Its about 5:30 A.M. and i’m sitting in the Chanticleer’s office waiting on the final pages of the summer issues to come across my desk. I’ve been awake for almost 24 hours. I’m starting to become a little delirious. I still have a couple of hours before I’m done…ugh…

I think there might be some barbecue in my day somewhere but most of today will be laying out this newspaper. Posting will be very light(if at all) today. No new developments in Pridegate ’08. Check out the comments section of the previous post for updates from people close to Central Alabama Pride. I really …

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Mayor Langford went on Fox6 tonight to say he still will not sign the proclamation or allow the banners to be hung in 5-Points south. The mayor does not sign parade permits, however, he made it clear that he opposes the idea of a gay pride parade. I didnt realize that PrideGate ’08 would be …

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The board of Central Alabama Pride is claiming victory. Rep. Patricia Todd reportedly called Mayor Langford this morning and he assured her that the Pride board will get a permit for the parade. I’m still waiting to hear from Rep. Todd. will post when I have a quote from her.

I’ll be making more of these today. Anyone have some good caption ideas?

Birmingham, Ala. Mayor Larry Langford has denied a request by the board of Central Alabama Pride to issue a city wide proclamation marking the city’s annual gay pride celebration. Organizers of the event sent an Email to the mayor’s office requesting the proclamation and received a reply on Wednesday. The response from the mayor is …

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Because the blogosphere will be buzzing about this in the next few hours and all day tomorrow, I figured I would go ahead and put up a post about it. It seems that a Federal appeals court reinstated a the lawsuit of a flight nurse who was discharged after is was discovered she was living …

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I walked around with my camera today and took pictures of random things as a sort of picture narrative of my day. it makes no sense, but it gives you an idea of how random my days are. Pic #1: This is Miss Michelle: Miss Michelle is a disembodied head, but she gives great advice …

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The entire day has gone by and i haven’t even made a religious post. yes religious. It’s Cher’s birthday, which, as we all know, is a gay high holy day. So, Cher forgive me for not posting this morning about your birthday. I have sinned against Cher.