News 9/08/10

("If what I did helped gay people, then I'm glad."

Photo of Seymour Pine by Josh Weiner originally appeared in the New Jersey Jewish News July 28th, 2010 in an article on the Stonewall uprising. No copyright infringement intended.)

• The cop who lead the raid on the Stonewall Inn on June 28th 1969 has died at 91. The New York Times reports at a 2004 talk at the New York Historical Society Seymour Pine apologized for the raids and said, "If what I did helped gay people, then I'm glad."

• Terminally ill Roi Whaley can't sponsor his partner Aurelio Tolentino for citizenship in the US. Their story is just one of over 36,000 gay binational couples whose problems would vanish if marriage equality was the law of the land.

• Giant space rocks will not smash into the Earth today. Whew!

• Sri Lankan Parliament passes law granting President a whole lot more power than he already has.

Morning News 4/09/10

He's got his whole life ahead of him. 147 year old Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is retiring.

Bart Stupid... I mean Stupak won't seek reelection.

Sri Lankan ruling party wins parliamentary majority while Tamil refugees in the north are largely denied access to polls.

Knickers in a twist. Conservative putzes are annoyed that GLBT Americans will mark "married" on our census forms.

Tories face flash mob over mixed messages regarding gay rights.

("Retired Super heroes" via Lit Fun.com)