Monday, April 20, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

CHARITABLE A-LIST ACTOR: Super handsome actor-with-a-heart-of-gold Ryan Reynolds is auctioning off a pair of tickets to the premiere of two of this summer's hottest movies: XMEN Origins: WOLVERINE and The Proposal, with all proceeds benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research.
MORE LEGAL WOES FOR BENSIMON: Another lawsuit slapped on Bravo’s drama magnet Real Housewives of New York cast member Kelly Bensimon.
Meghan McCain spoke to the Log Cabin Republicans Saturday night in Washington, D.C., and told the gay group of her many gay friends, and that old-guard Republicans are "scared shitless" of the future.
This afternoon, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee issued an official notice that the federal hate crimes bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1913), is scheduled for a full committee markup this week. The markup on the hate crimes bill will begin on Wednesday, April 22 at 10:15 a.m. in 2141 [...]
Jonathan Merritt, a 26-year-old faith and culture writer who serves as national spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative, has a must-read post up at USA Today that encourages self-professed Christians to do away with “rhetorical onslaughts” against LGBT people and take a deeper look at the way Jesus treated people who were marginalized by [...]
New York Times columnist Frank Rich wrote a doozy of an article on Saturday that lampoons (or, harpoons, perhaps…) the anti-gay right wing for their desperate, grasping attacks against marriage equality.  I love that he points to that crazy National Organization for Marriage “Gathering Storm” ad that we helped turn into what Rich calls an [...]

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