Now, with so many people needing help, why would this woman continue to use food stamp money?
Greedy.
Majority of Marylanders would uphold same-sex marriage law
Fifty-two percent of respondents to a Maryland poll said they would “probably” or “definitely” vote in favor of the state’s recently-enacted same-sex marriage law should it appear on the ballot in November, while 44 percent of the 600 respondents said they would “probably” or “definintely” vote against it.
The poll was commissioned by Marylanders for Marriage Equality and conducted by Public Policy Polling.
Polls recently released by Gonzales and The Washington Post have reported the split in votes closer to 50-50. Opponents of the law are currently trying to collect the 56,000 signatures needed to put the law on the November ballot.
(source)
Southern Poverty Law Center adds 11 to list of designated anti-gay hate groups
The American “radical right” grew in 2011, a third consecutive year of extraordinary growth that has swelled the ranks of extremist groups to record levels, contributing to a significant increase in the number of anti-gay hate groups, according to a report issued today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Overall, the number of hate groups counted by the SPLC last year reached a total of 1,018, up slightly from the year before but continuing a trend of significant growth that is now more than a decade old.
The report adds 11 groups to the organization’s list of designated anti-gay hate groups.
Those groups are:
- United Families International
- Save California
- Sons of Thundr (Faith Baptist Church)
- You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide
- Parents Action League
- Jewish Political Action Committee
- Mission: America
- Windsor Hills Baptist Church
- True Light Pentecost Church
- Tom Brown Ministries
- Public Advocate of the United States
From the Southern Poverty Law Center’s report:
The SPLC report details the growth of hate groups to a record 1,018 in 2011, up from 1,002 the year before and the latest in a series of increases going back more than a decade. But the dramatic growth came in the Patriot movement, which is composed of armed militias and other conspiracy-minded organizations that see the federal government as their primary enemy. These groups saw their numbers skyrocket for the third straight year in 2011, this time by 55 percent – from 824 in 2010 to 1,274 groups last year. In 2008, just before the Patriot movement took off, there were 149 Patriot groups, a number that metastasized to 512 in 2009.
In all, Patriot groups have increased by 755 percent during the first three years of the Obama administration. Their number has now surpassed – by more than 400 groups – the previous all-time high set in 1996, when the first wave of the militia movement peaked shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing that left 168 people dead.
…The hate groups listed in this report include neo-Nazis, white nationalists, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, Klansmen and black separatists. Other hate groups on the list target LGBT people, Muslims or immigrants, and some specialize in producing racist music or propaganda denying the Holocaust.
Funny: Stuck in traffic on the way to the gym
Expert lip-sync: Surprise Party
I didn’t realize he was lip-syncing at first…
Pretty funny.
Taylor Kitsch channels James Dean in GQ Magazine
In 1955, James Dean went to Marfa, Texas, to shoot his classic film Giant. Here, actor Taylor Kitsch returns to the town, now a travel destination, to show that Dean’s laid-back ruggedness is as stylish as ever. Click here to view more in the GQ Gallery.
California: Support for marriage equality continues to grow
Fifty-six percent of likely California voters now favor allowing same-sex couples to legally marry, according to a poll released today by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).
The poll represents an increase in public support for the freedom to marry from an identically worded poll of likely voters conducted in September 2011 by Equality California, which marked support at 51%.
This news comes on the heels of a Field poll released last week that showing that support for marriage equality had reached as high as 59% among all California adults.
Madonna – Girl Gone Wild (Justin Cognito Extended Remix)
Madonna’s new single from new CD “MDNA” to be released March 28
I like! Great mix.
Dance kids….
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Funny: “Cashiers”
Hate Group – One Million Moms – abandons JC Penney/Ellen boycott
Anti-gay hate group One Million Moms (which actually only numbers about 40K) was outraged that JC Penney would affiliate itself with a “high-profile homosexual entertainer” like Ellen DeGeneres, but its attempt to boycott the store has fizzled.
Director Monica Cooley believes “only time will tell,” because the group is now moving on to other issues that require its attention.
The group’s boycott of Toys ‘R’ Us over selling a recent issue of Archie Comics has also failed miserably. The Archie Comics issue they objected to because of its same-sex wedding sold out.
(source)