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06/05/2009
If we let straights wed, then what next? Man-dog sex? Incest? Women marrying complete strangers on national TV?
And now for another edition of: On tap this week: This announcement from Variety: [Fox] has picked up the pilot "I Married a Stranger," from A. Smith and Co., the shingle behind "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares." Production has already...
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Emory study: Marriage bans infect more than just the body politic
We've suggested time and time again that many things for which the "pro-family" community faults LGBT people (drug use, STDs, depression, etc) are largely due to (or at least compounded by) their own anti-gay activism. That's because marginalization can often...
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Video: In FOF's future, every president will be anti-famous for
For us, anti-Fame would look/sound like this: (Songwriter's note: unlike it's counterpart, which was sung by dancing students on top of cars in midtown Manhattan, this version should be whispered into a pencil in an obscure janitor's closet somewhere in...
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Prob not the smartest business decision...
Thanks, New Hampshire's Cornerstone Policy Research, for showing us a business that we no longer care to patronize: Sign of the Times... [CPR Blog Hmm. It's certainly an interesting use of business resources. Perhaps that "help wanted" notice is because...
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Video: 'He's straight'
It's Friday, so let's have some levity. Like that delivered by the out host of the upcoming Tonys (sunday night at 8/7c), the awards show that out-outs even the "Out 100" Awards: A perfect host to Neil kneel at the...
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Chemotherapy is something you 'tolerate.' We aren't chemo.
They say: "The United States federal government, now by executive order, signed by the President of the United States, is declaring national pride in these lifestyles," [Southern Baptist Convention President Albert Mohler] contends. "This is not mere toleration; it's not...
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'10: No sure indication that we'll see our vindication
On the question of marriage, would we win in California if we hit the 2010 voting booths? Well, a recently released leaked poll that was commissioned by our side suggests a tough fight: Overall, the [Polling 4 Equality-commissioned poll] shows...
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Pride & Prejudice
On July 25th, Charlotte, NC, will hold its annual gay pride parade. So what are the good Christians who simply want religious freedom and nothing more (ha!) doing in protest of the event? Well, check this out: JOIN US FOR...
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06/04/2009
Oops, we meant our sample size was 400,000+ less than we stated
Is New Hampshire's Cornerstone Policy Research now admitting that they lied when they repeatedly claimed to have polled "EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN NH - that's right, 432,398 households"? Well, it sure seems that way. Check out this snippet from Baptist Press:...
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His law vs. our collective law: One's a marital choice, one's not (at least if you want legal recognition)
They say: "We are grieved at [yesterday's] action, but we are not at all surprised. Homosexual activists have succeeded in making same-sex marriage legal in New Hampshire. But they have not succeeded, nor do I believe they will ever succeed,...
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Because a toaster would've been too sane
Perilous to my mind, body, and soul? Hell, it's my bank account that he should have really mentioned! These wedding things be mucho costly! But hey at least my spouse, unlike Mrs LaBarbera, won't have to deal with a lifetime...
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'Happy, Happy, joy, joy' vs. 'Happy, Happy, anti-boy/boy'
For us, this is Happiness: But for Mike Heath, Maine's most prominent foe of the 'mos, happiness is, well, uhm -- linking to far-right anti-gay groups, one of which has been designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty...
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The sanctity of mouse ears, frozen lemonade, and teacup rides
With the annual Gay Days event scheduled to be held this weekend in Orlando, FL, local anti-gay David Caton is ramping up his attempts to make the Mouse House grouse, as he works to make an LGBT person sound like...
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Fun with typos, New Hampshire edition
It's no wonder New Hampshire's head "protect marriage" group, Cornerstone Policy Research, wasn't able to dupe the governor and lawmakers into supporting inequality: Their messaging was all over the place. In fact, even they seem to think that their ads...
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Video: Yeah, we're friends. I mean we're not like super close, but we get along.
On last night's interview with NBC anchor Brian Williams, our president assured gay folks that we have a friend civil companion in him: The real question: Does the constitution have a friend in the idea that tax-paying gay couples deserve...
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Brown won't make my 'New' eyes blue
"Governor Lynch and a narrow majority of the Legislature today have ripped a significant hole in the fabric of New Hampshire society by passing same-sex marriage legislation" -Brian Brown, NOM "And the fabric to which Brian is referring is of...
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Diaz to Duane: Give me your lunch money Show me your names
New York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. (D-Bronx) continues to thoroughly class up the state's marriage debate. In a new third grade-channeling press release, Diaz says of fellow State Senator Tom Duane (D-Manhattan): "If Senator Tom Duane has the necessary...
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06/03/2009
You may remember the professionally anti-gay Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse (dramatically pic, left) from recent comments given to Focus on the Family in which she brazenly declared that same-sex unions have "nothing to do with the needs of children and...
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BREAKING: Let's all welcome state #6
By a vote of 198-176, the New Hampshire House just approved the reworked marriage equality bill. Gov. Lynch is expected to sign without hesitation. Some of us still have apprehensions about the demanded religious protections. But for now we celebrate...
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Oh Regina: You need to learn from -- and we can't believe we're actually saying this -- Dick Cheney
Most people who have actually lived the life of a homosexual will tell you that being gay is not a choice. Most intellectuals who have studied actual science rather than biased water-muddying that the far-right has commissioned a stable of...
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Video: Protect (accurate assessments of) marriage
Short. Simple. To the point. And most importantly: Right: Indeed. Let's take back "protection" and apply it in a way that could truly make a difference! NBC Bay Area (H/t: The New Civil Rights Movement)
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Deja New: Hampshire legislature back on marriage task
Now that New Hampshire lawmakers have seemingly worked out their differences regarding the state's marriage equality bill, the right and fair notion is again before the two chambers today. This morning it passed the Senate, just as it did last...
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Video: The sanctity of stuffing kids in lockers amid 'f*g' taunts
It's always frustrating to see the far-right try to derail someone's career based on their own personal, faith-based views of what is and is not acceptable. But when the victim of their demonization has done nothing more than work towards...
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Desired results misfire
Voting has now ended in the following One News Now poll. Which is probably good for the uber-anti-gay "news" site, since the results were starting to out-gay The Advocate: What's your reaction to Barack Obama's proclamation designating this month as...
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NY1 poll: Senatorial wedding cake lacking a dozen eggs
Just a day after Sen. Tom Duane predicted that he has the needed Senate votes, local New York station NY1 has released polling data that shows a less rosy picture: Here is the overall breakdown, with 32 votes needed to...
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06/02/2009
NOM to estranged RI gays: You made your bed (despite our attempts to lie about it)
We know they don't want us getting married. But if Rhode Island gay couples do manage to piece together their rights in a state that will allow us to do so, NOM is ramping up their efforts to ensure that...
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Video: Out Kerry pushes admin to carry out promises
The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld continues to hold the administration's feet to the fire on that flawed military policy known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Today the topic turned to the president's nominee for secretary of the Army, congressman John McHugh...
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Video: Today 'The Onion', tomorrow O'Reilly?
It's astounding how closely this socially conservative rhetoric resembles 21st century reality. Hell, for folks like Michael Savage, it would be a step up! Conservatives Warn Quick Sex Change Only Barrier Between Gays, Marriage ** On a side note: We...
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Duane's read: Stonewall's anniversary will be marked with gold bands
New York state senator Tom Duane (D-Manhattan) says that he has the votes to finally get the marriage bill passed: "I have the votes," said Duane, who predicted the Senate would vote on the matter before the end of its...
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LaBarbera, LaRue, LaSalvia: La Huh?!
These are some of the names who have signed onto a new document that calls on Senate Republicans to filibuster Judge Sonia Sotomayor when her confirmation hearings begin: Gary Bauer, American Values Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family Wendy Wright,...
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The Gay-denouncy Bunch: Where Marcia thinks it's a 'Cindy' for Jan to not like peter
Mrs. Biden goes to GLSEN [ONN] Oh, Marcia. Why can't you all see that "Smear The Queer" is one varsity sport in need of an endgame? **UPDATE: Towle has a friendlier Dr. Biden/GLSEN video
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Audio: The incendiary fuel behind Maine's 'People's Veto'
Yesterday we showed you how the Rev. Bob Emrich (a leader in overturning marriage equality in Maine) supports the "ex-gay" idea, and how Mike Heath ( another key player in the anti-equality fight) was using the Tiller murder to further...
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Video: That hippity-hop that the kids all love
It's like a scary flashback to this bad trip: But we of course prefer this one: Young Con Anthem [YT]
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06/01/2009
Barack, paper, fissures: Does this document allay concerns?
It's official: Pride Month can again. In a welcome new document, the President says so: 2009LGBT Prc Rel (2) Great. We mean it: An excellent move from a friendly president. Now we need Barack Obama, constitutional scholar, to actually mean...
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Dickin' around with marriage equality
Marry. Cheney: "I think that freedom means freedom for everyone," replied the former V.P. "As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family....
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Video: It's that time of year again
Happy Pride from G-A-Y [YT]
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Well you never got this under Secretary Rice:
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC June 1, 2009 Forty years ago this month, the gay rights movement began with the Stonewall riots in New York City, as gays and lesbians demanded an end to the persecution they...
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Video: NY. Civil. Liberties. Our Unions.
Gay New Yorkers want it. Lesbian New Yorkers want it. Hetero New Yorkers want it: More videos and information: Marriage NY [NYCLU] And by "it," we mean peace. By "it," we mean fairness. By "it," we mean the long overdue...
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Would autumnal weekend march lead to a weakened fall?
You may have heard that there's a growing call to march on Washington this fall. But what you may not know is that there's a parallel, less-resounding-but-equally-valid call for our movement to rethink whether a DC march would be the...
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Hey Maine: Do you really want to lend your name to gay 'conversion'?
The Bangor Daily News is reporting that the campaign to roll back marriage equality in Maine has begun in earnest: The Rev. Bob Emrich, a spokesman for a coalition of groups that support traditional marriage, traveled the state last week...
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'The only thing I hate more than physical violence is spiritual and moral violence.'
You know how we've been detailing the out-there words of Mike Heath, the more prominent figurehead for Maine's movement to rollback marriage equality? Well he's now written a piece in response to the Tiller murder that (a) directly links abortion...
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Video: A 'Meetin' Prop 8 foes' kind of scene
We couldn't make it to Fresno for the Meet in the Middle event. Fortunately, prolific YouTuber Sean Chapin could: Unfortunately, those who most need to see/hear this refuse to meet us anywhere other than the furthest reaches of the right....
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Envisioning a politically powerless opposition
An incentivized bully is, typically, a satisfied bully. Every school kid knows that whether lunch money, a desirous bus seat, or the nuclear codes that your sister Malia found in daddy's wallet are the commodities lying on the negotiation table,...
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Sorry governor, but we'll be taking our rights now
SUCCESS: The Nevada Legislature voted into law a domestic partnership registry for same-sex and unmarried straight couples on Sunday evening, with the Assembly mustering the two-thirds vote required to override a veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons, a Republican. Nevada Partnership...
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05/31/2009
Governor acted like Joker; equality dealers seek trump card
In Vegas, one can find his or her self down and out one minute, then fully redeemed in the next toss of a die. So too the Nevada gay rights debate. Last week we told you that NV governor Jim...
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We've feared the coming violence. And now...
Today this happened: Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas doctor whose clinic received national attention for performing late-term abortions, was shot to death as he entered his Wichita church on Sunday. George Tiller Killed: Abortion Doctor Shot At Church [HuffPo] Why...
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Pete asks me to come into the, uhm, light; I'm too busy planning my wedding to care
Several people have asked yours truly if I plan to address Peter LaBarbera's new post about me. My answer: Not really, at least not at length. I really only wish to say four things: (1) I take issue with his...
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