11/05/2009
News: Maine, Pete Wentz, South Park, Thomas Perez, Brokeback
Focus on the Family donated $115,000 to stop marriage equality in Maine. Check out how much the Catholic Church donated here (it was a lot more).
300 protest play featuring transsexual Jesus in Glasgow.
Was Adam Lambert's Halloween chum his new boyfriend?
Salt Lake City elects first openly gay city council member: "Stan Penfold, a gay man and the director of Utah Aids Foundation, has won the race to fill Salt Lake City’s District 3 council seat. Penfold outpaced Phil Carroll to represent the Avenues and Capitol Hill, replacing outgoing Councilman Eric Jergensen."
WaPo: Gay groups say Maine loss won't alter strategy. NYT: Gay rights rebuke may change approach.
Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, testified today on ENDA before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Here's his testimony.
Rue McClanahan hospitalized: "I'm currently having some maintenance on the old ticker"
Mariah Carey visits Ellen DeGeneres.
Dede Scozzafava opens up about campaign drop-out: "There were calls going that were calling me a child killer, there were pieces of mail that said I was a homosexual lover."
Pete Wentz got punched by some guyliner.
South Park runs "fag" episode.
Eastern Pacific Great White Sharks hang out in "shark café."
Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx donates early draft to New York Public Library: "The early draft shows that the story, which was later adapted into an Oscar winning hot film starring the late Heath Ledger, had early working titles such as Bulldust Mountain and Swill-Swallow Mountain."
Since God hates shellfish, why aren't right-wing religious conservatives in Maine boycotting the lobster industry?
Kathy Griffin celebrates her birthday at The Abbey.
Pat Buchanan thinks Charlie Crist has a gay rights problem.
150 people rally in L.A. on Prop 8 anniversary, including openly gay Los Angeles Police Commissioner Rob Saltzman: "Also among the rally speakers were Robin Tyler and her (legal) wife Diane Olson, and their attorney Gloria Allred, who has filed several marriage lawsuits on their behalf. Matt Weinstein from the US Department of Commerce also urged same sex couples and domestic partners to fill out the 2010 US Census forms when they come around – noting the historic change in policy of now including gay people."
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Just a quick correction - the transsexual Jesus play/protest was actually in Glasgow rather than Edinburgh.
Posted by: Chris | Nov 5, 2009 4:09:08 PM
Why on Earth is Towleroad still talking about Pete Wentz?
Posted by: Kirk Fontenot | Nov 5, 2009 4:10:40 PM
Last night's South Park was beyond brilliant. But I'm sure the easily offended, cerebrally challenged (paging Bill) will be calling for a Comedy Central boycott any second now.
Posted by: crispy | Nov 5, 2009 4:16:04 PM
Last night's southpark was completely boring and totally unbrilliant. The show's over. The only good thing out of this season was cartman's pokerface. They act like this shit is new, and somehow "cutting edge"--it was five years ago controversey, douches!
Posted by: TANK | Nov 5, 2009 4:25:01 PM
Right on cue.
Posted by: crispy | Nov 5, 2009 4:34:50 PM
The Diocese of Portland gave $149,000 to the anti gay marriage people ? During recessionary times of high un-employment, pople falling back on food stamps, unable to pay rent, heat, medical bills, food banks running out and the Catholic Church gives $149,000 for this ??? The Catholic Church has long disgusted me (a recovering Catholic) for their cover-up of the pedophilia, but somehow this is even more disgusting, that the Catholic Church would rather people go cold and hungry than two men or two women become life partners...a truly digusting organization.
Posted by: jerry | Nov 5, 2009 5:08:59 PM
Asking a Xian about the other injunctions in Leviticus you will get absolutely nowhere: their selective blinders are on tight and yet they are completely unaware of them.
Because to become aware means that they will see that some things in the Bible are contradictory, outdated, and simply ignored. And you can't do that with the infallible word of God (TM). So blindly stumbling yet imagining they are upright, they continue on.
Posted by: Latebrosus | Nov 5, 2009 5:14:46 PM
According to Judaism the "other injunctions in Leviticus" such as those pertaining to shellfish consumption are meant for Jews only, while laws governing "general morality" are universal.
check out noahide.com for more on this
Christianity takes a similar view: those laws in the Old Testament not grounded in natural law(basically the Noachide laws) ceased to be obligatory-even for Jews, with Christ's redemption.
Just stating what the two religions believe about this.
Posted by: josh | Nov 5, 2009 6:17:04 PM
there were pieces of mail that said I was a homosexual lover === OH POOR DEEDEE
Posted by: rjp3 | Nov 5, 2009 6:59:07 PM
OMG! Diocese of Providence donated $10K.
When I was an altar boy in Rhode Island serving a Christmas mass with the Bishop, we were given special robes that covered our hands because we couldn't touch the garments or his personal affects - hat, staff (get your mind out of the gutter), Crucifix brooch, etc. I had the flu and wiped my nose on the special hand coverings during the entire mass. I felt really bad at the time; now, I hope he got the flu from me. It's my little bit of solace.
Posted by: Jonny | Nov 5, 2009 9:00:52 PM
Thanks for the link on the Catholic Church's donations to the "screw gays in Maine" vote. I forwarded it to all of my Catholic relatives with a note telling them this is where their charitable contributions are going this year. Maybe they will find a better place to entrust their charitable dollars over the holidays.
Posted by: candideinnc | Nov 6, 2009 6:46:55 AM
South Park was over years ago. The creators are repubs and have so much fun bashing gays and liberals. They make me sick.
Posted by: Mike | Nov 6, 2009 1:02:18 PM