Eye Candy: Abs Breen Part 2

Can't get enough of this guy, part 2 of Abs Breen (now known as Abz Love)...

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Argentina hosts first legal gay marriage in South America

As we reported earlier, Mexico City recently legalised same-sex marriage.

Today comes news that Argentina held its first legally binding gay marriage, attended by a state official.

"We got married today in Ushuaia!" Alex Freyre told the Todos Noticias Buenos Aires.

Eye Candy: Cody Linley

Don't really know who this guy is, just saw him in the movie "Forget me Not"... enjoy

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More Homophobia from The Age newspaper

A few days ago I brought you the article from The Age newspaper that ranted against gay parenting. Now comes a business quiz from the same paper that uses "gay" as an insult:

21. THE aforementioned national broadband network is important because:
(a) Facebook is, like, being really gay and taking forever to load
(b) It is about the only form of electronic communication in Australia in which Telstra does not (yet) have its fingers
(c) Rural dwellers are currently disadvantaged when trying to get the hell out and find a house/job in the Big Smoke
(d) No child should be living on dial-up in 2010
(e) It will give most Australians long overdue access to a higher standard of internet access

What more do you expect from this right-wing rag?

Dad forced his 14yo son to have sex with prostitute for fear he was gay

Brisbane Times reports:

The dad allegedly phoned a prostitute and arranged to meet her at a motel on Yaamba Road, North Rockhampton.The father drove his son to the motel and paid the prostitute in $50 notes.
The prostitute took the boy into a motel room while the father waited on a balcony.

The dad walked in and out of the room to check on his son and told him he wanted to see a used condom as proof that they'd had sex.

Gay Bashing by The Age Newspaper

Another typical "the gays are bad and shouldn't raise kids" homophobic article appeared in today's Age newspaper.

Here's a snippet of the hateful article, where gays are seen as selfish people who shouldn't raise kids because they turn kids gay while heterosexuals remain the only ones good at parenting:

Run to mummy, kid. Waddya mean, which one?

What a tangled web we weave when the clever human race begins to meddle with nature. In the Irish courts this month a homosexual man won an injunction to stop two lesbians moving to Australia.

That’s because the lesbians have a son and he provided the sperm. He’s the non-resident non-connubial dad. The wonders of test-tube baby-making.

The three gays were pals when the baby plan was hatched but the ladies have fallen out with the bloke and want to take the offspring away and live in the Land Down Under. He, the test-tube papa, doesn’t want to lose contact.

So-called ''critics'' have reportedly scoffed at Ireland’s ''outdated'' 1937 constitution, which struggles to deal with this particular scenario – the document (how quaint!) still defines parents as ''a married man and woman''.  Yes, I know, it’s an old-fashioned concept but until clever humans become even cleverer, it still DOES require the ingredients of both genders to create life.
But what a right old mess for the poor kid to comprehend. He's three years old now but what will he make of this trio of wrangling  gay ''parents'' as the years pass. Hard enough for children of today to sort out their lives without that sort of tangled mix of sexuality among their nurturers, I would have thought.

According to the judge, Supreme Court Justice Susan Denham, the two lesbians provided ''a loving stable home'' for the lad but Irish law identified the homosexual sperm donor as ''the father'' so he is staking his claim. How strange life has become when a man and woman who have no sexual contact or attraction -- and now hate each other -- can produce a child.

And you wonder what impact gay parenting will have on the lad. The usual gay-rights line is that children of homosexual households have no more or less inclination to live homosexual lifestyles themselves but that may not necessarily be the case. A Longitudinal Study of Lesbian Families’ in 1999  by Susan Golombok and Fiona Tasker found that 15 per cent of 39 children raised in 27 lesbian families had gone on to have a gay relationship. That compares with none of the kids from a comparative  group of heterosexual families.  And that also compares with about two or three percent of the general community who identify as exclusively homosexual. It doesn’t do much for the old gay-rights argument that homosexuals are born, not made, does it?

Back in the 1970s the law courts would not award custody to mothers who had turned lesbian and left a heterosexual marriage. The view was that lesbian motherhood was not a healthy nurturing environment but that view seems to have changed in the law's eyes.

However, let's face it,  there are plenty of dysfunctional hetero parents raising kids. So many that  I've long held the view that humans should need a licence to breed.

So is a child going to be any worse off with a mother, a ''co-mother'' and a gay ''dad''? I don’t know. You tell me.

Comments? I know I'll be boycotting the Age from now on.

Mexico City approves gay marriage

Gay Marriage has been legalised for the first time in Latin America in Mexico City, Mexico.

"It was approved overall by 39 votes in favor and 20 against, with five abstentions," said a spokesman for the bill's chief sponsor, assemblyman Davi Razu.

He said he would now look into allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. 

Eye Candy: Abs Breen retro shirtless

Just some more Eye Candy, I've been feeling a little retro, so here's some new and old photos of Abs Breen, ex-5ive star and solo singer. Enjoy.














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Man convicted of indecent exposure for being naked in his own home: US

Erick Williamson, from Fairfax County, was arrested for being naked in his own home back in October was found guilty on Friday of indecent exposure, but the judge did not fine him or sentence him to jail. He has immediately appealed his conviction.

Williamson continued to believe that he had done nothing wrong and that he did not purposely expose himself to two women and a 7-year-old boy who walked past his house the morning of Oct. 19.

A seven-person jury in misdemeanor appeals court will rule on the propriety of Williamson's domestic nudity in February.

"That's outrageous. It's unbelievable." He said publicity from the arrest had cost him a job as a commercial diver. "I'm the victim," William said.

Judie Ian O'Flaherty actually likened Williamson to bank robber John Dillinger, who also "thought he was doing nothing wrong when he walked into banks and shot them up." 

Only in America?

Colin Farrell to be best man at his brother's gay wedding

Colin Farrell's brother, Eamon, is to be wed this today in a civil ceremony in Ireland.

Irish central is reporting:

"Eamon Farrell is having a blessing to mark his union with artist boyfriend Steve Mannion. According to the Irish Independent, the pair actually got married in Canada this summer, with Colin as Eamon's best man. At the time Eamon lamented the fact he and his partner could not wed in Ireland...After the wedding blessing the couple will spend the evening with a host of well-wishers in Krystle nightclub, a funky venue on Harcourt Street in Dublin. The club has private booths, a pent house and a VIP suite – ideal for accommodating the VIP party. It will be a family night out, including Farrell’s mother Rita and sisters Claudine and Catherine, the Independent reports. A gang of other Irish celebs will be there too."

Ricky Martin denounces Homophobia

 Ricky said on his website:

As a human rights activist for many years, I've been able to witness countless miracles. I've seen the amazing capacity that human beings have to heal; I've seen governments and private citizens try to change public policies and fight battles of love that have resulted in a positive impact on our society. I've seen boys and girls from different parts of the world free themselves from the bondage of human trafficking (the slavery of the new era) and amazing people renounce their "lives of luxury" to help those who need it most. Witnessing miracles of all kinds has strengthened the faith in humanity that my parents instilled in me, which is the same faith that I try to pass on to my children every day. When I watch them discovering the world, I think kindness is one of the greatest virtues that I can teach them.

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NZ tv star fired after calling Susan Boyle “retarded.”

New Zealand  tv-star Paul Henry has been fired after telling viewers, Susan boyle was "starved of oxygen at birth" and therefore suffered an intellectual disability.

"If you look at her carefully, you can make it out," he said, "Here's the really interesting revelation: she is in fact retarded."

He later apologised to viewers.  "I am sorry that some people have taken what I said in a way that I never intended."

Anthony Flannery, Television New Zealand's head of news and current affairs, said Henry's comment had overstepped the mark and "we apologise to those who were hurt and distressed by it".

RIP Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy passed away aged 32 from a suspected cardiac arrest.

Starring in such great films like Clueless, Cherry Falls, and as the voice of Luanne in King of the Hill it's a shame she died so young.

According to TMZ.com: 

Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ. She was 32. A 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack, the Los Angeles City Fire Department tells TMZ. We're told Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival. 

R.I.P.

Eye-Candy: Chris Carrabba shirtless...

Just some eye-candy for you all, Chris Carrabba shirtless...

I keep seeing searches for "Chris Carraba shirtless" and his famous umbrella pic, so I thought I'd do a little digging and managed to find this picture here. Mmmm, this guy is buff!If you don't know, Chris is the lead singer of Dashboard Confessional, and former frontman of Further Seems Forever. Just click on the image for the larger version.
I thought I'd come up with some puns to go with it like... "He can dash by board anytime!." Or "A Mark A Mission, an ooh, an ahhh!" or "I wouldn't mind screaming his fidelity." or "I'd love to swallow his bitter pill". I think I'll stop there. 




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Herald Sun labels Peter Ikin's partner his “husband” in sarcastic quotes

Pointing out it's obvious hostility at the idea of a gay husband, the Daily Telegraph (sister paper to the Herald Sun) labelled the late Australian Music Producer, Peter Ikin's lover sarcastically as his "husband" twice in the article, despite being legally married in a civil union in the United Kingdom last year.

Alexandre Despallieres has reportedly agreed to drop his claim to his partner's estate, estimated at least $15 million, and return his ashes to Australia under an agreement with the Ikin family.

Despallieres was accused of presenting himself as an internet billionaire with a terminal brain tumour in order to convince Ikin into marrying him. A will leaving the entire estate to Despallieres is alleged to have been forged, family lawyers claimed in the UK High Court last week.

"A lot of people in Australia will have a sour taste in their mouth. He's got away with it," said John Bircham friend.

No mention of Ikin's sexuality or husband was spoken by the Australian media when he passed away last year.

Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas : “I'm Gay.”

Welsh Rugby player, Gareth Thomas, has announced he is gay.

"I've been through all sorts of emotions with this, tears, anger and absolute despair," he said.

"I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to let people know and, to be honest, I feel anxious about people's reactions.

"It's been really tough for me, hiding who I really am, and I don't want it to be like that for the next young person who wants to play rugby, or some frightened young kid."

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