From SF Archbishop Drunk Driver

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has posted the above mockery of the most famous profile avatar in Facebook history.  The scriptural reference does seem apt:  "Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division."  At this writing over 200 angry comments have been posted under the photo.  It doesn't appear that the archdiocese is moderating the page.

UPDATE: The post has been deleted after 350+ comments, not one of which was supportive.

Drunk Driving SF Archbishop: Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?

"To legalize marriage between two people of the same sex would enshrine in the law the principle that mothers and fathers are interchangeable or irrelevant, and that marriage is essentially an institution about adults, not children; marriage would mean nothing more than giving adults recognition and benefits in their most significant relationship. How can we do this to our children? No matter what the Supreme Court rules, this debate is not over. Marriage is too important and the issues raised by treating same-gender unions as marriages are too fundamental to just go away.

"Just as Roe v. Wade did not end the conversation about abortion, so a ruling that tries to import same-sex marriage into our Constitution is not going to end the marriage debate, but intensify it. We will have a bitterly polarized country divided on the marriage issue for years if not generations to come." - San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, speaking to USA Today.  Cordileone goes on to cite numerous debunked stories about the oppression of Christians at the hands of homofascists.

NOM's Hate March: A Cavalcade Of Crackpottery And One Catholic Drunk

NOM today published the above list of speakers scheduled for their hate march on the Supreme Court.  Hopefully there'll be an open bar for busted drunk driver Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and an emergency Botox station for Concernstipated Women head Penny Nance.  And we can only presume that New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz will bring along the same speaker who told attendees at the last NOM hate march that homosexuals are "worthy of death."  As for "Bishop" Harry Jackson, let's just hope he doesn't curse the Washington Blade into bankruptcy, as he claims to have done with other "Satanic gay publications."  DC police should also keep an eye on Jim Garlow, who has called on pastors to emulate to the Founding Fathers and "pick up a musket" against evil homosexuals.

SAN FRANCISCO: Drunk Driving Archbishop Denounces DOMA Ruling

"The recognition that marriage is and can only be the union of one man and one woman is grounded in our nature, being clear from the very way our bodies are designed.This recognition obliges our consciences and laws. It is a matter of basic rights—the right of every child to be welcomed and raised, as far as possible, by his or her mother and father together in a stable home. Marriage is the only institution whereby a man and a woman unite for life and are united to any child born from their union. The public good demands that the unique meaning and purpose of marriage be respected in law and society, not rejected as beyond the constitutional pale. Redefining marriage never upholds the equal dignity of individuals because it contradicts basic human rights." - San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore "Father Of Prop 8" Cordileone, telling Catholic World News that last week's overturn of DOMA was "unjust and a great disappointment."

Today's Viral Video

Trending in Twitter's top ten. Sample media tweet: "Drunk suspect sings Bohemian Rhapsody in back of squad car. Nails it." Over a million YouTube hits in 24 hours.

Houston Meet-Up Reminder

A reminder for this Saturday:

After going back and forth with Twitter, Facebook, and meatspace pals, the consensus is that JR's Houston will be the best spot for next Saturday's meet-up. I'll be in Texas for the Haas LGBT Journalists Convening, which this year is sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Hosting the whole shebang is NLGJA board member Bil Browning, the founder of Bilerico, so this will be a big ole Texas-sized joint meetup of JMG + Bilerico + LGBT journalists. Prepare for an orgy of tweeting. We'll be there from 8pm until we're not.

We're looking forward to meeting lots of you. Yeehaw and all that. I don't have a cowboy hat so maybe I'll just work the Gotham realness with my Kangol...

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Chicago's Cabbies Want Hurling Fee

If you hurl, blow chunks, and/or spew in a Chicago taxi, the city's drivers union wants to you have to pay them $50.

“If somebody throws up in the back of a cab, it’s no laughing matter to that cabdriver, who now has to take a couple of hours to detail the cab. It’s hard to get that smell out if you’ve ever experienced anything like that,” cabdriver George Lutfallah, publisher of the “Chicago Dispatcher” told the City Council’s Transportation Committee.

$50 seems like a very reasonable fee, considering. The Chicago City Council is also considering a request to hike fares by 22%. According the union, drivers there make less than minimum wage after expenses.

Wanna Be Startin' Something

I love the anchors' faces.