Report On Catholic Church In Ireland: Godly Perverts Protected At Expense Of Victims

Well. The Catholic Church spends oodles to defeat marriage equality in Maine, and yet there own record on child abuse.

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Q Of The Day: Would You Support ENDA if...?

The Advocate is asking the question "Would you support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act if gender identity protections were again taken out of the bill?"

As of 9:30 AM PST Thanksgiving morning, this is the response:

The initial response from the non-scientific poll responders seems to be a big "No.

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Networks' reactions to Lambert kiss -- 1999 gay-kisser-on-live TV calls BS

I was waiting for evidence that the networks, particularly CBS with its blurring of Adam Lambert's on-screen kiss of his male bandmate during the post-Children's Hour performance on the American Music Awards.

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Double empty-header: Bachmann, Palin to speak at National Tea Party Convention

A real laff-fest for you...Rep. Michele "deranged" Bachmann (R-MN) as a featured guest along with Sarah "Bible Spice" Palin at the first National Tea Party Convention can conjure up a lot of jokes, but it's all true, including restricted press access to save them from themselves on camera.

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Alice's Restaurant Revisted

Blame Dawn in Maine for this video- we were just talking about Arlo a few minutes ago on the phone and I mentioned that the first time I ever heard "Alice's Restaurant" was on Thanksgiving Day 1987, as I was driving back from my relative's in Amherst MA to my apartment outside Boston.

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S.F. Chronicle: "Pass the stuffing and spare the air"

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Air quality officials have called a Spare the Air alert for Thanksgiving, meaning the burning of wood and manufactured fire logs is banned both indoors and outdoors from midnight tonight until midnight Thursday.

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Thanksgiving Day This & That: Open Thread

It's an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore, and link-share in the comment thread...

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Marriage equality - is it time to give up the referenda fight?

In the wake of the tragedy of marriage equality being rolled back in Maine by mob rule, I know a lot of people I've talked to in recent days have questioned the wisdom of pouring money into ballot initiatives.

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Thanksgiving - what's on the menu - and giving thanks

My too-thin avatar (left; Yahoo's Plus Size avatars are average sized) and a turkey on that platter, I am actually planning to cook a leg of lamb.

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Thanksgiving Email From President Obama

Got this this afternoon:

Louise-

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.

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