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Another Church Fires Another Gay Employee for Having a Family // Why Do LGBTs...
The Daily Herald published a story a couple days back about the music director of a Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, IL. This guy had been working for the church for 17 years. He and his...
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D'Angelo & His Half-Brother -- 08/03/14
My son D'Angelo met his new half-brother for the first time today. It was an unexpected meeting at a planned visit with his birth dad.This isn't the best picture (due to glare), but it was the only pic...
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"Young Conservatives" Group Advocating for Equal Marriage Rights Within the GOP
A group called Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry plan to advocate in Iowa next week for support for marriage equality within the Republican Party. This is part of a nationwide effort to get...
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Bill Mantlo, Rocket Raccoon's Co-Creator, Receives Private Screening of...
Bill Mantlo is a former writer for Marvel Comics. I'm a particular fan of his work on Marvel Comics' old MICRONAUTS series. Back in 1992, Mantlo was the victim of a hit-and-run accident. He has...
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Overnight Armed Robbery at the Mormon Trek Kum & Go in Iowa City
There was an armed robbery here in Iowa City late last night/early this morning. KGAN reports that two men robbed the Kum & Go gas station on Mormon Trek at 3:00 AM this morning. One of the...
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"Farewell Betty & Veronica" starts in B&V #272! But Who Will Fill Their Shoes??
The 2014 Comic-Con International in San Diego wrapped up a couple weekends ago, but fans of Archie Comics had to wait until today to find out what exactly happened at the Archie Comics Panel. You can...
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Nebraska Protects Heterosexual Marriages by Refusing to Issue Driver's...
The state of Nebraska protected the marriages of its heterosexual population by refusing to issue a state driver's license to a married lesbian. You can read the details here.Here is the nutshell. A...
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Nero at Daycare -- 08/05/14
It was a full-blown poodle party earlier today at doggy daycare! Nero spent some time hanging with another poodle. She seemed a little concerned with his antics, but he don't care. Nero doesn't spend...
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Challenging a Defense of Celibacy for Gay Christians
My online friend Donny/Stuffed Animal shared an editorial from the Advocate titled "In Defense of Celibate Gay Christians" and asked me to offer my opinion. I have three thoughts:1. It really doesn't...
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Archie Needs to Meet a Quota in ARCHIE #658 -- If the Riverdale Girls Will...
ARCHIE #658 was published earlier today and it was a delight to read! Archie and his pal Jughead are enjoying a day at the beach when it suddenly occurs to our lead character that there are only two...
View ArticleVideo Surfaces of Fight at Cedar Rapids Food Court // Updated: Cedar Rapids...
(Originally written on 03/03/14): Online video surfaced today of a huge fight that occurred at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, IA, a couple weekends ago. Police were called to the mall's food court on...
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Florida Church Cancels Funeral At Last Moment Becaused Deceased Was A Gay...
Pastor T.W. Jenkins of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church of Tampa, FL, canceled a funeral because the deceased man was married and gay:Julie Atwood was standing at her son's casket when the phone...
View ArticleTo The Lesbian Who Plans to Marry a Straight Man Later this Week...
I really don't get my fellow gay Christians sometimes. I know that there is a wide spectrum of religious beliefs and life experiences out there and that they don't jive with mine, but I really get...
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Court: O'Face Bar (Featured on "Bar Rescue") Can Keep Its Liquor License
Iowa has a unique relationship with the Spike TV reality show Bar Rescue. Only one of our bars has been on the show so far and it ended up being the first and, so far, only bar that Jon Taffer walked...
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So I Thought I Was Having A Mild Heart Attack Late Last Night...
So I thought I was having a mild heart attack late last night.I guess I should explain. I was at a family wedding this past weekend. I spent a good hour Sunday morning cleaning up a reception hall --...
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Mark Regnerus: Gay People Have Different Values than Christians Who Oppose...
Sociologist Mark Regnerus made a name for himself a year or two ago by getting a now-discredited paper published indicating that gay parents are bad (even though the one set of lesbian parents in his...
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"Twilight" Impersonator Prompts Revised Visitor Procedures at Schools in...
Remember earlier this summer when a 33-year-old guy from California named David LaVera tricked a bunch of people -- including school officials -- into thinking he was an actor from the "Twilight"...
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Meet the Equalizer in KEVIN KELLER #14!
Have you read KEVIN KELLER #14 yet? You should because it's a lot of fun! This is the final story arc of this comic book series featuring Riverdale's first gay teen. Dan Parent assures us that a...
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Iowa Lawmaker Arrested // Charged with Felony Sexual Abuse
Representative Henry Rayhons (R) of Garner, IA, was arrested today and charged with sexual abuse. The 78-year-old Republican legislator is accused of having sex with his mentally incompetent wife on...
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"Riverdale Podcast #128" Scoops Kevin Keller and Betty & Veronica!
You guys know that I'm a big fan of the Riverdale Podcast. This Archie Comics fan podcast has been running every week for a few years now. Jonathan has asked me on a few times in the past and that has...
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