08/20/2010
Yesterday I posted about a marriage equality sit-in protest at the San Diego County Clerk's office. While there were conflicting reports yesterday about how many were arrested, it appears the final tally was nine.
Here's video of the protest and arrests.
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A moment from the highly not lauded Twilight spoof flick Vampires Suck.
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A new poll out of Rhode Island shows that 59% of voters support marriage equality:
"The poll, with a sample size of 500 registered voters and a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points, found overall support for same-sex marriage in Rhode Island had grown 10 points since 2008 while opposition dropped 6 points.
The increase among those who identified themselves as Roman Catholic was higher, at 12 points.
When asked, “Do you favor or oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally?” 59 percent of respondents were in favor and 31 percent were opposed.
In 2008, 49 percent were in favor and 37 percent opposed.
Answer choices were: Strongly favor, somewhat favor, strongly oppose, somewhat oppose, don’t know or no answer.
When pollsters clarified the question pertained to civil marriages and that church and state would remain separate, 66 percent said they would favor legalizing same-sex marriage, with 28 percent saying they opposed it. Among those who identified themselves as Catholics, 63 percent said they would favor it, 32 percent said they oppose it."
Marriage equality bills have stalled in the legislature every year since 1997, the Providence Journal reports. Additionally, the measure is vehemently opposed by outgoing Governor Donald Carcieri, a NOM supporter who has even crossed state lines to speak out against same-sex marriage.
Democratic candidates running for Carcieri's office have pledged support for marriage equality.
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Posted 9:15 AM EST by Andy Towle in Gay Marriage, News, Polls, Rhode Island | Permalink
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The Last Exorcism uses Chatroulette's element of surprise to its full benefit.
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Back in February I posted about BBC newscaster Ray Gosling, who admitted in a documentary on death and dying that he had killed a lover who was dying of AIDS. Gosling was arrested and questioned over the admission.
Gosling won't be charge with murder. He'll be charged with wasting the police's time:
"Helen Allen, a lawyer in the special crime division of the CPS, said Gosling had been interviewed several times by police and an 'extensive investigation' had been conducted into his claims.
'The police established that there was sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of proving that Mr Gosling's confession was false and asked the CPS to consider whether he should be prosecuted for wasting police time, given the amount of work they had to carry out to establish what had happened,' she said.
'After careful consideration of all the evidence I decided that Mr Gosling should be prosecuted for wasting police time and advised the police to obtain a summons to that effect.'"
Said Gosling regarding the charges:
"I'm sorry if the police think they wasted their time. It was a small item on a regional TV programme, Inside Out, to my people, with whom I have had an intimate relationship. It got out of hand that winter evening. I had had a week or two talking to people who had told me of the pacts they had had – some fulfilled with wives, lovers, husbands, who were dying in pain and some told me of pacts unfulfilled. I did not expect it to cause this fuss, I'm not joining any cause. I know what some people say, that I said what I did for publicity to promote a book I'm writing. That is absolutely not true, I haven't finished the book yet. Some people say I did it to revive a dying career. I didn't. I said it out of my heart, out of my feeling for people who had told me their intimate private stories and it got out of hand and I'm sorry."
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The Hollywood Reporter asks Dr. Laura if "she's been out in public" following her announcement she's ending her radio show following controversy over her use of the N-word on the air. She has been out to dinner, in fact, with her Black and gay friends.
"I went out to dinner with three friends after Larry King. One of my friends who is gay is sitting there with another friend who is black, and he looks up and says, 'I wonder what the media would do with this? You're with a black guy and a gay guy.' We laughed, because we all understand what this is really about -- censoring a point of view."
The Hollywood Reporter also asked Schlessinger about her remarks years back calling homosexuality a "biological error", and her position on same-sex marriage (she's against it).
THR: The comment about homosexuality being a "biological error"?
Schlessinger: I never called anybody a biological error. What I said, very clearly -- and to GLAAD's credit they put it on their website -- I said, gays and lesbians have as much compassion, intelligence, ability, warmth as anybody else -- comma -- the inability to sexually match up male and female is a biological error. That's it. I didn't say people were a biological error. I said male parts and female parts make babies. I was talking biologically. The interesting thing is that gay groups have made the point that it's not a moral issue, it's a biological issue. I was really supporting their point of view.
THR: Can you sum up your position on same-sex marriage?
Schlessinger: I'm pretty traditional. I also believe men should pay for dates. That a man and a man, or a woman and a woman, can have a loving, healthy relationship is positive for society and for them individually. We're human creatures that need bonding. I just feel marriage is a sacred situation between a man and a woman. But I'm all for domestic partnerships. I had a gay caller the other day. The woman was complaining that the woman she was living with was spending money without telling her. I asked, "Do you have a domestic partnership?" She said no. And I said, "She doesn't owe it to you to tell her where her money is going. Until you two have a committed, domestic partnership, hey, you're just two single people." So I deal with these issues the exact same way with straights or gays.
John Roberts talked to Dr. Laura on AC360 last night, as well as "Jade", the caller to her radio show who confronted her about using the N-word.
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