Little Rock Catholic Bishop Plays Incest Card in Marriage Case
Today HRC denounced Bishop Anthony Taylor of the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock for writing a legal brief in which he invoked incest in urging the Arkansas Supreme Court to keep the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
HRC.org
One Direction’s “Family Values” Man Shoots Guns With The Duck Dynasty Clan
Liam Payne has enraged One Direction fans on Twitter again this week by holding a massive camouflage rifle while posing for a photo with members of the notoriously homophobic Duck Dynasty clan at their home in Louisiana.
The 21-year-old One Direction singer was apparently at Duck Dynasty headquarters earlier this week to “shoot clay pigeons” with the family while discussing god knows what.
His friend Andy Samuels posted (and quickly deleted) the photo below with the caption: “Today I shot a gun at a clay disc thing and I loved it.”
Payne enraged fans in January for expressing his fetish for “family values” and deep respect for the Robertson family, most of whom have defended their record of being unabashedly anti-gay. Many questioned whether Payne was a fan of the Robertson family values, which include believing that “AIDS is god’s penalty for immorality.”
This week, fans are criticizing him for posing with guns more than posing with this family, an offense we think is exponentially more disgusting.
Earlier this month, Payne responded on Twitter to accusations that he was gay after photos allegedly showing him having gay sex appeared online (you didn’t miss anything – they’re horribly photoshopped).
I’m 100% not homophobic. But I’m also 100% not gay so when somebody says I am I’m gunna say I’m not which does not make me a homophobe
— liam (@Real_Liam_Payne) September 21, 2014
Oh, ok Liam.
Queerty Editor
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1624
BLACKHAT: Trailer for the upcoming heist-thriller starring Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis.
CHRIS PRATT: Gets prank called by his wife Anna Faris and Ellen.
UNNECESSARY CENSORSHIP: Jimmy Kimmel’s weekly tribute to the FCC.
THE CARTERS: An inside look at Beyonce and Jay-Z’s private moments.
For more recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE.
Kyler Geoffroy
www.towleroad.com/2014/09/towleroad-guide-to-the-tube-1624.html
Teacher Suspended Twice for Slapping 'I'm gay' Sticker on Student – LGBT Community is Stunned!
A teacher, who was suspended for writing "I’m gay" on a piece of masking tape and sticking it on the back of a student’s jacket last year received a second suspension this month. Daniel Mark…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=foO6J8DFG0c&feature=youtube_gdata
Aspiring Catholic Priest Quits Church in Protest of LGBT Firings
Benjamin Brenkert has written an open letter to Pope Francis urging him to stop the firings and speak out against discrimination.
Trudy Ring
Conservatives Don't Want You To Vote For Pro-Marriage Equality GOP Candidates
Three leading conservative organizations said Thursday that they will “mount a concerted effort” urging voters to refuse to cast ballots for three Republican candidates who support legalizing same-sex marriage.
As BuzzFeed first reported, the presidents of Family Research Council Action, the National Organization for Marriage and CitizenLink sent a letter to Republican leaders in both the House and Senate voicing their opposition to Senate candidate Dr. Monica Wehby and openly gay congressional candidates Carl DeMaio and Richard Tisei.
Tisei is running against former Marine Seth Moulton (D) in Massachusetts, DeMaio is challenging Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Wehby is working to unseat Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.).
“We cannot in good conscience urge our members and fellow citizens to support candidates like DeMaio, Tisei or Wehby,” the letter reads. “They are wrong on critical, foundational issues of importance to the American people. Worse, as occupants of high office they will secure a platform in the media to advance their flawed ideology and serve as terrible role models for young people who will inevitably be encouraged to emulate them.”
The letter calls the three candidates “antithetical” to the Republican Party’s platform.
“While we acknowledge that a national party must accommodate varying points of view on matters of prudence, we also believe a party must stand for certain core principles that it expects its candidates to defend,” the groups explained.
DeMaio and Tisei could both make history this cycle as the first openly gay Republicans elected to Congress. Wehby announced her support for marriage equality earlier this month.
Charlie Szold, a spokesman for Tisei, suggested to The Huffington Post in an email that he thought factions within the GOP should focus on economic issues rather than inter-party fights over issues like marriage equality.
“Richard has never been afraid to take on members of his own party,” Szold said of Tisei. “When Mitt Romney was governor, Richard looked him in the eye and told the governor he was wrong about marriage equality. The Republican Party is best when it promotes freedom, and focuses on fixing the economy and lowering the cost of living for hard working middle class families.”
DeMaio spokesman Dave McCulloch called the group’s letter “destructive” in an email to HuffPost.
“While unfortunate, the destructive actions of these intolerant groups come as no surprise,” McCulloch said. “They know Carl DeMaio is a leader working to make his own party more inclusive and positive, rather than focused on divisive social issues that are none of government’s business in the first place.”
Wehby’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Just under one-third of conservatives support marriage equality, according to a May Gallup poll, though a March Pew poll found that 61 percent of Republicans under 30 favor it.
HRC Panel Highlights Issues Facing Bisexual Youth
HRC convened a panel of bisexual activists, youth and youth-serving professionals to discuss the findings of the HRC Foundation’s report Supporting and Caring for Our Bisexual Youth.
HRC.org
Watch As Marie Osmond Is Transformed Into Madonna, Marilyn And Elizabeth Taylor
During her ’70s heyday, entertainer Marie Osmond was a paragon of wholesomeness while singing a string of popular pop songs, often with her teen idol brother Donny. Therefore, it’s little surprise she’s ready to demonstrate her sex appeal in her popular Las Vegas production The Donny and Marie Show. For “Showstopper” a new production number in the show at the Flamingo Hotel, Marie pays homage to a number of other icons with a decidedly more sensual reputation. The Mormon-raised Marie, who gets eternal props for being such a supportive mother to lesbian daughter Jessica, pays tribute to 24 other famous ladies, including “Vogue”-era Madonna, sultry sex symbol Marilyn Monroe and that eternal vixen Elizabeth Taylor.
Be amazed at Osmond’s transformation below.
Jeremy Kinser
Catholic Church Music Director Fired For Same-Sex Nuptials Speaks Out: VIDEO
After getting married to his partner, Minnesotan church music director Jamie Manzi-Moore [top right] was forced to resign from his congregation in St. Victoria, MN. He’s on his honeymoon, and hasn’t commented on the firing — until now.
Speaking with CBS Minnesota, Manzi-Moore is unequivocal that “Archbishop Nienstedt was the person requesting [his] resignation.”
The Archbishop has claimed that the church reached out to him for advice, but Manzi-Moore tells another story. He says that after coming out to his community, his church’s Father White reached out to the Archbishop, telling him the church wanted to keep Manzi-Moore on staff, regardless of his sexuality. Manzi-Moore says Archbishop Nienstedt never responded to this request.
While Manzi-Moore says he felt “heartbroken” when he heard the news of his firing from the church, and he does not have another job lined up, he was not exactly surprised by the news — his comments sound more resigned than angry:
I have known ever since going to work for the Catholic Church that this could be a possibility at some point in time […] It might take me a while to quote unquote, ‘come back.’ But I was born and raised Catholic and I love the Catholic faith.
Watch a CBS Minnesota report on the story, AFTER THE JUMP…
It bears repeating that Archbishop Nienstedt has a history of anti-gay remarks and recently refused to leave his post despite allegations of sexual misconduct and covering up the sexual abuse of children.
Jake Folsom
www.towleroad.com/2014/09/gay-church-employee-responds-to-church-on-firing.html
