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Nobody's Willing to Trust Me

TNT's new ad agency series Trust Me doesn't have a gay hook … except for co-star Eric McCormack, known throughout gaydom as Will from Will & Grace. After brief stints with the TV movie The Andromeda Strain and executive producing Lifetime's dating service series Lovespring International, Trust Me, which also stars Tom Cavanagh, was supposed [...]

Gays Finally in the Majority (In Hating Rush Limbaugh)

"Republicans who have turned to Rush Limbaugh to lead the fight against President Obama may have backed the wrong horse. According to one recent poll, Limbaugh turns out to be one of the most unpopular political figures in the country. … He polls seven points lower than Rev. Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright and eight [...]

British Rugby Team Has a Ball Fighting Cancer

A British rugby team tackles the very real and very important issue of regularly checking yourself for any lumps that might be a sign of testicular cancer, but you're going to watch this PSA because it features naked sports stars sitting next to each other, touching themselves in a way that's not actually porn, but [...]

Supreme Court sets March 5 for gay marriage arguments

2:54 PM, February 3, 2009 The California Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments on the legality of the state’s gay marriage ban on March 5. The hearing is one of the most anticipated in the court’s history. Supporters and opponents of Proposition 8 will make their case about whether the measure should [...]

Farewell to Ryan Bacon tonight at Pink Wednesday

For those of you who don’t know, our favorite Aussie, Ryan Bacon, got a job in Los Angeles and will be moving back to Southern California this weekend. Ryan is a great guy, a long time friend, and has been a long time supporter of Pink Wednesday at Bobby’s in the Tower, even before he was [...]

Our Very Own on “Howie Do It”

I did warn them that I would find the video….and I did. Our very own, Ron and Gary, regulars at Pink Wednesday and invaluable supporters and participants of Queer Fresno were pranked on NBC’s, Howie Do It. Originally aired on January 23rd, show host Howie Mandel acted as a ticket agent at Universal Studios where Gary [...]

Now The Vatican Says That The Holocaust Denier Bishop Must Recant Before Being Fully Restored

Geez, ya' think Jewish group's outrage and the bad press got to the Catholic Church on this Holocaust Denier's excommunication being lifted?

The Vatican on today demanded that a prelate who denied the Holocaust recant his positions before being fully admitted as a bishop into the Roman Catholic Church.

It also said Pope Benedict XVI had not known about Bishop Richard Williamson's views when he agreed to lift his excommunication and that of three other ultraconservative bishops Jan. 21.

...Williamson has since apologized to the German-born pope for having stirred controversy, but he did not repudiate his comments, in which he also said only 200,000 to 300,000 Jews were killed during World War II and none were gassed.

Though the Vatican said it did not share Williamson's views, Jewish groups voiced outrage at his rehabilitation and demanded the prelate recant...

Well, it's good and decent thing that the Catholic Church has updated their position, but of course it would have far been better if the Pope didn't lift the Bishop Williamson's excommunication -- in ignorance of Williamson's history as a Holocaust Denier -- in the first place.

Marble sharp, that Vatican has been here.

NOTE FROM PAM: I listened to a great report on this by National Public Radio's Sylvia Poggioli and Renee Montagne. It's worth the click. One of the key points made is that Papa Ratzi rammed the lifting of the excommunication through without running it past the Vatican's liaison to the Jewish community, who was interviewed in the piece. This undermines the flaccid Vatican position that Papa Ratzi was not aware of Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust. He didn't bother asking around because he had made up his mind.

Mike Tidmus, as usual, uses PShop to enhance Papa Ratzi's rep. See it below the fold.  
You have to click over to read his whole post.

Threatened with yet another round of lay-offs, Slime magazine's already over-worked editorial staff, one beleaguered art director and Mila the faithful coffee girl worked into the wee hours of the morning to produce what is being hailed as the latest special edition of Slime magazine. Slime's Special Papal Apology Issue was deemed necessary, and a potential best seller, in light of the storm clouds that have been massing over Vatican City for the past week or so.

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Related:
* Pope Benedict lifts excommunication of Holocaust denier

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Free Seminar on Domestic Partnership Tax Issues (02/05)

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Overcoming “God, Guns and Gays”

A report from the Creating Change conference in Denver, Colorado