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Why Are So Many Media Conservatives So Obsessed With Rape? (Homosexual Mafia?)

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Murder Suspect Arrested in Puerto Rico Hate Crime, Confesses

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Dan Savage on the Institution of Marriage

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An Arkansas 10-year-old says he won't pledge to the flag until gays and lesbians have equal rights

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New Zealand radio show host/politician criticizes gays and gamers

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Gay Teen Found Dismembered, Burned, and Decapitated in Puerto Rico

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A "Str8" Cologne? Smells like homophobia to me...

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Atheist, LGBT & Freethought Sites Censored by School District

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Rationalizing homophobia on Hannity

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Fifth grader refuses to pledge allegiance in name of GLBT rights

A 10-year-old Arkansas boy name Will Phillips has decided that he cannot in good conscience pledge allegiance to the flag as long as the country for which it stands refuses legal equality to its GLBT citizens.

The West Fork School District fifth grader clashed with a substitute teacher for his refusal to stand for the pledge, prompting a call to Will’s mother, Laura Phillips. When the principal acknowledged that Will has the right to refuse to say the pledge, Ms. Phillips asked that her son receive an apology--a request that the principal declined to honor.

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Fairness in this case is more than a mere abstraction, since the family has a number of openly gay friends and has participated in GLBT equality events such as Pride parades. Will, who told the newspaper that he would like to pursue a career in law when he’s older, could not square the tenets of the pledge with the political realities faced by his family’s GLBT friends, whose family and individual rights are under constant challenge.

"I really don’t feel that there’s currently liberty and justice for all," said Will.

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Moreover, Will’s stand for equal rights for gays has led those who disagree to attack him personally with anti-gay epithets: "In the lunchroom and in the hallway, they’ve been making comments and doing pranks, and calling me gay," Will said. "It’s always the same people, walking up and calling me a gaywad."

That hasn’t been easy for Will, who skipped fourth grade but seems older than his age, especially in contrast to some of his peers. Said Laura Phillips, "It’s really frustrating to him that people are being so immature."

The interviewer from The Arkansas Times asked Will what it means to be an American. The answer: "Freedom of speech. The freedom to disagree. That’s what I think pretty much being an American represents."

Read more: http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=&sc3=&id=98884

See interview with Will: http://current.com/items/91467735_10-yr-old-wants-rights-for-gays-lesbians-or-he-wont-pledge-alliegance-to-the-flag.htmA 10-year-old Arkansas boy name Will Phillips has decided that he cannot in good conscience pledge allegiance to the flag as long... more

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The WWJD Hate Crime Inciters are Getting Some Support for their DC "Protest"

I posted the rather unbelievable story last week that got a lot of you talking about Pastor Gary Cass of the Christian... more

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Shelly Goldstein sings Stupid Callous Homophobic Hateful Legislation

sung to the tune of Mary Poppins' "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Hilarious!

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Politics of homophobia: RI Gov denies gay partners burial rights

The politics of homophobia hit a new low Tuesday when Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri vetoed a bill that would have allowed gay... more

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Salt Lake City passes gay-rights ordinances with Mormon backing

With a historic endorsement from the Mormon church, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed a pair of ordinances making it... more

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Gay bloggers organizing boycott of Democratic National Committee

LGBT activists -- not to mention plenty of other people in the community -- have never been particularly impressed with President... more

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A Single Man Movie Trailer (Tom Ford Teams with Mad Men’s Production Designer)

When Harvey Weinstein picked up the $2 million rights to A Single Man, he’s said to have personally guaranteed director (and former Gucci creative director) Tom Ford an Oscar for Best Director or Best Picture. And though a statuette for either category seems unlikely given ’09’s ’stiff competition, especially in light of the Coen Bros.’ fantastic A Serious Man, a nom(s) remains quite possible. Critical response and hip international buzz is equally strong. Today, the official trailer has surfaced, and oddly enough, its classy use of repetitive-as-to-be-thrilling music and imagery sans plot is similar to the ballsy trailer for the Coens’ opus. And not unlike the recent poster (below) for A Single Man, its trailer playfully or curiously omits the lead character’s sexual preference.

Ford adapted the screenplay alongside David Scearce (his first screenplay credit as well) from the same-named 1964 novel by the late, provocative British author Christopher Isherwood. Like the novel, the main character as played to “breakout” notices by Colin Firth (Bridget Jones franchise), is a gay college professor whose BF (Matthew Goode aka Ozymandias in Watchmen) passes away in front of him; the plot follows a day in a life of masked grief throughout a Southern California set in the 1960s. The film is said to be sprinkled with time-specific details like the theatrical run of Psycho and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Julianne Moore, who is a natural compliment for Ford’s style, stars as a London friend and neighbor of Firth’s character, though the marketing clearly implies a less platonic relationship.

Early reviews haven’t specifically compared the film to a style exercise—in contrast, the containment of dark emotions is really the underlying theme—but similarities to the obsessively precise, period aesthetic of Mad Men have been noted by several. There is actually a direct connection: A Single Man’s production designer Dan Bishop has worked as Mad Men’s PD for all three seasons, all of which are set in the early ’60s. Fun fact: Man Mad’s Don Draper, actor Jon Hamm, has an uncredited voice role in the film.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/07/a-single-man-movie-trailer-tom-ford-teams-with-mad-mens-production-designer/When Harvey Weinstein picked up the $2 million rights to A Single Man, he’s said to have personally guaranteed director (and... more