Australian Idol weds boyfriend in New Zealand
Anthony Callea and actor Tim Campbell have been together seven years
darrenw
www.gaystarnews.com/article/australian-idol-weds-boyfriend-new-zealand171114
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Who Sang It Better? “Do They Know It’s Christmas” Gets A Star-Studded Remake
Who Sang It Better? “Do They Know It’s Christmas” Gets A Star-Studded Remake
Thirty years ago, Band Aid, a charity-minded supergroup comprised of the creme de la creme of British pop (Boy George, Sting, Bono, George Michael, Simon Le Bon, to name just a few) met in a London studio to collaborate on a single to raise funds for the decimating famine in Ethiopia. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, which was the brainchild of musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, became the best-selling British single of all time, a record it held for 13 years, and raised over a million dollars for famine relief. The venerable single was re-recorded in 1989 and 2004, again as a fund-raiser for famine. Cut to 2014 and much of the world is petrified of the Ebola virus so the now Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure called up the latest batch of hot new British chart-toppers (members of One Direction, Chris Martin, Sam Smith, Rita Ora…Adele was a surprising no-show) and the ever-present Bono to record an update on the classic anthem and combat the deadly virus in Africa. While it’s unfair to compare the two since everyone involved donated their time for a good cause, we can’t help but feel this new breed of singers is lacking in both energy and charisma compared to the magic achieved the first time out.
So watch and listen to both versions below, but, more importantly, be sure to donate here.
Here’s the 2014 version.
Here’s the original from 1984.
Jeremy Kinser
Colin Farrell: It's 'Insane' That My Gay Brother Left Ireland to Marry
Colin Farrell: It's 'Insane' That My Gay Brother Left Ireland to Marry
The actor is encouraging Ireland to vote for marriage equality in a national referendum next year.
Lucas Grindley
www.advocate.com/world/2014/11/16/colin-farrell-its-insane-my-gay-brother-left-ireland-marry
Michigan Claims 300 Same-Sex Marriages 'Never Existed'
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) Claims Obama Is Prioritizing LGBT Rights And Ignoring Religious Persecution Abroad: AUDIO
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) Claims Obama Is Prioritizing LGBT Rights And Ignoring Religious Persecution Abroad: AUDIO
Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado expressed on Thursday with Family Research Council’s “Washington Watch,” that the Obama administration is more concerned with defending LGBT rights than preventing religious persecution abroad reports Right Wing Watch.
Said Rep. Lamborn:
“We have the sad situation of persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East and other parts of the country, including Christians and other various sects out there, that are being really persecuted, sometimes they’re being beheaded or crucified or tortured because of their religious views. So the State Department, you would think, would want to be all over that, would want to be pressing for countries to be respecting the rights of religious minorities.
“But it seems like they are really more motivated and active promoting things like lesbian and gay rights, transgendered (sic) rights and those kind of issues to the neglect of religious prosecution (sic). And I just want them to pay attention to the severe and deadly prosecution (sic) of Christians and other religious people wherever that occurs in the world.”
Lamborn ignores the fact that President Obama ordered airstrikes in Iraq this summer to deter ISIS violence against Christians, Yazidis and other muslims. Media Matters for America cited several instances where President Obama addressed ISIS violence and genocide in early August, with mentions of Christians fleeing their homes to avoid ISIS’ onslaught. President Obama and National Security Advisor Susan Rice met with Christian leaders from the middle east to discuss the plight of Christians under ISIS’ oppressive regime. The administration also freed several Christians imprisoned abroad including Meriam Ibrahim, who gave birth to a child in prison while shackled to the prison floor, before suffering a cruel fate at the hands of the Sudanese government after she was accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and committing adultery.
And yet the religious right’s persecution complex continues, with Lamborn and Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins claiming Obama continues to ignore the rights of Christians within the U.S. and believing Christianity will soon end up becoming criminalized. However, Perkins is perfectly content with anti-LGBT laws and even praised Uganda’s “Kill the Gays,” bill. FRC meanwhile has a habit of capitalizing and exploiting current events to further their religious agenda, including blatant disrespect for the recently deceased.
Anthony Costello
One Direction's Harry Styles jokes gay sex can't be disapproved of until tried
TDOR Series: Finding a Light in the Darkest of Times
Is the Colonization of Mars Actually Possible? – VIDEO
Is the Colonization of Mars Actually Possible? – VIDEO
The guys over at ASAPScience have a new video all about Mars and the obstacles we’d need to overcome in order to set up a human colony on the red planet – gay club presumably included.
Check out the fascinating video, AFTER THE JUMP…
Kyler Geoffroy
www.towleroad.com/2014/11/is-the-colonization-of-mars-actually-possible-video.html
Nicolas Sarkozy Wants to Reverse Marriage Equality in France
Nicolas Sarkozy Wants to Reverse Marriage Equality in France
Just because same-sex couples are already marrying, that hasn’t stopped a campaign to rid the country of equality.
Lucas Grindley
www.advocate.com/world/2014/11/16/nicolas-sarkozy-wants-reverse-marriage-equality-france
Viral video star 'cured' from being gay explains himself
Viral video star 'cured' from being gay explains himself
‘That video was not planned. I did not know I was going to get that mic. When I walked up there, I was walking up there, chains bound. I was walking up there, not knowing that I had more hope to myself’
Jamesw
www.gaystarnews.com/article/viral-video-star-cured-being-gay-explains-himself161114
