Tired Old Queen At The Movies #100

1950's All About Eve, starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe, and George Sanders.

There's A Moon In The Sky

And it's called the super-moon. Source.

Bill Clinton Robocalls Against North Carolina's Amendment One

Is Barack Obama....

The #7 search item that brought folks to JMG this week was "Is Barack Obama circumcised?" Which is what led me to noticing the above....

Person-Beast Marriage Is Coming

Quote Of The Day - Orson Scott Card

"The left is at war with the family, and they want control of our children's education. That's what those signs on the lawns are about. I'm not making this up – it's already happening wherever the left has complete control of education. Parents in those places are already forbidden to opt out of sexual and gender propaganda. And with the teachers' unions absolutely under the control of the extreme left, don't kid yourselves: Legalizing gay marriage will make the false claims of the gay lobby the established religion of the American school system.

"If there were even a shred of science behind the absurd claims about gender and sexuality coming from the left, there might be a case for allowing this to happen. But there is no science behind it. In fact, the scientific evidence we have points in the opposite direction: Same-sex attraction is not a strait jacket; people's desires change over time; gay people still have choices; a reproductive dysfunction like same-sex attraction is not a death sentence for your DNA or for your desire to have a family in which children grow up with male and female parents to model appropriate gender roles." - Science fiction author and NOM board member Orson Scott Card, writing for North Carolina's Greensboro Times.

RELATED: In 2008 Card called for Christians to overthrow the United States government should gay marriage become widely legal: "Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn."

Mailed To All Of NC's Catholic Homes

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Nate Silver On Amendment One

Statistics guru Nate Silver reports the poll numbers:

The most recent poll was conducted by Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank whose poll results have generally shown little partisan bias in the past. That survey polled Democratic and Republican primary voters separately, but projected that the measure would win by 16 percentage points when it combined the results. An April poll by Public Policy Polling, which conducts polling for Democratic clients but whose surveys also have a track record of nonpartisanship, had the measure prevailing by 14 points.

Silver points out that support for the ban nosedives when voters understand that it also outlaws civil unions. Our side has failed miserably in making that point very clear.

Bryan Fischer: If Somebody Like ME Can Push Romney Around, What About China?

Kellogg's To Catholic League: Drop Dead

Last month I reported that Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue is chasing down every Daily Show advertiser to demand they cease sponsoring Jon Stewart's "anti-Catholic bigotry." (Donohue is furious because Stewart superimposed a manger scene over a nude woman's crotch.) Here's the response Donohue just got from Kellogg's:

"We understand that our customers come from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, lifestyles, and cultures and we respect their individual decisions to choose the television programs that they deem acceptable for themselves and their families. Consumers speak most loudly when they vote with their remote control and change the channel or turn off the TV if a program does not fit their personal criteria.”

Bolding is mine. Snork! Donohue says he's now calling for a boycott of Kellogg's too. Good luck with that.

Slaggie: Help! I'm Being Oppressed!

"[Dan] Savage has a clear vision for America: It will be a place where, in order to remain respectable citizens, Christians (and others with traditional moral views) will simply have to drop not only Leviticus, but Genesis, and oh by the way, Jesus' own words in Matthew 19. Christian moral understanding of sex, gender and marriage will simply have to change, Savage asserts. Why? Because he and others say so. To do otherwise is to be mean to him and other gay people. Our very existence, our identity as both good Christians and good citizens is an offense to him." - Maggie Gallagher, writing for Townhall.

Christian TV On Billy Graham's Ads

Just In From Dan Savage....

HURRAY! The back story is over here. I told Dan they should make this a pay-per-view event and let each side sell tickets to benefit their cause.

More From Billy Graham's Daughter

Ban the gays! Or else God herself will kill the fuck out of you.

Crackpot Hate Group Leader Bradlee Dean Calls Dan Savage "Mentally Ill"

This may just be the most hypocritical reaction yet, when you consider the news story from March in which Dean's group verbally abused LGBT people to an audience of high school kids. They all ran WEEPING from the room! (Not really, but spread that.)

An Eastern Iowa superintendent is doing major damage control after an unexpected message in a school assembly. The band Junkyard Prophet and a group known as You Can Run But You Cannot Hide was invited to speak at Dunkerton High School Thursday morning. Administrators thought the group was speaking about provocative lyrics in music and making good choices. But then, the subject matter turned to potentially offensive opinions on homosexuality and abortion. Students say the assembly started well. The band played some great music and most students agreed with their message. ”They were a rock band, and they talked about music that had bad influences on kids,” said high school junior Kenzley Ricklefs.

But then things took an unexpected turn. The group switched their message from music, to negative opinions about the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community. ”They started talking about homosexuality, and that’s when I really got offended,” Manahl said. “I got a little emotional. I wanted to walk out. But I’m like — keep your calm, listen to what they have to say.” Then they split into smaller groups — girls, boys, and teachers. The guys got a lesson in the constitution and Christianity. “We work hard to teach tolerance in our classrooms,” Superintendent Jim Stanton told students at a second assembly Thursday afternoon.

Dean's group was added this year to the SPLC's list of certified hate groups. He is suing Rachel Maddow for $50M after she quoted verbatim his opinion that foreign Muslims are being more moral than American Christians when they execute homosexuals. Here's today's clip about Dan Savage.

NEW YORK CITY: Bloomberg Budget Cuts $7M From Homeless Youth Services

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's just-issued budget reveals massive cuts to programs that serve the city's burgeoning homeless youth population. The $7M annual budget reduction means as many as 160 youth shelter beds will be eliminated.

Ali Forney Center founder Carl Siciliano reacts:

"These cuts create an even bigger crisis for the LGBT teens who are thrown out of their homes and forced to endure homelessness on the streets of our city. The LGBT community needs and demands political leaders who will protect our children. Instead, Mayor Bloomberg has proposed eliminating more than half of their shelter beds. The Ali Forney Center, and all those who work with and care about LGBT homeless youth, will not be silent in the face of this decision, which offends us as a community and needlessly puts our young people in harm's way.”

Siciliano has called on the mayor to restore the funding.

The Slate Nails The Savage Flap

Slate writer Amanda Marcotte gets to the root of it:

The American right is undertaking a huge project of trying to put right-wing politics beyond criticism by shouting "religious bigotry" any time someone gets in the way of their political agenda. If they can create a consensus that it's somehow off-limits to criticize teaching that gay people are subhuman as long as you wrap it up in religion, that gives them a huge political advantage. Taken far enough, merely stating out loud in public that you don't believe gay people are evil could be cause for the fainting couches to be pulled out and accusations that Christians are being oppressed. Sounds ludicrous? Well, consider that we're currently debating whether or not it's oppressing Christians to accurately state what's in the Bible. Anyone who is actually supportive of gay rights shouldn't be playing along with this feigned umbrage. It won't stop until opposing anti-gay actions is considered completely off-bounds on the grounds that it's an attack on religion.

Bingo.

Douchebag Of The Day - Matt Barber

"They used to arrest middle-aged perverts who get their jollies from talking dirty to children. Today, they get a television show, a nationally syndicated column, a lecture circuit and multiple visits to the Obama White House. You know: 'Forward.' The irony is palpable. Dan Savage, sex columnist and founder of the LGBT anti-bullying 'It Gets Better' campaign, has been outed. Not as a homosexual. He's out and proud in that regard. In fact, Savage pushes his 'anything goes' brand of sexual anarchy on kids worldwide. MTV has even given the sex-obsessed radical his own show, 'Savage U' — a moral-relativist platform from which to corrupt the kiddos. Creepy stuff. No, Savage has finally managed to publicly discredit himself as the anti-Christian bigot and bully he's always been. Never again will this guy be taken seriously as an anti-bullying crusader." -Liberty Counsel spokes-pig Matt Barber, writing for the hate group Renew America.

NOTE: In the above-linked piece, Barber joins the lying liars who continue to claim that the "walkout" of Savage's speech was a student-led spontaneous mass exodus of weeping girls and not the staged departure of two dozen smirking kids pulled by the strings of Focus On The Family.

KENTUCKY: Guilty Pleas In First-Ever Federal Anti-Gay Hate Crime Prosecution

Two of the teenagers charged in the nation's first-ever federal anti-gay hate crime case pleaded guilty today in a Kentucky court.

Alexis Leeann Jenkins and Mable Ashley Jenkins, who goes by Ashley, pleaded guilty to one charge of kidnapping and one charge of aiding others in causing bodily injury to Kevin Pennington of Letcher County because he is gay. The convictions are the first in the nation under provisions of the federal law covering crimes of violence motivated by a person's actual or perceived sexual orientation, according to U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey. The two face possible life sentences. The circumstances of their pleas, however, could indicate they plan to cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of getting lesser sentences.

The two agreed to be charged by way of a document called an information — as opposed to an indictment, which would require a grand jury to approve the charges — and pleaded guilty the same day the charges were filed. Their attorneys, Robert Michael Murphy of Lexington and James Hibbard of London, declined comment on whether the women, both 19, will cooperate in prosecuting two others charged in the case. Both women are to be sentenced in August.

The two women were accused of luring a gay man to a planned lethal beating by their two male accomplices. The victim escaped into the woods during the attack and survived. The two men have pleaded not guilty and face life in prison.

Gap Goes Gay

GAP has is totally hoping that One Million Moms takes notice.

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Dead At 47

Multiple Grammy Award winning Beastie Boys member and social activist Adam Yauch has died of cancer at the age of 47. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009.

The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys' induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group's most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch's illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos for Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.

SUNDAY: Pastor Sean Harris Protest

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NORTH CAROLINA: Woman Arrested For Stealing Pro-Gay Marriage Signs

Every day NOM screams wildly inflated stories and outright lies about their campaign signs, but never ever do they mention the abuses of OUR signs by theft, by urine, by SHOTGUN. Here's the latest:

A Moore County woman has been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and removing three lawfully placed political signs after she was spotted last month removing signs against a controversial ballot initiative on marriage in North Carolina. Heidi Thompson, 44, of West End, was arrested Wednesday, after a motorist reported seeing a woman and her daughter pulling up the signs April 18 on Morganton Road in front of the Country Club of North Carolina. Thompson said Thursday that she was driving home after picking up her 13-year-old daughter from school and removed them after signs supporting the marriage measure had disappeared from her yard at least two dozen times. "I didn't feel like I was stealing signs at the time," she said. "I just looked at it as picking up trash along the side of the road."

Sign thief says: "I know it's making me look like a bad parent, but we've taught that it's not right for men to be married to men and women to be married to women, so we stopped and picked them up."

IOWA: Ousted Pro-Gay Judges To Receive Kennedy Profile In Courage Award

Just in from Freedom To Marry...

Three years after the unanimous Iowa Supreme Court decision affirming the freedom to marry, three former justices ousted in a retention election following the ruling will receive the prestigious 2012 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Monday, May 7. Caroline Kennedy will present the award to former Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and Justices David Baker and Michael Streit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. “Former justices David Baker, Michael Streit, and Chief Justice Marsha Ternus showed tremendous courage when they joined a unanimous court in upholding the freedom to marry for all loving, committed couples in Iowa, and, again, when they honored the bedrock American value of an independent judiciary by refraining from political campaigning even as they faced an unprecedented moneyed campaign mounted against the court by anti-marriage shell-groups,” said Evan Wolfson, founder and President of Freedom to Marry.

Amazing.

#1 Thirty-Five Years Ago Today

Thirty-five years later the song (arguably) still most closely associated with Grace Jones is her first chart smash, I Need A Man, which spent two May 1977 weeks atop Billboard's disco report before being shoved aside by Marvin Gaye's epic, Got To Give It Up. An early version of the track was first released in 1975, reaching a limp #83 on the U.S. pop singles chart. But in 1977 Jones signed with Island Records, who had her rerecord the single for re-release. The rest, as we oldsters know, is gay disco history. Below is a murky yet fascinating film of Jones performing I Need A Man at her legendary show at NYC's Roseland Ballroom - complete with a live caged tiger, wedding gown, and men in jockstraps. "And NOW ladies and gentlemen.....heeeeeeere's Grace!"

Op-Ed Of The Day

From the Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina:

On Sunday, the pastor of Fayetteville's Berean Baptist Church preached about why his flock should vote for Amendment One. Many have heard and seen his shouted exhortations about "squashing like a cockroach," the first signs of gender-variant behavior in children. Fewer have seen his searing denunciation of transgendered persons as "an affront to God." Voting for Amendment One, he declared, was their Christian duty. To do otherwise, would be "S-I-N. Sin." It would give aid and comfort to homosexuals and open the door to same-sex marriage.

The pastor preached for an hour, barking almost every sentence like a military order. I have counseled at least three GLBT young adults who have attended this church. They all said they heard similarly hateful messages there, which not only drove them away, but also pushed them into depression and self-harm, even suicide attempts. [snip] The homophobia and transgender bashing unleashed in this local church to boost Amendment One are like throwing lethal lighted matches in every direction of our tinderbox society. By Monday, facing criticism for his violent tirade, the preacher insisted that all the talk of punching and cracking wrists of children was just a joke. But I'm not laughing. Are you?

Google Nods To Keith Haring

Today would have been Keith Haring's 54th birthday.

God Returns NOM Blogger's Wallet

Anthony is the patron saint of douchebag closet cases. Obvs!

RUSSIA: First Activist Fined For Violating Ban On "Gay Propaganda" In St Peterburg

The first person to be fined under St. Petersburg's ban on "gay propaganda" is renowned activist Nikolai Alexeyev.

A St. Petersburg court handed down its first conviction under the city's new anti-gay law on Friday, ordering a leading gay activist to pay a 5,000-ruble fine for his picket against the law. The district court ruled that Nikolai Alexeyev had promoted homosexuality among minors by picketing City Hall with a sign reading, "Homosexuality Is Not a Perversion" on April 12. As proof of its verdict, the judge read out statements from several people who had expressed concern to the court that Alexeyev's actions might harm their children, Interfax reported. Alexeyev denied wrongdoing in court, saying, "I do not know what it means to promote homosexuality, and I do not admit my guilt." He said his protest had aimed to show that homosexuals have the same rights as other people.

Alexyev plans to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

The Avengers Plus One

Billboard Of The Day

Andrew Sullivan points us to a new campaign by wingnuts intent on making villains out of anybody who believes global warming is real.

The billboard series features Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber; Charles Manson, a mass murderer; and Fidel Castro, a tyrant. Other global warming alarmists who may appear on future billboards include Osama bin Laden and James J. Lee (who took hostages inside the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in 2010). These rogues and villains were chosen because they made public statements about how man-made global warming is a crisis and how mankind must take immediate and drastic actions to stop it.

Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm

Party mode at 3:00.

Romney Finally Addresses Grenell Flap

Romney says he didn't pick Grenell because he's gay and that he's sorry that Grenell is gone.

(Via Think Progress)

"Ex-Gays" Cancel Conference

The "ex-gay" industry has been rocked to its core this year. First the head of its most infamous group announced that not one person had ever actually been "cured." Then the researcher who authored the most widely cited "ex-gay" study recanted his findings and apologized to the gay community. So maybe it's not surprising that nobody wants to attend an "ex-gay" convention.

In what seems like the logical extension of the recent trend, Exodus International has decided there were not enough people interested in attending their Love Won Out conference scheduled for later this month to justify the expense. Conference attendance has been trending downward, with their last conference bringing in barely 400 people. This is down from nearly 1000 in Exodus’ headier days. In November, XGW reported on a secret meeting held by Exodus president Alan Chambers to come up with ways to rebrand the organization in the wake of social and financial collapse. Since then events have occurred which seem to validate that scenario. The cancellation of this conference, the first time we know of since either Exodus or Focus on the Family held the event, appears to provide more evidence of their decline.

As everybody here doubtlessly knows, "ex-gay" therapy is a con job, a scam, a cash-cow designed to separate self-hating homosexuals from their money. It's sort of brilliant, really. You're never "cured" so you just have to keep paying and paying and paying. It's like Jenny Craig, but without the delicious cardboard aftertaste.

DNC Uses Frothy's Words Against Mittens

AFA Versus Campell Soup

The American Family Association is now gunning for Campbell Soup due to their sponsorship of Philadelphia's Equality Forum, which takes place this weekend.

The American Family Association of Pennsylvania's Diane Gramley [left] says the company has "tainted its clean-cut image." "Equality Forum is a homosexual event that glorifies same-sex 'marriage,' is going to have a panel discussion on how homosexuals can adopt, and it also is going to be talking about how the homosexual activists can go into schools to give the message, 'gay is okay,'" Gramley details. The forum is also "working towards getting transgenders into the military" and on how transgendered people can work to be better understood by the public. Diane GramleyBut the AFA of Pennsylvania president says those aspects are contrary to Campbell's image. "When I think of Campbell's Soup, I think of the Campbell's Soup kids with their advertisement that portrays a pro-family, a family-friendly company, which is what they want to portray to the public," she suggests.

Feel free to write Campbell yourself and thank them for supporting civil equality.

Romney And Satan: Sitting In A Tree

"Romney thinks Jesus is a created being, the spirit brother of Lucifer. Christians believe that Jesus is the Second Person of the Godhead, God eternal. Mormons also think men become a God. This is considered evil by Christians. Romney brought homosexual sin to schools in Massachusetts. Scripture teaches that voting for non-Christians causes economic decline and removes freedom. If you love Jesus Christ for dying for your sins, you won't betray Him by voting for Romney or Obama. God says Obama and Romney are 'accursed'. - Pastor Steven "Jazz Hands" Andrew, calling for real Christians to vote for Ron Paul.

College Kids Against Amendment One

Church Sign Of The Day

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Brown Vs Savage: Pistols At Dawn

"Let me lay down a public challenge to Dan Savage right here and now: You want to savage the Bible? Christian morality? Traditional marriage? Pope Benedict? I'm here, you name the time and the place and let's see what a big man you are in a debate with someone who can talk back. It's easy to make high-school girls cry by picking on them. Let's pick on someone our own size! I'm here, any time, any place you name, Dan Savage. You will find out out how venal and ridiculous your views of these things are if you dare to accept a challenge." - NOM president Brian Brownshirt, taking his faux outrage to a new level.

Dogs In Cars

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Civil Unions Advance In Colorado House After GOP Member Changes Her Vote

After some typically brutal and repulsive anti-gay testimony, last night Colorado's civil unions bill advanced out of the state House Judiciary Committee by a one vote margin, surprising many observers. The winning margin was provided by the bill's former opponent, GOP Rep. BJ Nikkel, seen above being swarmed by reporters after the vote.

The measure faces two more committee votes, but sponsors are optimistic they have enough support to get the legislation within a week to Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is firmly behind the plan. The measure has already passed the Senate. The newfound support means Colorado could become the latest of more than a dozen states to provide such protection. Gay couples and their straight allies who waited into the night for the vote were initially hushed after the 6-5 vote. But moments later burst into tears and hugged one another, milling around the committee room long after the vote was taken. "My hope just shot through the roof. I feel like I'm sitting in the middle of an amazing place in history," said Cristina Aguilar, a gay-rights activist from Denver. Rep. Mark Ferrandino, the Democrats' leader in the House and a gay lawmaker who sponsored the bill, said before the vote that he and other people just want equal rights. He noted the law books behind the Republican chairman overseeing the House Judiciary Committee's hearing. "All we're asking is for equal access to those books that are behind you, Mr. Chairman," Ferrandino said.

If this happens, the deliciousness will be unparalleled as Colorado is the home state of Focus On The Family. (Photo by Daniel Gonzales.)

Crazy Eyes Endorses Romney

Remember all those times that Crazy Eyes said Mitt Romney could never ever beat Obama. Well, she doesn't.

Brian Brown Changes The Story

After yesterday's JMG post ticking off the many, many lies in NOM's accounting of the "elderly woman" who was "violently beaten" for "refusing to take down her yard sign," today NOM's Brian Brown posted a less lie-filled version of the story that more closely hews to the one I reported here two days ago.

According to the police report, this elderly lady went to a home looking for her sister. She told police that a man who lived there told her they needed to "talk about this marriage amendment." She said she didn't want to speak about it, but as she tried to back out, this man stuck his head in the window and would not let her leave. Her glasses got knocked off somehow. When she tried to retrieve them, he started banging the car door against her four or five times, cussing at her very angrily because she supported the marriage amendment. The police officer noted what looked like bruises on her back and that she was very upset and crying.

Brown fails to correct the bit in the report that claimed the man had been charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping. In fact, he was given a simple desk ticket to report on the misdemeanor charge of "simple battery on an adult female." An adult female, by the way, who is 57 years old, which is only "elderly" if you're living in the 18th century. Hello. NOM published the name of the man charged in the case, but redacted the woman's name, which was published yesterday in a local newspaper account of the incident. She's since deleted her Facebook page, but last night I pulled this photo of her in which she appears so be playing soccer with a young boy. I guess she didn't need her walker that day.

Patrick Wooden: I Support Amend-- Wait, Is That MY Spinxter Ringing Or Yours?

Chelsea Clinton: Against Amendment One

"I believe that everyone must stand up for what is right, whenever possible, wherever possible. I also believe that when the civil rights of any one American or group of Americans in one place are questioned, all Americans, everywhere, should care that the answer is the right one. Those are lessons I learned at a young age from my parents and they are guiding principles in my life.

"That is why I am joining you in opposing Amendment One in North Carolina. Amendment One unfairly targets women, children and families, gay and straight, who fall outside of the narrow definition of family articulated by those who drafted the legislation. It is our duty to join the fight on behalf of both the gay and lesbian North Carolinians who were the original targets of the amendment and the tens of thousands of straight male and female North Carolinians who will be collateral damage if the amendment passes next Tuesday." - Chelsea Clinton, directing you to donate.

Pastor Harris Feels The Heat

Neo-Nazis Endorse Amendment One

Neo-Nazi and white supremacist site World-Wide White Pride today happily posted the report that North Carolina's Amendment One was actually written to prevent the Caucasian race from extinction. There's no apparent editorializing on their link-heavy post on this latest scandal, which since yesterday has moved into the mainstream media. But I think it's safe to call this a Nazi endorsement.

To recap, Amendment One is supported by child abusers, shotgun-toting creeps, racists, AND Nazis. All we need now is a serial killer for a royal fucking flush in Evil Poker. (Tipped by JMG reader Mike)

Dan Savage On The Pope

This "shocking attack" clip is currently at the top of NOM's blog. It's also pretty fucking hilarious. Naughty language within.

Oprah Meets NPH

Billy Graham's Full-Page Anti-Gay Ad Debuts In 14 North Carolina Papers

Log Cabin On Grenell's Resignation

"It is amazing how fast our community can forget that it was Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) who resurrected DADT repeal in the 2010 lame duck session, and it was New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R) who fulfilled a promise to Log Cabin Republicans to allow a vote on marriage in the GOP-led chamber. If it is true - or even if Americans only perceive it to be true - that far right activists like American Family Association's Bryan Fischer are powerful enough to force a good man out of a job he is the most qualified to fill, that will make it harder to move forward on the issues that matter to LGBT Americans.

"We need Log Cabin Republicans to work for change within the party, and when one of us falls, we all suffer for it. Social conservative leaders know this, which is why they are crowing today - but their litmus test of what it takes to be a conservative is bad politics, and in the long term they are destined to lose. This is a story that the Romney campaign never wanted; the Romney team would much rather be talking about jobs and the economy. The campaign deserves more credit for hiring Ric even though they fumbled the execution, but now they will be under real pressure to prove that Mitt Romney is not antigay to an American voting public that is increasingly intolerant of discrimination." - R. Clarke Cooper, head of Log Cabin Republicans, via press release.

Lou Engle: My Prayers Made Prop 8 Pass

We first heard this from Lou Engle back in 2008, but today on The 700 Club the crackpot televangelist repeated his claim that God caused Prop 8 to pass because he'd prayed and fasted for it to happen. Engle was apparently too hungry to fast against Prop 8's eventual overturn.

How To Stand Behind Mitt At Speeches

I kept pausing to read the chalkboard.

Quote Of The Day - Dave Daubenmire

"The sodomites are the real bullies. They want to force us to accept their abominal behavior as if it were normal. If you refuse to 'tolerate' such deviancy they shower you with love-speech. My wife and I received so many vulgar phone messages that our recorder could not handle them all. My email inbox is over-flowing. I want the deviants to know that I read every one…listened to every vile phone call. You wouldn’t believe the embedded photos we received. They are despicable people. They encouraged me to fight harder. The pigs are squealing. Enjoy what you are about to read from the tolerant, non-judgmental, diversity queens." - Dave Daubenmire, crying like a titty-baby because he got ugly messages after I posted about him last week. And of course he eagerly devoured all that heterosexual sodomy porn you sent him!

RELATED: You should totally go listen to the voice mails that Daubenmire has posted. I was cracking up. Somebody should totally do a remix and post it to YouTube.

ALSO RELATED: The good Christian Daubenmire closes his outraged entry with this old wackadoodle lie.

Yes, I hate sodomy. I hate what it does to young men. I hate the guilt it lays on parents. I hate the way it destroys families. I hate the fact that children are taught that they were “born that way.” I hate the sickness and death it engenders. I hate that it kills…the average male homosexual lives only until the age of 41. I hate that they call homosexual behavior a “lifestyle” when it is clearly a death style.

In case you're somehow unaware, that "age of 41" was invented by averaging the ages of gay men listed in the AIDS obituaries of a San Francisco newspaper back in the 1980s. That's like saying: "Children who die of chicken pox die at an average age of five. Therefore all children have a life expectancy of five years."

Gay Rocker Bob Mould Joins Artists Against NC's Amendment One

Headline Of The Day

THIS is how the Christian press is reacting to the Pastor Sean "Beat Gay Children" Scandal. You dirty homos! You're "twisting" his words! Hit the link and watch Harris deny, deny, deny. And be-tee-dub, their comments are open.

TRAILER: Harmless

Christian filmmakers Onslaught Media go all Blair Witch-y in Harmless, the totally terrifying tale of a man who likes to masturbate.

The Caucasian Race Is Diminishing

As I reported yesterday, the wife of the author of North Carolina's Amendment One was heard saying that he wrote the bill in order to protect the Caucasian race from its "diminishing" numbers. A follow-up to that statement is in the video below. Check out hubby's reaction to the scandal via Thing Progress:

Responding to his wife’s comments, Sen. Brunstetter told ThinkProgress, “I know my wife does not think like that,” but admitted that “She got very flustered (she is not a political person) and then someone came up to her and started shooting questions at her. She noticed later that there was someone video taping without her knowledge.” “My wife is one of the sweetest, most genuine people you will ever meet,” he added. “Her convictions on the marriage amendment are spiritual in nature, not racial. The individual in question had been quite abusive and intimidating. The Amendment is not racially motivated, is quite simple and straightforward and, in fact, is widely supported in many areas of the African American community.”

In the clip below, Mrs. Brunstetter limply defends her remarks.

British ISPs Ordered To Block Pirate Bay

The British government has ordered the nation's internet service providers to block access to Pirate Bay, which is arguably the most notorious site for trading bootlegged copies of movies, music, and television shows.

The block, starting within weeks, will mean millions of Britons will no longer be able to access one of the biggest and longest-running global filesharing sites. The high court order provoked criticism from internet advocacy groups, who likened action against illicit filesharing websites to other forms of online censorship. Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, said: "Blocking The Pirate Bay is pointless and dangerous.It will fuel calls for further, wider and even more drastic calls for Internet censorship of many kinds, from pornography to extremism. The order to block The Pirate Bay – requested by the major music groups, represented by the British Phonographic Industry – comes as authorities and courts have tightened the net on illicit downloading sites, which film studios and music majors claim are responsible for billions of pounds in lost revenue.

NC Amendment One Marriage Poll

Public Policy Polling reports that if voters actually understood North Carolina's Amendment One, it would be losing in the polls:

The problem for opponents is that only 40% of voters actually know that the amendment bans both gay marriage and civil unions. With those voters the amendment is failing by a 60-38 margin. But with voters who think all the amendment does is ban gay marriage, 27% of the electorate, it's passing by a 72-27 margin. And with voters who admit they don't actually know what the amendment does, 26% of the electorate, it leads by a 64-28 margin. The more voters understand the full implications of the amendment the less likely they are to support it, but the clock is ticking. When we informed poll respondents the amendment banned both gay marriage and civil unions and then asked how they would vote, only 38% continued to support it with 46% opposed.

MSNBC Host Lawrence O'Donnell Slams North Carolina Pastor Sean Harris

O'Donnell flat out calls Harris a "liar."

My Quarterly Comments Comment

As I do every quarter, today I caution you that even the most idle and "jokey" threats of physical harm to any person or property are completely unacceptable on JMG. Also please remain aware that JMG comments are scoured daily by the enemies of civil equality who look for any opportunity to republish ill-considered reactions to the news reported here. As you can see by the above graph, we are pushing over 30,000 comments per month lately and I cannot personally read but a fraction of them. Therefore I must rely on the JMG community to stay self-policing and notify me by email should any comment concern you. And be advised that in many cases these comments are posted by drive-by trolls in order to grab triumphant screen-shots for use elsewhere. Thank you.

Dueling Days Of Reason And Prayer

Today is the National Day Of Prayer and the National Day Of Reason. Rep. Pete Stark, the only openly atheist member of Congress, issued a proclamation on the House floor in recognition of the latter.

The National Day of Reason celebrates the application of reason and the positive impact it has had on humanity. It is also an opportunity to reaffirm the Constitutional separation of religion and government. Our nation faces many problems—bringing our troops home from Afghanistan, creating jobs, educating our children, and protecting our safety net from irresponsible cuts. We will solve these issues through the application of reason. We must also protect women’s reproductive choices, the integrity of scientific research, and our public education system from those who would hide behind religious dogma to undermine them.

Tweet Of The Day - Pastor Sean Harris

Trans Woman Murdered In Oakland

In what may have been a hate crime, a Bay Area transgender woman was shot to death in her car last weekend in Oakland. Brandy Martell, 37, had worked for a local transgender services organization.

Another transgender woman and friend of Martell’s—who wants to keep her identity private—was in the back seat of the car. According to this witness, she, Martell and two other transgender women had been socializing in the parked vehicle for several hours. Around 3 am, two men approached the car and chatted with the women briefly, the witness said. Martell and the other women told the men they were transgendered, and after a seemingly cordial conversation, the men walked off, said the witness. Two hours later, the men reappeared, and one of them stuck the barrel of an automatic weapon into the crack of Martell’s window, according to the witness. According to her, the man shot Martell in the side, and the other women fled as Martell tried to drive away. Martell made it only as far as the intersection before her wounds stopped her. The gunman fired multiple shots into the car, two of which struck Martell, the witness said. The shooter and the other man got away on foot.

(Tipped by JMG reader Marcia)

Ultimate Drag Race Recap

Head over to Boy Culture where my pal Matt Rettenmund has posted photos and video interviews with all the contestants from Monday's Drag Race finale.

Pastor Sean Harris: I Was Only Using Hyperbole Just Like Jesus Did

Saturday: The Super Moon Of 2012

Queen Latifah To Headline Pride Event

Open Thread Thursday

How did your family find out?

NORTH CAROLINA: Man Urinates On Pro-Gay Sign -"I Vote For The Bible"

We can presume that this Godly clip comes in response to the furor over Shotgun Boy.

And Daddy Makes Three

Billy Graham has joined his son and daughter in publicly coming out in favor of denying civil equality to gay North Carolina residents.

Billy Graham on Wednesday released a statement on the proposed marriage amendment in North Carolina. The 93-year-old Graham has a full-page advertisement scheduled to run in 14 state newspapers. "At 93, I never thought we would have to debate the definition of marriage," Graham says in the advertisement. "The Bible is clear -- God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman. I want to urge my fellow North Carolinians to vote for the marriage amendment on Tuesday, May 8. God bless you as you vote."

Last week Graham's daughter declared that God will destroy North Carolina if the bill does not pass.

$100 Carry-On Fee

Remember how I've bitched about Spirit Airlines? Check this.

Putting a bag in the overhead bin will soon cost some Spirit Airlines passengers $100. That's more than they may have paid for their tickets. The Miramar, Fla., airline currently charges $45 for a carry-on bag. As of Nov. 6, customers who wait to pay the fee at the boarding gate will fork over $100. Any bag that needs to fit in the overhead bin is considered a carry-on. A small bag that fits under the seat is free. The price for a carry-on paid for at an airport kiosk will increase to $50 from $40.

You might recall that Spirit is fighting a recent federal ruling that airlines must fully disclose all fees and taxes with their advertised fares.

Established Men

Copyranter wonders: "1. Because if she doesn't study, she'll end up with a fat bald rich guy—like we feature on our site? 2. Because if she doesn't study, she won't end up with a fat bald rich guy—like we feature on our site?"

Radio Host David Pakman Tries To Call Pastor Sean "Beat Gay Kids" Harris

This afternoon radio host David Pakman tried to get Pastor Sean Harris on the phone to defend his views. Listen to how the woman who answered the phone responds to his questions.

Kingship - Wandering Sailor

Queerty calls this a musical take on Fassbinder's Querelle. From the clip's description:

Featuring the best crew a captain could dream of: his Majesty the Gay Pimp himself Jonny McGovern and, as his sailor boytoy, Brad Cheyne; world-sensation and sensational Drew Droege (aka "It's recently come to my attention" Chloë Sevigny) as the Madam; super-talented Julie Goldman as the drag-king bouncer; the hilarious Tanya McClure as the one-eyed barmaid; beautiful sailorgirl Brandy Howard; badboy patron James Hawkins; Sebastian Thomas Johnson as the hunky backroom trick (real tats included); and dreamy Wandering Sailor, Jonah Wharton.

Jesus Is The 99%

Gothamist blogger Jen Chung gets this week's headline prize: Jesus Christ, Look At This Protester's Package!

NOM Launches Campaign Demanding That President Obama Denounce Dan Savage

Claiming that Dan Savage is the "national leader" of the marriage equality movement (HUH?) NOM has launched a letter campaign to President Obama demanding that he denounce the It Gets Better Campaign. Here's the text of the letter, which NOM will also send to Congress.

I am grateful for the White House’s emphasis on creating a safe and civil school environment for children of all ethnic, social and religious backgrounds. This is a goal that we all can share. But I was appalled by the hostile anti-Christian rant recently unleashed at a Southern California high school by Dan Savage, founder of the “It Gets Better” campaign. I see that Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign is prominently recognized on the White House website as a model for anti-bullying programs across the nation. Is this truly the sort of example that your administration wants to hold up for a model to the nation? It got so bad as Savage cursed the Bible that a number of students quietly got up and walked out of the auditorium. This isn’t the sort of “bully pulpit” our nation needs. I urge you to publicly disavow Dan Savage, making it clear that your administration does not support this sort of bullying, and that respect and civility extend to people of all backgrounds and beliefs.

As I've mentioned here before, this so-called “walkout” was very likely staged and prearranged by Focus On The Family, whose anti-Day Of Silence event was also taking place on April 19th and who that very day posted quotes from the involved students. For those unaware, FOTF asked Christian parents to keep their kids out of school on the annual day for observing anti-bullying campaigns.

If you watch the clips closely, you’ll see that students begin to get up and leave before Savage even says his first sentence about religion. You'll also note that FOTF strategically placed a high-rez camera to capture the three rows of the audience of 2800 that walked out. These students, who exited with smirks and at least one "thumbs-up" to the camera, didn’t feel “bullied” or “offended,” they were asked in advance to attend and then walk out. Faked fakery, but quite well executed considering the result. Brian Brown is probably sending Focus a big fat check from the Vatican.