The AggreGAYtor: August 20

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Papa don't preach,Madge is in trouble deep
Papa don't preach,Madge is in trouble deep (by reuters.com)

Geraldo Rivera keeps his eye on the cabal, Bill Keller forgets to cleanse the temple, and Madonna bruises some egos. Today’s AggreGAYtor has got something to say about it and it goes something like this.

• Breakthrough LGBTQ group queers the Illinois State Fair.

• Quicker than a ray of light: Russian anti-gay crusaders sue Madonna for “moral suffering.”

• Ghana looks for loopholes in banning “gayism.”

• Sour interweb evangelist Bill Keller threatens lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center.

• Mustachioed relic Geraldo Rivera worries about a top secret “lesbian cabal” running the Department of Homeland Security.

• Ohio pastor thinks recent church arson is tied to support for LGBTQ community.

• Long-running soap Days of our Lives takes up gay bullying. No word yet on whether the bully will be demon possessed matriarch Dr. Marlena Evans.

• Maine Family Research Council leader ups the rhetorical ante by saying marriage equality will lead to violence.

• FRC shooter might have planned assault on second anti-LGBTQ group.

• New York businessman’s will orders gay son to marry surrogate mother in the ultimate passive aggressive note.

• Pennsylvania United Way mulls cutting support for Boy Scouts over gay ban.

• San Antonio club stages mass same-sex wedding in protest of Texas anti-gay laws.

• Dennis Coleman resigns as executive director of Equality Texas.

BONUS EXPLOITATION: After years of therapy, the AggreGAYtor can now admit how he caught the gay.

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News, Madonna, Family Research Council, Marriage Equality, Equality Texas, United Way, Boy Scouts, Days of Our Lives, Bullying, Hate Crime, Homophobia, Southern Poverty Law Center

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