At least 7 Cincinnati City Council members pulled out of city's St. Patrick's Day parade because of the parade's decision to ban the gay education group GLSEN. South, a 1959 ITV teleplay about a Polish soldier sent to the American south d…
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Archives for March 16, 2013
Posts from March 16, 2013
Boxer Orlando Cruz Wins 2nd Match Since Coming Out While Wearing Rainbow Kilt as Sign of Gay Pride
Professional boxer Orlando Cruz, who came out of the closet last October, last night won his second match since coming out against Aaron "The Bomber" Martinez in a 6th round TKO, and did so in a rainbow kilt, Blabbeando reports: He dedicate…
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Sarah Palin And Wayne LaPierre’s CPAC One-Liners: VIDEO
Here, (largely) without comment, are remarks from two different though ideologically related people, Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the NRA who wants armed guards in America’s schools, and Sarah Palin, the failed vice-presidential candidate and former…
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John Boehner ‘Cannot Imagine Supporting Marriage Equality Even if His Son Was Gay: VIDEO
In an interview airing on tomorrow's edition of ABC's This Week, John Boehner, the allegedly fiscally conservative House Republican speaker who's willing to spend $3 million to fight marriage equality, tells reporter Martha Raddatz that h…
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CPAC Attendees Blast Sen. Portman For Loving His Gay Son: VIDEO
While we’re on the subject of CPAC and closed minds, ThinkProgress made the rounds at the conservative con-fab yesterday to gauge attendees’ reaction to news that GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio supports marriage equality because he wants his gay son to…
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Racist CPAC Attendee Claims White People ‘Systematically Disenfranchised:’ VIDEO
Conservative activist Scott Terry says he fell in love with his white culture while studying literature at an unnamed university. Also, he believes that the federal government is trying to “systematically disenfranchise” white people. These comments…
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Debunking 50 Common Misconceptions: VIDEO
John Green of Mental Floss lays out 50 common misconceptions, including, "Shaving does not cause hair to grow back thicker or coarser no matter what part of your body you're shaving." Have some qualms with any of them? Let us know in th…
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Dutch Lesbian Couple Hides As Foster Son’s Turkish Parents Demand Return
There may be an international incident brewing in The Hague, Netherlands, where a lesbian couple raising a Turkish foster son have gone into hiding to avoid returning the son to the biological parents from whose care he was ordered removed (pictured)…
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