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This kid is incredibly well-spoken. I wish more people in America could speak their mind with this sort of conviction and clarity (on both sides of the debate).

It’s cool to see that Jamie Foxx is pro-gay. And, if you didn’t see Jamie’s full monty nude pic that circulated, then you missed out. I’m a bit stunned to hear that it was actually him. That is one major piece of meat he’s packing. Check out the NSFW pic after the jump.

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Good for you Arnold. Via the Sacramento Bee:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two gay rights bills, one honoring late activist Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.

In the last of hundreds of bill actions taken before midnight Sunday, Schwarzenegger approved the two bills by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.

The governor last year vetoed the measure declaring May 22 a state day of recognition for Milk, suggesting that the former San Francisco supervisor be honored locally. But he subsequently named him to the California Hall of Fame.

Leno’s SB 54, meanwhile, requires California to recognize marriages performed in other states where same sex marriage is legal.

In a signing message, Schwarzenegger said California will not recognize the couples as married but will “provide the same legal protections that would otherwise be available to couples that enter into civil unions or domestic partnerships out-of-state. In short, this measure honors the will of the People in enacting Proposition 8 while providing important protections to those unions legally entered into in other states.”

From the CNN.com:

“Obama, I know you are listening,” pop star Lady Gaga told the crowd, before shouting, “Are you listening? We will continue to push you and your administration to bring your words of promise to a reality.”

Rex Wockner has an amazing summary of the myriad responses to Obama’s derogatory and backward-thinking DOJ brief, as well as his unfulfilled promise to be a “fierce advocate” for LGBTs.

I was just talking about whether pressuring Obama for action now on gay issues was warranted, or if we could wait until after healthcare reform is passed in six months. Until earlier this week, I was of the mind that we could wait. That DADT and DOMA suck donkey balls, but we’ve lived with them for a decade or so and could probably wait a couple of months more. Especially if Obama’s political capital could be focused on revolutionizing healthcare.

Then a couple of things happened. First, Obama’s healthcare plan seems to be shaping up to be pretty effing weak. It’s questionable whether it’ll approach anything even resembling universal coverage. Okay, soooo… maybe taking a backseat to a lackluster healthcare effort doesn’t sound as palatable as it did before.

And the straw that broke the gay camel’s back was the offensive DOJ brief supporting DOMA and equating gay marriage to incest among other things. That was just too much for the gays to handle. Sure, we’ll wait if that’s what you need. But while we’re waiting, don’t morally excoriate us. Don’t outwardly oppose our civil rights in your legal briefs.

Obama’s DOJ brief and his lack of action on gay issues has stirred up the rainbow hornets’ nest. Will his inaction on gay rights be his undoing? Will it be the point at which a majority of lefties start to question his progressive-ness? Will his remaining supporters on the far left finally become “unsatisfied” with his progress in the polls?

Much will depend on how Obama and his staff react in the next few days/weeks. I can tell you this: Recommitting to being our fierce advocate and doling out a handful of benefits to federal employees is a very small band aid that will lose its adhesiveness quickly, peel off, and reveal a much bigger owie.

Pssst, Obama: Time’s up. You effed up. Now, just FIX IT.

Cleve Jones was a friend of Harvey Milk’s and is a long-time gay activist. Dustin Lance Black is the young hottie who wrote the screenplay for MILK. Together, they have penned a fantastic and moving letter regarding gay rights.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS

By CLEVE JONES and DUSTIN LANCE BLACK

On Nov. 27, 1978, gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk was assassinated in San Francisco City Hall. Thirty years later, his struggle continues.

On Nov. 4, 2008, millions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans of all races proudly cast their ballots for Barack Obama, helping to elect the first African American president of the United States. On that same day, voters in Arizona, Arkansas, California and Florida approved initiatives denying basic civil rights to GLBT citizens.

Like other Americans who voted for Obama, gay people supported our president-elect because we share his vision of a united America, and want to move forward to address the critical challenges facing our country and our planet.

We have always been willing to serve our country: in our armed forces, even as we were threatened with courts-martial and dishonor; as teachers, even as we were slandered and libeled; as parents and foster parents struggling to support our children; as doctors and nurses caring for patients in a broken health-care system; as artists, writers and musicians; as workers in factories and hotels, on farms and in office buildings; we have always served and loved our country.

We have loved our country even as we have been subjected to discrimination, harassment and violence at the hands of our countrymen. We have loved God, even as we were rejected and abandoned by religious leaders, our churches, synagogues and mosques. We have loved democracy, even as we witnessed the ballot box used to deny us our rights.

Like Obama, we never abandoned hope in the American dream of equality and freedom. We never stopped believing that the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights included us.

We have always kept faith with the American people, our neighbors, co-workers, friends and families. But today that faith is tested and we find ourselves at a crossroad in history.

Will we move forward together? Will we affirm that the American dream is alive and real? Will we finally guarantee full equality under the law for all Americans? Or will we surrender to the worst, most divisive appeals to bigotry, ignorance and fear?

It has been 30 years since Milk gave his life in our struggle for equality. We will not wait 30 years more. We demand that the federal government act immediately, decisively and unequivocally to ensure equal protection under law throughout the United States of America.

We call on President-elect Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to draft and submit to the Congress comprehensive legislation protecting the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens in all areas, including civil marriage, military service, adoption, Social Security, taxation, immigration, employment, housing and access to health care, social services and education.

We call on our country’s leaders to take personal responsibility for involving our nation’s religious leaders and the GLBT community in a national dialogue to encourage understanding and reconciliation.

We call on everyone to carry this message of hope and equality throughout our nation, to every place of worship, to every school and factory and shopping center, every city, suburb and farming town. We call on you to march together, demonstrate together, to pray together and dream together of a future America where, finally, all are free.

There are rare moments in human history when, suddenly and unexpectedly, the opportunity for great change and progress becomes possible. Obama has shown us the power of hope and the urgency of seizing that moment. Milk has shown us the power we possess when we make our voices heard.

We can accept no compromise.

We can wait no longer.

Now is the time.

We are equal.

Le sigh. It could’ve been 8 years of President Gore. Instead we got 8 years of President Numbnuts.