LGBTQ news and entertainment
“If slavery were so God-awful, why didn’t Jesus or Paul condemn it, why was it in the Constitution and why wasn’t there a war before 1861?”
“The South has always stood by the Constitution and limited government. When one attacks the Confederate Battle Flag, he is certainly denouncing these principles of government as well as Christianity.” – GOP Arkansas state Rep. Roy Mauch, in a letter to a local newspaper.
Do I even have to add – “SRSLY?”
via JoeMyGod
“Some Americans could use a sermon on politics — and yesterday, they got one! More than 1,400 pastors joined Pulpit Freedom Sunday, challenging the IRS’s rules on what churches can and can’t say about elections. The project, part of Alliance Defending Freedom’s outreach, was first introduced to FRC’s pastors network in 2008. Since then, the number of churches involved has absolutely exploded, making yesterday’s event the most successful yet. ADF launched the initiative in hopes of challenging a 1954 tax code called the Johnson Amendment, which bans tax-exempt organizations from making political endorsements. ‘The purpose is to make sure that the pastor and not the IRS decides what is said from the pulpit,’ said ADF’s Erik Stanley. If the IRS does take action on the thousands of recorded sermons that will be flooding its offices from yesterday, one thing’s for sure. ADF will be ready!” – Hate group leader Tony Perkins, via press release.
Filmmaker Jonathan Lisecki has turned his award-winning short film Gayby (about a gay man having a baby with his best girlfriend) into a feature film. The project is opening in limited release over the next couple of weeks.
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin leads Tommy Thompson, a former four-term governor, by 49% to 46%, according to the liberal-leaning pollster on Monday.
The three-point margin matches the 3-4 point lead Baldwin has shown in two other PPP polls, and reflects polling from Marquette University Law School and other sources that has found Baldwin with a lead in the past month.
The seven-term incumbent could become the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate, and she would be the first woman to represent Wisconsin in the upper chamber.
I have no idea why this song crossed my mind today, but it did.
I love how over the top and fun this performance is. Truly – this is what happens when good chiffon goes bad.
Love it.
A forthcoming reality series follows a group of gay men vying to be represent the United States in the ‘Mr. Gay World’ competion and are tested for “hotness, strength, knowledge, leadership and much more.”
Not sure what to think about this, but these days in reality TV anything goes. I’ll definitely check out the pilot and see.
Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have decided to split after 30 years of marriage.
The 67-year-old actor and the 64-year-old actress married in 1982 after meeting on the set of the hit series Taxi. They have three children together – Lucy, 29, Grace, 27, and Jacob, 24.
Danny currently stars on the FX comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Rhea recently had a guest stint on HBO’s Hung.
The news was first reported by Entertainment Tonight.
More good news from Washington state’s campaign for marriage equality:
Washington voters appear poised to enact changes in social policy, legalizing same-sex marriage and possession of marijuana, that will be noticed across the country, according to a new SurveyUSA poll for KING/5 News. The poll found Referendum 74, which would make Washington the seventh state to enact marriage equality, leading by a 55-40 percent margin with just 6 percent undecided. No state in America has ever voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The issue is also on the ballot in Maryland and Maine.
Republican Washington State Rep. Maureen Walsh appears in the newest ad for Washington United for Marriage.
From the website WeLoveSoaps comes the news that Emmy and Tony Award winner Judith Light will be joining the cast of TNT’s DALLAS for it’s upcoming 2nd season.
Word is she will be playing “an authoritative and controlling battle-ax who will fight to the death to protect the people she loves. And for the people she loves, she uses every psychological trick in the book to make them do what she wants.”
Judith is one of those actresses with the unique ability to play vulnerable characters with strength.
Sound like a good fit for DALLAS. What do you think?