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→ Nineteen-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, was murdered Saturday in Puerto Rico. He was found "partially burned, decapitated, and dismembered, both arms, both legs, and the torso." According to iReporter Christopher Pagan, "The police agent that is handling this case said on a public televised statement that 'people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen.'"
→ So Rachel Maddow lied about whether her colleagues and employer engage in political activism.
→ Brooklyn's Starlight Lounge, the borough's oldest gay bar (and self-proclaimed oldest black-owned NYC bar), risks closure as its building's new owner wants the place empty.
→ Even though Gap this year is explicitly excited for Christmas, the American Family Association is initiating a temporary boycott because of "the company’s censorship of the word 'Christmas.'"
→ Laid off from the New York Times, Kenneth in the 212 blogger Kenneth Walsh is sort of "eh" about it.
→ Democrat Alex Sink, who's running for the Florida governor's seat that Charlie Crist is leaving open, wants to abandon the state's ban on gays adopting: "We need a system in which all of our children are assured that they live in a healthy, loving home — a home that's determined not by any law. The decision has to be made by the judge, in consultation with the experts, to determine what is the best for that individual child."
→ As Perry v. Schwarzenegger moves marriage equality closer to the U.S. Supreme Court, Canada's top court will be asked to decide whether it's time to say yes to polygamy.
→ Love Honor Cherish's SignForEquality.com kicks off for a 2010 Prop 8 repeal effort.
→ Is it racist when the British version of the Couples Retreat movie poster "omits" the two black characters?
→ Homophobic reggae star Buju Banton saw his concerts killed stateside. Now Beenie Man is seeing the same thing happen in Australia and New Zealand.
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The breeder bigots are not going to pin legalized polygamy on us. It is well known what harm polygamy has done to women, which is why it is illegal. Same sex marriage harms no one except the incomes of breeder bigots who profit off their jihad against it.
All too rarely do I think on how great it is not to be dismembered and set afire.
"BC's Supreme Court will be asked to decide if polygamy should remain illegal in Canada, the province's attorney general announced Thursday."
wow queerty dont u even read your sources..
it says it may eventualy head to the supreme court of canada but it has yet.
"The police agent that is handling this case said on a public televised statement that 'people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen.'"
PIECE OF SHIT ALERT!
and i thought PR was a good place for gays.
yay for Beenie Man being canceled!!!
"The police agent that is handling this case said on a public televised statement that 'people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen.'"
DUMB FUCK! Instead of outrage at the murder of a Mexican citizen, all he can come up with is a "warning" to the the LGBT community?
He ought to be stripped of his badge.
Dang! What the heck am I thinking? "Mexican citizen"???
Obviously, I meant to say Puerto Rican, not Mexican.
That's what happens when one gets old and senile. LOL
I'm skeptical about the Puerto Rico story. That's not a reliable source that's being cited, and there might be a misunderstanding if the police statement is being translated from Spanish. For example, perhaps the statement was closer to: "Because there's a killer on the loose, the gay community needs to be warned to be careful right now. This could happen to them."
I could understand a single cop saying something homophobic extemporaneously, but this was a prepared statement. If a prepared statement from the police department was really that homophobic, you'd think it would be a bigger story.
Perhaps, the killers of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado were inspired by the hateful remarks of (Puerto Rican) New York State Senator Rubin Diaz.
Regarding the story about polygamy in Canada, part of the issue is that it's already possible to have more than one spouse in Canada depending on your province's definition of "spouse".
In Ontario, it's possible to have _three_ legally recognised spouses at once: One through marriage, one through long-term cohabitation, and one through having a child together while in a relationship "of some permanance". (e.g. A man leaves his wife but doesn't divorce her, then moves in with a girlfriend, and knocks up another girlfriend on the side. All three women fit Ontario's definition of "spouse".)
The New York Times just became a better paper.
What Rachel Maddow said was that MSNBC as a network does not plan rallies that advocate against the federal government. Fox News plans and organizes anti-government rallies, meaning it's not a news organization, but a political action group. She was correct.
Regarding Canada's polygamy ruling….what about islamic Canadians who are allowed more than one wife?
@ Robert, NYC
http://www.immigrationwatchcan.....tion=92:90
There is also a polyamory group in B.C. that wants to make a submission should the Supreme Court agree to hear the submission.
Another signature rally again. Fighting marriage again.
You people have a heart of steel. I admire that..really.
Good Luck
Strumpetwindsock, thank you for the link. Even if the law against polygamy is upheld, I wonder how this will impact those muslims who subscribe to polygamy citing freedom of religion, practice and belief. Polygamy in the islammic cult is accepted and practiced.
Attmay, they can't pin polygamy on us when you take into account that the Mormon cult once practiced it, hardly the fault of gay people. They used old testament references to justify it. Odd how most right wing religious bigots claim they believe in the scripture but conveniently omit many references that are contrary to 21st century living and the laws that govern us, while deliberately using the Leviticus reference to justify discrimination. Check out http://www.fallwell.com
@17 Robert NYC:
"Attmay, they can't pin polygamy on us when you take into account that the Mormon cult once practiced it, hardly the fault of gay people."
I know that, and you know that. But the breeder bigots are counting on millions of dupes who don't know that to exploit them for fun and profit at our expense.