Funny video from the folks at College Humor.
“Don’t make us marry your girlfriends – and we can…” 🙂
Which states are next for marriage equality?
AFER’s Matt Baume does a run down of which states may address marriage equality next.
UPS drops support of Boy Scouts over LGBT discrimination
GLAAD is reporting that the Boy Scouts will no longer be getting grants from shipping giant UPS due to their anti-gay policies.
UPS has posted this statement on their website:
The UPS Foundation seeks to support organizations that are in alignment with our focus areas, guidelines, and non-discrimination policy. UPS and The UPS Foundation do not discriminate against any person or organization with regard to categories protected by applicable law, as well as other categories protected by UPS and The UPS Foundation in our own policies. These include, but are not limited to race, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, pregnancy, age and religion.
In 2010, UPS gave $167,000 to Boy Scouts USA.
Arizona elects first openly bisexual member of Congress
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has defeated Republican Vernon Parker in the race for Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, CNN projected Monday.
Sinema’s win in the newly-created district adds one more seat to the list of pick-ups for Democrats in the House, putting the breakdown at 234 Republicans, 196 Democrats and two independents.
Sinema, a former state senator, had 48.1% of the vote compared to Parker, the former mayor of Paradise Valley, at 45.3%, according to the office of Arizona’s Secretary of State on Monday.
Sinema is the first openly bisexual member of Congress.
She will be the only out LGBT female in the House in the 113th Congress and only the second out LGBT female in Congress.
Tammy Baldwin, who served in the House since winning her seat in 1998, was elected to the Senate in Wisconsin this past Tuesday. Sinema will, however, be joining the largest group of out LGBT lawmakers on the Hill in the nation’s history. In addition to Baldwin and Sinema, out Reps. Jared Polis of Colorado and David Cicilline of Rhode Island were re-elected and Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Mark Takano of California also were elected to Congress.
Tracking the continuing growth of support for marriage equality
A new poll from the Pew Research Center takes a closer look at the changed tides of marriage equality in America with two to one support in the Northeast but opposition still in the South.
Pew explains the results:
In New England, 62% favor same-sex marriage, while 29% oppose it. In the mid-Atlantic, 57% favor and 34% oppose allowing gay marriage. Opinions among those on the Pacific Coast are similar (54% favor, 37% oppose). In the Midwest, which includes Minnesota, opinion is more evenly divided (46% favor, 44% oppose). Voters in Minnesota did not approve gay marriage, but did vote to keep the ban from becoming part of the state’s constitution.
People in the South express greater opposition. A majority (56%) in the central Southern states such as Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas oppose same-sex marriage, while about a third (35%) favors it. The divide is more narrow in the South Atlantic states such as Florida, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas (48% oppose, 42% favor).
Conservative Bill Kristol sees compromise in GOP future
Conservative columnist Bill Kristol, appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” said he feels that Republican lawmakers should learn to meet somewhere in the middle with President Obama after his solid re-election saying “elections have consequences:”
“Really? The Republican Party is going to fall on its sword to defend a bunch of millionaires, half of whom voted Democratic and half of them live in Hollywood?” he said.
“It won’t kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires,” Kristol added. “It really won’t, I don’t think. I don’t really understand why Republicans don’t take Obama’s offer.”
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Mitt Romney losing Facebook “Likes” at rate of 847 an hour
A website, Disappearing Romney, tracks Romney’s Facebook “likes” in real time.
Writes Mashable:
Soon after Romney conceded the election, though, his social media followers began dropping quickly. Since 11:30 on Tuesday, more than 55,025 users have unliked the Massachusetts Governor, at a rate of about 847 an hour.
Romney’s actually gained 17,601 Twitter followers since he lost the election. That’s odd, and might be more evidence of bot activity more than human interest, considering he hasn’t tweeted since 5:55 on Election Day—a final relic of a message reads “With your help, we will turn our country around and get America back on the path to prosperity. Please vote today.”
By comparison, Obama has increased his already-impressive social media numbers. He’s got 33,118,444 Facebook likes, which is 804,479 more than he had on election night and, most notably, 20,982,472 more than Romney had at his peak.
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Help the Ali Forney Center today – benefit today in Hells Kitchen
Today from 4-7PM at Industry Bar – 355 W. 52nd Street.
Go have some fun for $20 and help a great organization.
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Now we know what Leviticus REALLY means
