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Anderson Cooper Scolds Reporter Who Asks For 'Selfie' At Ottawa Shooting Site

Anderson Cooper Scolds Reporter Who Asks For 'Selfie' At Ottawa Shooting Site
Anderson Cooper got into a verbal altercation with a Sun News contributor Wednesday night while reporting live on the horrific shooting in Ottawa, Canada.

Cooper was taking a break from live coverage when journalist Vandon Gene approached him and asked for a photo. Cooper quickly denied the request due to the circumstances, telling Gene to “have a little respect.”

But when he wouldn’t back down, Cooper didn’t hold back.

“No, I will not take a photo with you on a day where someone was killed,” Cooper said firmly. “It seems wildly inappropriate.”

Gene continued to press Cooper on Twitter Wednesday night for refusing to take a picture with him.

“I can’t believe CNN would employ you when you SWEAR to your fans,” he tweeted. Adding: “I simply asked for a photo. YOU are exploiting this tragedy by flying to Ottawa from NYC. I just got out of a 12 hr lockdown.”

The tweets have since been deleted, but were captured in a screen grab:

I wonder if @SunNewsNetwork is aware of the conduct of their employee @vandongene here? pic.twitter.com/zsbEgRTVSk

— Chris Alexander (@ChrisAlexand3r) October 23, 2014

And Cooper responded:

.@vandongene dude, you were rude and asking for a selfie near where a soldier was killed. It was completely inappropriate. Think about it

— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) October 23, 2014

.@vandongene I can’t believe any station employs you, and if you want to be a journalist, learn how to behave when covering a story

— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) October 23, 2014

Gene apologized early Thursday morning for the incident, though not to Cooper directly:

I unreservedly apologize for my actions yesterday. It was completely inappropriate, disrespectful, and distasteful.

— Vandon Gene (@vandongene) October 23, 2014

H/T Mediaite

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/anderson-cooper-selfie-vandon-gene-sun-news_n_6034474.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

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Alliance Defending Freedom Claims Anti-gay Idaho Wedding Chapel Never Sought Non-Profit Status – VIDEO

Alliance Defending Freedom Claims Anti-gay Idaho Wedding Chapel Never Sought Non-Profit Status – VIDEO

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Anti-gay Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has posted a response to a letter from the city of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho relating to the litigation group’s discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a local wedding chapel, reports Joe My God.

Donald and Evelyn Knapp, the owners of Hitching Post, a wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene, claim in the lawsuit that the city’s ordinance prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians is unconstitutionally forcing them to violate their religious beliefs by performing same-sex marriages.

Back in May, the Knapps said that they would rather close their doors than perform same-sex wedding ceremonies.

The letter sent by the city to ADF on October 20th makes it clear that, although the Knapps registered their business as a religious corporation early this month, “based on the facts and their corporate status at the time [the couple refused to perform a same-sex wedding],” Hitching Post comes under the city’s non-discrimination order.

However, ADF has posted a response on its website backing on claims that Hitching Post has in fact been registered as a non-profit religious organization.  ADF has attacked the city’s “disingenuous waffling” and is now arguing that the Coeur d’Alene intends to “prosecute a for-profit business.”

Knapps“The city has said explicitly, repeatedly, and publicly that it would prosecute a for-profit business. That’s what the Hitching Post is, and it has never claimed to be anything other than that.

“While the Knapps do operate a ministry, they charge a fee for the ceremonies in order to be able to make a modest living. Therefore, the city, in its letter and elsewhere, is admitting that it would prosecute these pastors, who are clearly under a present threat of being sent to jail, fined, or both.

“The city has had months to figure out its own ordinance, and our clients have years of incarceration and devastating fines hanging over their heads. The city’s disingenuous waffling is indefensible.”

Earlier this month, the ADF began lobbying Slovakia’s constitutional court to allow activists to place a referendum on the country’s ballot that would reinforce the current bans on gay marriage, adoption, and domestic partner protections. The ADF’s efforts in promoting bigotry abroad were profiled in Human Rights Campaign’s “Export of Hate” report last month.

Watch an ABC report on the case, AFTER THE JUMP…


Jim Redmond

www.towleroad.com/2014/10/adfbacks.html

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The Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer Has Finally Arrived: WATCH

The Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer Has Finally Arrived: WATCH

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For those of you who somehow missed it, the Avengers: Age of Ultron debut trailer dropped last night, having already racked up over 6 million views on YouTube. 

The superhero blockbuster, which arrives in theaters next May, has Earth’s mightiest heroes teaming up once again – this time to face off against the maniacal artificial intelligence known as Ultron (voiced and motion captured by James Spader)

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP…

Avengers: Age of Ultron also stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver).

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Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2014/10/the-avengers-age-of-ultron-trailer-has-finally-arrived-watch.html

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