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Elton John 2:17:10 – Jesus was a “gay man”
”I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted...
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Holding on to Discrimination
This past Saturday, David Rivkin, Jr., and Lee Casey – two longtime senior officials in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations – wrote in...
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Court Sides with City
As expected, a request to delay marriage equality from becoming District law on March 3 was tentatively denied today, Feb. 19, in D.C. Superior Court....
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Can Conservatism Make Room for Gays? [video]
Cato Institute Executive Vice President David Boaz moderates a Feb. 17 forum, “Is There a Place for Gay People in Conservatism and Conservative Politics,” with...
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Weather Warriors
With the ''Snowmageddon'' of a record-breaking double whammy of back-to-back blizzards come and gone, locals have returned to work and their daily routines. And while...
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Making an Exception
I was once a big believer in American exceptionalism. I don't mean the quasi-mystical version of exceptionalism in which God laid down the foundations for...
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The Jackson Jive
Despite his being so dark and masculine, I am tempted to call Bishop Harry Jackson the White Queen after the character in Through the Looking-Glass...
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Latino Flair
There is an undeniable excitement that comes from talking to playwright Nilo Cruz. It's not a kind of idol worship. Not the realization that one...
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Bloodshed, Bigotry and Beauty
Signature Theatre's Sweeney Todd is a nightmare drawn by Edward Gorey and colored by a shipwrecked orchestra. A lonely fairy tale featuring a peculiar assortment...
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Money Pit
Although there will, without doubt, be many advantages to the Washington Shakespeare Company's move next season to the high-profile theatrical spaces of Rosslyn's Art Space...
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The Joy of Sax
Joshua Redman had no intention of becoming a world-renowned, award-winning jazz musician. ''I didn't go to undergraduate for music – I was going to go...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: The world may be slouching toward Bethlehem, vandalizing and defacing as it goes, but this isn't a free pass to behave as badly...
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Amazing Journey
Peruse A. Cornelius Baker's résumé, and you might get more than you bargained for. Sure, you knew he worked for the George H.W. Bush administration...
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Winter Escape
Tired of snow and freezing temperatures? You could wait a month for spring. Better yet, head south in a few weeks for winter's best fun-in-the-sun...
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Mysterious Island
There are so many mysteries on the island, it feels like you're never going to get any answers. Is there a way off the island?...
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Why Maggie's Wrong
How can I write this so that Maggie Gallagher -- of National Organization for Marriage (NOM) infamy -- will understand? A child loses his or...
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Lady Gaga thanks the late Alexander McQueen, takes 3 Brit Awards [video]
”This is for Alexander McQueen.” Pop idol Lady Gaga. Tuesday night, she twice thanked Lee McQueen, the gay fashion designer who committed suicide a week...
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Silverman Show’s Brian breaks hearts of gay cubs
”I like dudes. I just, uh, don’t sleep with them…. We tackle the gay marriage thing. Steve really wants to get married and kind of...
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San Diego Tragedy
Two gay men were found dead in a San Diego apartment on Friday, Feb. 5, in what San Diego police have labeled a murder-suicide. The...
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Suspect Pleads Guilty
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Christopher George McDonald plead guilty, in front of D.C. Superior Court Judge Craig Iscoe, to assaulting and threatening a group of...
