A gay couple kissed for 50 hours, 25 minutes and one second to break a world record for longest kiss, VOA News reports: The two men were taking part in the annual Ripley's Believe It or Not longest kissing competition in the resort town of Pattay…
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Archives for February 14, 2012
Posts from February 14, 2012
Maryland House Panels Advance Marriage Equality Bill in 25-18 Vote
Two House committees have advanced Maryland's marriage equality bill, the Baltimore Sun reports: The two panels — House Judiciary and House Health & Government Operations — voted 25 to 18 to approve the bill that would legalize same-sex marri…
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Christie Says He’ll Take ‘Swift Action’ to Veto NJ Marriage Equality, Calls Attempt to Pass It ‘Theater’: VIDEO
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie assured reporters that the legislature would not have the votes to override a promised veto of the marriage equality bill which the Senate passed yesterday and the House is expected to pass on Thursday, Think Progre…
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Libyan UN Envoy: Gays Threaten the Human Race
Libyan deputy envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi has told the UN's Human Rights Council that gays threaten humanity, UN Watch reports: Protesting the council’s first panel discussion on discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, scheduled for M…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1064
VICTORIA JACKSON: Takes on lesbian author Ellen Ratkin at CPAC. IMPRISONED PUTIN: Fake video of jailed Russian PM going viral. DUBAI: An aquatic tribute to Whitney Houston. REVERSE THINGS: Going backwards. For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE.…
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News: Kate Upton, Uganda, Breitbart, Notre Dame, Gonorrhea
An examination of Uganda's 'kill the gays' bill. Americablog: GetEqual's backstory on the $1.4 million Obama LGBT fundraiser. Seth Casteel's underwater dogs. Meet the new most famous supermodel. Andrew Breitbart confronts Michelan…
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Bill O’Reilly: ‘Whitney Houston Wanted to Kill Herself’ — VIDEO
FOX News pundit Bill O'Reilly used Whitney Houston's death to launch into a tirade against the legalization of drugs in his commentary about Whitney Houston's death on Monday. Said O'Reilly: “Whitney Houston wanted to kill herself. No…
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Ugandan Ethics Minister Interrupts Secret Gay Rights Conference, Orders Arrest of Organizer
(image amnesty intl) A conference of LGBT activists and human rights defenders being held at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel on Lake Victoria in Entebbe, Uganda was interrupted today in a raid led by State Minister for Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo (…
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Romney Touts His Ability to Stop Gay Tourism: VIDEO
Mitt Romney thinks his CPAC line about preventing Massachusetts from becoming the Vegas of gay marriage is a good one, as he's added it to his stump speech. Watch him tell a bored Mesa, Arizona audience on Monday, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Proposition 8 Ruling Analysis: The Dissent
BY ARI EZRA WALDMAN The prescient dissent has a storied place in American constitutional history thanks to the preeminence of once-dissenting Supreme Court justices like Holmes, Harlan, and Brandeis. Their progressive dissents foresaw a future where…
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