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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Box Office: “Precious” Soars On Opening Night; Averages $32K Anyone skeptical of the box office power of Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” should brace themselves. Last night, on 18 theaters in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta, the film took in $585,000, finding a first day average of $32,500 . The film sold out most of...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Thanks to this week's election night open thread and our liveblog of the Senate ENDA hearing , this was the highest traffic week ever on Bilerico Project. While those two posts were two of our highlights, out of the many posts published this week, here are some of the best: Sunday Guess Who Just Played the Gay Card? Filed by: Adam Bink Apples and Androids [Gay Geeks] Filed by: Nathan Strang Monday...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the election of the anti-gay Chris Christie, activists are stepping up the pressure on New Jersey's legislature to approve marriage equality before Gov. Jon Corzine leaves office. Corzine, a Democrat unseated in Tuesday's election, said he would sign such a bill. His successor, Republican Chris Christie, opposes same-sex marriages. "New Jersey is at the very top of our list, and it's going...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | yesterday
`Maggie’ Gallagher’ On Election Day this past Tuesday, the people of Maine voted to repeal gay marriage, 53 percent to 47 percent. Gay-marriage advocates are bitterly disappointed. They spent three years building an organization to push gay marriage in Maine. They had every major newspaper and most other media on their side, as well as the [...]
Andymatic (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the always awesome Mark Morford: Meanwhile, there was a glimmer of good news up in the state of Washington, where they voted in favor of gay marriage, sort of, only they didn’t actually call it marriage because That Would Be Wrong, given how we all know “marriage” is a registered trademark of the Bible and [...]
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is in the middle of a new scandal, both literally and figuratively: reports are surfacing that she has been featured in a new sex tape. This comes on the heels of her almost losing, regaining, then ultimately losing her crown in Spring. At the time, Ms. Prejean said she was stripped of her crown because of her views on gay marriage. No word on what she has to say...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE FIVE-HOUR hearing last Monday before the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics seemed interminable, and the arguments from proponents of the so-called Marriage Initiative ranged from the absurd to the offensive to the pathetic. The question before t... Recap of Monday’s Gay Marriage Hearing in Washington, DC is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California:...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sources close to Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates, who is forming a new government following September elections, said Oct. 23 that legalizing same-sex marriage will be one of the new team’s first actions."The measure is part of the official... Portugal to Legalize Gay Marriage is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
If anyone could have talked himself out of being gay, Kimberly Brooks said it was her husband.He wanted to be straight; she wanted him to be straight. She once followed his gaze across the beach to another man but quickly dismissed the thought. No, he ... Ex Spouses Speak Up for Gay Marriage in DC is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles Sacramento...
The Sideshow (Free subscription) | yesterday
I see via Atrios that John Reed, who was one of the people responsible for the creation of Citigroup, regrets the repeal of Glass-Steagal, which he helped make happen. " Lawmakers were wrong to repeal the Depression-era Glass- Steagall Act in 1999, Reed said. At the time, he supported overturn of the law, which required the separation of institutions that engaged in traditional customer banking...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | yesterday
100 The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006) Meryl Streep begins her own populist career reinvention (soon to be followed by Mamma Mia!) by playing a tyrannical and thinly disguised version of Vogue editor Anna Wintour in this satirical yet soft-centered account of life among the fashionistas. 68. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) Formally intricate and expertly executed, Memento is a devious brainteaser...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
A small majority of California voters supports the right of gay couples to marry, but a much larger portion of voters opposes efforts to place the issue back on the ballot next year, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has found.Views on same-sex marriage... New Poll: 60% of Californians Don’t Want to See Gay Marriage on Ballot in 2010 is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona:...
Avast! Feminist Conspiracy! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Do you feel a headache coming on? A massive blinding frustration-induced migraine?In a lot of ways, the recent defeat of gay marriage rights in Maine is just plain boring. Same shit, different state. Mainers were snowed by the same "protect the children!" rhetoric that worked so well in California. That bewildering "it's not about fairness" tagline is an ACTUAL SLOGAN used by the...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | yesterday
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters Say what you will about why we lost in Maine, you have to admit that lgbts have learned the lesson from the aftermath of Proposition 8. After that vote last year, some lgbts allowed their anger to rule their minds, acted the fool, and created a few events that folks like Mike Huckabee, Peter LaBarbera, Matt Barber, and the rest replayed continuously...
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