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04/30/2009
And Perez f***s up again
As much as we stand against NOM, we also stand against this: Yes, that's right: Perez Hilton had the National Organization For Marriage's Carrie Prejean ad pulled because they used a snippet from one of his web videos. Now, let's...
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Please, won't you answer NOM's (perfected) call?
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The ad that landed with a zzzzzzzz
Box Turtle Bulletin writer and frequent G-A-Y commenter Timothy Kincaid has a nice, thoughtful, six-point assessment of NOM's boring Prejean ad. Consider: Here are the problems I see with this ad: 1. It relies on old and trivial news. By...
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Yesterday, her polls surely dropped. Today, she leads boys to temporarily do same
Amid a stroke of, uhm, genius, a reader took a moment to send in the following image. It shows the top six videos currently running on porn video site GayTube: (don't worry -- it's pretty much SFW) Foxxy! **More on...
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Proferring a non-gamble: P&G embraces its T
Good news from the world of corporate America: CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble, the world's largest consumer products maker, has amended its anti-discrimination policy to include gender identity and expression. Procter & Gamble changes policy to bar trans discrimination [Wash...
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Everyone say 'Hi, Matt'
We've always suspected that Matt Barber reads us. But now one of Matt's Facebook friends -- someone who is, in actuality, stealthily sensitive to our cause -- has pretty much confirmed our suspicions. Check this out. Matt has apparently posted...
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The Maine thing is having a supportive legislature
Yesterday New Hampshire, today Maine. While the latter state's Senate is currently recessing, and still discussing a proposal to put the matter to voters, they have passed marriage equality on a first vote: After extended and emotional debate Thursday, the...
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More NOMinal wrongs
In their new (and already horribly received) ad, the quote that the National Organization for Marriage visually attributes to Douglas Laycock (teehee) by having it rise out of a sheet of paper bearing his name... ...is actually not even from...
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Increased equality makes America's poll rise, makes us all less polarized
First there was that amazingly encouraging CBS News/NY poll that showed Americans now support marriage equality at a 42% high. Now comes these even more encouraging findings from ABC News-WaPo: At its low, in 2004, just 32 percent of Americans...
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Video: 'Know Offense,' NOM. Know it, then stop it!
*NOM's original, for comparison: *Ways we have quite fairly responded to NOM: -Maggie Gallagher speaks at a university. We rationally and calmly respond to her fears. -NOM releases incredibly low-rated "Gathering Storm" ad, and we respond to it -NOM's embarassing...
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It's up! And awful
Stay tuned for our response. **UPDATE: Our response video. **UPDATE 2: HRC's Joe Solmonese responds: The only terrible consequence of marriage equality they’ve demonstrated so far is a gay blogger disagreeing with a beauty queen. As far as my cameo,...
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'Know offense,' Carrie. Because right now you don't seem to.
"It's all about respect"...which is why I tell gay people that society needs to be "protected" from their marriages. Uh uh, right. *Here's the ad. *SEE ALSO: Carrie's thoroughly "respectful" appearance on the ultra-far-right "Liberty Live" show, in which not...
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04/29/2009
Next NOM vid: Less stormy, more Solmonese-y
We don't know what, exactly, the National Organization for Marriage's new Carrie Prejean ad is going to entail. But we do know that it's going to feature Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese. A video, set to private, was up...
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Such a dumb assessment!
Okay, not to downplay the nastiness of Rep. Foxx comments -- but is it possible for Perez Hilton to denounce any female's rhetoric without resorting to nonsense like this? And if not, can he stop putting on a suit and...
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Advancing hate's regression: House comes through
The House passed inclusive hate crimes legislation by a bipartisan 249-175 vote: U.S. House Passes Inclusive Hate Crimes Bill [HRC] Now it's on to the Senate, then to President Obama. Or if you're one who opposes the measure, it's on...
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Audio: Carrie moves further right, further wrong
- Yet another comparison to Queen Esther - Matt Barber saying that 70% of Americans are opposed to marriage equality, even though a new CBS/NY Times poll shows 42% in SUPPORT of the concept (with another 25% in support of...
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Holy crap! Granite State Senate totally rocks!
By a vote of 13-11, the New Hampshire senate just joined their friends in the House and voted in favor of marriage equality!! The bill now goes back to the House for approval of amended language, then to Gov. Lynch's...
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From 'gathered storms' to reigning beauty queens
Well folks, we called it. Miss California hs signed up to become the new Florida orange juice spokesperson NOM ad star: Miss California, Carrie Prejean, who offered memorable opposition (above) to same-sex marriage and a young, attractive new face for...
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Not sly enough, (mis)Rep. Foxx!
Want to see right-wing spin in action? Well here's a quick case study. Just moments ago on the House floor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said the following about writer Glenn Greenwald and his supposed stance on hate crimes laws: Only...
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Liberty takes same with 'sexual orientation' definition
Add the Liberty Counsel to the list of folks willing to lie about what does and does not constitute a true sexual orientation: The DSM IVR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used by psychologists and psychiatrists to diagnose mental disorders) lists...
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Video: Monogamous commitment somehow leads to AIDS; Anti-gay leaders somehow live with selves
Holy mother of nasty, unscrupulous anti-gay attacks: Because encouraging monogamy, and telling gay kids like the late Randy Schowengerdt that they can grow up and have the same opportunities as their heterosexual peers, encourages HIV/AIDS?!?! What sort of "logic" is...
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Video: My Pride Agenda pals went to Albany and all I got are these awesome videos
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Live: As if you were a fly on Barney Frank's lapel
If you want to follow today's debate and vote on H.R. 1913 (THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 2009), then you can do so right here. Just click your preferred way of streaming C-SPAN (Windows Media or...
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Reading, writing, and requesting notification when a teacher so much as mispronounces Uruguay
It's one thing to resist LGBT adults on political grounds. It's quite another to encourage a world where kids -- whether they are LGBT themselves, have parents or other family members who are, or are simply allies -- are told...
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04/28/2009
A powerful friend can make all the difference
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ____________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2009 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON H.R. 1913, THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 2009 This week, the House of Representatives is expected...
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FRC: Finally Relinquishing Conceit?
We never thought we'd see a day when the Family Research Council seemed to be conceding (a) that they don't know everything about the GOP's direction, (b) that unfavorable polling is actually accurate, and (c) that young people are makably...
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Resisting fellows who get in bed with fellows makes strange, hate-certified bedfellows
Is it "ethical" for a Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission VP to stand side-by-side with the leader of an SPLC-certified hate group? Is it responsible for two U.S. Congressman to do the same? And what about one concerned...
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Photos: We'd have liked these kitschy photos if not for what developed
We can't help but note the irony of this, a Miss USA promo shot in which Carrie Prejean (third from right) poses in front of that bastion of marital sanctity... ...a Vegas Wedding Chapel sign. Oh, and that sign directly...
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As less states find fault, polls vault
Q. Why is every single state marriage victory good for gays across the entire country? A. Because the changed hearts and minds extend well beyond the state lines. This from CBS News: Forty-two percent of Americans now say same sex...
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Video: Bible thumping (and by 'thump', we mean fatally)
This is happening right here in America. Jacksonville, FL, to be exact: But yea, you're probably right, opponents of inclusive hate crimes legislation. It probably is religious freedoms that are under true threat in this country. [::writer rolls eyes, shakes...
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WHOA!
Sen. Arlen Specter (Formerly R-PA) has just announced that he is switching parties! Another Democratic Senator = 60 seats (assuming Franken holds)! SEISMIC political news! Statement by Senator Arlen Specter [Politics PA] *How is Sen Specter on our issues? Well...
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'Mmm, this coffee's good. So anyway, back to how we can further stigmatize gay people...'
We've suspected that the National Organization For Marriage might follow up their ridiculous "Gathering Storm" ad with one focused on new far-right hero (and expert at double-sided tape placement) Carrie Prejean. These new Tweets from NOM's Maggie Gallagher only heighten...
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Scenes from an unrighteous misuse of religion
So far this is the only picture we've seen from today's anti-gay rally in D.C.: And by the underlining under "Not," you know means bizness! As they come in, we'll add all pics/video/other mediums through which one can convey condemnation....
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Can't be @NYcapitol? We'll help you hash it out
We're totally bummed that certain life events kept us away from the Empire State Pride Agenda's Equality and Justice Day. But it is at least nice that all of us losers who couldn't make it Albany can head over to...
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The Pageant Driven Life
Wow, the social conservatives are totally crushing hard on Miss California. In fact, in the eyes of the American Family Association's Tim Wildmon, Carrie Prejean has surpassed Rick Warren on the hierarchy of anti-gay heroes: What I was most impressed...
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'Armageddon'? Yea, Bishop Jackson? That's the imagery you're going with?
We've already made you aware of today's D.C. anti-gay rally vis-á-vis our Facebook activism against the event. But now Bishop Harry Jackson will give you more insight into just how shrill the 10AM soiree will likely be: The rally, according...
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Miles and Miles of low road
We've made note of Pastor Miles McPherson's inflammatory rhetoric on a couple of occasions. On his now-defunct blog (which was abruptly pulled and scrubbed around the time Miles became nationally known for his Prop 8 actions), the evangeli-xalted Rock Church...
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Video: Just an old fashioned pair of lady-lovers shootin' the sh*t
Gavin Newsom, gay rights hetero, sat down with Ms. Maddow last night for a discussion about many things. Among them? Marriage equality, Prop 8, and how his state can reclaim the progressive ground they lost in November. Check it out:...
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04/27/2009
Video: Benign equality fails to destroy (or even swine flu-ize) yet another state
Scenes from a beautiful Iowa day: And perhaps our favorite: This one in which longtime homo foe Robert Knight suggests, if you are to follow his canine-feline-based "logic" to its rational conclusion, that the Iowa Supreme Court completely changed the...
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Geez, FOF: Don't you know we're in an economic downturn/equality upswing?
If you're looking for some quick in this economic decline, then it looks like propaganda video-making might just be the one solid industry towards which to turn. At least if Focus on the Family's pricey newest "protect marriage" DVD is...
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They who install tires work to stall tired opposition (*tip: You first need to deflate the hot air)
The United Auto Workers get why bias crimes are a problem in need of address: UAW
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Audio: On plugs, sockets, and the various ways to exchange natural energy
When we hear this, a snippet from Matt Barber and Mat Staver's "Liberty Live" radio show... Liberty Live -- 4/24/09 [AFR] ...there's only one reply that comes to mind: Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go plug in...
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Swine Flu not yet a pandemic. Lying about sexual orientation officially is
Another day, another "pro-family" group blatantly lying about what does an does not constitute a sexual orientation. This time it's the American Family Association who is denying science and mixing in bags of crap like Klismaphilia (an attraction to enemas)...
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Audio: Fred challah-ing new hate
Many have joked about it. But now the Westboro Baptist Church is quite literally saying that "God Hates Figs." Oh, except in WBC's view, "figs" doesn't mean fruit. No, no -- figs mean "Jews." And as you will hear in...
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Video: 'Holy ostracism'
Well hey, that's why God made chocolate and vanilla: So that evangelical Christians can get behind one and then castigate anyone whose disagrees with their personal tastes. So open-minded, they are. [::writer rolls eyes, shakes head, weeps for the countless...
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We have to Carrie on a little longer
We told you that we'd try to limit Miss California acknowledgement unless some actual developments came our way. But in a new interview with journalist Rex Wockner, we've certainly learned a few new things -- so you're gonna have to...
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Corn staters work through marriage maize maze
Even if the weather is rainy in Des Moines or super shitty in Sioux City, it's a gorgeous day all over the state of Iowa. That's because today is the day that same-sex couples can begin getting their civil marriage...
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Facebook organizing FAIL
There's something beautiful going on over at Facebook. It's a growing group of people who saw a now-infamous anti-gay group promoting one of their upcoming events, and who seized the opportunity to send their own push back. A "gathering storm,"...
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Video: Focus on the disingenuous denunciations
Glibly undermining the true possibility for right wing extremism that we all know (or should know) exists, while voluntarily (and bizarrely) putting themselves in the "extremist" camp in the process. It's just another bit of faux outrage from the folks...
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04/25/2009
Bea in peace
Bea Arthur, Star of ‘Maude,’ Dies [NY Times]
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