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Catholic supporters of gay marriage are being advised that they should not try to receive Holy Communion.

Edward Peters, a Detroit professor and legal adviser to the Vatican, argued that the Bible and Catholic Church clearly indicate that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.

"Catholics who promote 'same-sex marriage' act contrary to" Catholic law "and should not approach for Holy Communion," he wrote. "They also risk having Holy Communion withheld from them ... being rebuked and/or being sanctioned."

His position was seconded by the archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, who said Sunday that Catholics who receive Communion while advocating gay marriage would "logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury."

"Were we to abandon [positions against abortion and gay-marriage], we would be like physicians who didn't tell their patients that certain forms of behavior are not really in their best interest," said Vigneron.

Thomas Reese, a Catholic priest, claimed the position of Peters and Vigneron were in the minority. "Most American bishops do not favor denying either politicians or voters Communion because of their positions on controversial issues," he said. Still, he admitted that "about 30 or so bishops have said that pro-choice or pro-gay-marriage Catholics should not present themselves for Communion."

I'd love to pay Peters a visit one Sunday, accept Communion (does it burn the unbaptized?) and then walk away with a bumper sticker on my back saying 'Jesus loves gay marriage.'

Detroit-area Catholic leaders urge gay marriage supporters to skip Communion [Detroit Free Press]

Once again, the 'holier than thou' National Organization for Marriage - the folks that want to keep us icky gays from getting married - has been caught in a bold faced lie.

Hoping to raise some money, NOM's Ruth Institute proudly announced that the Chicago Bears had contributed signed memorabilia to an auction. "You should know that we have two fabulous raffle items from the Chicago Bears Organization (and a huge THANK YOU to the Bears for supporting our message)," Jennifer Roback More (pictured), the president of the Ruth Institute, wrote in a newsletter to supporters.

When the Bears heard about the claim, the team quickly denied it had offered anything for the auction. "The two items featured in The Ruth Institute gala invitation were personal donations [from] Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse," the team said in a statement. "Neither was a club donation, nor do they represent the team's view on any social issues. Any remarks stating otherwise are false."

Roback Morse was forced to do an about face.

"The Ruth Institute is not working with the Chicago Bears organization or any of its players past or present to promote our upcoming auction," she said. "The memorabilia we are auctioning off was acquired by me personally, not through the team or players. We understand that the Chicago Bears organization takes no position on social issues, and we regret any confusion we may have caused on this point."

I guess this whole 'though shalt not lie' thing is merely a suggestion.

Urlacher, Bears reject link to group opposing same-sex-marriage [Chicago Tribune]

Is anyone really surprised that Egypt's Muslim parliament and president have decided it was time to stop citizens from accessing porn?

The government's National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) announced that the country's ISPs have already begun to install filtering technology.

"Technologies to prevent pornographic content from being shared on the territory of Egypt are fully ready for use," NTRA deputy head Sherif Hashem said, adding that he was only waiting for a final decision on what type of sites were to be blocked.

He added that it's now only a matter of time until judicial authorities lay down a set of rules to determine which websites should be banned.

Chief prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud explained porn on the Internet was "inconsistent with the values and traditions of the Egyptian people and the higher interests of the state."

And porn is, of course, just a smokescreen. The new technology will most certainly be used to block sites critical of Islam or Egypt's government, and pages that speak out in support of gay rights, women's right, and human rights.

Egypt Poised to Block Porn Sites [XBiz]

Taiwan isn't about to let its courts get bogged down in piracy cases, if the copyright infringement involves porn.

According to a report by the Focus Taiwan News Channel, Taiwanese firms can use Japanese-made adult content without violating the original producers' copyrights.

The issue arose when several Japanese porn companies complained that the porn they produced was being made available by Taiwanese companies, for a profit, without consent from the content creators. But after filing a lawsuit, the Japanese companies were told that the Taipei District Court's Prosecutors Office had no intention to follow through and pressing charges.

Prosecutors stated that Taiwan's Supreme Court will protect creative works of literature, science and arts from piracy, but that hardcore porn is not protected under the law. 

Taiwan is now the hot spot for porn pirates looking to relocate.

Taiwan Says Porn Not Protected Under Intellectual Property [Xbiz]

The preliminary hearing against Luka Magnotta - the former porn actor and escort accused of killing, dismembering and eating his boyfriend Jun Lin - finally started on Tuesday.

The first day ended early for Magnotta. After watching video evidence from the crime, he collapsed at the feet of a courthouse guard as he left for a break. (Smelling salts, stat!) When court resumed later that afternoon, his lawyer advised the judge that "[Magnotta] really doesn't feel well and he's not able to continue."

Dramatics aside, the hearing resumed yesterday with testimony from police witnesses, including two detectives specializing in computer forensics. More testimony will be heard today. The judge will decide in April if the case is ready to proceed to trial. 

Aside from the murder charge, Magnotta has also been charged with committing an indignity to a body; publishing obscene material; criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; and mailing obscene and indecent material.

Magnotta pleaded not guilty to the five charges and finds the whole affair, really, quite upsetting.

Luka Rocco Magnotta returns to Montreal courtroom following collapse [The Ottawa Citizen]

Republican Senator Rob Portman is no longer against gay marriage.

The Senator wrote an opinion piece this week for The Columbus Dispatch newspaper in which he explained that, after his son came out in 2011, he was forced to re-examine his position. It took two years of soul-searching for him to reach his new position on the issue.

“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn’t deny them the opportunity to get married,” Portman wrote. “That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a Congressman, and more recently as a Senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then something happened that led me to think through my position in a much deeper way.”

The news shocked fellow Republicans who saw Portman as a social conservative through and through; he had even been one of the top candidates to become Mitt Romney's running mate in the last US Presidential elections. 

“Ultimately, for me, it came down to the Bible’s overarching themes of love and compassion and my belief that we are all children of God,” he said.

This makes him the first sitting GOP Senator to support gay marriage (and hopefully not the last).

In response to the article, his son, Will, tweeted: "especially proud of my dad today."

This is great news. But the fact it probably ruined Rick Santorum's day is what really makes this a real feel-good story.

Republican Senator Rob Portman changes stance on same-sex marriage after son comes out as gay [The Star]

A hunky New York special education teacher - who also occassionally worked as a go-go dancer - has been fired after a fellow teacher discovered his explicit Craigslist correspondence on their shared gmail account. 

Matthew Maleski, 32, started working for the NYC Dept. of Education in 2011. He also made a little money on the side by shaking his sexy booty as a go-go boy. That isn't what got him in trouble, though. 

Maleski admitted that he had sent hookup emails and photos of himself in his boxers, but claimed that he didn't know he was using the school email account. He emailed from his mobile phone (outside of work hours) without realising that the too-smart device had linked a number of his email accounts. Oops. 

A Youtube video dated February of last year has a brief snippet of him (with his real name) dancing for a San Francisco club night called I Just Wanna F*ckin Dance . The video tells us he is a "special guest from Matinee New York /  Vegas." Matinee is the producer of major circuit parties. 

Maleski might very well be telling the truth, but I have to wonder at his lack of discretion. If you were a hot guy who happened to have a go-go gig, but were then hired as a school teacher, wouldn't you quit the dancing? And wouldn't you be extra, extra careful to keep your slutty emails separate from work. And if you did decide to keep on dancing, why the hell would you do it under your real name? 

Now that Maleski is unemployed, maybe he should give NYC-based Cocky Boys a call - I hear they're  working on a sequel to Project GoGo Boy.

Here's the promo video for the I Just Wanna F*ckin Dance! event, which looks like a real blast. He appears at 1:20.



New York: Gay club dancer and teacher fired for using email account to arrange Craigslist dates [Pink News]  

Canada's Conservative government has been quietly helping LGBT groups in Africa defeat Uganda's notorious "Kill the Gays" Bill. The bill, if passed, would make certain "acts'" of homosexuality punishable by death, while others would result in extended prison terms.

Canada has given over $200,000 to help groups fight the bill since last year.

"Canadian officials have conveyed Canada's concerns with the bill to Uganda's Foreign Ministry," said a senior Department of Foreign Affairs official, who admitted Canada was "working closely with Ugandan civil society" to fight the legislation.

Projects being supported with the Canadian funds include training sessions for activists in Uganda and other African nations facing similar antigay legislation, emergency kits to help those who fear for their safety, and the establishment of an emergency hotline to help those LGBT Africans wishing to escape homophobic countries.

Ugandan Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga had promised to force the bill through as "a Christmas gift" to Ugandans who were "demanding it." However, the bill was not passed before the winter recess and is once again in limbo.

President Yoweri Museveni has not confirmed his own position on the bill.

This would be reason number 4,234 to love Canada!

Cardinal Keith O’Brien has joined the ranks of hypocritical, homophobic, power-abusing liars. 

O'Brien's troubles started when reports surfaced that several priests had accused him of inappropriate sexual conduct. 

The 74-year-old, former head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, quickly denied the allegations. However, once a fifth claim was made against him he decided to resign.

On Sunday, he released a statement in which he apologised for his behavior and asked for forgiveness.

“In recent days certain allegations which have been made against me have become public. Initially, their anonymous and non-specific nature led me to contest them.

“However, I wish to take this opportunity to admit that there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal.

“To those I have offended, I apologise and ask forgiveness … To the Catholic Church and people of Scotland, I also apologise.”

O'Brien has been a vociferous opponent of gay rights, gay adoption and same sex marriage.

According to journalist Catherine Deveney,  "... one of the priests involved, one of the complainants involved, said to me tonight after he had resigned that he felt very sad for the cardinal but he also felt very sad for the people over the years that the cardinal had harmed. The young people who had struggled with their homosexuality and were told by the cardinal that they were degenerate, when clearly that was not what the cardinal really felt.”

So to the man who likened gay marriage to "slavery" and "child abuse," and called it a "grotesque subversion," we say: good bye and good riddance you self-hating shmuck. Don't let the church door hit you on the way out.

Priests 'feel vindicated' after Cardinal Keith O'Brien admission [BBC]

Following Resignation, Top British Cardinal Acknowledges Sexual Misconduct [New York Times]

Statement from Cardinal O'Brien [Scottish Catholic Media Office]

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the country's hate speech ban was "a reasonable limit on freedom of religion and is demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society."

The judges were ruling on a case involving Bill Whatcott (pictured), a Christian 'ex-gay' anti-gay activist who handed out leaflets criticising the "homosexual agenda." He claimed that allowing homosexuality to be taught in schools would spread "filth and propaganda" amounting to a celebration of buggery, that gays should be barred from becoming teachers, and that gay men were actively seeking children through same-sex want ads.

Whatcott was brought before the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission and fined $17,500 for spreading hate. The case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court found that the $17,500 fine was a reasonable penalty in this case because Whatcott portrayed gays and lesbians "as a menace that threatens the safety and well-being of others, makes reference to respected sources in an effort to lend credibility to the negative generalizations, and uses vilifying and derogatory representations to create a tone of hatred."

As the Court pointed out: "The benefits of the suppression of hate speech and its harmful effects outweigh the detrimental effect of restricting expression which, by its nature, does little to promote the values underlying freedom of expression."

Wow, could Canada be more different than Russia?

Anti-gay flyers violated hate law, Supreme Court rules [CTV News]

Canada high court rules anti-gay pamphlets were hate speech [Reuters]

Boys will be boys ... and frat boys will be frat boys.

The Pi Kappa Alphas have suspended their University of Michigan's Beta Tau chapter last week. At issue: an invitation sent by the young men to a sorority inviting the girls for come over for a little party. The invite included pics of the half-naked guys draped in the American flag, along with some lines about drinking, being American and having fun.

The stuffed shirts at the Pi Kappa Alphas called the invitation "offensive and inappropriate."

"The Supreme Council of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity has placed the Beta Tau Chapter …on interim suspension, effective immediately, due to members displaying inappropriate and offensive photos as well as making claims which are in violation of Fraternity Standards," said Just A. Buck, executive vice president of the fraternity. (Um, is his name real or are we being punked?)

The invitation included such classic lines as, "What is America? America is a place where drinking until you puke means drinking until you win," and "if ... you count yourself a red-blooded, God-fearing American girl who has a specific spring-time gym routine to accommodate her summer-time jean shorts, come to Pike."

Yes, these guys are a little too hetero and a tad misogynistic, but they sound like they just want to have fun. Still, we think our sorority sisters might want to make their own drinks ...

U-M fraternity suspended over semi-nude photos [Detroit News]

Surprising many, Pope Benedict XVI announced this morning that he was resigning at the end of the month. At 85, he felt it was time to move on.

"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," Benedict said.

This is the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years.

No friend of the gays, Benedict spoke out against the evils of homosexuality and the dangers of same-sex marriage.

One replacement being considered is Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Like Benedict - and any other potential Pope - Turkson is homophobic. Worse, he has spoken out in defense of Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' bill, arguing African views and African culture need to be respected.

Still, we can hope for someone more enlightened, more liberal, more thoughtful. (We just won't be holding our breath.)

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