So… my first reaction to The Kids Are All Right was a huge wave of relief. My 12-year-old son wanted to see the film—which is being heavily advertised on every cable channel he’s allowed to watch (we block Christian stations, QVC, and MTV)—but we didn’t know if that was a good idea. The feel-good-hit-family-film-of-the-summer is […]
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The National Organization for Marriage’s Summer Tour Continues
Following their hilariously lame “scare ad,” the National Organization for Marriage produces another lame blast of video hype for their summer tour. Thanks again to Towleroad, which continues to rule the NOM beat.
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Home Depot Supports the Radical Homosexual Agenda! Who Knew?!
This just in from the American Family Association, the conservative Christian group that previously declared victory in the War on Christmas: Do not, under any circumstances, shop at Home Depot. The Home Depot is supporting “the radical homosexual agenda, and in particular for exposing young children to homosexual behavior.” What’s the right-wing’s beef with Homo […]
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So How Do You Feel About Showering With Gay Men?
So… the Pentagon is conducting a survey of troops—all presumed to be straight—to find out how they feel about serving with the gays if and when DADT is repealed. John at Americablog has discovered that you don’t have to be straight—or in the military—to participate in the online part of the survey: So much for […]
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Freaky Pastor Tries to Scare Gays Straight!
On Sunday, the National Organization for Marriage (because the institution needs an organization like this or it would fall apart) held an anti-same sex marriage rally on the capitol steps in Providence, Rhode Island. Pastor Jay Stirnemann was on hand, and began speaking in tongues in an attempt to scare the gay right out of […]
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Hitting the Streets with the Queer Patrol
So I went out with the first-ever shift of the new Portland Queer Patrol on Saturday night. Though we didn’t actually see or deal with any of the potentially-violent situations that Q Patrol was formed to fight, walking around Old Town with a posse of 15 activists and four police officers on a Saturday night […]
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Basic Rights Oregon Launches Gay Marriage TV Ads
Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) is taking it slow for same sex marriage. While places like Iowa and Washington DC are approving gay marriage through the state Supreme Court and mayoral decrees, respectively, BRO is hoping to grind away at anti-marriage sentiments slow and steady to lay the ground for passing a statewide constitutional amendment okaying […]
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Here Comes the Queer Patrol!
Joseph Robertson Starting this Saturday night, Portland will get its first-ever foot patrol cruising downtown to spot and stop potential hate crimes, along with trying to deescalate the slew of regular drunken downtown violence. The volunteer patrols, clad in pink shirts and reflective vests (ugh), will walk a loop from Red Cap Garage between old […]
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DADT: Segregation Forever!
Fierce: The Pentagon confirmed on Friday that it is considering segregating gay troops, specifically with regards to creating separate showers and/or barracks for straight and gay troops. Advocate reporter Kerry Eleveld just transcribed the following quote from Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell at Friday’s briefing about the new “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” survey: “We think it […]
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England to Foreign Gays: Your Kylie Fetish is Welcome Here
The highest-court-in-the-land over there—in the UK—just ruled that gay people fleeing persecution have a right to asylum in Great Britain. Apparently he was swayed by a recent marathon viewing of Sex and the City. If this is to be believed: Supreme Court judge Lord Rodger said gay people’s right to live freely must be protected. […]
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Hawaii’s Governor Vetoes Civil Unions Bill
The issue needs to be decided by the people, says Governor Lingle, at the ballot box. Because when it comes to marriage and marriage-like institutions, “the reflection, collective wisdom, and consent of the people” is required. The reflection, collective wisdom, and consent of the people’s duly-elected representatives just won’t do. “This decision should be made… […]