Before I announce the winner of today's Lady's Brunch Burger Award (the LBBA), I need to once again give thanks to Paula Deen, that evil culinary genius. Without her brilliantly devious recipe for her non-delicious, non-nutritious, 1200-calorie Lady's Brunch Burger, I would have no Award to give! Many say Paula's cooking is unhealthy, but not me. I say it's genius. Paula is a provocateur. Paula is subversive. Paula's creations are edible social commentary that she dares you to eat! I hear you, Paula. I hear you.

Today's LBBA recipient! From her very own bio!

[She] is the president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy (www.iMAPP.org), whose motto is "strengthening marriage for a new generation" and whose unique mission is research and public education on ways that law and public policy can strengthen marriage as a social institution. [Except she thinks gays should be excluded.]

She is a nationally syndicated columnist, the author of three books on marriage (including most recently with University of Chicago Prof Linda Waite "The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better-Off Financially"), and a leading voice of the new marriage movement. National Journal named her to the 2004 list of the most influential people in the same-sex marriage debate. [She has been one of the major secular voices opposing gay marriage.]

She appears frequently on major TV and radio and is frequently asked to lecture at colleges, universities and law schools. She has testified as an expert witness on marriage before the U.S. Senate and in various state legislatures. Her writings on marriage have appeared in The New York Times, The Weekly Standard, and the Wall Street Journal, as well as scholarly journals such as the Louisiana Law Review, and the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy.

She is a graduate of Yale (class of ’82). She lives with her husband and two children in Westchester, New York.

Who is this happily married bigot? Who is the family-oriented hypocrite? Find out after the jump!

It's Maggie Gallagher!


That's right. Mrs. Gallager gets three Lady's Brunch Burgers! And let's face it, this won't be Mrs. Gallagher's first Lady's Brunch Burger. Or her last.

You can listen to her in all of her nonsensible hysteria as she screams at Michelangelo Signorile below:

It's that time of the day, folks. After gaying it up all day here at AKA William, it was time to turn for a moment (just a moment!) to the larger world. So, here is a list of today's Top 10 Google searches:

1. mamma.com
2. mark cuban
3. mark cuban insider trading
4. scooping
5. eliving
6. johnjay and rich
7. bixby letter
8. momma.com
9. 60 minutes interview with obama
10. not evil just wrong
11. wanda sykes married

Damn. I googled "mamma.com" and killed four birds with one stone: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The SEC says it has charged Mark Cuban with insider trading in shares of Mamma.com" 1, 2, 3, and 8. People are still insider-trading after Martha?

Number 6? "johnjay and rich" you ask? Yeah. It was all about Carrie Moten. She works at a Tucson radio station. "Working Moms: Carrie Moten104.7 KISS FM Carrie Moten, a radio personality with the Johnjay and Rich Show, tells us about the benefits of her job in radio and the flexibility is gives her to work and take care of her kids." There was something about her being naked, but I couldn't find anything. Not that I looked all that hard. I mean, this is "all kinds of gay." Not "all kinds of straight." I wasn't feeling sufficiently inspired.

Number 7? The Bixby Letter is a letter that was written by Lincoln to a mother of five sons who died in the Civil War. A copy of the letter may have been found in Dallas. Funny how Lincoln keeps cropping up now that Obama and his "Team of Rivals" is up and coming. Go Hillary!

"not evil just wrong?" Some right-wing anti-climate-change documentary being promoted by that closeted homosexualist, Matt Drudge

And I personally have a video of Number 9 right here on AKA William because that's how Top 10 I am - Obama's 60 Minutes interview.

I had to cheat a little bit to get some real good gayness going on, but only a little. Today it's the "Top 11."Did you see 11? Yup, our amazing Wanda Sykes is breaking gay googling records!

And, if anyone can explain "scooping" please do because, I mean, I have no idea what it means. It sounds dirty, but I'm going to need some proof.

Cynthia Nixon on Larry King (guest-hosted by Joy Behar) talks Prop 8
(I'm a little behind on getting this one up, but I did want to get it up. Contrast this to Tammy Lynn's Oprah debacle.)

This guy is married to one of the stars of Ugly Betty. I don't know which one. Don't really care.

Prince decides he doesn't like gay sex

This weekend's top 10
Via Box Office Mojo
1) Quantum of Solace $70,400,000
2) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $36,130,000
3) Role Models $11,710,000
4) High School Musical 3: Senior Year $5,879,000
5) Changeling $4,247,000
6) Zack and Miri Make a Porno $3,200,000
7) Soul Men $2,428,000
8) The Secret Life of Bees $2,400,000
9) Saw V $1,790,000
10) The Haunting of Molly Hartley $1,649,000

Out Magazine had its annual Out 100 Party. It looks like it was fun. From here.

FiveThirtyeight's Nate Silver gets a few tips on how to be more . . . camera-ready

You are 80% less likely to die from a meteor landing on your head if you wear a bicycle helmet all day.
Helmet up, boys and girls, if you know what's good for you

SF artist wants to cyborgize herself and install camera in her fake eye

Battlestar Galactica finally gets some man-on-man action. For the 17 of us who still watch this once best show on TV, the long, dry wait is over! The gay characters, who apparently are regulars, better be Anders and Apollo.

After the successes (and failures) of the past few weeks of Proposition 8, everyone is asking "What's next?" From Join The Impact, the group of dedicated people who coordinated the National Protest Day - The Day Without A Gay:

The worldwide media attention surrounding our massive grassweb efforts for gay rights has been tremendous. Join the Impact was a HUGE success and will continue to thrive because of our efforts.

We've reacted to anti-gay ballot initiatives in Californaia, Arizona Florida, and Arkansas with anger, with resolve, and with courage. NOW, it's time to show America and the world how we love.

Gay people and our allies are compassionate, sensitive, caring, mobilized, and programmed for success. A day without gays would be tragic because it would be a day without love.

On December 10, 2008 the gay community will take a historic stance against hatred by donating love to a variety of different causes.

On December 10, you are encouraged not to call in sick to work. You are encouraged to call in "gay"--and donate your time to service!

I won't be calling in sick, though! I'll be right here.

Former gay and current crazy James Hartline (who bears a striking resemblance to the almost-as-crazy preacher from "Poltergeist 2" - see above and try to guess which one is which) is blaming the gays for the fires stampeding across Southern California:

Each time homosexual activists attempt to force their agenda on California, there have been raging, massive, incinerating fires sweeping across the California landscape.

Today, people are running for their lives as 800 California homes have burned down and the firestorm is spreading like a nuclear holocaust. Yet, the radical homosexual anarchists rampage upon the streets of this state demanding the destruction of marriage and family, and the establishment of their socialistic dark vision for society.

. . . They Would Not Listen -- And Now We Are Burning!
They shook their fists at God and said, "We don't care what God says, we will issue our legal brief to support gay marriage in San Diego!" Then Mayor Jerry Sanders mocked the Christian vote and signed off on this rebellious legal document to support same-sex marriage.

And then the streets of La Jolla under the Mt. Soledad Cross began to cave in. They shook their fists at God and said, "We don't care what the Bible says, We want the California school children indoctrinated into homosexuality!"

The San Diego lunatic who, according to his website, is doing everything he can to save his city, "from fighting illegal porn stores to exposing the corruption within the homosexual agenda, James is being used to confront the powers of darkness in San Diego, California" also has a book out so that we can "now read the amazing life and death struggle James Hartline fought to leave the homosexual lifestyle."

Could you imagine? I really think James and medavog, the stellar gay San Diego reporter ("The Berlin Wall, to name a few") whose startling Prop 8 documentary has forever changed my view of the world, should hang out and have a nice chat. I kind of hope medavog's real name is Carol Ann.

Pink News is reporting that given the state of the nation, the ban on gays in the militar will likely not be a priority for the new administration:

A group that campaigns to repeal a ban on openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people serving in the US Armed Forces has said it does not expect the new Obama administration to deal with the issue as soon as it takes power.

. . . Given that 75% of the American public have said they want the repeal of the ban on gays in the military, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," it would seem an obvious choice for early attention from the new administration.

However, a spokesperson for the Servicemembers Legal Defence Network, a group that campaigns for an end to the ban, told Metro Weekly:

"There is a very full agenda for President-elect Obama, and we know we will not be first in line.

More after the jump.

"To be successful in eliminating the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, we need a partnership between the White House, Congress and our military leaders.

. . . In an interview with Gay History Project in September, Senator Obama said he would not use the office of President to abolish [Don't Ask, Don't Tell].

"I want to make sure that when we revert "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," it's gone through a process and we've built a consensus or at least a clarity of that, of what my expectations are, so that it works," he said.

"My first obligation as the President is to make sure that I keep the American people safe and that our military is functioning effectively.

"Although I have consistently said I would repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," I believe that the way to do it is make sure that we are working through a process, getting the Joint Chiefs of Staff clear in terms of what our priorities are going to be.

"That's how we were able to integrate the Armed Services to get women more actively involved.

"At some point, [you've] got to make a decision that that's the right thing to do, but you always want to make sure that you are doing it in a way that maintains our core mission in our military."

Of course, as soon as I posted "Separate Is Not Equal" I came across this post on Pam's House Blend that shows it's not all doom and gloom on the race front:

I wore a t-shirt that read "I'm a Victim of H8" to the car wash. As I was waiting for my car, a young African American man walked up to me, motioned to my t-shirt, and said, "I didn't vote for that."

I was somewhat surprised that this guy felt the need to approach me and let me know that he didn't vote for Prop. 8. Was he concerned about reports in the media about tension between LGBT people and the African American community?

"Thanks," I replied.

"No one I know voted for it either?" he added.

Okay, now I was certain where he wanted to go with the conversation.

"That's great," I said. "You know the majority of voters in Monterey County voted against it. Young voters like you were really against it."

"I just want to say that no one in my family voted for it. Not even the older ones. None of my friends did either. It is just wrong."

"Well, there's going to be a peaceful rally at Colton Hall today at 10:30. You should come if you're not busy. Bring your friends."

"(Laughs) Maybe my friends will come if I can tell them there will be attractive ladies there. You know what I mean?"

"I can promise that there will be lots of young ladies there -- attractive, straight young ladies. Bring a sign that says 'straight but not narrow' and you'll be very popular."

Then, he introduced himself as Shawn. We shook hands and chatted about a few other things as we waited for our cars to get dried off and polished.

I didn't see Shawn at the event later that day. I'm not sure if he was able to make it or not. If he arrived after that crowd got big and we began to march, I would not have been able to spot him.

However, there were quite a few African American folks at the event. Keep in mind that Monterey is very very white. So, it always amazes me that these rallies have such a diverse turnout.

This is exactly opposite of my experience, and it's heartening to know that when we extend a hand, it will be grasped