Daily Archives: June 26, 2015
WATCH: Will Ian McKellen Marry Derek Jacobi?
WATCH: Will Ian McKellen Marry Derek Jacobi?
Actually, the two great gay actors aren’t engaged, but Thomas Roberts had the impression they were.
Trudy Ring
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White House Goes Rainbow After Gay Marriage Supreme Court Decision
White House Goes Rainbow After Gay Marriage Supreme Court Decision
The White House was lit up in the colors of the rainbow on Friday night to celebrate the Supreme Court’s historic ruling that made same-sex marriage legal across all 50 states.
“Tonight, the White House was lit to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to progress and equality, here in America and around the world,” the White House said in a statement. “The pride colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community, and tonight, these colors celebrate a new chapter in the history of American civil rights.”
A bold decorating choice, but sometimes, you just gotta go with your heart. And it matched the mood around the nation, and the double rainbow that appeared over the White House not long after the Supreme Court’s ruling.
LOOK: @WhiteHouse lights up in rainbow colors to celebrate #SCOTUS same-sex marriage ruling pic.twitter.com/205qp8TE2U
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 27, 2015
Celebrating #LoveWins at the people’s house. Join us. pic.twitter.com/QfO1O9ILyC
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 27, 2015
The White House is lit up rainbow. pic.twitter.com/idCtt0vjRZ
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) June 27, 2015
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VIDEO: Love WINS at the Supreme Court
VIDEO: Love WINS at the Supreme Court
Today, we witnessed history together as America took her seat as the twenty-fifth country with marriage equality.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/video-love-wins-at-the-supreme-court?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Adam Baldwin Hates SCOTUS; Nick Jonas, Charli XCX And Jane Fonda Love It
Adam Baldwin Hates SCOTUS; Nick Jonas, Charli XCX And Jane Fonda Love It
Well, Adam Baldwin isn’t feeling SCOTUS. The actor/professional bummer, best-known for appearing in the TV series Firefly and the film Full Metal Jacket, been in a Twitter frenzy for the better part of the day, firing off “witticisms” and criticisms such as these:
SCOTUS Rules! There’s no need for POTUS or Congress anymore. #MenInBlack #Tyranny
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) June 26, 2015
Federalize All of the Things! SCOTUS should abolish the Bill of Rights. #ForPurposesOfFairness
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) June 26, 2015
But, since he’s already demonstrated he’s a bad person — the type of fellow who once compared gay marriage to incest — he can kindly piss off.
Related: Twitter Overflows With SCOTUS Joy: From Obama To Bomer, Clinton to Chachki
In brighter news: The video below features the likes of Nick Jonas, Jane Fonda, Jordin Sparks, David Hyde Pierce and Charli XCX offering their own personal opinions about the Supreme Court ruling, and the response — as you’ve probably gathered — is over the moon.
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7 Things List: June 26, 2015
7 Things List: June 26, 2015
Our entertainment and events highlights this week include NYC pride on the 46th anniversary of Stonewall, the sound of kissing boys in the street, and the magic men of that XXL sequel.
Advocate.com Editors
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2015/06/26/7-things-list-june-26-2015
Ted Cruz Wants To Be Able To Vote Out Supreme Court Justices
Ted Cruz Wants To Be Able To Vote Out Supreme Court Justices
After calling the last day “some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is now calling for Supreme Court justices to face elections.
In a National Review op-ed published Friday, Cruz chastised the high court for its decisions to reject a major challenge to Obamacare and to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
“Both decisions were judicial activism, plain and simple,” Cruz writes. “Both were lawless.”
To challenge that “judicial activism,” Cruz said he is proposing a constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court justices to face retention elections every eight years.
“The decisions that have deformed our constitutional order and have debased our culture are but symptoms of the disease of liberal judicial activism that has infected our judiciary,” Cruz writes. “A remedy is needed that will restore health to the sick man in our constitutional system. Rendering the justices directly accountable to the people would provide such a remedy.”
Under Cruz’s proposed amendment, justices would have to be approved by a majority of American voters as well as by the majority of voters in least half of the states. If they failed to reach the required approval rating, they would be removed from office and barred from serving on the Supreme Court in the future.
Cruz, who is running for president in 2016, was among many Republican candidates criticizing the justices after a strong week for liberals at the court.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who is expected to jump in the presidential race soon, also offered up a proposed constitutional fix to combat the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision. In a statement, Walker argued for an amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman — a proposal Cruz has also floated.
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All Eyes Now on Australian Marriage Equality
All Eyes Now on Australian Marriage Equality
Australia, which currently allows civil unions between same sex couples, is the next country with an opportunity to approve nationwide marriage equality.
HRC.org
News: Kansas City, Harry Potter, Mars, Tom Daley
News: Kansas City, Harry Potter, Mars, Tom Daley
Kansas City elects its first LGBT city council member.
32 of the best brand tweets celebrating marriage equality.
Adam Lambert stuns on the red carpet for Logo TV’s 2015 Trailblazer Honors.
J.K. Rowling announces that a Harry Potter stage play will debut next year.
Celebrate marriage equality and #FlashbackFriday with Queen’s “We Are The Champions”
Will Catholic Republican side with the Pope on climate change?
Poll finds Hillary Clinton’s lead over New Hampshire Democrats dwindling.
Tom Daley says he wants to get married and have children someday.
Andrew Sullivan: It Is Accomplished. “I think of the gay kids in the future who, when they figure out they are different, will never know the deep wound my generation—and every one before mine—lived through: the pain of knowing they could never be fully part of their own family. I think, more acutely, of the decades and centuries of human shame and darkness and waste and terror that defined gay people’s lives for so long. I think of all those who supported this movement who never lived to see this day, who died in the ashes from which this phoenix of a movement emerged. This momentous achievement is their victory too—for marriage, as Kennedy argued, endures past death.”
Channing Tatum and the other Magic Mike XXL men kick off the film’s premiere in Hollywood
Bristol Palin gets knocked up again.
NASA ponders where to land astronauts on Mars.
Gunman disguised as tourist opens fire at Tunisian hotel, killing 37.
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is building his own private Middle Earth with a live-in Hobbit hole inside his New Zealand mansion.
A brief history of Chicago’s Pride parade. “Before diving in, it’s important to note that the gay community in Chicago took root long before Stonewall. Way back in 1924, Chicago’s Henry Gerber formed “the nation’s first chartered LGBT rights organization.” (Just last week, the U.S. Department of Interior declared the Henry Gerber House in Old Town a National Historic Landmark, the second-ever LGBT-related property to earn such a distinction.) But while Chicago would continue to see gay activists rise to prominence in the coming decades, the first gay pride parade wouldn’t be until June 27, 1970.”
And in case you haven’t noticed, you can add a rainbow filter to your Facebook profile photo now.
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