It’s Gay Tuesday here on Wonkette, so we bring you this exciting Gay News Update: John McCain said the other day that only man-and-lady-style couples should be allowed to adopt, and now he is saying something different! Of course, because he is a politician, he is obliged to declare that he has been “perfectly clear” on this issue all along. MORE »

The complete failure of our president and our legislature to do anything about immigration — and after so much time and money was spent convincing Americans who’ve never seen a Mexican that something needed to be done about them! — has led to an unprecedented surge in old-fashioned republican democracy at the local level, with state legislatures consdiering over 1,404 immigration measures this year. That’s right, since the federal government failed us, the states are stepping up to the plate, just like our founding fathers intended. When it comes to legislating xenophobia and denying rights to thousands of disenfranchised people, no one does it like these United States of America. MORE »