Friday Links!

It's Friday again! Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:

GREG RUCKA HAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY ABOUT YOUR GATEKEEPING OF WOMEN IN GEEK CULTURE.

Hubble Drills Deep Into the Universe. Read the article and have your mind blown...

Stephen Colbert bids farewell to “Stephen Colbert” on “The Daily Show”.

The '7 Careers Christians May No Longer Hold' Because Of Gay Advocates: American Family Association's Tim Wildmon.

A Typographer’s Design History of the Unappreciated Penny. Thanks to Troy for sharing the cool link!

How they filmed the cello scenes for a recent Agents of Shield episode is amazing.

Physicists Say Consciousness Might Be a State of Matter.

New Paper Explains How To Make Supermaterial Graphene In A Blender.

18 Arguments Against Gay Marriage (and why they're bollocks).

HOLDING OUT FOR A (GAY) HERO.

Being Gay Is a Religious Right.

For gay and lesbian parents, equality is a myth when it comes to custody cases: Despite studies showing that having a gay or lesbian parent doesn't affect kids negatively, the courts haven't caught up.

More Than Words: 11 “Queer” Questions From 70 Years Of Gallup Polls.

Poll: For the first time, more Texans support marriage equality than oppose it.

Boy Scouts shut down local troop with gay scoutmaster. Specifically: a local Methodist church needed a scoutmaster, they looked for candidates, hired this 49-year-old now openly gay former Eagle Scout, knowing he was gay. He's led the troop, the Boy Scouts told the church they couldn't do that, the congregation decided to stick by their scoutmaster, and the BSA has now kicked the church out of the Boy Scouts. I've been following the story, but was surprised when a couple of my straight co-workers brought it up at work. One of them lives near the church, his wife is friends with some of the parents (who all want to keep the scoutmaster).

Oh, and in case you missed it, I wrote about how awesome my husband is: He’s my guy, and I love him.

Peace Mercutio - (And That's How) Good Charlotte (Got Famouse)":



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Trailer For Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Normal Heart’ With Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts:



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This made it actually exciting to watch someone play Janga:



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