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I think Constance is just great.

There’s a great moment in this interview when Constance explains that she was rebuffed from wearing a tuxedo to the prom by a vice principal who explained that it wasn’t that big of a deal for a girl to wear a tux, you see, but if a guy showed up in a dress…

Ellen says, “Because…what would happen?” and then, making fun of the morons who actually think such things, waves her hands around and says “ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE!”

Any person who actually believes such a thing is a weak excuse for a “person” indeed.

(h/t Dan Savage)

At noon today, I participated in the Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell protest at the Times Square military recruiting center. The organization Queer Rising called for it and I was proud to participate in solidarity with Dan Choi who was arrested in  Washington yesterday.

Here are a few pictures I took this afternoon.

Yesterday was a big day for the intersection between politics and gayness!  In this report, Rachel covers it all, from crazy John Sheehan just cold lying and saying that the Srebrenica genocide was caused by gays in the Dutch military (by the way, the Dutch are PISSED — see below the video), to Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo handcuffing themselves to the White House fence to protest DADT, to the GetEQUAL sit-in at Pelosi’s office over their seeming inability to get anything done on ENDA.  It’s all here in this clip, in case you were sleeping yesterday.

(h/t Joe Sudbay)

Okay, so here’s what the Dutch had to say about known moron John Sheehan, via Joe.My.God:

“The remarks were outrageous, wrong and beneath contempt,” [Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter] Balkenende told a news conference. The Dutch Defense Ministry called Sheehan’s claims “absolute nonsense” and added that gay Dutch soldiers routinely cooperate with the U.S. military in the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen called the claim “the bizarre private opinion of someone without an official function”. Renee Jones-Bos, the Dutch ambassador to the United States, said in a statement, “I couldn’t disagree more” with Sheehan, adding there was no evidence of his claims in the extensive record of research on Srebrenica. Military unions were equally angry. Dutch news agency ANP quoted the head of the military union AFMP as saying Sheehan’s comments were “out of the realm of fiction”, while the head of the gay soldiers’ group SHK called his comments “the ridiculous convulsion of a loner”.

OOOH.  ”The bizarre private opinion of someone without an official function.”  ”The ridiculous convulsion of a loner.”  I thought I could snark, but I have to go take lessons from the Dutch!

The Lady Margaret Srivastav nee Gallagher hath penned a piece for TownHall Dot Com, wherein she hitteth the fainting couch over liaisons of an adulterous sort!  She wantest not to jaileth those who cheateth on their chattel, but would like the government please to doeth more to discourage this!

Anyway, it’s stupid, and it’s just more of Maggie Gallagher’s moralistic crap, so read it if you must, but I simply had to bring you this fabulous quote from Thers at Whiskey Fire, in reaction to the piece specifically, but more broadly in response to the entire conservative worldview which inspires hateful toads of perpetual scorn like Maggie.  It has The Potty Language in it, so I put it below the fold, so if you have a problem with The Potty Language, don’t click the clicky, but this quote is really too good to hide under a bushel.  First off, here’s the Gallagher phlegm to which Thers is responding:

I do not want to pin a scarlet “A” on the breast of every man or woman who has sinned. I want something much more modest. I want people who commit this moral trespass to have the decency not to attempt to profit from it in the national media.

Here’s what I’m guessing: We have some of the tools right now to stop it, if we wanted to use them. Some of the men hooking up through Web sites that advertise adultery probably live in states where adultery is still technically against the law, or where torts of criminal conversation or alienation of affection exist. An injured spouse or an aggressive state attorney general could make a case out of this.

But we could also update these older torts of adultery with new language that makes explicit that commercial enterprises that intentionally and explicitly attempt to profit from acts of adultery expose themselves to lawsuits by the injured wife and children. For that matter, why isn’t commercially soliciting for adultery as much of a crime as soliciting for prostitution?

And here is Thers’ response:

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Video of Lt. Dan Choi speaking at the Human Rights Campaign’s rally to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell today.

Video by AmericaBlog

Pictures by Dan Swezy of the civil action by Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo at the White House after HRC’s rally nearby. The pair was arrested for protesting President Obama’s lack of effort to repeal the antigay military policy.

Here’s CNN’s Rick Sanchez reporting on Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo chaining themselves to the White House fence, via Joe Sudbay:

Pictures by Mike Airhart at the Human Rights Campaign’s noon rally to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy against LGBT servicemembers.

On Saturday, July 10 in Bakersfield, CA, Exodus affiliate, His Way Out Ministries, will host a conference, “Reaching Gay Youth”. The event will be run by Pastor Phillip Lee (pictured) who will ask  creepy questions such as:

So, what does a friendship with a “gay youth” look like?

How do I begin a dialog with a gay youth?

Want to connect with a youth? Be authentic.

Given Exodus shady behavior, disgraceful record and tardy response to allegations of sexual abuse, I think the group should clarify what it means when it says, “connect” with gay youth.

To be honest, when I read this item, my skin crawled and I felt nauseous. I would strongly urge all parents who love their children to think twice and do their research before placing their children in the clutches of Exodus.

In case you hadn’t heard.

As has become standard, the best way to get real time info is to get thyself on Twitter and follow the #dadt hashtag.  Follow @dcagenda, @aravosis, @joesudbay, and @joemygod if you’re not already.