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The state of Texas doesn't want anyone's grubby gay hands on the sacred institution of divorce. Bryan Safi, host of "That's Gay," is happy to defend America's time-honored tradition of divorce from all insurgent forces.
That's Gay is a recurring segment on the weekly television show infoMania. In each episode of That's Gay, Bryan Safi explores gay issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media. For more Bryan visit http://current.com/groups/thats-gay/ and Current TV.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://facebook.com/infomania.The state of Texas doesn't want anyone's grubby gay hands on the sacred... more
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It's very important that when you attend a political fundraiser, you gather at a place of incredible, filthy wealth. Which is how I found myself at the stunning Sowden House, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Hollywood. The event was for marriage equality, but I had only one thing on my mind: MEET JOHNNY WEIR.
After about a half-hour of making conversation in a sea of botox, I looked up and saw something even more stunning than the house -- a gazelle in low heels, black leggings, a blazer and a Tiffany shopping bag. Johnny. He was standing about ten feet away, surrounded by friends. His lawyer, who I knew slightly, was with him.
So I snuck up next to his lawyer and begged, "Introduce me to Johnny." He made a very nice introduction and then Johnny looked at me and said, "That's SO gay! That's SO gay!" Wow. Cloud nine.
I wanted to make my time with him as efficient as possible, so I asked if he was in LA that often and could he come by Current sometime so we could do something together. "I'm in LA every so often. But you know me, girl, I'm everywhere." I normally wouldn’t love someone calling me "girl," but with Johnny, it felt right.
So here's a pic of Johnny and me.
I look like his lawyer-father in this picture. Which is fine. How can you look good next to all that beauty?
If you couldn't make it -- and let's face it, if everyone could come to these things they wouldn't be so special! -- you can watch Johnny's delightful and smart speech on YouTube:
Johnny might have been too polite to plug his show (until prompted repeatedly by his host), but I'm not! If somehow you haven't seen That's Gay: Johnny Weir, now's your chance:
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Apr 13, 2010 10:06 pm US/Pacific
Huckabee Likens Gay Marriage To Incest, Polygamy
Possible 2012 GOP Contender Also Slams Adoptions By Gays
WASHINGTON (CBS) ―
Mike Huckabee, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2012, says the movement to allow gays and lesbians to marry is comparable to legalizing incest, polygamy and drug use.
Huckabee also told college journalists last week that gay couples should not be permitted to adopt. "Children are not puppies," he said.
Huckabee visited The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J., last Wednesday to speak to the Student Government Association. He also was interviewed by a campus news magazine, The Perspective, which published an article on Friday.
Huckabee told the interviewer that not every group's interests deserve to be accommodated, if their lifestyle is outside of what he called "the ideal."
"That would be like saying, well there's there are a lot of people who like to use drugs so let's go ahead and accommodate those who want to use drugs. There are some people who believe in incest, so we should accommodate them. There are people who believe in polygamy, should we accommodate them?" he said, according to a transcript of the interview.
The 2008 presidential hopeful and former Arkansas governor also said that deciding which lifestyles should be accommodated and which ones should not creates a slippery slope.
"Why do you get to choose that two men are OK but one man and three women aren't OK?" he asked.
Huckabee added that his goal isn't to tell others how to live, but that the burden of proving that a gay marriage can be successful rests with the activists in favor of changing the law.
"I don't have to prove that marriage is a man and a woman in a relationship for life," he said. "They have to prove that two men can have an equally definable relationship called marriage, and somehow that that can mean the same thing."
Since the magazine published the interview, Huckabee's remarks have attracted considerable attention on the Web.
In a statement Tuesday, Huckabee said that while he believes what people do in their private lives is their business, "I do not believe we should change the traditional definition of marriage." He also said he thought the college magazine was sensationalizing his "well-known and hardly unusual views of same-sex marriage."
In response to a 1992 questionnaire from The Associated Press, Huckabee, then a Senate candidate in Arkansas, spelled out his opposition to homosexuality, saying it was crucial that the country not "legitimize immorality."
"I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle," he wrote, in response to a question about gays in the military.
He also advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, saying it was necessary to confine "carriers of this plague."
As governor, Huckabee supported an Arkansas policy that prevented same-sex couples from serving as foster parents. On gay marriage, he said in an interview, "Marriage has historically never meant anything other than a man and a woman. It has never meant two men, two women, a man and his pet, or a man and a whole herd of pets."Apr 13, 2010 10:06 pm US/Pacific
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March 25, 2010
The Odd Couple
Posted: 03:19 PM ET
Campbell Brown Blog
By Gloria Borger, CNN Senior Political Analyst
It’s a rare sight these days to see political polar opposites on the same side of a fight.
But that’s what’s happening in California, as David Boies and Ted Olson team up to fight against Proposition 8—and for gay marriage. It’s a case they’re arguing in district court in San Francisco, but it’s likely to head to the Supreme Court one way or another.
These men have both there before—on opposing sides. It was 2000, and Ted Olson represented George W. Bush and David Boies was Al Gore’s lawyer in the celebrated recount case that divided the nation. The men fought hard, and—as we all know—Olson won.
It was a bitter fight in the country, but ironically, the case brought Olson and Boies together. Soon mutual respect grew into a real friendship that has grown over the past decade.
And now they’re on the same side, and will head to the Supreme Court, together—which is where this case is likely to get resolved.
It was serendipity that brought Olson into the case in the first place. The director Rob Reiner, of all people, was lunching at the Polo Lounge one day (where else?) after President Obama’s election, and he ran into Ted Olson’s former sister-in-law. The topic: how to fight Proposition 8. Her solution: Call Ted Olson, she said. You might be surprised that he is on your side in this.
So Reiner and his team got in touch. And, in a script that could have been written in Hollywood, Olson—archconservative—was cast as their lawyer. But Olson knew he needed to balance the team, so he picked up the phone and called his friend, David Boies.
It took Boies about a nanosecond to say yes, and now the two men are trying to make history again—only this time, together.
They’ve got their critics. Conservatives say Olson has betrayed his bedrock constitutional principles. Some also argue that Olson and Boies should let the states deal with this issue. They court, they say, is too conservative to ever rule in their favor. They say that the two men may be too secure in their beliefs that they can sway this court.
The two attorneys beg to differ. They see this as the last civil rights battleground, and see the high court as the only place to go. Waiting, they say, would be inappropriate—and they see the high court as the appropriate arbiter of the issue.March 25, 2010
The Odd Couple
Posted: 03:19 PM ET
Campbell Brown Blog
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A federal judge today ordered same-sex marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Proposition 8, a move that could prolong the legal challenge to California's ban on gay nuptials.
In a 24-page ruling, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker rejected the arguments of the American Civil Liberties Union and Equality California. Walker upheld a magistrate judge's recent order requiring the groups to turn over the material to Proposition 8 defenders as part of the historic trial still unfolding on the gay marriage question.
The ACLU has argued that the documents are confidential campaign exchanges protected by the First Amendment as political speech. But Walker, who issued a similar order before trial forcing the Prop. 8 side to release some campaign material, disagreed, giving the groups until April 12 to release the documents.
The ACLU has indicated it would appeal such as an order to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which could delay Walker's ability to finish the trial. The judge has heard all the testimony in the case, but has yet to schedule closing arguments, so it could be some time before he is in a position to decide the case.
Same-sex couples have sued to overturn Proposition 8, arguing that it violates their equal protection rights. The case marks the first federal court trial involving a legal challenge to a state's ban on same-sex marriage.A federal judge today ordered same-sex marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign... more
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When we were in Uganda we often heard the refrain that it is "un-African" to be gay, and that homosexuality was an import from a Western world that had broken its covenant with God. These are the central arguments that religious and political leaders in Uganda are using to push through legislation that would make homosexuality illegal -- presumably more illegal than it is under the long-existing legislation that already forbids it.
But in Friday’s Washington Post, one of Africa’s leading religious leaders, Desmond Tutu, takes on both questions. "A wave of hate is spreading across my beloved continent," he writes.
“Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people are part of so many families. They are part of the human family. They are part of God's family. And of course they are part of the African family.”
There are many, including members of Tutu’s own denomination who we met in Uganda, who would take issue with him.
But while arguing that it is un-Christian to persecute gays in his op-ed, Tutu raises an important point: Uganda is far from the only African country where it is dangerous to be openly gay or for that matter, where homosexuality is illegal. In fact, 40 of the 53 nations in Africa have laws on the books making homosexuality illegal. Tutu's home country of South Africa is the only one to allow any form of same-sex marriage.
So while much talk has centered on the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" in Uganda, the entire continent of Africa is engrossed in the debate. And, as we see in examples like the Prop 8 controversy in my adopted home state of California, so are we.
Read Tutu's full op-ed here, and learn more about the new gay rights battle ground in this piece from Foreign Policy.
Follow my travels on Twitter and the full Vanguard team here.
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Washington (CNN) -- Same-sex couples will be able to apply Wednesday for marriage licenses in the nation's capital, according to the district's marriage bureau.
However, by law, "three full days must pass between the day of application to the day that the license can be issued," the bureau, part of the district's superior court system, says on its Web site, so no marriages would be held this week.
A $35 application fee is waived for couples who are registered domestic partners, although a $10 fee for the license is not, the bureau said.
District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty signed a measure recognizing same-sex marriages as legal in December, after the city council overwhelming passed it.
The law is taking effect after a review period during which Congress had an opportunity to intervene.
The district joins Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Iowa in allowing same-sex couples to marry.Washington (CNN) -- Same-sex couples will be able to apply Wednesday for marriage... more
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Director Reed Cowan received 2 standing ovations following the screening of his film " 8: The Mormon Proposition. "
from the article:
Park City » It may be the friendliest audience Reed Cowan will get in Utah.
Cowan received two sustained standing ovations Sunday for his documentary "8: The Mormon Proposition," which harshly criticizes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its campaigning for California's ban on same-sex marriage, from the 600-strong audience attending the film's world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Some in the audience cried when hearing stories of gay men and lesbians recounting discrimination they have suffered. Others hissed when Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka appeared on-screen, or when State Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, appeared to declare homosexuality "the greatest threat to America going down."
Mostly, though, they applauded and cheered Cowan's film for presenting evidence of the LDS Church's work to persuade its members to donate money to the campaign for California's anti-gay Proposition 8 -- and to hide the church's involvement, knowledge of which would have dissuaded voters, through front organizations.Director Reed Cowan received 2 standing ovations following the screening of his film... more
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The Supreme Court has stopped a San Francisco federal court from broadcasting the Proposition 8 trial on YouTube, so two California men are re-enacting it. Co-counsels David Boies and Ted Olson, unlikely political bedfellows, seek to overturn the referendum that prohibits same-sex marriage, claiming that the Bill of Rights guarantees equality regardless of what a referendum might say.The Supreme Court has stopped a San Francisco federal court from broadcasting the... more
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A bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in New Jersey was defeated in the state Senate Thursday by a vote 14-20.
New Jersey would have been the sixth state to legalize gay marriage, but advocates of the bill were seven votes shy of what was needed to move the measure on to the other state chamber, the Assembly.
The defeat came despite impassioned speeches during the debate from Democratic Sens. Sandra B. Cunningham and Nia H. Gill, both co-sponsors of the bill. They likened the fight for recognition of same-sex marriage to the struggles African-Americans faced in American history.
Gay right activists had hoped the measure would pass before Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, a supporter of the bill, turned the office of governor over to Republican successor Chris Christie, who opposes same-sex marriage.
Opponents of the legislation had argued New Jersey's civil union law provided enough protections for same-sex couples.
Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak, a Democrat and another sponsor of the bill, told CNN he was disappointed with the outcome, but he said he and other advocates were not deterred.A bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in New Jersey was defeated in the... more
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The mayor of Washington has signed a bill legalizing gay marriage in the nation's capital, but it won't go into effect just yet.
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty signed the bill Friday in a public ceremony.
The city council passed the measure Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in the city. Congress has final say over D.C.'s laws, however, so the mayor's signature doesn't mean the bill immediately becomes law.
The bill must pass a 30-day period of Congressional review.
Supporters expect Congress won't touch the law and that gay couples may be able to wed in the district as early as March. Opponents, however, plan to fight the bill.The mayor of Washington has signed a bill legalizing gay marriage in the nation's... more
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The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, setting off a wave of excitement in the gay community even as opponents vow to continue the fight on Capitol Hill.
The bill, approved by a vote of 11 to 2, will now go to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), who is expected to sign it before Christmas. The bill will become law in the spring if it survives a 30-day legislative review period.
After the vote, dozens same-sex marriage supporters rose to their feet and began cheering in the council chamber, despite council rules prohibiting public demonstrations.
To block the legislation, the Democratic-controlled House and Senate and President Obama would all have to sign off on a disapproval resolution within 30 legislative days, which advocates say is not likely.The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage,... more
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The NY Senate defeats a bill supporting same sex marriages 38-24. SkunkPoster Aaron Smith gives his opinion on the WNY state senators and their lack of effort to support basic civil rights.The NY Senate defeats a bill supporting same sex marriages 38-24. SkunkPoster Aaron... more
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New York lawmakers have rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage.
The Senate decision Wednesday comes after months of delays and arm twisting of lawmakers sympathetic to the bill but representing conservative districts. It follows a referendum in Maine earlier this month that struck down a gay marriage law before it took effect.
Advocates say they aren't surprised by the decision. Most, including Gov. David Paterson, say they at least wanted a floor debate and vote.
Gay marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont. A New Hampshire law takes effect Jan. 1.
"This is an enormous victory," said Maggie Gallagher, the leader of the anti-gay marriage group, National Organization for Marriage. "What you saw was the will of the people. ... The culture really hasn't shifted on gay marriage."
New York is one of the most politically liberal states in the country. Recent polls showed a majority of New York voters favor allowing same-sex couples to marry, but one poll showed the public evenly split.
"The depth of sadness that I and many New Yorkers feel today is difficult to express," said New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is gay. "We will not accept defeat and we will not stop fighting until all New Yorkers are treated equally."
More @ linkNew York lawmakers have rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage.
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Albany, NY: The NY Senate is set to vote on whether or not to allow same-sex marriages in their state. If it passes it will become the sixth state where same-sex marriages are legal.
The bigger story is the handful of Orthodox Jews who are protesting gay marriages with signs that read: “Gay Union/A Rebellion Against the Almighty.”Albany, NY: The NY Senate is set to vote on whether or not to allow same-sex marriages... more
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If you are a same-sex couple who would like to legally marry... or someone who wants to support equal rights and marriage equality... join us in New Hampshire for three days of events including legal wedding ceremonies and a group reception on January 1st. Start the new year off on a note of equality, courage and unity. Join us December 30th for a Meet & Greet party in Manchester, NH, at the Radisson Hotel, open to gay friendly businesses and organizations. Join us for a New Year's Eve party on the 31st at Element Lounge in Manchester. And on the 1st of January, the historic first day that same-sex marriage will be legal in NH, tie the knot and be among the first to marry in that State. We perform the legal ceremonies and help you with all the details including photography, flowers, accommodations, etc. A reception follows with full dinner buffet, a champagne toast, cake and entertainment. It will be a beautiful celebration of unity and equality. Start 2010 off on equal footing with the rest of the world. Demand your rights. Show your love. Get legal.If you are a same-sex couple who would like to legally marry... or someone who wants... more
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If you are a same-sex couple who would like to legally marry... or someone who wants to support equal rights and marriage equality... join us in New Hampshire for two days of events including legal wedding ceremonies and a group reception on January 1st. Start the new year off on a note of equality, courage and unity. Join us December 31st in Manchester, NH, for a party at a New Year's Eve party at a local nightspot, The Element Lounge. Then on January 1st, join us at the Radisson Hotel, for an Expo open to gay friendly businesses and organizations from 4-7pm. A reception follows from 7-11pm with full dinner buffet, a champagne toast, cake, dancing and entertainment. It will be a beautiful celebration of unity and equality. Start 2010 off on equal footing with the rest of the world. Demand your rights. Show your love. Get legal. AND HAVE FUN!If you are a same-sex couple who would like to legally marry... or someone who wants... more
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