i think my invite must have gotten lost in the mail.

happy gay marriage day

Did they say anything about 3 ways?

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) June 26, 2015

2pz Correspondent Melissa aka "Stacy McTrace" got engaged, surprised and maybe even passed out.

In an elaborate plot that spanned several months and half a continent, apparent diabolical genius Chris totally surprised 2pz correspondent Melissa aka "Stacy McTrace" with #1 a ring and #2 a party with her family and friends. The video above is their arrival at the party - note: around the 30 second mark it looks like Melissa loses consciousness for a few seconds. Congrats!

our blessed mother TINA TURNER is getting gay married to her boyfriend

congrats tina.

we wish you all the happiness in the world. sitting on a pile of money in switzerland.

andrew sullivan on gay rights

"To those who are often tempted to write off America's ability to perfect its union still further, to lead the world in the clarity of its moral and political discourse, and to resist the pull of fundamentalism when it conflicts with human dignity, let me just say: I believe. Because I have seen." (via)

that is one gay ass bridge.

minnesota just passed marriage equality, and minneapolis celebrated by doing this to one of their bridges. as the jalopnik writer points out:

"it looks like the final stage of mario kart."

ctm.

richard lawson might be a carpenter, because he nailed it

What I Learned Hate-Reading the Internet - Richard Lawson

the rich lesbian widow stirrin' up troubs in washington.

if you're like me, when you heard about the upcoming supreme court case involving edie windsor and the $300,000+ estate tax she's being asked to pay for inheriting the estate of her wife, thea spyer, you thought, "those fancy-named ladies sound rrriiiiiicccccchhhhhh..."

...and you wanted to know more about their life together. nymag has a brief piece with an accompanying slideshow.

During this vacation—one of many—the pair tried to stay only in hotel rooms with water views. “[One] day, we were in the Piazza San Marco, and Thea kept protecting me from the Italian guys. Finally one of them said to her, in this strong Italian accent, ‘If you love her, kiss her!’ She didn’t, though. We were still young enough that we just hustled out.” They arrived back in New York the morning after the Stonewall riots. (via)

i hope edie gets to keep every last penny of that gay marriage $$$$$$$$$$$$

today in "did you know that i don't care if you're gay?"

"now that i've left public office..." (via)

thanks, i guess

Some (not very) prominent Republicans have banded together to make the shocking announcement that they are not in fact in favor of outright discrimination. After homeroom they passed a note to the Supreme Court in support of a lawsuit that seeks to strike down Proposition 8, the California law that the Mormons payed for.

In making an expansive argument that same-sex marriage bans are discriminatory, the brief’s signatories are at odds with the House Republican leadership, which has authorized the expenditure of tax dollars to defend the 1996 marriage law. The law defines marriage in the eyes of the federal government as the union of a man and a woman.

This is what it looks like when you build your house on the sand. nytimes. via.

today in, "did you know i'm gay"

gomer pyle (jim nabors) was just married to his partner of 38 years. what, you didn't know he was gay? you mean you barely even know who that is? doesn't matter, he is GAY

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gay power couple

Mark Zuckerberg's college roommate and current owner of The New Republic, Chris Hughes and his butch boytoy Sean Eldridge have a huge loft in Soho they use for parties, but live upstate on a former Vanderbilt estate. They are rich and powerful and married and I am jealous. nymag nytimes 

not the freshest piece of internet, but whatever

Michele and Marcus Bachmann on Homosexuality - watch more funny videos

here are the ladies of throwing shade being real funny.

ugh. shut UP bristol palin!

The other night I was telling Kiki that I was not excited about the impending media shit storm that would follow Barack Obama's NBD statement about same-sex marriage rights (which we all already knew he privately supported since 1996).  This is a prime example of what I was talking about:

Bristol Palin, perennial victim of the "liberal media" as the daughter of a former Republican vice presidential candidate, wrote a blog post criticizing Obama's daughters, parenting skills and position of same-sex marriage.  Meanwhile, the PlayBoy posing father of her out of wed-lock baby is having another out-of-wedlock baby, with another woman, and planning to name it Breeze Beretta-after the brand of gun.  For fuck's sake.  Know when to let it go!

 [WSJ]

i love fruit s-ughaaaaalaaad!

As our country hopelessly slides into the godless pit of homosexuality, I think we all need to stop and thank North Carolina for making doubly sure that unholy unions like this don't take place:



Children's TV was better when we were young.  Thanks to the Daily Show for reminding me of this clip.

speaking of gay's ruining marriage

The Guardian has this brilliant (that's how Brits describe things) info-graphic on the status of gay right in the 50 US states and the District of Columbia.  They also break the graphic down by different types of rights and geographical regions for a look at the nuances between states in different regions and the disparity between "LGB" rights, and "T" rights.  It's very efficient in laying out thing we already knew, the Southeast is still dragging it's knuckles around in the latter half of the 20th Century, and the North east is leading the way in pretty much every regard.

P.S. Of course they went with a rainbow color scheme.

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"i think same-sex couples should be able to get married"

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you might've heard kirk cameron is a flaming evangelical christian.

here are his views on homosexuality, expressed over the weekend.

and here is a funny internet meme mocking him:

sing it, sister.

you can get gay married in warshington now! you have got to watch this sassy legis-lady's tender speech.

in related news, the smell jersey senate just passed a marriage equality bill. it goes to the state assembly or whatever next, and then governor chris christie promises to veto it.

gay news!

Proposition 8, the voter-approved law banning same-sex marriage in California, has been declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. Three judges in San Francisco today ruled 2-1 that a 2010 lower court ruling should stand because Prop 8 violates the civil rights of gays and lesbians. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean everyone can just go out and get married now: Supporters of Prop 8 plan to appeal to a larger panel of Ninth Circuit judges and ultimately to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary. (via)