Romney Signed Anti Porn Pledge, He Accepts Money From SM Porn Site Owner

 

BY: MICHAEL MATSON

Last October, Willard Mitt Romney joined fellow GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich in signing an anti-pornography pledge with Morality In Media, the “leading national organization opposing pornography and indecency through public education and the application of the law.”

In a written statement, Romney pledged, “(I)t is imperative that we cultivate the promotion of fundamental family values. This can be accomplished with increased parental involvement and enhanced supervision of our children. It includes strict enforcement of our nation’s obscenity laws, as well as the promotion of parental software controls that guard our children from Internet pornography.”

However, Think Progress reports that campaign filings from last September show Romney accepted the maximum campaign contribution of $2,500 from Dean Staton, the chairman of Friends Finder Networks, Inc., a company that owns (among other properties) Penthouse, LikeMyNudePhoto.com, and Bondage.com. Filings also show that Romney accepted $2,000 from Stanton and $2,300 from company CEO Mark Bell during his failed run for president in 2008.

The President and CEO of Morality in Media, Patrick Trueman, has issued a statement to Think Progress that asks Romney to return the money from Stanton:

"While Governor Romney cannot police all activities of his donors to determine whether to accept or reject donations, he would do well to return contributions from those like Daniel Staton who are know [sic] to own obscene or hardcore pornography websites once such contributions are called to his attention. We have no reason to disbelieve Mr. Romney regarding his pledge."

Think Progress has previously reported that right-wing campaigns like Morality in Media's seek to ban pornography outright, rather than enforce existing obscenity laws.

Romney's campaign has not responded yet to MIM's request to return the contribution.

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A Clip For The Woola From John Carter

•    When Vulture recently sat you down to tell you that there may be some changes coming because we're in love with Woola now (though it doesn't mean we love you any less), there was very little footage of the ugly-adorable John Carter creature online to show you. Well, that all changes today. In a brand-new clip from Disney's megabudget sci-fi vehicle, the titular human (played by Taylor Kitsch) meets Woola, who is just happy to laze around, open his GIGANTIC MOUTH, and be friends. Carter doesn't really appreciate the animal companion at first, but wait until he sees how fast Woola can go. (Very fast!) Consider this movie's worrisome tracking problem solved! All hail Woola!      
by Kyle Buchanan

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Gay Marriage Bill Sits On The Governors Desk in NJ

(NEWSER) – Gay rights advocates are celebrating in New Jersey, even though their victory will be short-lived. The state Assembly today passed a bill to legalize gay marriage 42-33, with every Republican in the chamber voting against it, reports the Star-Ledger. Because the state Senate already passed it, the legislation now goes to the desk of Gov. Chris Christie, who has promised a "very swift" veto, notesAP.

"Today, the Legislature has brought us to the promised land," said the leader of the gay rights group Garden State Equality. "We know the governor won't let us enter, but we finally behold the view of our dreams and we will never turn back."  

Homophobe Pat Buchanan Leaves MSNBC {Time for Champagne}

Pat Buchanan after being suspended from MSNBC

last January by president Phil Griffin;  Has either quit or been fired. Too early to tell for sure. 

He worked for 10 years spewing hate for any body who was not an anglo-saxon in race. Racist, homophobic, anti women and living in another century that for sure did not belong to him. 

To said it all, he worked for Richard Nixon. He was the communications director and speach writer for a homophobic, anti black, hispanic, women and even your dog if it did not have papers. A Lier, crook and someone who was forced out of office after the water gate scandal. That’s part of  Buchanan's resume.  He also ran for president but he was never a serious contender, so that would have to go under after risk* He was hired because those were the times of loud mouths super right conservative speakers that some network thought they needed after fox put out their own and radio had Limbaugh.  Bye Bye and the same to You!

By

Adam Gonzalez, for adamfoxie*blog International

  Click here to read the news on adamfoxie* after he was suspended
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Whitney’s Room Is it Rented Yet?

It's only been 3 days since Whitney Houston died in room 434 at the Beverly Hilton hotel ... but TMZ has learned ... the room has already been RE-OCCUPIED.

A hotel reservations agent tells TMZ, room 434 is officially back in rotation -- and someone is staying in it right now.

According to the rep, the room has become a prize for the macabre-obsessed -- we're told the agents are getting flooded with requests for the death room.

But don't count on getting in there any time soon ... we're told the room -- which rents for no less than $375/night -- is booked for the "foreseeable future."  The rep wouldn't give the next available date.

TMZ.com The Picture also exclusive of tmz

 

{ Australia } Marriage Equality Planning a Big Ramp Up March 2

 After delivering 3,000 roses to the Australian parliament for Valentine’s Day, campaigners propose the world to say ‘I Do’ on 2 March

  

Slick same-sex marriage campaigners Australian Marriage Equality (AME) have announced they will ramp-up their already well-sustained pursuit on 2 March, with ‘I Do’ day. On that day, AME are asking for displays of support onFacebook, signatures on their petition and volunteers in capital cities across the world. The group have kept quiet about what those volunteers will be doing, but those who want to play a role should email the campaign.

AME are bound to be planning something special for the big day after their romantic gesture today (Valentines Day). According to the Sydney Morning Herald AME delivered 3,000 long-stemmed roses to MPs and Senators at Canberra’s parliament to woo them into saying yes to marriage equality.

The campaign is heating up as political support for same-sex marriage in Australia is gathering momentum. The legal and constitutional affairs committee is currently examining the issue at aSenate inquiry, Labor MP Stephen Jones announced a private member’s bill for marriage equality this week and there were signs that opposition backbench MPs would be allowed to vote independently on a marriage equality bill, improving the chance that enough MPs will support the bill for it to pass into law (as long as they like red roses).

Watch the 'I Do' campaign video here:

BY ANNA LEACH   .gaystarnews.com

Is Charlie Sheen Pissed or What? { "Pile of Teaming Axx" }

CHARLIE SHEEN'Men' Is a'Steaming Pile of Ass'

Charlie Sheen still has hard feelings for Warner Bros. -- CLEARLY.  

Charlie tells TMZ ... he's delighted the company that fired him has sent him a cease and desist letter, warning him and his new production company not to use photos of himself from "Two and a Half Men" for his new show, "Anger Management."

Here's what Charlie told us:

"I"m thrilled.  It insulates me from having to redundantly see myself in the idiotic bowling shirt.  Perhaps if  Warner Bros. spent as much time and energy focusing on THEIR show, it wouldn't be such a steaming pile of ass."

And we thought revenge was best served cold.

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Adele Surpasses Whitney {Bodyguard}

Typically the Grammys boost the sales numbers of winning albums after the telecast. Considering Adele nabbed 6 awards for “21“, her sophomore effort will definitely receive a nice bump. Even though Billboard only tabulates weekly sales ending on Sunday, the effects of Adele’s big night won’t be felt til next week’s numbers. That being said, the hype surrounding her Grammy return already benefited the singer. This week, “21″ moved another 237,000 copies representing a whopping 95% increase over the previous week. Not too shabby.

With those kind of numbers, it should come as a surprise that Adele once again landed at the top of Billboard’s 200 Album chart. A few weeks ago, I wrote that the British songbird sunk the “Titanic” soundtrack and was aiming at “The Bodyguard’s” record. Well, this week Adele is only one week away from passing Whitney Houston’s record at most weeks at No. 1. Both artists topped the charts for 20 weeks each. With the Grammys inevitably giving Adele’s album a boost, she’ll break the record next week… or will she?

Though Houston didn’t win any Grammys at this year’s awards, her untimely tragic death will have a positive effect on her discography. The 48-year-old singer passed away on Saturday and immediately her singles and albums began selling like hotcakes. With only one day of sales included in this week’s tabulations, Houston saw her “Greatest Hits” compilation re-enter the Top 10 of Billboard’s 200 selling 64,000 units.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, there were more Whitney albums sold this past few days than all of 2011. Her records sold around 101,000 copies in total, which is 5,994% increase from the 2,000 sales number collected the week prior. Here’s how each some of her albums fared. Her debut “Whitney Houston” sold 8,000 units (up 3,901%), and record-breaking soundtrack LP of “The Bodyguard” pulled in 8,000 (up 5,213%). Her last album “I Look to You” garnered 5,000 copies (up 3,901%), 2nd eponymous effort “Whitney” sold 5,000 (up 2,274%), and “The Preacher’s Wife” soundtrack sold 4,000 (up 3,913%). Her singles have also seen massive boosts, most notably “I Will Always Love You” with 195,000 downloads. Other singles seeing bumps include “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, “Greatest Love of All”, “How Will I Know”, “I Have Nothing”, “Saving All My Love For You”, “One Moment In Time” and her rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner”.

If “The Bodyguard” manages to move enough units, it’ll be interesting to see if it can claim the top spot next week. Realistically though, Whitney’s “Greatest Hits” has the best shot of hitting No. 1. Either way, I predict Adele’s “21” will eventually reach 21 weeks on top. How fitting would that be? With the Brit finally releasing “Rumor Has It” as an official single in the coming weeks, that album achievement is all but a forgone conclusion. Congrats to her.

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{Michael Ian Black} "if somebody wants to stick something up my aXX, that’s fine.”

Michael Ian Black is notoriously self-effacing, but we don’t ever know that he’s pushed a gay joke about himself this far.

In an interview with Esquire magazine about his new book,You’re Not Doing It Right, the comic jokes, “I am so comfortable in my sexual skin right now that if somebody wants to stick something up my ass, that’s fine.”

He qualifies, though, that he’d like a whiff of Poppers first.

“Just give me the drugs,” he says. “I’ll be fine. I guess what I’m saying is, I will willingly trade drugs for gay sex.”

MIB also displays a canonical knowledge of gay slang, and he thinks that gay men don’t lust for him anymore (totally false!). Here’s a snippet from the interview:

Esquire: You describe yourself in your book with the gay slang “chicken.” I had no idea what that was, so I Googled it.

What’d you find?

You sent me down a very dangerous path, sir.

Let me guess. Chicken led you to chicken hawk. And then where did you go? Did you get to butt plugs?

We really shouldn’t—

Did you get to trunk butt?

Trunk butt? Dear God, no, I didn’t get to trunk butt.

That’s when…

Please stop. Please, just no.

Am I sharing something that’s disturbing you?

Here’s a sentence from your book: “Women don’t seem to find me nearly as adorable as do fifty-year-old men in leather pants.” Why this specific age demographic?

I probably could have gotten thirty-year-old men in leather pants, too. There was a moment in my life when I was very attractive to gay men. But that moment has since passed. I don’t get the whistles anymore. I don’t know who wants to have sex with me these days.

  Queerty.com

How Does Ricky Martin Stays in Shape? He Says ‘Sex'

The 'She Bangs' hitmaker - who came out as gay in 2010 - admits having three-year-old twin sons Matteo an Valentino helps him stay trim, but he likes to supplement the childcare with intimacy with his partner Carlos Gonzalez.

He told Details magazine: "I'm a father of two toddlers. And lifting them is a workout - this is biceps, this is triceps. I also try to make love. That helps."

Despite his closeness to his sons and boyfriend, Ricky admits marriage with Carlos is not on the cards at the present time.

He said: "Everybody is asking me when I'm going to get married. People that I don't know are pushing it. But it's not something that we're talking about."

Although unsure about getting hitched himself, he thinks prejudiced people should understand that "love manifests" in various ways.

He added: "I don't want to blame the government. I think there's a stolen faith - an interpretation of what God 'says'. That's your God. I have my God. It's about civil rights. I'm not telling you what to believe. I wish people understood that love manifests in different ways. Allow me to have my life and I won't mess with yours."

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Update:


BroadwayWorld has confirmed that in the upcoming Broadway revival of Evita, Ricky Martin will play 'Che' as originally written. A show representative revealed: 'The narrating role of “Che” is reverted to the way it was written for the original concept album – as an “everyman” of the lower/working class, serving as the voice of the people; not Che Guevara. Using Che Guevara as inspiration for the role was a choice made by Hal Prince when staging the original production.'
The musical stars Olivier Award-winning Argentinean actress Elena Roger making her Broadway debut as Eva Perón, world renowned music artist Ricky Martin as Che and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris as Juan Perón. The cast will also feature Christina DeCicco as the alternate for Eva Perón (Weds eve; Sat mat), Max Von Essen as Magaldi and Rachel Potter as the

 

Movie Maker Brett Ratner Fired For Homophobic Language { Wants to make Vids on Tolerance?? }

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Moviemaker Brett Ratner is to team up with gay rights activists to direct a series of new videos promoting tolerance, just three months after he stepped down as the producer of the 2012 Oscars for using a gay slur.

Ratner’s resignation in November came four days after he told movie fans that “rehearsal’s for f-” at a question-and-answer session to promote his new movie “Tower Heist.”

The remark led to a weekend of outrage among gay rights groups and prompted the Rush Hour director to apologize for his slip-up.

He also met with Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) officials to discuss how he could help them rally support for program.

And now it seems he will produce and direct a video campaign for GLAAD.

He met with the group’s Board of Directors earlier this week and can’t wait to get started on his new campaign project.

A statement from Ratner reads, “Working together with GLAAD has been a very positive and enlightening experience for me, and I could not be more pleased to be developing this crucial campaign to help educate people that we all share the same humanity. I am excited to get to work on this program and hope that minds and hearts are opened by what we create.”

The upcoming video series will feature Hollywood celebrities, athletes, musicians and politicians, who will “come out of the closet” as supporters of equality. Participants will share personal stories about why and how they support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and call on all Americans to do the same.

Nov 2011 Incident:

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

  Brett Ratner resigned Tuesday as producer of next year’s Academy Awards, one day after apologizing for using a gay slur at a screening of his latest film.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Ratner’s departure. President Tom Sherak said in a statement that the 42-year-old filmmaker “did the right thing for the academy and for himself.”

“Brett is a good person, but his comments were unacceptable,” Sherak said.Filmmaker Brett Ratner has apologized for using a gay slur at a recent movie launch event.

Previous story: The director was promoting the new film “Tower Heist” at a Los Angeles theater on Friday when he was asked about rehearsing movie scenes with his cast during a post-screening question-and-answer session.

Ratner told the event’s moderator, “Rehearsal’s for f-.”

The remark became a big item online over the weekend, prompting Ratner to issue an apology.

He writes, “I apologize for any offense my remarks caused. It was a dumb way of expressing myself. Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body. But as a storyteller I should have been much more thoughtful about the power of language and my choice of words.”

It appears his ill-judged comment won’t cost him the job of being the producer of next year’s Oscars – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak insists the director will not be asked to step down over the blunder.

Sherak says, “Brett made a very inappropriate remark, a remark that goes against our most important beliefs and the beliefs of the creative community we represent. He very quickly issued an apology because he knew he had made a mistake.

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{The Police in Bogota Says} Two Gay Priest Committed Suicide Because of AIDS

Two gay Roman Catholic priests hired hitmen to kill themselves after one of them discovered he had Aids.

Rafael Reatiga, 35, and Richard Piffano, 37, who had been close friends since training, were discovered shot dead in a car in Southern Bogota, Colombia, in January last year.  

Authorities initially suspected robbery but this week prosecutor Ana Patricia Larrota said investigators had determined that it was a case of suicide by hitmen.

Suicide: Colombian priests Rafael Reatiga (left) and Richard Piffano hired hitmen to kill themselves after discovering Reatiga had Aids

The priests gave members of a criminal gang the equivalent of $8,500, said chief investigator Maritza Gonzalez, as two of the four alleged assassins appeared before a judge for processing.

 

 

Gonzalez said the two priests had originally planned to throw themselves off a cliff into a canyon north of Bogota but apparently lacked the nerve.

She told the court Reatiga asked his parishioners to pray for him and gave the choirmaster a list of songs for his funeral shortly before the bodies were discovered.

In addition to Aids, Reatiga had syphilis and witness testimony indicated he was a regular visitor to places frequented by gays in central Bogota.

The bodies of the two priests were discovered in car in southern Bogota, Colombia (pictured)

Three weeks before their deaths, Reatiga had transferred his possessions to his mother.

Piffano withdrew about $3,700 from his bank account on the day of his death, Gonzalez said.

Investigators said they located the alleged killers based on telephone numbers the priests had called from their cell phones in the days before their deaths. 

Authorities found the stolen cell phone of one of the priests on a gang member months after the killing.

Some of the numbers ended up belonging to a criminal band involved in counterfeiting, fraud and arms trafficking, they said. 

It allegedly supplied the killers, including two who authorities say remain at large.

By DANIEL MILLER    dailymail.co.uk