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Rachael via JMG: Gays On A Train!

Last night the Rachel Maddow Show had a lot of fun with the Family Research Council's hissy fit about Amtrak's plan to advertise to the gays.

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Via JMG: Prop 8 Report: It Was The Lying "Think About The Children" Ads That Killed Us

Political analyst David Fleicher's long-awaited report on the Prop 8 campaign has been issued and he has concluded that it was Yes On 8's lying television ads about kids that turned the tide against equality.

After the election, a misleading finding from exit polls led many to blame African Americans for the loss. But in our new analysis, it appears that African Americans' views were relatively stable. True, a majority of African Americans opposed same-sex marriage, but that was true at the beginning and at the end of the campaign; few changed their minds in the closing weeks. The shift, it turns out, was greatest among parents with children under 18 living at home — many of them white Democrats.

The numbers are staggering. In the last six weeks, when both sides saturated the airwaves with television ads, more than 687,000 voters changed their minds and decided to oppose same-sex marriage. More than 500,000 of those, the data suggest, were parents with children under 18 living at home. Because the proposition passed by 600,000 votes, this shift alone more than handed victory to proponents. Perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise. The Yes on 8 campaign targeted parents in its TV ads. "Mom! Guess what I learned in school today!" were the cheery-frightening first words of the supporters' most-broadcast ad. They emerged from the mouth of a young girl who had supposedly just learned that she could marry a female when she grew up.

Among the array of untrue ideas that parents could easily take away: that impressionable kids would be indoctrinated; that they would learn about gay sex; that they would be more likely to become gay; and that they might choose to be gay. California voters, depending on where they lived in the state, were exposed to the Yes on 8 ads 20 to 40 times.

Fleischer says that while No On 8's response ads were very good, they came far too late in the campaign. Read Fleishcher's complete report.

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Via JMG: Chromeo 'Don't Turn The Lights On'

Scissor Sisters News - August 1st, 2010 (ft. Jane Fonda, Kylie Minogue & Juliette Lewis)

Via 365gay: Monday Watercooler: NOM blames gay media for its own bigots

By James Withers, contributing editor, 365Gay Blog 08.02.2010 11:07am EDT

• Don’t blame us for your crazy. The people over at the National Organization for Marriage are not feeling love from the gay media. They think we wrongfully portray them as hateful bigots. For example: Larry Adams went to a recent rally and proudly held up a sign with two nooses—lynching being the only way to handle gay couples. As expected the poster, and Adams, made it all over the gay media last week. NOM says we queeny media types play unfair. “Gay marriage groups know that NOM does not advocate or condone violence and that we have already condemned the brief display of this sign. Despite this, they are sending emails to their supporters asking for money.” Fair critique, but last time I checked this Adams was one of theirs. If NOM can’t keep its own people on message, that’s not the problem of gay media outlets. Hey NOM? If you are listening, here are two pieces of advices: 1) if you don’t want to be seen as a hate group, check the signs and rhetoric coming from your peoples, and 2) enough with the line how anti- gay marriage demonstrators have been bullied. If marriage advocates did physically intimidate someone at a rally, let that person stand up and be interviewed. We would gladly do it.

Via 365gay: Chilean senator proposes gay marriage legislation

August 2nd, 2010

By Celeste Lavin 08.02.2010
365gay.com

He called on the Catholic Church to be more compassionate to the cause. Read more...

Via JMG: Homoquotable - Ellen DeGeneres

"A couple months ago, I let FOX and the "American Idol" producers know that this didn't feel like the right fit for me. I told them I wouldn't leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next. It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for.

"I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings. I loved the experience working on "Idol" and I am very grateful for the year I had. I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be." -Ellen DeGeneres, announcing her decision to leave American Idol after only one season. reposted from Joe

Via JMG: Bareback In Brazil

The SFist is questioning the appropriateness of the above ad which is now appearing in San Francisco.

LAN Airlines, a "gay-friendly" airline that served as the official international airline for San Francisco Pride 2010, has a new ad campaign popping up at Muni stops all over San Francisco. Hmm. Do you think LAN -- who, we repeat, markets to San Francisco's LGBT community -- knows what "bareback" means, especially to certain folks in the Bay Area? Or didn't they know horse riding without a saddle is a dangerous problem affecting the gay community?

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Via JMG: Gay Weddings Begin In Argentina

Subtitles by Andres Duque at Blabbeando.



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