Must read: Gay Catholics find the way to acceptance in San Jose diocese

Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose, CA via

MetroActive, a Silicon Valley weekly, features a story this week on gay Catholics in the San Jose diocese, which a headline writer calls “the most gay-friendly diocese in the US”.
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UPDATE: Infinity Ward Pulls F.A.G.S. Video

In response to negative reaction to the video mixvio described in a post yesterday, Infinity Ward has pulled it from their YouTube channel.
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YouTube Extravaganza! LaBarbera/Camenker/Madore "Rally"

Honestly, can ya still call it a "rally" when you can easily fit all of your supporters in a mid-sized SUV?

Or when you don't even have enough for a softball team?

Anyways, here's No On 1's Jesse Connolly, speaking to the press and taking questions, post-"rally":

From AmericaBlog's Joe Sudbay come 3 treasures.
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Bar patron while black: Chicago bar refuses entry to 6 black college students

It's only Tuesday and we've got another post-racial America story...a Chicago bar's entry policy was busted when students did their own racism sting after six black fellow students were refused admission to Original Mother's Chicago bar (as Blender kevinchi noted in the comments, this is a straight bar on Rush Street).
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A Senior Moment in the Prop 8 Battle

"The last marriage that I performed involved a groom who was 95, and the bride was 83. I did not demand that they prove that they intended to engage in procreative activity.
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USB 3.0 held back by lack of Intel chipset support?

Ruh roh. A senior tech manager at a "top tier PC maker" has come out with some entirely unofficial and equally ominous thoughts on what he (or she) sees as the tough road to proliferation for SuperSpeed USB.
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Small Favors

by David Link

I’d like to speak up in favor of the White House statement on the two anti-gay referenda.
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Olson/Boies Prop 8 Overturn Case Headed For 2010 Federal Trial

Yesterday a federal judge dismissed a challenge to Ted Olson and David Boies' case to overturn Proposition 8, meaning the case will now be heard in federal court sometime in 2010.
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Fox News corrects inaccurate Kevin Jennings article. Politico does the same

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

The Plum Line is reporting that Fox News has issued an online correction of the Kevin Jennings article, making sure to include information to include the defense of the young man (Brewster) whom Jennings supposedly gave advice to in 1988.
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Entelligence: Have we demonized DRM?

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech.
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In Defense of Jim Manzi against Jerry Coyne

by Jim Manzi Jerry Coyne has, in his words, “deigned” to respond to my post criticizing an assertion he made in his TNR review of Robert Wright’s book, Evolution of God.
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Anti-Obama article reveals depth of Christian corruption

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Anti-gay phony news service One News Now has been doing all it can to help various groups derail President Obama's idea for health care reform.
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This Would Be Funnier If Healthcare Reform Weren't So Serious An Issue

I couldn't be more surprised to find out that I'm apparently now the honest to gawd, serious "face" for the second tier religious right organizations regarding Obama Tranny-Care.
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Redefining Marriage

But if non-procreative sex can consummate a heterosexual marriage, then why not a homosexual one? I covered all this at length in Virtually Normal, and it comes down in the end to an assertion that heterosexuality be privileged in civil law because it is the norm.
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The Mane Event

Maybe it's just something you say when you're getting old to cover up the fact that you're, um, old, but they sure don't make 'em like they used to -- at least where Hollywood stars are concerned.
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Sony Alpha 850 DLSR manual pops up on Hong Kong support site

Sony's Alpha series DSLR cameras are almost notorious for how often they leak, and as is custom with an introductory assertion like that, we've got another one to show you.
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"Real" Jews

DiA counters Jamie Kirchick's McCarthyite assertion that Jews who criticize Israel's actions have a "“visceral hatred of [their] Jewish heritage”: Efforts to win support for right-wing Israeli policies are inevitably going to spin off accusations, like Mr Kirchik's, that Jews.
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The trial's about Brandon, not Larry

A year ago national media descended on Oxnard, California, to answer the question: what made Larry King flaunt his sexuality and gender, which ended up getting him killed? Was it irresponsible teachers and mentors? A bad family life? Or was he just a bad kid?

All the while they pretty much ignored Brandon McInerney, who shot Larry in the back of the head.
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Friendly Voices - David Boies

"There are those who sincerely believe that homosexuality is inconsistent with their religion -- and the First Amendment guarantees their freedom of belief.
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Health care in the U.S. - stop bickering and fix it

Q of the day: do you have a health care horror story to share? Was it denial of service or meds by your insurance, or hospital bureaucracy, or something even more onerous, like poor quality care?

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I have to agree with this assertion over at Eschaton -- "The reality is if you get real sick, no matter if you're insured or not, you're probably financially fucked.
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