LGBTQ news and entertainment
From Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council.
If this was the only clip of Tony Perkins you ever saw of him, other than the bile dripping from his voice as he speak the words “homosexuality” and “biblical standard of morality,” you might not know what a hateful bigot he is.
How this man goes day after day campaigning against others; must be draining.
At last night’s Boston Bruins game – the first major sporting event in Boston since the bombing – Americans made their voices heard.
Rene Rancourt, who has been singing the National Anthem there for more than 40 years, began to sing. He quickly let the crowd take over.
We are Americans. We will not be terrorized.
Forward.
University of California, Los Angeles, football coach Jim Mora has made a strong statement that he would welcome openly gay players to his team.
In a video for You Can Play, a campaign aimed at improving the environment for LGBT athletes, Mora says, “At UCLA, we play with integrity and we honor diversity. We respect all athletes and coaches. If you can play, you can play. And if you can coach, you can coach.”
The video is the first in the campaign to feature a head football coach prominently, reports Yahoo! Sports.
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Notice how fewer people are injured since he doesn’t have a 30 round magazine?
Things that make you go “hmm….”
Texas’ Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted 5-0 this afternoon to advance Senate Bill 538, which would repeal the state’s law banning sodomy.
From Equality Texas:
SB 538 would repeal §21.06 of the Penal Code, the Homosexual Conduct Law, which was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas decision. The bill would also amend the Health and Safety Code to delete the statement that “homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense under §21.06, Penal Code.”
SB 538 is the first legislation ever filed in the Texas Senate to repeal the unenforceable §21.06 of the Penal Code. Identical legislation has been filed in the Texas House this session [HB 1701 by Farrar and HB 3232 by Coleman] and in every session since the Lawrence v. Texas decision.
The legislation was filed by Senator José Rodríguez of El Paso.
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A suspect has been arrested over the mailing of letters laced with the deadly poison ricin to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), NBC News reports:
The suspect was identified as Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Miss., federal officials told NBC News.
According an the FBI bulletin obtained by NBC News, both letters, postmarked April 8, 2013 out of Memphis, Tenn., included an identical phrase, “to see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance.”
In addition, both letters are signed: “I am KC and I approve this message.”
New Zealand member of parliament, Maurice Williamson delivers what may be the best (and funniest) speech on behalf of marriage equality ever.
Mr. Williamson has his colleagues in stitches with his reactions to opposition to marriage equality.
‘Gay rainbow across my electorate’ is sure to be on the short list of new catch phrases of 2013.
Thank you Mr. Williamson!
Wow. The adrenaline gets going as he takes his final flight after two test runs.
Wow.
Apparently TV news video and video from a Lord & Taylor department store has played a part in identifying a potential suspect.
According to reports, no arrest has taken place at this time.
Stay tuned.