Daily Roundup: Well, I’m speechless

Some days, there’s just not much more I can add. For example…

— “opposite marriage” spokesbimbo Carrie Prejean, beacon of Christian morality, getting caught out with making a sex tape. THAT makes me believe in God.

— the amazing US activist Pam Spaulding‘s video wrap-up of more testimony from the marriage equality hearings in Washington (the ones that produced this disco ditty). I’m gonna have nightmares this weekend about the anus lady.

— in the aftermath of gay rights voted down in Maine, we get an amusing rant from the Justice of the Peace Office, a typically solid defense from Dan Savage and this flashback from the mid-90s “Dana Carvey Show” in which he’s joined by Stephen Colbert in a skit that now seems a bit too real:

— this lengthy commercial for laundry soap in Denmark is meant as the ultimate eye candy for the ladies — but we like it too!

— and finally, the creators of the wondrous Planet Unicorn (heyyy!) are back with….well…you’ll just have to see it for yourself:

 

What can I say to that other than have a great weekend? We’ll see you Monday!

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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