Porterville City Council, in California, received negative backlash back in 2009 after it passed a resolution publicly backing anti-gay Prop 8.
Porterville is back in the news again as some of the City Council members want to rescind an LGBT Pride proclamation made by the city's mayor, Virginia Gurrola.
According to ABC30, "several council members want the proclamation rescinded and a resolution be voted on instead, calling June a month of community charity and goodwill to all in Porterville."
On top of wanting June being "rescinded" as Gay Pride Month, they want July celebrated as "Heterosexual Month." SRSLY.
Watch below:
(via Towleroad)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Las Vegas: Jim Caruso's CAST PARTY at the Smith Center tonight
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party is a wildly popular weekly soiree that brings a sprinkling of Broadway glitz and urbane wit to the legendary Birdland in New York City every Monday night.
It’s a cool cabaret night-out enlivened by a hilariously impromptu variety show. Broadway and showbiz superstars often show up and hit the stage unannounced alongside up-and-comers, serving up jaw-dropping music and general razzle-dazzle.
Since opening night in 2003, it’s been the ultimate spot to mix and mingle with Manhattan show folk and their fans. Caruso guides the entire affair like a bubbly cruise director along with musical director Billy Stritch at the ivories,
It’s the party that would happen if somehow David Letterman and Ed Sullivan threw a hip house party around a nine-foot concert grand piano!
Last fall, Caruso and Stritch brought the event to town and folks like Donny Osmond, Frankie Moreno, Clint Holmes, performers from JERSEY BOYS, PHANTOM, VEGAS THE SHOW all showed up to sing the party on.
And tonight, Cast Party comes to Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center at 9:30 p.m. (tickets are $20 and $30 and available on the Smith Center website ).
Come on down, grab a cocktail and enjoy the show. You NEVER know who's going to show up!
Python can open doors
Horrified! Oh. Mah. Gawd.
Am I the only one who's nervous watching this?
The videos, which star a 16-foot albino burmese python, was uploaded two years ago by Vimeo user Jenner. However, the snake, named "Julius," is the latest pet to experience Internet fame.
According to Jenner, when the snake is tired of being in a dark room, "she flips on the light, opens the door and bails."
"This is why we keep doors locked with her around. We don't need her harassing the neighbors," add Jenner in the video description.
Clearly the kids aren't afraid. So maybe the fear is only mine.
(via Mashable)
Moving video shows how anti-gay DOMA pulls families apart - Tim and Jamie
Tim and Jamie been together since August 2006.
But in June 2009 they had their experience with how their international relationship would be tested: Jamie, a native of Scotland, was detained at SeaTac Airport due to visa problems and was denied the right to call Tim. He was sent back to Scotland the next day after Tim waited for hours in the airport without a chance to see him.
They married in June 2012.
Currently, Jamie and Tim's marriage in Canada is not recognized legally in the United States because of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act. Because they cannot be together in the USA, they are considering moving to South America so they can live together as legal spouses.
This is why the Supreme Court decision on DOMA is so vitally important for families like Tim and Jamie.
Holding strong to the hope that DOMA is struck down in the next week.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski pens strong support for marriage equality
Alaska's Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) has released a strong, sound and principled statement in support for marriage equality. This makes her the third sitting GOP Senator to endorse same-sex marriage.
Bravo, Sen. Murkowski!
Excerpt from Sen. Murkowski's official website:
First, this is a personal liberty issue and has to do with the most important personal decision that any human makes. I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission? If there is one belief that unifies most Alaskans – our true north – it is less government and more freedom. We don’t want the government in our pockets or our bedrooms; we certainly don’t need it in our families.
Secondly, civil marriage also touches the foundation of our national culture: safe, healthy families and robust community life. In so many ways, sound families are the foundation of our society. Any efforts or opportunity to expand the civil bonds and rights to anyone that wants to build a stable, happy household should be promoted.
Thirdly, by focusing on civil marriage -- but also reserving to religious institutions the right to define marriage as they see fit -- this approach respects religious liberty by stopping at the church door. As a Catholic, I see marriage as a valued sacrament that exists exclusively between a man and a woman. Other faiths and belief systems feel differently about this issue – and they have every right to. Churches must be allowed to define marriage and conduct ceremonies according to their rules, but the government should not tell people who they have a right to marry through a civil ceremony.
I encourage you to read the entire statement. Sen. Murkowski, finding common ground through common sense, shares how marriage equality for all is just as much a conservative value as it is an American value.
Sen. Murkowski supported both the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin released the following statement in response to the news:
“Senator Murkowski’s courageous and principled announcement today sends a clear message that marriage equality must come to all 50 states in this country. As the Supreme Court prepares to rule in two landmark marriage cases this month, a growing bipartisan coalition is standing up for the right of all couples to marry—and there is no turning back that tide.
“We hope other fair-minded conservatives like Senator Murkowski stand up and join her. Alaska may be nicknamed ‘the Last Frontier,’ but we’ve got to make sure that LGBT Alaskans don’t have to wait to find justice.”
Miss Utah sings her fumbled Miss USA answer
Ok, so big points for going with the comedy and laughing at herself.
Marissa Powell, Miss Utah, suddenly uber-famous for her word salad answer on the Miss USA pageant Sunday night, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last night and "musicalized" the answer that made her a viral sensation.
Good sport. Big points from me.
Video: Cher sings "Woman's World" on THE VOICE finale
Complete with pink feather/bird headdress and the famous Cher swagger.
“Woman’s World” is the first song from Cher's upcoming and highly anticipated new Warner Bros. studio album which will be released on September 24th.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Miss Utah gets another chance to answer Miss USA question
Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, didn't win Sunday night's Miss USA pageant after botching her interview question, but she did create one of the most viral video momnet in years.
In the interview portion of the competition for the final five contestants, the 21-year-old awkwardly responded to judge NeNe Leakes's question about income inequality. Her response contains the now-infamous phrase, "create education better."
Powell, who finished the evening as third runner-up and Miss Photogenic, was given a shot at redemption on the Today show on Tuesday.
Anchor Matt Lauer asks her the question again, to which she replies: "So this is not OK. It needs to be equal pay for equal work, and it's hard enough already to earn a living, and it shouldn't be harder just because you're a woman."
Powell conceded that her nerves got the better of her on Sunday, and she answered the question without thinking.
Gotta ask though - is it weird that the winner, Miss USA, doesn't look at Powell once she's onset? Or is it just me?
In the interview portion of the competition for the final five contestants, the 21-year-old awkwardly responded to judge NeNe Leakes's question about income inequality. Her response contains the now-infamous phrase, "create education better."
Powell, who finished the evening as third runner-up and Miss Photogenic, was given a shot at redemption on the Today show on Tuesday.
Anchor Matt Lauer asks her the question again, to which she replies: "So this is not OK. It needs to be equal pay for equal work, and it's hard enough already to earn a living, and it shouldn't be harder just because you're a woman."
Powell conceded that her nerves got the better of her on Sunday, and she answered the question without thinking.
Gotta ask though - is it weird that the winner, Miss USA, doesn't look at Powell once she's onset? Or is it just me?
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(via Mashable)Eldest Duggar child now to advocate anti-gay policy for certified hate group
Josh Duggar, the oldest of the clan of children who are the focus of TLC’s reality series 19 Kids and Counting has accepted a position as executive director with Family Research Council, which has been classified as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has a long history of attacking the LGBT community.
Duggar made the announcement via Twitter yesterday (see above).
“If Josh Duggar wants to make a living dehumanizing and denigrating LGBT people and their families, that’s his business, but FRC’s lies and stereotypes need to be treated as such,” said GLAAD Spokesperson Wilson Cruz. “Josh’s new boss Tony Perkins has actually accused LGBT equality advocates of being pawns of the devil. Fans of his family’s reality show ought to know that.”
(via Queerty)
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