After the gays ruined his marriage, singer/songwriter Oded Gross and his friend Ty Taylor decided to join the KKK. That's a natural reaction, we think. Unfortunately, Mr. Gross' plans are brought down by a red sock, which turns his pristine white robe into a pink rag. Will the KKK be "cross"?

The KKK will soon rally against same-sex marriage in Iowa. They sure do love their rallies.

Klan member Douglas Sadler and Hawkeye State resident has come out to explain the reason for the march, saying he doesn’t “believe God’s law should be perverted any more than it already has been.” Yes, he means us queers.

So how does one get closer to God? Well, first you start with an old-fashioned cross burning.

We take green lumber that won’t burn. We wrap it in burlap, soak it in kerosene and light it. It’s a religious ceremony, a cleansing of souls, a repenting of sins,” said Sadler.

Call us crazy, but we think there might be a far less dramatic way to repent your sins.

North Iowa Klansman focuses his ire on gays [Globe Gazette]

• The KKK rallied for the same-sex marriage ban in Bush country over the weekend. Instead of getting decked out in their trademark sparkling white hoods they dressed in black clothes carrying wooden shields and wore confederate flag bandanas. A much warmer look for them.

• It seems like Tom Cruise's sis wasn't doing a good job selling us on he and scientologist-to-be, Katie Holmes's romance. So the loving brother sacked her. The tough job now falls on a new PR guru. We wish him good luck. He'll need it.

• First hurricanes, now the war in Iraq. Apparently we gays are responsible for just about every tragic event in the world right now. We're evil, we tell you!

• No one, not even Mr. Ciccone himself, tells Madonna what to wear. Ever.

• Jumping on the Anderson Cooper bandwagon perhaps, ABC gays up Matt Lauer. (Via Towleroad)

• Variety reviews Brokeback Mountain and evidently today's Morning Goods guy has some talent to match his rugged good looks.

• The gay marriage ban is upheld in Oregon and opponents focus on Tuesday's vote in Texas. And to celebrate the KKK will be rallying this weekend. Through their white hoods: "We certainly don't want any of our people hurt nor any city officials." But if you fall outside either of those categories, all bets are off.

• Tonight's the night. Brazilians, gay and straight alike, get ready for a possible male lip lock on the tube.

• We like to think Barney Frank would fight to make sure he gets a spot on any gay cock, er, caucus in the Massachusetss State House.

• Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi plan to have children together. Baby names we like: Dina DeGeneres and Dean De Rossi.

• This has been driving us crazy all day. If Laila Ali and Queen Latifah are really a couple, then who is the dominant one?(Via A Socialite's Life)

Talk about a white party!

The city of Austin has granted permission for the KKK to hold an anti-gay rally November 5, on the south plaza of the city hall.

The KKK, Kooky Kunts in Kostume, are known for their poetic irony. For instance, their web site home page says that they are “Proclaiming a message of hope and deliverance for white Christian America.” A Jew interviewed at random on the streets of Manhattan first thanked Madonna for popularizing the Kabala and then asked “What am I, chopped liver?”

Meanwhile, to prepare for the November 5 white party, you can go to the Kooky Kunts on-line store. They have books demonstrating incontrovertibly that Charles Darwin was an utter nincompoop, and tastefully appliquéd t-shirts that will have you burning your Dolce and Gabbana. Those of you who disagree with Queerty’s pro-Kooky Kunts stance may go to the American Family Association website to send them an FU valentine.

• A musical from Madge herself? Could happen. Just don't get pal Rosie O'Donnell to finance it.

• For the new restored DVD release of The Wizard of Oz, Warner Bros. "didn't add or remove anything," going so far as to even leave the fishing lines visible in some scenes intact. Are you paying attention, George Lucas?

• We wonder if this is the first time another man's mouth has come this close to Al Roker's crotch. That smile on his face says probably not.

• Republicans are set for round two, preparing yet another amendment that would ban gay marriage. But critics say the law would actually ruin it for straight married folks in Massachusetts as well, inadvertently banning all marriage in the state. Oh, the discriminating irony.

• The KKK are joining in on the intolerant fun too, getting decked out in their freshly-pressed whites to protest same-sex marriage.