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Category Archives: NEWS
Troy Aikman Still Upset by Gay Rumor; Not His Chosen 'Lifestyle'
Troy Aikman Still Upset by Gay Rumor; Not His Chosen 'Lifestyle'
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback remains angry about the rumor in a 1996 book, and he calls being gay ‘a lifestyle people choose.’
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/sports/2015/01/19/troy-aikman-still-upset-gay-rumor-not-his-chosen-lifestyle
Antigay Group Wants Two Liberal Justices Off Marriage Case
Antigay Group Wants Two Liberal Justices Off Marriage Case
The American Family Association says Justices Kagan and Ginsburg should recuse themselves because both have conducted same-sex marriages — but the group’s reasoning is faulty.
Trudy Ring
Mike Huckabee Shores Up Old Man Bona Fides, Calls Beyoncé 'Unwholesome': VIDEO
Mike Huckabee Shores Up Old Man Bona Fides, Calls Beyoncé 'Unwholesome': VIDEO
Attempting to cling to relevance for his probable upcoming presidential run, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called into question the Obamas’ parental judgment in an interview with People that was published last week, highlighting the (false) dichotomy of Barack and Michelle’s encouragement of both broccoli and Beyoncé in their daughters’ lives. In his book he called the singer “obnoxious and toxic mental poison in the form of song lyrics”, and yesterday in an interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz he doubled-down by claiming the pop diva’s lyrics are “unwholesome” to put in one’s brain.
Alyssa Rosenberg at The Washington Post has a rundown of some of Beyonce’s songs that utterly eviscerate Huckabee’s talking points about the lack of “wholesomeness” of Beyoncé and the mistake that the Obamas have made by allowing Sasha and Malia to listen to her s.
You can watch Huckabee speak for himself AFTER THE JUMP…
Christian Walters
www.towleroad.com/2015/01/huckabee-shores-up-old-man-bona-fides-calls-beyonce-unwholesome-video.html
Morgan Reynolds Serves Up An Old School Serenade in Taylor Swift / NoDoubt Mash-Up 'Just a Gay' – VIDEO
Morgan Reynolds Serves Up An Old School Serenade in Taylor Swift / NoDoubt Mash-Up 'Just a Gay' – VIDEO
Morgan Reynolds, the man who mended his broken heart by singing Barbra Streisand all over the world last year, is back with a slowed down mash up of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” and NoDoubt’s classic “Just a Girl” that might just melt your heart.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
WATCH: Ted Olson Schools Tony Perkins on Constitution, Marriage Equality
WATCH: Ted Olson Schools Tony Perkins on Constitution, Marriage Equality
We have a Constitution override the will of the people when it discriminates, lawyer Olson tells the antigay activist.
Trudy Ring
Jeff Stryker, Gay Bob, Billy And Other Homosensual Dolls Are Remembered By These Queens
Jeff Stryker, Gay Bob, Billy And Other Homosensual Dolls Are Remembered By These Queens
It’s the tally of the dolls! Comic Mike Diamond and pal Matinga take a trip down memory lane and remember all their favorite playthings from childhood, such as “Gay Bob,” which sported a fabulously colorful wardrobe and whose packaging made him appear to burst from his closet. The duo also recall the more recent Jeff Stryker figurine and the popular Billy doll, both featuring realistic male genitalia, or as Matinga suggests “a mini-huge Jeff Stryker penis.” We’re also reminded of Barbie’s pal Magic Earring Ken, who not only showed off a single earring, but was clad in a purple mesh shirt with coordinating vest and sported a lengthy gold chain adorned with something that resembled an impressive cock ring.
Note to HBO: let’s get some anatomically correct Looking action figures in the marketplace pronto.
Get educated below.
Jeremy Kinser
Pope Francis Warns of 'Insidious Attacks' Against the Family, Tells Catholics Not to Breed 'Like Rabbits'
Pope Francis Warns of 'Insidious Attacks' Against the Family, Tells Catholics Not to Breed 'Like Rabbits'
Closing out his four day trip to the Philippines with an outdoor homily in Manila earlier today, Pope Francis railed against “insidious attacks” against the family in a thinly veiled reference to gay rights, the AP reports:
Pope Francis denounced Monday what he calls the “ideological colonization” of families and the developing world, where he says progressive, Western ideas about birth control and gay rights are increasingly being imposed by groups, institutions or individual nations — often as a condition for development aid.
Francis said Catholics don’t have to “be like rabbits” and have more children than is safe or responsible. He said there are plenty of church-approved ways to regulate births. But he said most importantly, no outside institution should impose its views on families. […]
During the Vatican’s recent meeting on the family, African bishops denounced how aid groups and lending institutions often condition their assistance on a country’s compliance with their ideals: allowing health care workers to distribute condoms, or withdrawing assistance if legislation discriminating against gays is passed.
“When imposed conditions come from imperial colonizers, they search to make people lose their own identity and make a sameness,” he said. “This is ideological colonization.”
Earlier in his trip, Pope Francis had warned gay marriage threatened to make the family “disposable.”
A record 6 million people were believed to have gathered on the streets of Manila to hear the pope’s speech today. Watch footage of the cheering crowd, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
Sexy Poster for Gay Play Banned by London Underground
Sexy Poster for Gay Play Banned by London Underground
A revealing new ad for the 20th anniversary revival of Kevin Elyot’s My Night With Reg, a classic AIDS-themed comedy, was rejected by Transport for London authorities.
Brandon Voss
Florida Reluctantly Lets Gay Couples Drive Cars
Florida Reluctantly Lets Gay Couples Drive Cars
Good news, Florida queers: you can now get have a marriage license and a driver’s license. At the same time! Miraculous!
That’s thanks to Scott and Daniel Wall-DeSousa, two Floridians who got married in New York, hyphenated their last name, and then tried to get updated drivers’ licenses in Florida.
Florida didn’t care much for that, and took away their marriage licenses. Basically, if you get gay-married and you want to drive, Florida was saying that you have to do it under your old, no-longer-legal name. But now they’ve reversed course, and the two men (and presumably anyone else who gets married) are free to drive wherever they like. Unfortunately, they live in Florida, so they’ll have to drive pretty far to get to anything good.
As goofy as Florida’s rules were, other states are looking into laws that would be far worse: one lawmaker in Virginia wants to give hospitals the right to turn away gay people. And a bunch of other states want to make it legal to take away housing, employment, or access to basic businesses and services.
Being denied the services of a florist is annoying and insulting, but what happens when it’s a bank, or a school, or the one grocery store in town?
matt baume
