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  • Trump Would “Consider” Reversing Same-Sex Marriage In US

    Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has told Fox News that he would “strongly consider” the reversal of same-sex marriage in the US.

    If made President of the USA, Donald Trump said he would “strongly consider” reversing the landmark ruling which extends marriage to same-sex couples across all fifty states of the US, despite saying last year that the issue was a “dead issue”.

    He was being interviewed by Chris Wallace on the Fox News Sunday programme.

    When asked whether he would appoint new justices to overturn the ruling Trump replied,

    “I would strongly consider that, yes.”

     

     

    Last summer when questioned about whether he would pass an amendment to the law, Trump said that he would not oppose the  law, saying,

    “Some people have hopes of passing amendments, but it’s not going to happen… Anybody that’s making that an issue is doing it for political reasons. The Supreme Court ruled on it”

    Up until this point Trump was the only Republican candidate who did not oppose same-sex marriage.

     

     

     

  • Young Gay Man Sends Friends Final Message Moments Before Being Killed In Hit And Run

    A young gay man has been killed after being hit by a car in Texas City, moments after texting his friends to say he would be with them in moments.

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  • That Awkward Time Demi Lovato Sang With A Boner

    That Awkward Time Demi Lovato Sang With A Boner

    You have to hand it to Demi. She can pretty much perform anywhere and with anything as she proved recently with a pop up performance in a gay bar in NYC.

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  • Pope “Thanked” Kim Davis For Her “Courage” And Told Her To “Stay Strong”

    Anti-Gay Marriage Clerk, Kim Davis has private audience with the Pope in which he allegedly thanked her and told her to stay strong.

    Anti-gay marriage Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis had a private 15-minute audience with the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, during his recent visit to the United States at the Vatican Embassy in Washington.

    The clerk has spent six days in jail for contempt of court, after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky. Ms. Davis who has been married 4 times has argued that her religious beliefs should make her exempt from issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.

    Lesbian, Bi and Gay couples have had the right to marriage licenses in the US since SCOTUS legalised same-sex marriage in June, earlier this year.
    According to Ms. Davis’s lawyer Mat Stavers, the Pope “thanked her for her courage” and to “stay strong”.

    When asked about his views on government officials seeking exemption because of their religious beliefs he told reporters that

    “It is a right. And if a person does not allow others to be a conscientious objector, he denies a right.”

  • Transparent Wins Big At The Emmys

    Transparent, the brand new Amazon comedy-drama has picked up two Emmys at yesterday’s award ceremony.

    The show’s star Jeffrey Tambor and its director won an Emmy each at yesterday’s ceremony for their roles in Amazon’s hit show Transparent, which follows the lives of a family after their father reveals that he is trans. Transparent also won best guest actor in a comedy for the former West Wing star Bradley Whitford.

    The Emmy win follows on from Jeffrey’s win at the Golden Globes in JanuaryIn his acceptance speech at the Emmys Tambor said,

    “I had a teacher who used to say, you know, ‘When you act, you have to act as if your life depends on it.’ And now I’ve been given the opportunity to act because people’s lives depend on it.

    “I’d like to dedicate my performance and this award to the transgender community. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your stories. Thank you for our inspiration. Thank you for letting us be part of the change. God bless.”

  • Survivor Did Not Give Permission For Kim Davis Eye Of Tiger Moment

    Walking out of jail yesterday Kim Davis greeted a crowd of people whilst Survivor’s Eye Of The Tiger theme from Rocky played.

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  • George Takei Slams Kim Davis, Anti-Gay Marriage Clerk

    George Takei has slammed Kim Davis calling her “no hero” and suggests her actions are un-American.

    Kim Davis the woman who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky has come under fire by former Star Trek star George Takei.

    The 78-year-old star took to Facebook to slam Ms. Davis, who was jailed for contempt of court. He said,

    “So let us be clear: This woman is no hero to be celebrated. She broke her oath to uphold the Constitution and defied a court order so she could deny government services to couples who are legally entitled to be married.”

    Ms. Davis who left the jailhouse to the ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ soundtrack yesterday to applause and cheers she cried,

    “Thank you all so much, I love you all so very much. I just to give God the glory his people have rallied and you are a strong people. We serve a living God, who knows exactly where each and everyone of us is at. Just keep on pressing. Don’t let down, because he is here.”

     

    Mr. Takei went on to suggest that while she was entitled to her beliefs but should not break the law whilst practising them, saying,

    “In our society, we obey civil laws, not religious ones. To suggest otherwise is, simply put, entirely un-American.”

    The Kentucky clerk was released from jail and is expected to return to work shortly. It has not appeared that she has changed her mind and risks breaking the law if she continues to deny gay couples marriage licenses.

    Calls have been made for Ms. Davis to step aside if she is unable to fulfil her job.

    While Ms. Davis has been in jail her place of work have been issuing marriage licenses to “all legally eligible couples” in the county. If, when she returns she continues to deny gay couples, she will likely end up in jail again.

    Same-sex marriage was legalised in the US, across all 50 states in June this year.

  • BREAKING: Kim Davis To Be Released From Jail

    Kim Davis, the woman who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky is to be released from jail.

    The Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay men is to be released from jail and expected to return to work shortly after. It has not appeared that she has changed her mind and risks breaking the law if she continues to deny gay couples.

    Calls have been made for Ms Davis to step aside if she is unable to fulfil her job.

    While Ms Davis has been in jail her place of work have been issuing marriage licenses to “all legally eligible couples” in the county. If, when she returns she continues to deny gay couples, she will likely end up in jail again.

  • Brilliant Cell Block Tango Parody For Law Breaker Kim Davis

    She had it coming… She ran into the law. Mother records brilliant Cell Block Tango parody for Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to give marriage licenses to gay men.

    Kim Davis is currently serving jail time for refusing to fulfil a court-mandated requirement of her job – to give marriage licenses. The clerk claims that her religious beliefs should excuse her from serving the licenses to same-sex couples.

    A mother, Lauren Mayer, AKA PsychoSuperMom’ has uploaded this amazing parody of the Chicago song Cell block Tango calling it Homophobe Tango, (she had it coming).

     

    Changing the words to the original she sang,

    “She had it coming, she had it coming, in jail is where she’s got to stay… the law she tested, and got arrested, discrimination is not okay.”

    “You know how some bigots have these annoying habits that get you down? Like the county clerk who likes to read her Bible – no, not read, THUMP.

    “She was always thumping her Bible. Especially when she didn’t want to give gay couples a marriage license.

    “The county said she had to, she thumped. The state told her to, she thumped. The Supreme Court said she had to! She thumped. She thumped all the way to contempt of court.”

  • Kim Davis, Woman Who Refused Gay Marriage License Taken Into Custody

    The woman who refused to issue marriage licenses to two gay men in Kentucky has been jailed.

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  • Throw Kim Davis, Gay Rights Denying Kentucky Clerk Into Jail

    Calls have been made to throw law breaking Kentucky clerk, Kim Davis, who has refused to give a gay couple a marriage license, in jail.

    Writing in an article for New Republic, Brian Beutler called for the jailing of Kim Davis, the woman who has twice denied a gay couple a marriage license, despite a High Court ruling that she must.

    He warned against any other punishment such as fines as any “attempt to force her hand risks making her a bigger martyr than she already is on the religious right”, and would see her likely “reap a windfall” from a crowdsourcing site campaign, much like the Sweet Cake bakers and Memories Pizza owners. Memories Pizza eventually collected over $800,000 in donations.

    Due to her religious beliefs Kim Davis, 49, who is on her fourth marriage, is refusing to hand out a marriage license to a gay couple, even though there is a federal court order for her to do so.

    She appealed the order to the Supreme Court of the United States requesting that her religious freedoms should exclude her from doing that part of her job. However, the court refused her request.