'Irish priests make stunning move to support marriage equality' & other Tuesday midday news briefs

Marriage equality may be coming to Ireland (keep fingers crossed.)

Democratic House Freshman Aims To Ban LGBT Conversion Therapy As “Fraud” - Cue the "Christians are under attack" nonsense Part 1. 

Northern Irish Judge: Bakery That Refused Marriage Equality Cake Discriminated - Second verse, same as the first . . .  

Priests Defy Bishops To Support Marriage Equality In Ireland - You may not realize it, but days before the national referendum on marriage equality in Ireland this is a "HUGE DEAL." 

 Conservative Pundits Rail Against Dan Savage With Gay Jokes - Oh that's tacky. I mean really tacky (I wish I could say that like Maggie Smith.)  

Missouri Bus Driver Fired For Telling Little Girl She's Gay And Will Burn In Hell - OH PLEASE! PLEASE, Todd Starnes cover this story as a tale of supposed "religious persecution." PLEASE come to this bus driver's defense, Family Research Council. I am practically BEGGING YOU!  

North Carolina Teacher Omar Currie Reads His Class Gay Fable After Third-Grader Is Bullied - Before the anti-gay right puts their spin on this, here is the true story . . .