Newsmakers

Sally Kern, an Oklahoma state legislator known for her outspoken stance against homosexuality, has come to the defense of New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. (D-Bronx), a Pentecostal minister and the lone Democrat to vote against marriage equality. [ Read more → ]

Linda Harvey, founder of Columbus, Ohio-based anti-gay Mission America, has now targeted a National Education Association affiliate for providing college scholarships for LGBT high school students. [ Read more → ]

Republican Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," said that "the science" on whether being gay is a choice is "in dispute." [ Read more → ]

GOP Presidential hopeful and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson blasted the social pledge unveiled by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats, calling it “offensive to the principles of liberty and freedom on which this country was founded.” [ Read more → ]

No surprise here — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is on board with the anti-gay pledge that requires candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and “vigorously oppose” same-sex unions. [ Read more → ]

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has come under fire for using calling a fan a gay slur during a recent satellite radio call-in show. [ Read more → ]

A prominent Iowa social conservative group called “The Family Leader” has convinced Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to sign a pledge to uphold “traditional marriage” and ban all forms of pornography. [ Read more → ]

Linda Harvey, founder of the anti-gay Mission America, is working overtime to earn her "hate monger" badge, this time inviting Gary Glenn of the American Family Association (AFA) to her radio show to warn companies now to hire gay employees. [ Read more → ]

On Tuesday, an anti-gay commentary penned by Les Kinsolving, WorldNetDaily’s White House correspondent derides Obama’s support for ‘disease spreaders,’ also known as homosexuals. [ Read more → ]

President Barack Obama on Tuesday appointed the first openly gay person to the U.S. Military Academy’s Board of Visitors, the the board that advises the President on matters relating to West Point. [ Read more → ]

From Rich Murray of the LGBT activist group Queer Rising comes this photo of National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown, reportedly weeping in the New York Senate galley following the passage of same-sex marriage on June 24. [ Read more → ]

LGBTQ Nation contributor Ashton Elijah Pittman appeared on The David Pakman Show this weekend to recount his experiences in Damon Thompson’s anti-gay ministry “The Ramp.” [ Read more → ]

Apparently, one unnamed U.S. senator has been going to televangelist whackjob Rick Joyner for advice. On one occasion, Joyner told the unnamed senator that Hurricane Katrina was God’s judgment for homosexuality, because Katrina came just before New Orleans was scheduled to have its annual gay "Southern Decadence" celebration. [ Read more → ]

Self-anointed “American Prophet” Michael Bresciani, a Christian author who likens himself to the biblical prophets Isaiah and Micah, has a revelation from God that is meant to serve as a warning to America... [ Read more → ]

Matt Barber, the Director of Cultural Affairs with the so-called Liberty Counsel, said on his program this week that the children of gay couples are nothing more than "little props." [ Read more → ]

Michele Bachmann believes marriage is between a man and a woman. She believes states, like New York, have the right to decide that marriage is not between a man and a woman. She believes that marriage should be decided by the individual states. She believes that the federal government should ban same-sex marriages. [ Read more → ]

Actor Daniel Radcliffe on Monday was honored by The Trevor Project with the Trevor Hero Award, recognizing him as an inspiration to LGBT youth, and for his efforts to increase visibility and understanding of the LGBTQ community. [ Read more → ]

A theology professor in Detroit and senior adviser to the Vatican has blasted New York's Catholic governor, Andrew Cuomo, for supporting marriage equality, and suggested that Cuomo be punished by being denied Holy Communion. [ Read more → ]

Anti-gay bullying is not bullying at all; in fact, it is “peer pressure and is healthy.” That’s according to Rich Swier, an activist with the Tea Party Nation. Swier was responding to a report from a Florida group that showed that “77% of all bullying... [ Read more → ]

From WorldNetDaily, Ted Baehr writes that New York’s marriage equality law is in violation of the Constitution because the Constitution is supposed to conform to “God’s law.” [ Read more → ]