update current laws so that they prohibit discrimination on... More About: Forever , Speak , Focus , Hold
Video: Barack, are you taking notes?
2008-05-22 14:36:00 On today's episode of her eponymous show, Ellen Degeneres will grill John McCain on his short-sighted marriage views. Check out a preview, courtesy of TMZ: "We just have a disagreement." Isn't that line of rationalization getting really frickin' old? Because... More About: Video , Politics , Barack
Because we need a new way to talk about this mangy issue
2008-05-22 00:29:00 When this writer was in college, there was cat who lived next door to my rented house. Now, I'm a HUGE animal lover who quite literally cannot and will not kill a fly. However, this was not just any cat... More About: Talk , Issue
Video: Giving praise to gays at odds with God?
2008-05-21 22:13:00 A clearly intelligent, sensitive soul is made to feel unnecessarily dispirited because of one-sided religious bias. Just another day in the the faith community's all-too-common war on dissenting opinion: Christian abandoned for views on Homosexuality [YouTube] More About: Video , Gays , Praise , Giving , Odds
SC principal expels self
2008-05-21 20:36:00 Eddie Walker, the principal of South Carolina 's Irmo High School, has announced that due to the creation of a Gay-Straight Alliance at his place of employment, he will be resigning from his position. Here is the letter that Walker wrote... More About: Principal
Video: Shockingly, her consumption of Rice-a-Roni was not attacked
2008-05-21 18:29:00 You might have already seen this laughably nauseating ad that Missouri Republican Sam Graves is running against his Democratic congressional opponent, Kay Barnes. But just in case you haven't, enjoy the Bay Area bashing: Sing with me, everybody: 'If you're... More About: Video , Rice , Attacked , Consumption
Some gays are destroying marriage (equality)
2008-05-21 17:15:00 "the gay community shouldn't be celebrating." "This decision does next to nothing for California gays and lesbians, and causes real harm to people who believe in the "old" definition of marriage. It's nothing to be proud of." "Sure, gays and... More About: Marriage , Gays , Marriage Equality , Equality
Portland pops open a Sam Adams
2008-05-21 15:57:00 Barack Obama wasn't the only Dem who had a big victory in Portland last night. Open ly gay Sam Adams was also elected mayor of the Oregon burg, making him the first out and proud person to be voted into the... More About: Sam Adams
Box still turning off 'gay' dudes
2008-05-21 15:07:00 Remember last week when we told you that Microsoft had disallowed a gamer from using "theGAYERgamer" as his Xbox Live handle? Well it seems that the service's "gay" ban is even more restrictive than initially thought. Kotaku now brings us...
Some men are just Savages
2008-05-21 14:52:00 How did the always sensitive, classy, and respectful conservative talk show host Michael Savage handle the news that liberal senator Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor? By playing a song from the Dead Kennedys, natch: Michael...
Video: Fred's fried plans
2008-05-20 23:45:00 Yesterday we showed you a press release that was issued by the "fag haters" from Westboro Baptist, wherein the Phelps family detailed their plans to somehow strengthen their own faith by burning another's holy book. Well that was just the... More About: Video , Plans , Fried
Pete sends early Fathers' Day present
2008-05-20 21:47:00 Of this photo that is running on the Equality California website... ...Pete r LaBarbera today says the following: Now look at the ?gay daddies? propaganda photo... What emotions does it evoke in you? Righteous anger, pity, sorrow, deep frustration? (If your... More About: Fathers , Present , Early , Fathers Day
Happily, 'Anita Bryant Day' will remain unacknowledged
2008-05-20 19:24:00 Later this year, Sean Penn will immortalize him on celluloid. And now the California Assembly has taken another step towards honoring the legacy of Harvey Milk, passing a bill that would make May 22 a day of special significance honoring... More About: Anita
Video: Wendy Wright is, in fact, wrong
2008-05-20 18:07:00 Not only did she, as both Queerty and PageOneQ noted, liken same-sex marriage to polygamy. Concerned Women For America's Wendy Wright also flat-out lied during her appearance on last night's edition of CNN's "Showbiz Tonight." Watch the clip and then... More About: Video , New Jersey , Fact , Wrong
Video: Nature vs. Nurture vs. Commercial playthings
2008-05-20 16:21:00 If you were an eighties kiddie, then your gay root has finally been pinpointed: What, no She-Ra or Jem toys? We demand a recount! 10 Toys That Made You Gay [Liquid Generation] More About: Video , Nature , Commercial
Wherein Prager twists rather than embraces truth
2008-05-20 16:02:00 Of the "ills" that the CA Supreme Court's marriage ruling will supposedly wrought upon society, conservative radio personality Dennis Prager says the following: Outside of the privacy of their homes, young girls will be discouraged from imagining one day marrying... More About: Truth , California
Perkins: You're saying some people are trained in the law? THAT'S OFFENSIV
2008-05-20 15:14:00 "When the people vote, the people are not legal experts, constitutional experts, or any of that. I think that's why we have the courts. People may vote with good intentions, but then the court says, 'This is not constitutional.'" The... More About: California , Perkins , Trained
WBC targets another kind of 'qu-' word
2008-05-19 23:33:00 We have some good news and some bad news for gays. The good? Westboro Baptist is about to piss off a much larger community than the gay one, which should both take some of the harassment off of our shoulders... More About: Word
Shocker: We're probably not the only animals to utilize our bodies' possibi
2008-05-19 23:24:00 Every so often, an article pops up suggesting what seems fairly obvious to us: That some bird and the bees are just as into the homo-sex as we humans. Here's another one: Homosexuality Common in the Wild, Scientists Say [Live... More About: Animals , Bodies
Video: Victory is just so much more fun
2008-05-16 22:11:00 We're such a cute people: The "Laverne and Shirley" theme? Come on, social conservatives! How could you possibly want to hurt the folks who keep 70's era themes alive? Why that's offensive both to gay people and our country's cultural... More About: Video , Victory , California
Audio/video: The full picture is much more telling
2008-05-16 21:12:00 We're going to give you an assignment which, if you have the time and energy, we think you'll find interesting. First watch this Alliance Defense Fund fundraising/promo video, especially the portion in which attorney Glenn Lavy is shown giving what... More About: Video , Audio , Picture , Full
Wherein homo-hostility turns herbicidal
2008-05-16 19:22:00 Think you've seen every sort of attack on yesterday's historic ruling that you can possibly imagine? Well check out this little quip from the Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Heath, which was passed on to us by the lovely...
How-to-be-cruelly-insensitive
2008-05-16 17:51:00 Wanna see how cruel and crass our opposition can sometimes be? Well check this out. In reaction the news that a workshop designed to help gay youth and their fathers learn to accept themselves and each other was cancelled, the... More About: Daily , World
Degeneres-de Rossi: I now pronounce you hard to pronounce
More articles from this author:2008-05-16 16:42:00 Ellen and her audience are quite excited about yesterday's decision. In fact, Degeneres is so happy that she has taken the opportunity to make an honest woman out of Portia. And her audience is so happy that they give both... More About: Rossi , Celebs , Hard , Pronounce 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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