Thomas Roberts Interviews PA Mayor John Fetterman, Who Married Gay Couple This Week: VIDEO

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts spoke with Braddock, Pennsylvania Mayor John Fetterman, who this week defied the state's ban on same-sex marriage and married his constituents John Kandray and Bill Gray:

“It’s an act of civil disobedience,” said Fetterman on MSNBC Thursday. The message to Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, he said, referencing President Reagan’s iconic challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, is:  “Mr. Corbett, tear down this law.”

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“The legality of it really doesn’t concern me,” said Fetterman, in reference to the fact that neither the state, nor the federal government currently recognizes the marriage he performed on Monday. “I think it’s the message that it sends. And I think Pennsylvania is at a place now where we need to remove this from our constitution.”

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Pennsylvania's First Gay Lawmaker Brian Sims Opens Up: VIDEO

Bryan Leffew sits down with Pennsylvania's first openly gay lawmaker Brian Sims, who has of late seen some exciting and hopeful action in his state with regard to marriage equality, to talk about how his first few months have been in office.

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Russian Sports Minister Tells Reporters to 'Calm Down' About the Olympics and Anti-Gay Law

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who earlier this month warned that athletes would be subject to anti-gay laws, told reporters on Thursday at a press conference at a Moscow hotel for the world athletics championships that gay athletes and organizations should "be relaxed" about the country's anti-gay laws, but respect them.

Reuters reports:

When asked how it would affect athletes competing in the championships beginning on Saturday and next year's winter Olympics in Sochi, Mutko was dismissive of any concerns.

"I want to ask you to calm down as in addition to this law we have a constitution that guarantees all citizens a private life," he told a packed news conference in a Moscow hotel. "It is not intended to deprive people of any religion, race or sexual orientation but to ban the promotion of non-traditional relations among the young generation. All the athletes and organisations should be relaxed, their rights will be protected...but of course you have to respect the laws of the country you are in."

IAAF president Lamine Diack completely rejected the world's concerns:

"I don't feel there is a problem whatsoever," he said. "There is a law that exists, it has to be respected, we are here for the world championships and have no problem whatsoever and I'm not worried at all."

The Straight Girl's Guide to Gay Boys: VIDEO

From the vlogger who brought you 'What Seniors Think About Gay Sex' comes 'The Straight Girl's Guide to Gay Boys' featuring a line-up of popular YouTubers offering their advice to women who want a gay BFF.

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Curb's New 'Identity' Underwear Ad Will Steam Up Your Morning Commute: VIDEO

UK based Curbwear has unveiled a new underwear line that encourages you to 'reveal your identity.' Wearers can even choose from 'Active,' 'Bottom,' or 'Versatile' waistbands to help add a *ahem* personal touch. 

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Conservative Women Attack Canadian Foreign Minister for Denouncing Russia's Anti-Gay Laws

REAL Women of Canada, a conservative women's group, is blasting Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for speaking out and working against anti-gay laws in Russia, saying his actions are "highly offensive" to taxpayers.

The Toronto Star reports:

Baird revealed last week that Canada has been working for months trying to convince Russia not to implement the law. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Baird said the “mean-spirited and hateful law” is an “incitement to intolerance.” “And intolerance and hate breed violence,” Baird said, noting that Canada was “deeply disturbed, deeply concerned” about the controversial legislation that has sparked protests.

But Landolt suggested Baird was meddling when he raised such concerns.

“It really is offensive,” Landolt said Wednesday. “The issue is really why is he interfering in a sovereign country’s legislation? He really has no business to do that.

“I don’t want other countries to get what we have here where people’s religious values and traditional values are being pushed aside and giving homosexuals priority,” she said.

“According to Mr. Baird it’s a protection of human rights but it’s not universally accepted. It’s not a Canadian value,” she said.

Wrote REAL Women of Canada in a release:

Last week, Baird admitted working extensively behind the scenes to prevent Russia from passing legislation designated to protect Russian minors from homosexual propaganda.  Baird blasted these laws as hateful, anti-gay and intolerant.  Russia has also restricted foreign adoption of Russian children after incidents of horrendous child abuse; for example, adoptive “fathers” in Australia together with other men, sexually abused a 6 year old boy, starting at 22 months of age, born of a Russian surrogate mother.

It is a fact, that homosexual activists in Canada are intolerant of any resistance to their demands, and, as such have become a tyrannical minority.

Conscientious objections based on religion and traditional values have led, in Canada, to public officials, educators and business owners facing heavy fines and lengthy court battles for rejecting the homosexual lifestyle.  This is not democracy.  It is not equality.

This is the strange, intolerant world Mr. Baird wishes to impose on sovereign countries, despite their own cultures and religion which find this unreasonable and unacceptable.

Gwendolyn Landolt (pictured), National Vice-President, stated, “Just who does John Baird think he is, using taxpayers’ money to promote his own personal agenda and endeavouring to set standards of the laws of foreign countries?  He argues that homosexual rights are a ‘Canadian value’, but this applies only to himself and his fellow activists and the left-wing elitists.  These are not conservative values and that of grass roots Canadians, who after all, pay the bulk of the taxes”.

Mr. Baird’s actions are highly offensive to conservative taxpayers.  He cannot and must not undermine other countries’ sovereignty and dignity, rooted in stable family structures and religious faith, in order to impose his own value system on them.

Mr. Baird’s actions are destructive to the conservative base in Canada and causing collateral damage to his party.

The group also blasted Baird for speaking out and sending funding to defend against anti-gay atrocities in Uganda and Kenya.