En route to Las Vegas aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about the omission of same-sex binational couples from the Senate's immigration reform proposal, according to a transcript from the Office of the Press S…
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Archives for January 29, 2013
Posts from January 29, 2013
Australian Town Overrun with Sea Foam: VIDEO
Remember that crazy video I posted yesterday of the storm-induced sea foam in Queensland, Australia 'giving birth' to a car? Well, here's much more footage of it in the town of Maroochydore. Unfortunately for these folks, toxicologists ar…
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Tumblr User Thrills Mom by Coming Out with ‘I’m Gay’ Cake: PHOTO
Tumblr user ellende-generes writes: "left this for my parents." Later updating: "My mom saw it and cried of happiness. We hugged and cried together. Then, we all ate the cake and talked. I am very luck to have such supporting parents a…
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Bryan Fischer Calls Boy Scouts ‘Suicidal’ for Accepting Gays, Warns of Pedophiles ‘Bunking Down with Your Kid’: VIDEO
American Family Association hate group leader Bryan Fischer is going ballistic over the news that the Boy Scouts of America might drop its policy against gay scouts and scout leaders, claiming that "male homosexuals offend against children at ro…
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Colorado Catholic Adoption Agencies Say They Won’t Serve Gay Couples, Suggest It’s Not ‘Safe’: VIDEO
As in many other cities and states that have approved marriage equality, Colorado's (where civil unions may soon be a reality) Catholic Charities are objecting to having to serve gay couples. "Our desire is to provide them with a safe and st…
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Gay Irish Couple Attacked by Grocery Store Security Guard: Report
A gay couple say they were attacked at a SPAR grocery store in Dublin Ireland by a security guard who called them "faggots" after spotting them kissing in the aisle. Writes Lawlor on Facebook: So last night myself and Emmett Daly went out f…
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Whitney Houston’s Mom Cissy Would Not Have Accepted Her as a Lesbian, She Tells Oprah: VIDEO
Oprah interviews singer Cissy Houston, Whitney's mom, in the latest episode of Oprah's Next Chapter. Houston tells an incredulous Oprah that had Whitney come out to her as a lesbian she would not have liked it, or condoned it. Watch, AFTER TH…
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Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman Tells Iowa GOP That Support for Gay Marriage is Conservative: VIDEO
Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman spoke at the Davis Brown law firm in Des Moines to a crowd that included approximately 40 influential Republicans, the Des Moines Register reports: Mehlman said he has been well received by a couple of dozen senior…
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LGBTQ Youth, Allies, and Their Families from Modesto, California Speak Out with Signs: VIDEO
The Place is an LGBTQ youth support center run by the UCC in Modesto, California.We've all seen these sign videos before, but this one will warm your heart on a cold winter's day. Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Composer Remembers 32 Victims of 1973 New Orleans Gay Bar Arson Fire: VIDEO
Gay playwright and composer Wayne Self is mounting a musical tribute to the 32 victims of the 1973 arson fire at the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans. In 2010 I wrote about Skylar Fein's art installation memorializing the fire. Check out my photo…
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