Outer Space Movie Star Huddle: Sandy & Clooney BY NATHANIEL ROGERS There's a brief scene in Nicole Holofcener's engaging indie hit ENOUGH SAID that repeats enough times that it could be the chorus if the movie were a…
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Archives for October 5, 2013
Posts from October 5, 2013
Daredevil Kayaker Makes 34 MPH Plunge Down Drainage Ditch: VIDEO
Kayaker Ben Marr plunged at 34 mph down a drainage ditch into Lions Bay, British Columbia, and filmed it for the world to see. Don't try this at home. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Columbia, SC Police Officers Defy Orders to March in Gay Pride Parade Over Religious Beliefs: VIDEO
Yesterday, we reported that Columbia, South Carolina city officials had overridden an order from the police chief instructing two officers to march in the Gay Pride parade. The AP reported: Santiago had ordered a lieutenant and sergeant to join eight…
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Gay Marine in Viral Homecoming Photo Marries
Back in June we reported that Brandon Morgan, the marine whose homecoming photo went viral last year, had popped the question to his boyfriend Dalan Wells: Well, the two were married this weekin Honeoye Falls, NY. Congrats!…
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Olympic Flame Met With Protest In Athens Over Russian Anti-Gay Laws
(twitter Vivian Efthimiopoulou) On Saturday, a throng of people gathered to protest Russia's anti-gay propaganda laws as the Olympic flame made its way through Athens, Greece. The protest was reportedly peaceful. The AP reports: The activists sat…
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Poll: Two-Thirds of U.S. Catholics Agree that the Church Focuses Too Much on Homosexuality
A Quinnipiac University poll released this week found that over two-thirds of U.S. Catholics agreed with Pope Francis' recent statement that the Catholic Church should not focus so much on social issues like homosexuality, abortion and contracept…
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John Boehner ‘Temper Tantrum’ Shutdown Ad to Air During Sunday Football: VIDEO
An ad comparing House Speaker John Boehner to a crying baby who "didn't get his way" is set to air during Sunday's football match-up between the Bengals and Patriots. Says the ad, which features a close-up of an infant: "Speake…
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Brendon Ayanbadejo Pens Open Letter to Ole Miss on LGBT Inclusivity Following Heckling Incident
In an open letter posted on Fox Sports today, Brendon Ayanbadejo offered to help the University of Mississippi's educational outreach on LGBT inclusivity following reports earlier this week of a mass heckling of a student production of 'The L…
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Meet Wildcat, The Military’s Wireless Running Robot: VIDEO
Meet the Wildcat, a four-legged robot that can gallop, run backwards, bound, turn and run on flat terrain. One day developers hope to get it running quickly on all types of terrain. The group behind the Wildcat — Boston Dynamics — is also the group t…
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LGBT Latino Population in U.S. Grows to Over 1.4 Million: REPORT
A newly released report by the UCLA's Williams Institute estimates that 1.4 million, or 4.3% of the Latino adults in the U.S. identify themselves as LGBT. The report was conducted, in part, to gain an understanding of the socioeconomic and family…
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