New Jersey court rules in favor of marriage equality

Today Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled that given the recent Windsor Supreme Court decision granting federal recognition to gay couples, New Jersey’s system of civil unions are inherently unequal and that lesbian and gay couples in that state are entitled to full marriage equality.  If the state does not appeal the…

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Rutgers coach fired after abusive video broadcast (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/IVoOtpDuZwA (CNN) — Rutgers University fired head basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after ESPN broadcast a video showing him physically and verbally abusing players. The video, which ESPN said features excerpts of practice sessions shot between 2010 and 2012, initially had earned Rice a three-game suspension, a $75,000 fine and a ticket to anger…

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Martha Graham Cracker, Philadelphia drag queen, Reads Dr. Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs And Ham’ to kids (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/UGYa-IcphX0 HuffPost Gay Voices reports that Philadelphia drag queen Martha Graham Cracker, after being invited to read a children’s book to a New Jersey after-school kids program — and then disinvited for being an “inappropriate” choice, was warmly received by Philadelphia’s Christ Church Neighborhood House on Sunday. The drag cabaret legend read Dr. Seuss’s classic Green Eggs…

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