Donald Trump Says He’s “Fine” With Marriage Equality… For Now

Donald Trump sat down with 60 Minutes over the weekend for his first televised interview since last Tuesday’s election, where he was asked about a whole slew of topics, including gay marriage.

On the campaign trail, the reality-TV-star-turned-President-elect had expressed a desire to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage equality because, hey, why not? His running mate, Mike Pence, is also vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, or any law offering protections, or as he likes to call them “entitlements,” to LGBTQ Americans.

Related: 4 Early Signs The Trump Presidency Will Be A Disaster For All Things LGBTQ

When asked on 60 Minutes about undoing marriage equality last weekend, he said it’s no longer an issue he cares to pursue.

“It’s irrelevant because it was already settled,” Trump said. “It’s law. It was settled in the Supreme Court. I mean it’s done… these cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They’ve been settled. And… I’m fine with that.”

But that logic doesn’t apply to all Supreme Court rulings, like, for instance, Roe V. Wade. When asked about a that, Trump implied a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her healthcare is still up for debate.

“I’m pro-life,” he said. “The judges [I appoint] will be pro-life.”

Related: 8 Obama-Inspired Equality Measures That Face The Trump & Pence Axe

He went on to say that if Roe V. Wade were overturned, “it would go back to the states” but said that it “has a long, long way to go” before reaching that point.

Watch Trump talk about marriage equality below. Or don’t.

h/t: LGBTQNation

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4 Early Signs The Trump Presidency Will Be A Disaster For All Things LGBTQ

It’s not even a week ago that the idea of a Donald Trump White House seemed unthinkable. It may still be unthinkable, but it’s happening anyway.

As the reality sinks in, we’re seeing the early signs of what a Trump administration might look like.

It’s not good.

Whether Donald Trump will govern the same way he campaigned–which is to say as chaotically and offensively as possible–is an open question. But the early decisions that Trump, or at least the people around him, are making suggest that his administration is going to be really, real bad for us and a lot of people we love.

Here are four early signs that we’re in for a really rough ride:

Mike Pence. Photo by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr

Mike Pence is calling the shots

For a while, the more moderate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was heading Trump’s transition team. But Christie pretty much disappeared when two of his closest aides were convicted in the Bridgegate scandal that implicated Christie as well. So now Mike Pence is in charge of the transition. Given Pence’s ultra-conservative (and antigay) bent, that means applicants with Pence’s views will have a leg up for open positions. By contrast, Christie likely would have been a more moderating influence.

Peter Thiel is helping with the transition

The Facebook billionaire (aka Captain Seasteading) was one of the few prominent business leaders to bet on Trump. Thiel’s interests and ours rarely intersect despite his homosexuality. After all, his campaign contribution helped give us Sen. Ted Cruz. Thiel could be the token gay in the Trump inner circle, and if he’s the sounding board for gay issues, that won’t be good. At the moment, Thiel is in Tokyo celebrating his boyfriend’s birthday, which could signal he’s not paying much attention to the transition. Let’s see what he does to stick up for us, if anything. (Don’t hold your breath.)

The religious right is already over represented

In addition to Thiel, the Trump transition team includes a number of religious right luminaries. Ken Blackwell, who was at the Family Research Council when it was designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is a long-time loopy homophobe who has compared same-sex couples to farm animals. Kay Cole James is another FRC alum, who has likened being gay to being an alcoholic “or anything else sinful.” Blackwell and James will be following Pence’s lead, recruiting other antigay religious right personnel for key government positions.

The potential Cabinet choices include some real wingnuts

Secretary of Education Ben Carson? Secretary of State Newt Gingrich? Secretary of the Interior Sarah Palin? HHS Secretary Mike Huckabee? The list of would-be Cabinet members that Trump’s team floated includes some of the worst antigay politicians of recent memory. The mix also includes former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. But even the ones who aren’t household names aren’t much better. For example, Jeb Hensarling (Treasury Secretary) was one of a handful of Congressmen who pushed for the repeal of D.C.’s marriage equality law.

No matter who is chosen, the Cabinet will have a strong antigay bias. It’s not pretty.

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Supermoon, New Zealand Earthquake Cows, The Simpsons, Chelsea Clinton, Disco: HOT LINKS

TONIGHT. The largest Supermoon until 2034 is here, and you can still see it Monday night. “The last time the moon sailed this close to Earth was on Jan. 26, 1948, when it came 30 miles closer. The next time won’t be until Nov. 24, 2034, when the distance between the two bodies will be 40 miles less.”

NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE. Magnitude 7.5 strikes: “A tsunami alert was issued for all coastal areas of New Zealand, with warnings waves could be from three to five metres high between Blenheim and Banks Peninsula. The earthquake just after midnight was centred 15km north-east of Culverden, near Hanmer Springs, at a depth of 15km. Shortly before 8.15am the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) said a tsunami marine and beach threat was in force from Napier to north of Dunedin. Unusually strong currents and unpredictable water flows could be expected near the shore.

Some cows had a lucky moment:

THE SIMPSONS. The show predicted Trump’s presidency and feels terrible about it: “Bart Simpson scrawled “being right sucks” on his class chalkboard, in a clear nod to the show’s forecast from the year 2000 that the reality TV personality would one day run the country.”

DYNASTY. Chelsea Clinton to run for office? “She’ll make a move sooner rather than later,” a heavy hitter in New York state Democratic politics assures me. “What a great way to avenge her mother.”

IVORY, RHINO HORN, TIGER PARTS. Vietnamese wildlife traffickers are using Facebook and social media: “The results of an 18-month sting by the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) – shared with the Guardian – will be presented at a public hearing on 14 and 15 November at the Peace Palace in the Hague. They will show how social media sites such as Facebook are allowing traders greater access to customers. ‘It’s wildlife trafficking on an industrial scale,’ said Olivia Swaak-Goldman, the executive director of the WJC.

WORLD’S SADDEST POLAR BEAR. He was temporarily removed from the hideous Chinese mall where he’s been on display but he’s going back: “The move is only temporary, however, with the Grandview Aquarium in Guangzhou saying that he would be returned following renovation works. The mall posted on Chinese social media that it would “await Pizza’s return”. Almost a million people have signed a petition to close the aquarium in Guangzhou where Pizza is kept.”

RIP. Leonard Cohen’s son Adam thanks his fans on social media.

HATS OFF. To these guys.

Hats off to these guys

ESCAPE OF THE DAY. Giorgio Moroder, “Good For Me” featuring Karen Harding.

HANG IN THERE HUNK. Rodrigo Ribeiro.

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One Wish for Trans Awareness Month

A message of self-acceptance during this turbulent time.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/11/14/one-wish-trans-awareness-month

Inclusive Church in Indiana Targeted with ‘Heil Trump, Fag’ and Swastika Graffiti: WATCH

A Swastika along with the words “Heil Trump” and the phrase “Fag Church” were spray-painted on an inclusive Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom, Indiana on Saturday night.

The Indy Star reports:

The Rev. Kelsey Hutto, priest in charge at St. David’s Episcopal Church, said she was disheartened after finding the graffiti on the walls of the church Sunday morning. But her next thought was more positive.

“Well, we must be doing something right,” Hutto said she thought. “We stated one time that doing the right thing was not always the popular thing. We were targeted for a reason, and in our mind it was for a good reason.”

As Christians, Hutto said they need to respond to hateful acts with love and joy. That’s what God calls on them to do, no matter what color people are, where they came from or who they love.

They just need to respect the differences of every human being, she said.

Since Election Day, there have been more than 200 incidents of hateful harassment and intimidation across the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The vandalism echoes a troubling directive to followers from a Neo-Nazi white supremacist website last week urging people to troll LGBT “until they kill themselves.”

Here’s a report from WTHR:

RELATED: Neo-Nazi Site Calls for Harassing LGBT People Scared of Trump: ‘Troll Them Until they Kill Themselves’

The church posted a message to Facebook that it would not be swayed by hate:

Sometime Saturday night St. David’s Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom was vandalized. Three tags were painted on the outside of the church – a swastika, “Fag Church” and “Heil Trump.”

We are disappointed that our safe haven has been vandalized but will not let the actions of a few damper our love of Christ and the world. We will continue to live out our beliefs and acceptance of all people and respecting the dignity of every human being. We pray for the perpetrators as well as those who the derogatory marks were directed at.

We will move forward continuing to be the love of Christ in the world.

Any one is welcome on the sacred ground of the church. This act was an act of separation. Separation of us from each other and a separation from God which is the definition of a sin.

We pray for unification with God, with God’s people and with ourselves.

This is only one image of a worldwide phenomenon in which we are dividing ourselves and the world from God.
We hope and pray that as the days and weeks continue we find a way to bridge this division from God and each other and ourselves.

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The 'Deplorables' Who Will Continue to Harass Us in a Trump Presidency

We take a look at those who enabled and were enabled by Donald Trump and will continue making our lives miserable.

www.advocate.com/election/2016/11/14/deplorables-who-will-continue-harass-us-trump-presidency

이 한국계 미국인이 '美 조지아주 의원'이 된 것은 매우 역사적인 일이다(사진 3)
한국인 이민자의 아들인 새뮤얼 박(Samuel Park, 민주당)이 이번 선거에서 미 조지아주 의원에 당선된 것은 그 자체…

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