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Here’s an easy question: what’s your favorite movie? Fight Club? Steel Magnolias? Star Wars? Citizen Kane? Weekend At Bernie’s? Think about it for a second, and answer again. What’s that? You can’t pick just one? Okay, let’s switch gears. What’s your favorite color? Blue? No, wait — maybe you look amazing in orange. But you […]
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on gay marriage, in which justices considered two questions: Does the 14th Amendment require states to license same-sex marriages? And does it require them to recognize those marriages performed in other states? The justices’ ruling, expected in late June, will determine whether same-sex marriage becomes legal nationwide or whether
On Tuesday April 28th the Supreme Court will hear arguments in marriage cases involving Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. This could very well be the last marriage equality case the Supreme Court takes on, and all signs point to an overwhelming victory for LGBT Americans. The decision won’t be announced until sometime in June of
The runner-up label seems to be part of Clay Aiken’s narrative now, whether as an entertainer or political candidate. Aiken came in second to Ruben Studdard on TV’s American Idol singing competition show in 2003 and lost to Arsenio Hall on Celebrity Apprentice in 2012. After putting his singing career on hold, Aiken ran for
In an unprecedented move, the Boy Scouts of America’s New York chapter has hired an openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader. The decision to hire Pascal Tessier, an 18-year-old Eagle Scout from Maryland, as a counselor at the Ten Mile River Scout Camp in upstate New York is a direct challenge to
An Indiana pizza shop that came under fire after suggesting that they’d refuse to cater a gay wedding has now raised more than $800,000 by online supporters in just one day’s time. The astonishing haul pulled in for Memories Pizza in Walkteron comes after its owners said they’ve closed indefinitely following violent threats against their lives and
In case you haven’t seen the music video by Irish songwriter Hozier, the video for his gospel-inspired epic, “Take Me to Church,” a cavernous song that uses love and ecstasy as a religious metaphor. The video depicts two men’s gentle intimacy, followed by brutal gay-bashing at the hands of masked vigilantes against lyrics like, “I was born
The 25th Annual Central Valley & Fresno’s GLBT Pride Parade and Festival will take place on SATURDAY, June 6th 2015 in the Tower District between 10am and 3pm. Fresno Rainbow Pride LGBT Pride Parade & Festival is gearing up for its 25th annual pride celebration on Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Fresno in the heart
Jeffrey Toobin likened social conservative Christian business owners who refuse to participate in same-sex “marriages” to advocates of racial segregation during a Monday special on CNN: “This is, I think, precisely parallel to the people in the ’50s and ’60s, who thought there was a religious obligation to keep the races separate – and they
Asa Hutchinson is sending the Religious Freedom Restoration Act back to the legislature for a rewrite, to strike the right balance between religious freedom and tolerance for diversity. The Republican governor’s reversal wasn’t just about getting the content right: “it’s also about communicating that we’re a state … that recognizes the need for non-discrimination’
