Bake the cake, design the dress

President-elect Donald Trump will begin his presidency as a uniter, having managed to bring conservatives and progressives together on the subject of discrimination in public accommodations. These are businesses and facilities open to the public, such as bakeries, florist shops, professional photographers, and fashion designers. It turns out that conservative conniptions intended to assert a religious right to refuse …

At PJ Media I explain why marriage will be saved by marriage equality, not DOMA

My piece at PJ Media begins: “A meteor is threatening to destroy the institution of marriage, but it isn’t marriage equality.” For background, read the full decision from Feb. 22 by a federal judge that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

Maryland State Senate may vote today on marriage equality — UPDATED: It passed!

Updated: Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendan Ayanbadejo, who is speaking in the video above, supports same-sex marriage. The Ravens’ team color is purple, which is why he is wearing a purple shirt. (Baltimore and Maryland are crazy for purple in support of the Ravens — you can even get all-purple Christmas tree lights.) The Baltimore Sun has …

Why Newt’s lesbian sister is a good reason for gays to vote for him as the Republican presidential nominee

Newt Gingrich is chock-full of character and personality failings that should bar him from being considered for the job as president, but he is gaining steam in the polls because of his well-informed and sharp-tongued performances in the Republican presidential candidate debates. However, a chimpanzee with a magic eight-ball would be an improvement over Obama …

Why NOM would be fighting Obamacare instead of gays if it’s true purpose were to protect marriage

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Today Fox News ran the story in the video above about how Obamacare will destroy marriage for the middle class because its means-testing requirements will force millions of couples to choose between marriage and health insurance. That’s because married couples who file joint federal tax returns will be means-tested …

Census results on gay couples

Dear libertarian Bruce Majors at Big Homo posted about a Washington Post piece in August on the release of Census Bureau results on the number of gay couples in Maryland and Virginia (the results on D.C. came out a week later). I recommend clicking to read the whole thing, but here’s a sample: [Washington Post, …

End times nigh: Leftist gay blog publishes defense of GOProud

The ACU recently informed GOProud’s founders Jimmy LaSalvia and Christopher Barron that GOProud is not invited to participate in CPAC 2012. Jeremy Hooper writes at Good As You: On policy, I disagree with them most always. But as long as there is a Republican party (/conservative wing of it) of which they want to be …

The REAL story in Rachel Maddow vs. Rand Paul over the 1964 Civil Rights Act is that SHE does not have equality and the Left doesn't care

Here is actress Kelly McGillis, who came out as a lesbian several months ago, from a recent interview — she is about the only lesbian or gay person besides me who is pointing out that the current issue regarding minority rights is that gays and lesbians comprise the ONLY minority that is not equal: Discrimination …

A Conservative Lesbian explains why calling someone gay or lesbian is a slur

My piece on the conniption fit the Left went into a few weeks ago when Ben Domenech opined that it was a plus that Supreme Court nominee short-lister Elena Kagan is a lesbian was published at Pajamas Media today. Pajamas Media publisher Roger Simon was puzzled at the extremes the LEFT went to in order …

Gay Christian singing duo Jason and deMarco: 'We're All Angels'

On Saturday evening I caught the last half hour of a two-hour documentary called “We’re All Angels” on Logo. (It will be repeated at 10 am on May 11.) It’s about the singing duo Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio who perform as Jason and deMarco. They are Christian, openly gay and a couple — they …