As for the right-wing groups that have targeted the movie (with or without seeing it), they are the usual suspects, many of them determined to recycle false accusations that Kinsey was a pedophile, as if that might somehow make the actual pedophilia scandal in one church go away. But this crowd doesn't just want what's left of Kinsey's scalp. (He died in 1956.) Empowered by that Election Day "moral values" poll result, it is pressing for a whole host of second-term gifts from the Bush administration. . . .

"And the youth, looking upon him (Jesus), loved him and beseeched that he might remain with him. And going out of the tomb, they went into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days, Jesus instructed him and, at evening, the youth came to him wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the Kingdom of God".
Was Jesus Gay?

[Stroud] said one factor in her decision [to appeal the ruling] was something retired Bishop Joseph Yeakel, the judge who presided at her church trial, said to her after the verdict. Yeakel told Stroud “the day will come when the church apologizes for this decision.”
Lesbian minister will challenge defrocking

The complaint said the trooper approached him and his male companion while they sat on a park bench. The men responded that they were “just hanging out’’ when Carlson asked what they were doing, the complaint said.

Corvino said he tried to tell Carlson that they were not breaking the law, but he said the trooper told them again that “homosexual conduct is against the law.’’ We won’t have you doing this on Capitol grounds,’’ Carlson told the men, according to the complaint.

In the past, Bush has said he refused to address the NAACP because of what he perceived as its unfair criticism of his policies, from his decision to invade Iraq to his opposition to many affirmative action programs. In yesterday's meeting, Bush said that he had refused to address the NAACP not because he feared a hostile reception from the group but because he thought such a reception would demean the presidency and embarrass the United States before the world, Mfume said. "That was something that was in his gut," Mfume said.

The bumper stickers are correct. No one died when Clinton lied. But something was extinguished: respect for the office, the man, his wife, and the truth. It is difficult to imagine red state voters separating Hillary Clinton from the personal immorality of the Clinton presidency.

Illinois resident Bette Sullivan, whose son John was killed in November 2003 while working as an Army mechanic in Iraq, was incensed when she, her son’s wife and her grandchildren received the exact same condolence letter with the apparently stamped signature.

“If each family receives two copies, how many signatures does that amount to?” she asked in an e-mail response to Stripes. “I can understand the use of stamped signatures for his brothers’ mementos, but for those of his wife and children and mother? No, no, no.”

What is somewhat disappointing about her show, however, is that she avoids making any statement that could be even vaguely interpreted as “political.” Ellen has always been uncomfortable with the idea of being a gay icon or a political role model, and she has always insisted that she only wants to be a comedian. Unfortunately, celebrities do not always get to choose what they want to be known for, and for better or worse, Ellen will always be identified with her national coming out party in 1997. She may be known as a funny comedian, but she will also always be known as a lesbian.

As a talk show host, Ellen has a lot of power to influence the way Americans think about gays and lesbians. She breaks down stereotypes about lesbians everyday simply by being herself on TV, but it is regretful that she never voices support for any gay rights causes. In the past week, when San Francisco’s decision to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was making headlines across the country and on talk shows everywhere, for example, Ellen did not make even one reference to this historic moment in civil rights.

. . . voters are picking their parties based on differing approaches to the most fundamentally important human activity: having babies. The white people in Republican-voting regions consistently have more children than the white people in Democratic-voting regions. The more kids whites have, the more pro-Bush they get.

Baby Gap: How birthrates color the electoral map

If blue states care less about moral values, why are divorce rates so low in the bluest of the blue states? It's a question that intrigues conservatives, as much as it emboldens liberals.

As researchers have noted, the areas of the country where divorce rates are highest are also often the areas where many conservative Christians live.
More divorce in red states: Kentucky and Bible Belt among highest of all

Instead of Jesus, The Lesbian Bible features Justine, the daughter of God, who tells her twelve hot female disciples, "Let she who is without sin leave now, for it is far more fun to be around sinners. Now remove your clothing and let me closely inspect the divine images in which God made you." What follows is the first appearance of an X-rated jacuzzi scene in any Bible.

Carp reveals that her publishing company is also at work on lesbian versions of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Dr. Seuss books.

The church's website called the march a rally for traditional marriage and proclaims marriage between one man and one woman must be protected.

Long has called for a national ban on same-sex marriage.

Standing with him at the King Center was Bernice King, one of King's daughters who is an elder in Long's church.

Bernice King lit a torch at her father's grave and passed it on to Long, who carried it through the march.

"I believe this day will go down in the history books as the greatest showing of Christ and His kingdom in this century," she said, calling Long and her father prophets.

Thousands March Against Gay Marriage

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court sided Friday with a New Mexico church that wants to use hallucinogenic tea as part of its Christmas services, despite government objections that the tea is illegal and potentially dangerous.

A key example of the Republicans’ punitive approach is their proposal to tie federal aid to colleges’ graduation rates. Those schools whose students took the longest to attain their degree would face cuts in federal funding. This would be sure to hurt public institutions, since graduation rates are lowest among the students that they serve: those who are low-income, older, working, students of color, and the first in their family to go to college.