Thousands -- thousands! -- of Minnesotans showed up for the first-ever Internet Cat Video Festival in Minneapolis on Thursday. Many of them wore … [Read more...] about The Only Cat Video In The History Of Cat Videos To Take The Grand Prize At A Film Festival: VIDEO
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(UPDATED) Disabled Pakistani Girl Imprisoned For Blasphemy: VIDEO
[UPDATE: Turns out that the girl in the following story was very likely framed by a local cleric. Read more here.]Here is a link to a very disturbing … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Disabled Pakistani Girl Imprisoned For Blasphemy: VIDEO
Stevie Wonder Apologizes For Comments On Frank Ocean
Stevie Wonder has apologized for the rather disappointing quote he gave The Guardian about the coming-out of singer Frank Ocean. When asked earlier … [Read more...] about Stevie Wonder Apologizes For Comments On Frank Ocean
Famed Priest And Franciscan Friar Blames Kids For Catholic Abuse Scandals, Then Changes His Mind
Famous Catholic author and talk show host Father Benedict Groeschel put his Franciscan foot in it earlier this week, in an interview with the … [Read more...] about Famed Priest And Franciscan Friar Blames Kids For Catholic Abuse Scandals, Then Changes His Mind
CW Tops GLAAD’s LGBT Character Test As TBS And History Fail Again
It is that time of year again: time for GLAAD's annual Network Responsibility Index, a tally of how LGBT characters are fairing on the major … [Read more...] about CW Tops GLAAD’s LGBT Character Test As TBS And History Fail Again
The Unchanging Republican Party Platform
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANThe manifestos produced by our political parties every four years are supposed to express the groups' deepest … [Read more...] about The Unchanging Republican Party Platform
Watch Eric Holder’s Keynote Speech Before the LGBT Bar Association: VIDEO
Last night I wrote about how Attorney General Eric Holder delivered the keynote address at the LGBT Bar Association's Lavender Law Conference. It was … [Read more...] about Watch Eric Holder’s Keynote Speech Before the LGBT Bar Association: VIDEO
Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand, and Constitutional Law
BY ARI EZRA WALDMANPaull Ryan likes to say he loves Ayn Rand. But, if you take a look at his record in Congress, he has been no acolyte of … [Read more...] about Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand, and Constitutional Law
Anti-Gay Pastor Grant Storms Convicted On Obscenity Charges
Want some piping hot Schadenfreude for breakfast? Well here it is... Anti-gay activist and self-confessed hypocrite Grant Storms, made famous for his … [Read more...] about Anti-Gay Pastor Grant Storms Convicted On Obscenity Charges
Once Again, Bob Kerrey Bucks the Nebraska Tide for Gay Rights, Marriage Equality
NYT columnist Frank Bruni talks to Bob Kerrey, the Nebraska Democrat who in 1996 as Senator made a politically perilous vote to oppose DOMA when … [Read more...] about Once Again, Bob Kerrey Bucks the Nebraska Tide for Gay Rights, Marriage Equality