In advance of a new show called Are You Tougher than a Boy Scout to be broadcast this spring, GLAAD is standing in solidarity with 20 year-old gay Eagle Scout Will Oliver, who launched a Change.org petition calling on the National Geographic Channel…
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Archives for January 23, 2013
Posts from January 23, 2013
Hillary Clinton Rips Into Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) Over Benghazi Attack: VIDEO
Hillary Clinton boiled over at a line of questioning from Republican Senator Ron Johnson during hearings about the Benghazi attack Said Johnson: "Again, we were misled there was supposedly protests and something spraying out of that, assault spr…
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Gay Louisville Pastor and His Partner of 9 Years Arrested After Demanding Marriage License: VIDEO
Openly gay Louisville Baptist Minister The Rev. Bojangles Blanchard and his partner of 9 years, Domique James, were arrested yesterday after a peaceful "pray-in" at City Hall, where they requested and were denied a marriage license. The cou…
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AFA’s Bryan Fischer Flips Out Over Obama’s Inaugural Address: VIDEO
Because Bryan Fischer can't hear an 'S' word without thinking of sodomy, it really set him off when Obama mentioned Seneca Falls, Selma, and Stonewall. Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP……
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House Republicans File SCOTUS Brief Defending DOMA
House Republicans have filed a Supreme Court brief urging SCOTUS to uphold the constitutionality of DOMA, Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner reports: As to the law itself, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group — controlled 3-2 by Republicans in light o…
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Manti Te’o Tells Katie Couric He Lied, Briefly: VIDEO
In the first clip released from his forthcoming interview with Katie Couric, Notre Dame quarterback Manti Te'o admits to lying briefly after discovering that he had been hoaxed. "Katie, put yourself in my situation. I, my whole world told me…
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Jon Stewart Blasts CNN, FOX News, and MSNBC Inauguration Coverage: VIDEO
Jon Stewart doing what he does best — analyzing the "real" news networks and their inauguration coverage. As CNN was parsing the costs of Michelle Obama's various fashions, Pat Buchanan was decrying the presence of Stonewall — "a b…
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Lip Reader Decodes Boehner Joke That Prompted Michelle Obama’s Epic Eye Roll: VIDEO
What prompted Michelle Obama's epic eye roll at House Speaker John Boehner? Inside Edition thinks they have it figured out. We asked expert lip reader Larry Wenig. Wenig believes John Boehner is asking President Obama whether he had a chance to h…
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Rachel Maddow: Obama’s Inaugural ‘Stonewall’ Shout-Out was for the Supreme Court – VIDEO
Last night, Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich hashed out Obama's Stonewall reference: We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears…
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Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo Plans to Carry Marriage Equality Advocacy to Super Bowl
NYT columnist Frank Bruni reports on an email sent by Super Bowl-bound Baltimore Raven and marriage equality advocate Brendon Ayanbadejo in the early morning hours after his team won the AFC Championship: He tapped out an email to Brian Ellner, a lea…
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