Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Site Will Send Your Gay Wedding Date To SCOTUS Ahead Of Marriage Ruling: VIDEO
Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s tietheknot.org is allowing users to create custom wedding invitations and then sends their invitations to every member of the Supreme Court.
As the Supreme Court decides on gay marriage over the next couple of months, the site aims to show the justices just how much their decision on the matter affects real lives by sending every single invitation they receive to every justice including Ruth Bader Ginsberg herself.
The card builder isn’t running yet, but users can submit their email and the site will notify them later when it’s up and running.
Watch the cute ad for the site, aiming to make a statement before the big decision in June, AFTER THE JUMP…
Angie's List CEO Who Opposed Indiana 'Religious Freedom' Law Could Challenge Mike Pence
WASHINGTON — During the recent debate over Indiana’s “religious freedom” law, there were few critics as outspoken as Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle. Oesterle canceled a $40 million expansion of the company’s headquarters in Indianapolis out of concern the law would discriminate against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. And his opposition was especially stinging because he was a fellow Republican, previously serving as a staffer to former Gov. Mitch Daniels (R).
On Wednesday, Oesterle announced he was stepping down from his position at Angie’s List, leading to speculation in the state that he may be looking to challenge Gov. Mike Pence (R).
Oesterle later on Wednesday confirmed his interest in returning to politics in an interview with The Statehouse File. He said he had no immediate plans to run for governor, although he wasn’t ruling it out. Oesterle lamented that Pence signing the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law “badly damaged” the state’s reputation, and said the task now was to repair it.
“I haven’t figured out how I’m going to do that,” Oesterle admitted. “That could involve helping somebody else run. That could involve working on legislative races. That could involve becoming a candidate myself.”
Pence may be vulnerable to a challenge now, whether from a more moderate Republican or from a Democrat. A Human Rights Campaign poll found that Pence took a hit from the controversy. Twenty-nine percent of Republicans said RFRA soured their impression of the governor; 53 percent of swing voters also had an unfavorable impression of Pence. The survey, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, found Pence deadlocked in a hypothetical race against former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg (D), who narrowly lost to Pence in 2012.
A spokesman for Pence’s campaign had no comment on Oesterle’s resignation.
Late last month, Pence signed RFRA, which would have allowed any individual or corporation to cite its religious beliefs as a defense when sued by a private party. Many opponents of the bill pointed out that because the legislation’s language was so broad, it would have opened the door to widespread discrimination against LGBT individuals.
After significant backlash both nationally and within Indiana, Pence eventually supported a revised version of the measure that made clear RFRA could not be used by businesses to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Oesterle said at the time that the new language was “insufficient,” saying his company wanted to see full RFRA repeal and LGBT protections written into law.
If he ran, Oesterle would no doubt use his support for LGBT equality and business background as a contrast to Pence and his more socially conservative positions. A poll conducted last month found that education and the economy are the top issues for Hoosiers.
Oesterle also managed Daniels’ gubernatorial campaign in 2004, and according to the former governor, it was Oesterle who suggested adding sexual orientation and gender identity protections to the campaign’s nondiscrimination policy.
On the Democratic side, to counter a business executive like Oesterle, some Hoosiers have been hoping that former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson (D) could also run for governor. Peterson is now an executive with Eli Lilly and was also instrumental in getting the “fix” to RFRA.
This week, Indiana’s Economic Development Corporation announced it had hired a global public relations firm to help repair the state’s image after the RFRA fiasco.
WISH TV also reported Wednesday that signs saying “Pence Must Go” have been popping up around the state.
“When he signed that bill, basically discriminating against the LGBT community, it made me angry,” said Kevin Warren, who is selling the signs. “This gave me an opportunity to fight back. I’ve sold about 400 to 500 so far.”
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Rock Hudson’s ‘True Love’ Reveals Intimate Details Of Their Secret Romance
Rock Hudson was at the height of his fame in the early ’60s, though his public image was decidedly different than the private life he shared with boyfriend Lee Garlington.
The two dated form 1962-1965, and now nearly 30 years after Hudson’s death from AIDS at age 59, Garlington recalls his memories of the chiseled star.
“He was a sweetheart,” Garlington, 77, tells People. “I adored him.”
Garlington was a film extra in 1962, and after hearing rumors about Hudson, decided to stage a meeting.
“He was the biggest movie star in the world and the rumors were that he was gay,” he says. “So I thought ‘Let me get an eye on him.’ I stood outside his cottage on the Universal lot, pretending to read Variety, which was probably upside down at the time. He walked out and down the street. He looked back once. That was it.”
A year passed (a year?!) and Garlington got a phone call from one of Hudson’s friends, asking if he’d like to meet the actor.
Garlington drove to Hudson’s Beverly Hills mansion for their first meeting. “Of course, he was 6-foot-4, a monster. He offered me a beer but nothing happened. Literally. I was too scared. He said ‘Well, let’s get together’ and we did.”
We suppose “let’s get together” was as good a pickup line as any for Hudson.
“I’d come over after work, spend the night and leave the next morning,” Garlington recalls to People. “I’d sneak out at 6 a.m. in my Chevy Nova and coast down the street without turning on the engine so the neighbors wouldn’t hear. We thought we were being so clever.”
They may have kept the secret from the public, but Paul Newman was another story.
“Nobody in their right mind came out. It was career suicide. We all pretended to be straight. Once we met Paul Newman and his wife [Joanne Woodward] at a premiere. He looked at me and smiled. I just read in his face – that maybe he knew Rock and I were together. We kind of laughed about it.”
Eventually, though, the passion died down and the two found they weren’t able to meet each other’s needs.
“One of the reasons we went our own way because in a way I wanted a father figure and he was not strong enough,” he says. “Rock wasn’t a real strong personality. He was a gentle giant.”
After Hudson’s death, Garlington read the actor’s autobiography in which Hudson refers to Garlington as his “true love.”
“I broke down and cried,” he recalls. “I just lost it. He said his mother and I were the only people he ever loved. I had no idea I meant that much to him.”
Matt Baume Gazes into the Crystal Ball of the 2016 Election to See What It Means for LGBT People: VIDEO
Marriage news soothsayer Matt Baume has been playing hocus pocus in the studio and looks into his crystal ball to predict what will happen in 2016 with the presidential election and how it will affect LGBT rights.
Hillary Clinton: Supreme Court Should Rule In Favor Of Same-Sex Marriage
Hillary Clinton wants the Supreme Court to rule in favor of same-sex marriage, her campaign revealed on Wednesday.
“Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sexcouples being guaranteed that constitutional right,” a Hillary for America spokesperson told the Washington Blade.
She first came out in favor of same-sex marriage in 2013, but she told NPR in June that she thought states should be able to decide whether or not legalize it — leaving many supporters wondering whether she backed marriage equality nationally.
“For me, marriage had always been a matter left to the states,” she said. “And in many of the conversations that I and my colleagues and supporters had, I fully endorse the efforts by activists who work state by state, and in fact that is what is working.”
During her 2008 presidential bid, she supported civil unions but stopped short of supporting full equality.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on same-sex marriage in June.
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Rock Hudson was at the height of his fame in the early ’60s, though his public image was decidedly different than the private life he shared with boyfriend Lee Garlington.
“I’d come over after work, spend the night and leave the next morning,” Garlington recalls to People. “I’d sneak out at 6 a.m. in my Chevy Nova and coast down the street without turning on the engine so the neighbors wouldn’t hear. We thought we were being so clever.”