Finally

Admiral Mullen and Secretary Gates deserve recognition, as does the "squeaky wheel gets the oil" organization Get Equal.

FCKH8

It's about time:

Duh!

At least they're becoming self-aware:

Nearly three-quarters of Americans (72 percent) say religious messages about homosexuality contribute to "negative views" of gays and lesbians, and nearly two-thirds (65 percent) see a connection to higher rates of suicide among gay youths.

It Breaks Your Heart

It Keeps Getting Better And Better

Bishop Eddie Long is the gift that keeps on giving:

The ex-wife of the Atlanta mega-church pastor accused of sex abuse by four young men once claimed the exalted church leader had a "vicious and violent temper" and beat her while she was pregnant with his son.

Can this get better? Yes:



Wait, do I agree with her or am I disgusted by her too?

My Adopted Senator

Religious Abuse Is Nothing New

Given the new accusations regarding televangelist Bishop Eddie Long, I'm reminded that this meme is not new. Take my favorite 50's era subversive singer/song-writer, Tom Lehrer:

Ruling From The Living Tomb

Republicans stopped the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Outdated mores and bigotry are, once again, upheld and preserved by dated, ossified politicians. My generation is being ruled from the living tomb, just like Jefferson warned...

Crazy Obsession

Andrew Shirvell is an assistant attorney general in Michigan. And he is CRAZY obsessed with the University of Michigan's student assembly president, who is gay. Watch this video; it's pretty clear what's going on here.

The Funniest Will & Grace Moment Ever

I've been recording Will & Grace to watch when I get bored. I forgot how much I hated Will and Grace (who were truly awful characters), but loved Jack and Karen. And here is the funniest Karen ever:

RIP Glen Shadix

Alabama native Glen Shadix died.

Glen was put through "gay reparative therapy." It failed. And his story is horrifying:



But Glen survived, and we will miss him. Here's 2 musical tributes for Glen!

From Beetle Juice, for being the great Otho:



And from The Nightmare Before Christmas, for being Halloween Town's Mayor:



And, less famously, he was the preacher in the, "I love my dead gay son," scene in Heathers.



I love my dead gay Glen!

Yeah Eric Stonestreet!

How I Got My Camp

"There Is Not Conclusive Evidence..."

David Boies makes homophobic ass-hat evangelical Tony Perkins his bitch.

This is why he won:

'No Evidence of Harm' from Same Sex Marriage. Watch more top selected videos about: Face the Nation

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The video might not work, but I strongly encourage you to follow the link and watch this video. It is AMAZING!!!

"The witness stand is a lonely place to lie."

My Hero

From CNN:

A flight attendant cursed out passengers, grabbed a beer then triggered an emergency chute Monday at a JFK Airport terminal, authorities say.

When the police arrived, he was having sex with his boyfriend.

"Do I Disappoint You, In Just Being Human?"

Somebody Smack This Has-Been

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich called the decision "an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution"...

"Congress now has the responsibility to act immediately to reaffirm marriage as a union of one man and one woman as our national policy," Gingrich said in a statement.

For Newt, marriage has been between 1 man and 3 women. Not at the same time, of course; that would be too traditional.

Prop 8 Overturned, 14th Amendment Next

Chief Judge Vaughn Walker (a gay, libertarian conservative first nominated to the bench by known socialist and butt-cancer survivor, Ronald Reagan) overturned California's Prop 8, stating that,

The freedom to marry is recognized as a fundamental right protected by the Due Process Clause. See, for example, Turner v Safely, 482 US 78, 95 (1987)...

Uh oh, it's the Republican/Tea Party's new worst enemy: Amendment XIV!!! But what about "traditional marriage" in the US?

The evidence shows that the movement of marriage away from a gendered institution and toward an institution free from state-mandated gender roles reflects an evolution in the understanding of gender rather than a change in marriage. The evidence did not show any historical purpose for excluding same-sex couples from marriage, as states have never required spouses to have an ability or willingness to procreate in order to marry. FF 21. Rather, the exclusion exists as an artifact of a time when the genders were seen as having distinct roles in society and in marriage. That time has passed.

Don't tell that to the fussbudgets over at Concerned Women for America. Those pious, submitting broads might rend their maternity aprons and stomp on them in disgust with their bare feet.

After going on about how the government must have a very compelling reason to restrict rights of a group of people--or some communist French nonsense like that--up comes my favorite part (which is a header, no less):

PROPOSITION 8 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT DENIES PLAINTIFFS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT WITHOUT A LEGITIMATE (MUCH LESS COMPELLING) REASON

The whole thing is a scathing page-turner. Early in the ruling, Chief Judge Walker describes how the defendants only called two witnesses, one of whom was not qualified to enter expert testimony. It's as riotous as dry legalese can get, and it reminds me of Judge Jone's ruling in Kitzmiller vs. Dover.

Cheers to Gov. Schwarzenegger for refusing to defend Prop 8. And cheers to Chief Judge Walker for including this nugget:

That the majority of California voters supported Proposition 8 is irrelevant, as “fundamental rights may not be submitted to [a] vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.” West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette...

Cue "activist."

Brilliant!

Ru Paul's Drag U is fucking brilliant! Best spin-off show ever. We gotta get a certain someone onto season 2. I'm talking about you, Miss Tobermory Thang....

TV Alert: Revenge, And Redemption, Of The Queens

The greatest insane reality show ever, Ru Paul's Drag Race, starts its offshoot--Drag U--tonight on Logo.

You know you should watch it Miss Thang. So don't fuck it up!