Delibrately spreading misinformation, Christian extremist Pat Robertson discussed the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr. Hates Crimes Prevention Bill on The 700 Club, saying “The noose has tightened around the necks of Christians to keep them from speaking out on certain moral issues.”

The most hilarious part is that he seems to be blithely unaware of the fact that religion (including Christianity of course) is already covered under the federal hate crimes bill and has been for some time now. Beyond that, there’s language in the bill that already protects religious leaders from speaking out against homosexuality. Just a boat load of ignorance all around.

A male reporter embarrassed himself and George Clooney at the Venice Film Festival when he removed his shirt and proclaimed he wanted George to “take him now”.

Matt Damon and Steven Soderbergh talk more about “The Informant”, the film where Damon had to gain 30 lbs to play a man who blows the whistle on his company’s price-fixing scheme.

A gay man in Thunder Bay, Canada was brutally beaten by six to eight men with bricks, and will now require reconstructive surgery to deal with the damage done to his face.

Openly gay Representative Barney Frank is eyeing a position in the Obama cabinet.  I doubt it will happen, but if it did he’d be the first gay person ever in the Presidential cabinet.

Ntozake Shange was slated to write and direct the film adaptation of her play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, but now Tyler Perry has stolen the entire film from her.

Female UK prison officer wins case against correctional facility she claims treated her unfairly for being young, female, and pretty.

More tour dates have been canceled for homophobic Jamaican singer Buju Banton.  One of his most popular songs talks about shooting gays and burning their bodies.

Proud, admitted homophobe Tim Hardaway is now working hard to save gay lives.  He says “we don’t have to accept the act, but we have to accept them as people.” How generous of you.

Here’s a short clip from the new E! Special on Christina that aired this past Wednesday. Christina, Sia, Sam Dixon, and DJ Premier also talked more about what to expect from Christina’s new album.

You can watch the full special in 13 parts on YouTube.

Transgendered activist Melissa Sue Brown runs for Mayor of Nampa, Idaho, but many people aren’t convinced she has a chance in one of the most conservative communities in the nation.

FOXSexpert Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright debunks 8 sex myths about women, including my favorite “she always needs an emotional connection for sex”.

The infamous pastor Steve Anderson (who admittedly is kind of cute) thinks America is controlled by homosexuals.  He also claims that all homosexuals are pedophiles including Barney Frank.

Desperate Housewives star Dana Delany became co-president of the Creative Coalition.  It’s important to get as many woman as possible in positions dealing with funding for arts and entertainment.

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz has a guy who’s job is specifically to pull up his pants during his shows.  I’m sure there’s plenty of men (and women) who’d do that job for free.

Dan Savage, whom you might know from his famous blog or from his appearances on Real Time With Bill Maher, is taping his own pilot for HBO called “Savage Love”

During a recent sit down with Donald Trump, late night talk show host David Letterman said “anybody who wants to get married ought to be able to get married.”

Conservative organization Focus on the Family has laid off a number of workers again, after already having done so twice earlier this year.

These people truly are delusional. If I believed in God I’d pray for them.

This story is a few months old but nonetheless is still astounded me.  A California couple actually had to sue the city in order to get the groom’s last name changed to that of the bride.  Michael Buday wanted to change his last name to his wife’s partly because he felt closer to his wife’s family than his own.

He discovered it would take a $US350 fee, court appearances, a public announcement and mounds of paperwork to make a change on his driving license that is routine for women who marry.

After months of frustration, the Los Angeles computer programmer and his ER nurse wife Diana [Bijon], 29, took their problem to the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

A double barrel name would have been no problem, nor would Diana and Michael deciding to each keep their birth names. But California and some 40 other US states provided no place on the marriage license application, and driving license, for the groom to choose the bride’s surname.

I suppose there’s probably not a huge demand for husbands that want their wives names, so I get that it’s not an option on the license application (although it should be), but when someone specifically requests it, it makes no sense to me that request wouldn’t be fulfilled.  I mean what difference does it make?  Or are we only okay with women being the ones to give up part of their identities?

I’m still on the fence about Bruno, probably will be until I see the movie. But I definitely feel like it’ll be easier for straight people to absentmindedly laugh at this movie than gay people.

How awkward for Elisabeth.

Watch as he sits tweeking his way through this interview, clearly on some sort of narcotic, not able to answer the simplest of questions such as how long the band’s been together or whether he’s actually met Willie Nelson. It’s a complete departure from how he normally behaves in his interviews.

Apparently Canadians were not happy with how he acted either in the interview, or on stage at his concert there. As they all booed him during their set.

It looks like the momentum from Iowa and Vermont is heating up as now D.C. is jumping on the same-sex marriage train.

The D.C. Council overwhelmingly voted Tuesday in favor of legislation recognizing gay marriages from other states — a move city lawmakers lauded as a step toward legalizing such marriages in the city.

If signed into law, the bill will allow gay D.C. couples to marry in one of four states that allow such marriages, then return to the District and have the marriage recognized under city law.

The 13-member council gave preliminary approval to the bill on the same day Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex unions. The Vermont legislature voted to override the governor’s veto and allow gay marriages.

The D.C. legislation faces final approval by the council next month, then it must be reviewed by Congress, which has final say over most city laws.

Members also approved legislation that recognizes relationships that are similar to domestic partnerships in the District and have all “the rights and responsibilities of marriage” in another jurisdiction.

The District passed a law in 1992 that allowed same-sex couples to register as domestic partners. But Congress prohibited the city from spending any of its own funds to implement the law, until the ban was finally lifted in fiscal 2002.

D.C.’s hot mayor Adrian M. Fenty still needs to sign the legislation after the D.C. council gives its final approval next month.  Council member David A. Catania who is openly gay expects Fenty to support the bill.

Problem is, all D.C. laws also need to be approved by the U.S. Congress, and though we have a Democratic majority, we all know how spineless our dear Democrats really are.

(via Washington Times)