NOM Issues Hypocritical And Repressive 2016 Presidential Marriage Pledge
Not content with completely humiliating themselves pre-Obergefell, NOM has decided to continue their soon-to-be redundant fight in the era of equality in all 50 states. They have issued a pledge to...
View ArticleIreland LGBT Charity Targeted In Biological Hoax Terrorist Attack
Evidently, anti-LGBT conservatives are still whining about losing a popular vote in Ireland, and are now lashing out violently.From Gay Star News:A bomb squad was called to the office of an Irish gay...
View ArticleDear NOM: This Isn't "Playing The Victim Card". This Is The Reality Of LGBT...
NOM has announced its support for the "First Amendment Defense Act" introduced by Mike Lee, which prevents the federal government from doing anything about discrimination against married same-sex...
View ArticleRussia's Latest Treatment Of LGBT People
Russia is taking time out from shooting down commercial passenger planes to continue to persecute its LGBT citizens at home.From Gay Star News:A gay activist in Russia was fined for holding a LGBTI...
View ArticleNOM Compares The Fight Over Marriage Equality To World War II
We've seen a lot insanity from the religious right over marriage equality lately, most notably with Rick Scarborough pledging to be shot and burned ('cause, you know, that's totally going to...
View ArticleAustralian Christian Lobby's Hypocrisy On Schools And LGBT Issues
In the recent, renewed debate over marriage equality in Australia, Catholic archdioceses recently courted controversy after they put together a 15-page book in opposition to marriage equality. (When...
View ArticleNOM Responds To Marriage Equality Decision
In response to this morning's totally awesome, fantastic, oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-how-fucking-great-this-is decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing marriage equality nationwide, NOM has released...
View ArticleWhen You Don't Know If You Should Laugh Or Throw Up
Conservative Catholic blog CatholicVote has released this video about marriage equality. In it, you will hear the emotional, heart-wrenching stories of bigots, as they tell us of the struggles that...
View ArticleSam Brownshirt Continues To Be A Pain In The Ass
It now seems that the last holdout against marriage equality after the Supreme Court's decision is Kansas. Couples can marry in every county, but Gov. Brownshirt is continuing to obstruct state...
View ArticleThe Delusions Of The Christian Right
NOM reports on Kentucky county clerks who refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples:These Kentucky clerks are absolute heroes. All American citizens are encouraged to stand up for marriage,...
View ArticleAt What Point Can You Say That The Religious Right Wants LGBT People Dead?
I've always been amazed by the callousness and cruelty of the religious right. No matter how much you bang your head against their wall, just pleading and begging for them to see the humanity of LGBT...
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Pro-LGBT Church In Georgia Vandalized
From LGBTQ Nation:Authorities say vandals have spray-painted a Bible passage that condemns homosexual sex on a church whose pastor and his partner were among the first gay couples to receive a marriage...
View ArticleCroatia Bans Free Speech For LGBT People
Croatia is one step closer to being Russia after a court ruled it illegal to call out the homophobia of Croatian journalist Karolina Vidović Krišto.From Zagreb Pride:vIn a recent decision, the Osijek...
View ArticleSix People Stabbed At Jerusalem Pride Parade
It's not just Christianity and Islam. Judaism has a problem with LGBT people too:The BBC reports that police have arrested a man who stabbed six people at the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem. Yishai...
View ArticleMore Demands From The Religious Right
Here's NOM bleating about the (unfortunately remote) possibility that LGBT people will finally get anti-discrimination protections at the federal level. I've had to remove their bolding to add mine for...
View Article"Respect, Compassion And Sensitivity"? Yeah, Right.
Once again, the Catholic Church demonstrates it does not know the meaning of either word, and once again, it shifts the goal posts away from its own teachings to continue to exclude LGBT people.Now...
View ArticleLiberal Party Of Australia Rejects Conscience Vote On Marriage Equality
This disappointing news is breaking in the last few minutes:Coalition MPs have decided not to allow themselves a free vote on same-sex marriage, after a marathon meeting at Parliament House. Fairfax...
View ArticleA Texas Conservative Openly Calls For Violence Against LGBT People
On Thursday, Texas conservative Steven Hotze launched his "Faith, Family, Freedom Tour" with the aim of influencing Huston's upcoming municipal elections and, of course, trying to fight their civil...
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Tony Abbott's Marriage Equality Suicide Bomb
Late Tuesday night, I saw the news regarding marriage equality in Australia that Prime Minister Tony Abbott had decided not to allow his MPs to vote for marriage equality if they so chose, instead...
View ArticleMalaysia's Regression On LGBT Equality
This is from Malaysia, a "moderate" Muslim country:Malaysia’s Prime Minister has said his government will not protect LGBTI rights because they are at odds with Islam. Najib Razak made the comments...
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Pro-LGBT Church In North Carolina Vandalized
More from the side that has the nerve to lecture us about tolerance:Wedgewood Church in Charlotte, North Carolina isn’t shy about its progressive beliefs. Its website includes a banner that reads...
View ArticleIt's Official: Kim Davis Is In Contempt Of Court
After the Supreme Court refused to allow Kentucky's Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to deny marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight, while she appeals against an order requiring her to, the...
View ArticleHere's What Could Happen If Kim Davis' Version Of "Religious Freedom" Is...
When it comes to Kim Davis, I don't know where to begin. There's so much to cover: the anarchic chaos she is trying to establish a precedent for; the deeply troubling groundswell of support she has...
View ArticleFayetteville Upholds Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
A fantastic result, and a show of a promising turnaround since last December:In a reversal of a similar special election last year, Fayetteville voters resoundingly ratified the city’s Uniform Civil...
View ArticleAnti-LGBT Hate On Display In New York
We begin with an arson attack on a pro-LGBT church:A newly installed rainbow-painted bench at the First Presbyterian Church — signifying the church’s openness toward the gay and lesbian community — was...
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The Latest Intolerance Of LGBT People
First of all, my apologies for not having written anything in almost two months. I'm in my last year (now weeks) of high school, and have had to work pretty hard studying for a while. But now that I've...
View ArticleHere Are Three More Complete And Utter Delusions From The Religious Right
The headline's nothing new, but it doesn't make it any less insane.We start with NOM, who enthusiastically posted an article from National Review about the importance of marriage.The article said:But...
View ArticleWhen Identity Politics Goes Mad
If you watch Dave Rubin's interview with Douglas Murray, you will see at the end how they both express opposition to identity politics despite both being gay men.Hopefully this will shine a little...
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Anti-Gay Bigot Who Complained About Campbell's Soup Ad Gets Trolled In The...
The New Civil Rights Movement reports on the Campbell’s ad featuring a gay family and the inevitable conservative shit fit that follows:Remember the adorable Campbell's Soup ad from last month? The one...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop Of Santo Domingo Calls U.S. Ambassador A "F*ggot"
The latest from the Religion of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity:A Catholic cardinal from the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo has described the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic as a...
View ArticleNOM Endorses Ted Cruz For President
They released this press release explaining their endorsement:The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today announced they have endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz for president of the United States. NOM...
View ArticleThe Latest Example Of The Conservative Persecution Complex
Anti-LGBT politicians in Texas are now claiming that an attempt to secure the public records of politicians and their associations with anti-LGBT groups is bullying.From The New Civil Rights...
View ArticleAn Uncomfortable Truth About Europe's Migrant Crisis
Two stories that I’ve read recently, I hope, will be a big wake-up call to liberals who have no reservations about the unprecedented flow of Muslim migrants to the West.The first is from Gay Star...
View ArticleGreg Abbott Orders Display That He Doesn't Like Taken Down
With every day, the religious right’s hypocrisy and desire to censure becomes clearer:A mock nativity scene at the Texas Capitol in which Baby Jesus was represented as the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of...
View ArticleMore Delusions From The Religious Right
I don’t think there will ever be a time when I don't use that title.We begin with NOM’s plan to stop the possible legalization of civil unions in Bermuda:There are rumors that the government of Bermuda...
View ArticleRick Santorum Would Enforce DOMA
This is probably just an attempt to get some much-needed relevance, although I take his word that he’d do it:"I think it is the role of the president to put the court back in the role as it should,...
View ArticleIf Islam Is To Be Reformed, This Has Got To Stop
I recently came across an article by Rana Elmir, the president of the Michigan chapter of the ACLU, in which she explains why, as a Muslim, she refuses to condemn Islamic terrorism. It is, without a...
View ArticleThis Alabama Police Chief Is A Neo-Confederate
Last year (in fact exactly today, last year), Christian conservative bigots were up in arms over the firing of Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran for distributing a homophobic, sexist and anti-semitic...
View ArticleNo President Should Aid And Abet Incitement To Genocide
I’ve made this video which quickly explains what Ted Cruz has done with the National Religious Liberties Conference, which is be warned about the hateful speech of the organizer, go anyway, listen to...
View ArticleNOM's Bigotry Turns Into Personal Animosity Towards Jim Obergefell
Now plumbing the depths of pettiness and mean-spiritedness, and in an incredibly offensive comparison of marriage equality opponents to victims of gun violence, NOM has condemned President Obama for...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Are Handing Out Leaflets Condemning The Cologne Assaults
I took a lot of heat for my diary explaining why Muslim leaders need to condemn terrorism. But in this story we see the other side to what I said. Some Syrian refugees are going above and beyond by...
View ArticleNOM Didn't Reach Their Goal In Their End Of 2015 Fundraiser
For the past few years, NOM has conducted a fundraiser in which they attempt to raise $200,000, and every dollar they raise is donated to them again by an anonymous donor.This is the first time that...
View ArticleTennessee Anti-Marriage Equality Bill Rejected By House Committee
This may have been as close as a whole state has come to disobeying the Supreme Court. ThinkProgress explains what happens here:Rep. Mark Pody (R) and Sen. Mae Beavers (R) originally filed their...
View ArticleA Tragedy, And Australia's Best Argument Yet For Marriage Equality
The story of Marco and David Bulmer-Rizzi is one that shows just how important marriage equality is. The two married in the UK in mid-2015, and went to Australia for their honeymoon. David died in an...
View ArticleLifeSiteNews Defends Manny Pacquiao
Hi everyone. I haven’t posted in a while because there hasn’t been much to post, but there is now.Question: what do you have to say about gay people before conservatives stop defending you?Answer: it...
View ArticleA Marriage Equality Plebiscite Will Damage Australia's LGBTI Youth
There is a very real chance that marriage equality may come to Australia by a popular vote, which no one who supports it wants. Our biggest concern is the harm that it’s going to do, which I explain...
View ArticleNothing To Do With Homophobia
As today’s my birthday, I thought I’d celebrate by doing something I’ve never done before: posting a video of myself. You’ll see here what I look and sound like.This is a message to those people that...
View ArticleNever Forget - 12.06.2016
At about 6 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (it’s now 12:43 am here), I saw a breaking news report in my house. A shooting and hostage situation was unfolding in Orlando.I looked up the incident on...
View ArticleNOM Is Now So Desperate And Sad, They're Almost Sympathetic
I don’t post much anymore. But this is too perfect to not. This is NOM’s 2017 March for Marriage:The National Organization for Marriage has struggled in recent years to populate its annual...
View ArticleMarriage Equality In Australia: How Did We Get Here?
I would have published a short blog announcing that Australia has voted for marriage equality on Wednesday, had I not been so freakin’ happy over it, and also having an exam that night. But what I can...
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