Angela McCaskill, the Gallaudet University associate provost of diversity and inclusion who was placed on leave in October after it was revealed that she signed a petition to put Maryland's marriage equality law on the ballot (Question 6), and su…
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Archives for January 8, 2013
Posts from January 8, 2013
Neil Patrick Harris Has Dream Envy: VIDEO
In the new episode of Neil's Puppet Dreams, Neil Patrick Harris wonders why his dreams are so barren while his partner David Burtka's are so much fun. Even Joe Manganiello agrees. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Australia is Getting So Hot the Government Was Forced to Add a Color to Its Heat Maps
New highs forecast in Australia have forced the government to add a new color to its heat maps, AFP reports: Central Australia was shown with a purple area on the latest Bureau of Meteorology forecast map issued for next Monday, a new colour code sug…
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Presidential Inaugural Committee Announces Invocation, Benediction Speakers
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has announced that Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, will deliver the invocation at Obama's inauguration, and Reverend Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion Confer…
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Local California Scout Chapter Challenges National Ban on Gays by Approving Ryan Andresen’s Eagle Scout Application
A California Boy Scouts chapter is challenging the national Boy Scouts organization after it approved gay scout Ryan Andresen's application for Eagle Scout status and forwarded it to the umbrella organization for approval, Reuters reports: "…
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Uganda: Anti-Gay Evangelist Scott Lively Appears in Federal Court, and Facebook Takes Down ‘Outing’ Page
After hearings yesterday, a federal court is weighing a request for dismissal from anti-gay evangelical Scott Lively of a case brought against him by Pepe Onziema, a transgender gay rights activist and SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda) accusing Lively…
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Teen Awarded NPR’s Top Storytelling Performance Prize for Powerful Tale About His Two Gay Moms: VIDEO
Snap Judgment is NPR's spoken word and storytelling show. NPR Snap Judgment Performance of the Year was awarded in December to 15-year-old Noah St. John for his explosively moving story about his two moms and the moment he thought he might lose t…
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Who is Funding Log Cabin’s Ads Attacking Chuck Hagel? – VIDEO
Following the publication of a new full-page ad from the Log Cabin Republicans attacking Chuck Hagel's nomination as Defense Secretary, more voices are chiming in with questions about who might be behind the funding of the group's ads. Andrew…
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Eye of the Tiger
Here are the 2012 National Geographic photography contest winners.…
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Jon Stewart Rips House Republicans for Sandy Relief FAIL: VIDEO
Jon Stewart looks at the House Republican inability to help those who lost everything in Hurricane Sandy. "This is just a simple down the middle, black and white, cut and dry, warm cup of what would Jesus, or any other human being that isn't…
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