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Fabulous Newscast: August 28, 2010
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- Gay Republicans Dismiss D.C. Rankings

Gay Republican candidates for the D.C. Council are dismissing a gay political club’s rankings that gave them lower scores than the incumbents.
- Mormons Sued for Proxy Baptism Injury

A Las Vegas man is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for an injury he claims he sustained while performing baptisms for the dead in 2007.
- Countdown to Emmy

Jane Lynch, Neil Patrick Harris, and Ian McKellen are just a few of the gay actors poised to snag an Emmy Sunday night. Check out some of the highlights here.
- Church Rules Against Spahr

A Presbyterian Church commission has ruled that the Reverend Jane Spahr “violated her ordination vows” by marrying same-sex couples in 2008.
- Ebert: 2 Thumbs Up for Marriage Equality

In a Friday blog post, the longtime film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times writes
that President Barack Obama’s nonsupport for marriage equality puts
him to the right of many Republican leaders — or at least those no
longer in office.
- Conservative British MP Comes Out

Crispin Blunt, a junior minister in the U.K.’s Department of Justice, has left his wife and has “decided to come to terms with his homosexuality,” the BBC reports.
- Iowa Radio Station Slams Antigay Rant

WHO radio commentator Jan Mickelson’s recent on-air assertions that
HIV/AIDS educational efforts serve to condone “stupid behavior”
associated with homosexuality contained “factual errors,” station owner
Clear Channel Communications said in a Thursday statement.
- Bogotá Warms to Gay Marriage

A recent government-backed survey showed that 63% of Bogotá, Colombia, residents support marriage equality.
- Mysterious Death for "Private" Gay Spy

Welsh police investigators are not classifying the death of an MI6
agent as a murder despite finding his body stuffed in a bag placed in
the bathtub of his apartment and rumors linking the death to a sex
game gone wrong.
- Johnny Weir Takes on Sexuality

In an in-depth interview with New York magazine, Olympic ice skater
Johnny Weir explains what he calls his “very specific philosophy about
gay, straight, married, sex, [and] partnership.”