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Ellen Honored as Trailblazer With Mark Twain Prize
 Ellen Honored 
 as Gay Trailblazer 
MARK TWAIN PRIZE
Oct 23, 2012 8:07 AM CDT

Ellen Honored as Gay Trailblazer

DeGeneres receives top honor in humor

(Newser) - Some of the nation's top comedians hailed Ellen DeGeneres as a trailblazer at the Kennedy Center last night as she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the highest US humor prize:
  • "For a lot of people, Ellen is their only homosexual friend. She's there in
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Christians Slam Anti-Bully Day Over 'Gay Agenda'

Evangelical group to parents: Keep your kids at home

(Newser) - About 200 schools have canceled an anti-bullying program after conservative evangelicals warned that it secretly promotes the "homosexual agenda." The Southern Poverty Law Center says it designed Mix It Up Lunch Day to encourage kids to sit beside someone different—to help break up cliques and ease bullying,...

Anti-Gay Christian Pretends to Be Gay for a Year

Timothy Kurek eventually wrote a pro-gay book about it

(Newser) - For Timothy Kurek, gays were nothing more than "fags" destined to burn in hell. A conservative Christian living in Nashville, Kurek was surprised when a friend came out to him as a lesbian. He was also moved—and decided to spend a year living under cover as a gay...

Judge Scalia: Constitution Doesn't Allow Gay 'Sodomy'

Supreme Court justice also dishes on death penalty, abortion

(Newser) - Hot-button constitutional issues? No problem, says Justice Antonin Scalia—who supports the death penalty, opposes abortion, and believes in criminalizing gay sex. "The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy," he said to a few hundred people gathered at the American Enterprise Institute. He described his...

France May Ban Words 'Mother,' 'Father' in Legal Records

They'd say 'parents' in nod to gay rights

(Newser) - France is not only poised to make gay marriage legal , it plans to expunge the words "mother" and "father" from all legal documents, reports the Telegraph . The words would be replaced by "parents" in all instances so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples. Catholic groups are...

Ginsburg: Supreme Court Will Likely Tackle Gay Marriage

Meanwhile, happy first anniversary of Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is likely to weigh in on the constitutionality of gay marriage bans sooner rather than later, Ruth Bader Ginsburg told students at the University of Colorado yesterday. When asked if the court might legalize gay marriage under the equal-protection clause, Ginsburg smiled and demurred, saying she couldn'...

Group: Chick-Fil-A Backing Off Anti-Gay Agenda

Chicago lawmaker will allow new store to open in city

(Newser) - Might Chick-Fil-A be having a change of heart over its high-profile stance against gay marriage? An advocacy group in Chicago thinks so, and chalks it up to business reasons. The Civil Rights Agenda says the chain wrote an email to a local lawmaker promising that its foundation "is now...

Barney Frank Defends 'Uncle Tom' Comments

Log Cabin Republicans 'acquiesce' to 'the masters'

(Newser) - A backlash erupted over Barney Frank's comments that Log Cabin Republicans and GOProud members are gay Uncle Toms . Frank doesn't care: He doubles down on his comments and defends them in the Huffington Post . Frank explains that gay Republicans who claim to be improving the GOP's attitude...

5 Funniest Anti-Gay Ads Ever Made

Mother Jones mocks the old-timey music and hushed voices

(Newser) - The ominous pauses, old-timey music, hokey special effects—yes, anti-gay-marriage ads can be "comically bad," reports Mother Jones . The mag picks five that are unintentionally funny:

Barney Frank: GOP Gays Are 'Uncle Toms'

Plus, he slams 'Myth Romney' at convention

(Newser) - Barney Frank blasted "Myth Romney's" economic record at the Democratic National Convention yesterday, but the Massachusetts congressman got almost as much attention for remarks he made earlier in the day. Frank, who is openly gay, slammed gay Republicans for praising Paul Ryan, despite his opposition to gay marriage...

Madonna Sued for Backing Gay Rights

Russian activists say she promoted homosexuality to minors

(Newser) - The cost for promoting gay rights in Russia? Nearly $10.5 million, if a lawsuit against Madonna makes any headway. Anti-gay activists in Russia sued the singer Friday for asking fans at a concert to wave pro-gay pink armbands she had distributed, the AP reports. The suit claims Madonna violated...

Belittled Chick-fil-A Worker Wants to Meet Her Bully

Rachel, 26, accepts Adam Smith's apology

(Newser) - The most remarkable part of the video of a former executive belittling a Chick-fil-A employee may have been the reaction of that employee, a 26-year-old named Rachel who kept her cool and even wished Adam Smith a nice day at the end of his rant. Now Rachel gives her first...

Tomorrow: Gay Rights Backers Flock to Starbucks

Gay marriage magazine reacts to 'Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day'

(Newser) - After gay marriage opponents went to Chick-Fil-A last week, supporters are fighting back—by heading to Starbucks tomorrow. Same-sex wedding magazine Equally Wed thought up the idea, which has 28,000 people committed on Facebook so far. The event's original name was National Starbucks Day, but other holidays have...

Eat Chick-fil-A Guilt-Free With 'Chicken Offsets'

Offset money goes to support gay rights

(Newser) - If you love the taste of Chick-fil-A but loathe the company president's recent statements against gay marriage, you may want to head over to ChickenOffset.com , a website that allows you to donate money to gay rights campaigns after you've wolfed down that spicy chicken sandwich. The website...

Chick-fil-A Protesters Stage Kiss-ins

As same-sex couples smooch, lesbians invite chain owner to dinner

(Newser) - It didn't draw crowds quite as big as Wednesday's Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day , but gays and lesbians held kiss-in demonstrations at the chain's restaurants across the country yesterday to protest owner Dan Cathy's opposition to gay marriage. Cops were called to one Hollywood restaurant not because of...

Exec Loses Job for Berating Chick-fil-A Employee

Meanwhile, gay rights activists hold 'kiss-in'

(Newser) - Fun fact: The employee manning the drive-thru window at your local Chick-fil-A does not control its stance on gay marriage. This was apparently lost on Vante Chief Financial Officer Adam Smith, who has been forced to step down after he decided to film himself ordering a water from the controversial...

Politicians Should Back Off on Chick-fil-A

Otherwise, they trample the very freedoms they say they want: Steve Salbu

(Newser) - When Chick-fil-A's president expressed his support for traditional marriage , a number of city officials responded by declaring an intention to ban the fast-food chain from their cities. As a gay man, Steve Salbu disagrees with Dan Cathy's views on gay marriage—but he also firmly disagrees with those...

Thousands Flock to Chick-fil-A's Defense

Gay-marriage foes, backers throng restaurants

(Newser) - Chick-fil-A had a busy day yesterday. Across the country, crowds of gay marriage opponents—and supporters—converged on the chain's more than 1,600 locations for "Chick fil-A Appreciation Day," reports the Los Angeles Times . Huge lines grew outside many restaurants, while gay rights advocates held signs...

Woman Sues Chick-fil-A for Gender Bias

Meanwhile, Kansas students want outlets off their campuses

(Newser) - As if it didn't have enough controversy on its hands, Chick-fil-A is now facing a gender discrimination lawsuit from a woman who says she was fired so that she could be a "stay-at-home mother," GLAAD reports. In the suit, the woman (who has worked for the restaurant...

Gay-Marriage Fight's Windfall: $2.5M From Amazon Boss

Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer give $100K each

(Newser) - When a former employee emailed Jeff Bezos to ask for some cash to support a gay-marriage referendum in Washington state, she asked him to consider ponying up between $100,000 and $200,000. Instead, she landed $2.5 million for the cause. "This is right for so many reasons,...

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