Blake Shelton
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1. CBS released another excerpt Wednesday night from Sherry Henry’s interview with 48 Hours Mystery, which will air an hourlong episode Saturday about the disappearance of Dallas lesbian Lisa Stone in June 2010. Henry is Stone’s former partner and the only person of interest in the case, and Stone’s friends believe Henry knows something about her disappearance. In the below story that aired on CBS 11 last night, Henry says: “You will not tear down my life. You will not point the finger at me, until you have verifiable proof that I have ever done anything other than support Lisa Stone in whatever she wanted to accomplish in her life. Lisa and I love each other. End of discussion!”
2. The Texas Senate passed a version of the budget Wednesday that would fund anticipated enrollment growth in the Texas HIV Medication Program, which provides lifesaving medication to low-income people with HIV/AIDS. The House’s version of the budget doesn’t fund any enrollment growth in the program, which is expected to amount to about 3,000 new clients over the next two years. It’s now up to a House-Senate conference committee to decide the level of funding for the program — and sort out the rest of the differences between the two budget bills. Overall, the Senate’s budget would spend $12 billion more in state and federal funds than the House’s version. The Senate approved its version of the budget in a 19-12 vote along party lines, after waving a rule that normally requires two-thirds support for bills to reach the floor. All 12 Democrats voted against the Senate budget, saying it cuts too deeply into education and social services. It was not immediately clear whether the Senate budget included an amendment from Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, that would require schools with LGBT resource centers to spend an equal amount on centers for “family and traditional values.”
3. Blake Shelton, a country music star from Ada, Okla., and a judge on the NBC show The Voice, sent out the above tweet last night which appears to promote anti-gay violence. The tweet follows a homophobic comment Shelton made last month at the ACM Awards, when he suggested that Jake Gyllenhaal broke up with Taylor Swift because he’s gay.
Ugh..Oh grow up already he is not a homophobe because he doesn’t want to be touched by a guy. Get over it. Stop claiming everything is a hate crime. I am getting sick of this shit.
I am gay and i don’t find those lyrics offensive at all. it is not okay for anyone, gay or straight, to be touching people inappropriately in the first place. so what you’re saying is that he is a homophone just because he won’t let a man touch him his ass? you read too much into something that is clearly a joke…laugh!
another thing…do we call women who file sexual harrassment cases or slap men who touch them inappropriately heterophobes?
@ John. While you’re “sick,” LGBT folks continue to be assaulted, even murdered. So how about re-focusing your outrage where it belongs–better yet, how about focusing your compassion where it belongs. Just a thought.
The joking in our society is always at the expense of gay people. Clearly Shakevan is out of touch with the reality of a heterosexisit society and being a gay person. Women who slap men are retaliating as a result of the domination that heterosexual men have in our culture. Its that same logic that condones this loser changing the lyrics to this song, which he intentionaly he was aware of.
Knowing Blake personally he is not anti gay, the people who start this kind of shit cause more problems for us than the real haters. @ Liz pull your head out of your twat your brain needs the oxygen.