Morning Meme: "Caprica" Falls, Elder Gays Say It Gets Better,"The Dark Knight Rises" and "Avatar 2" Launches

U.S. Catholics are to get guidance from Rome in advance of election day, according to U.S. Cardinal-designate Raymond Burke. The guidance will be to vote against candidates based on their pro-choice, pro-stem cell research, pro-euthanasia, and pro-gay marriage. Catholics will be told they must do “their civic duty in accord with their Catholic faith.” That includes:

So, the Catholic Church in teaching that sexual acts between persons of the same sex are intrinsically evil, are against nature itself, is simply announcing the truth, helping people to discriminate right from wrong in terms of their own activities.

Gay down! We’ve lost Sam Adama (Sasha Roiz), because SyFy has pulled the plug on Caprica, just days after greenlighting Battlestar: Blood and Chrome. I’m not surprised, but they owe us two gays, minimum, on the new series. Plus, they’re pulling it from the schedule, and we don’t get to see the final five episodes until sometime next year.

Local NBC affiliate in Texas allowed host Garth Maier to run an entire radio show based around “Will the Acceptance of Homosexuality In This Society Be the Downfall of America?” Garth obviously believed it did, and his callers were mostly on his side. It’s pretty horrific to listen to.

Script pages from the Alien prequel gay sex scene that we wish we’d written.

Prince Edward Island, a generally accepting place that even has a gay library, has had an arson attack on the home of an elderly gay couple. Neighbors believe it was a hate crime.

TAG Body Spray is done. Now we just have to end Axe and I’ll be able to walk through the movie theater on the weekend.

Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife have filed for divorce. I guess we’re about to get a sequel to “Achy Breaky Heart.”

Futurama is going to pit our delivery drivers against the bloodthirsty Robosanta in an all new X-Mas special November 21st on Comedy Central.

When I lived in Washington D.C., the annual High Heel Race was one of the great events for the community. Sometimes the mayor even put on stilettos and made the effort. The Washington Blade has great photo coverage of this year’s event.

Need IED-proof underwear? Blast Boxers are for you.

Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellrup makes an excellent case that Justin Bieber is one of the most bullied teens on the planet, and even worse, a lot of the bullies are adults. He could become a powerful force for the anti-bullying cause.

Tony Scott says the Top Gun sequel is still a few years out, which will put Tom Cruise at retirement age for military service. The story will center around the pilots remotely operating drones in combat while being based in Nevada. In other words, it’s a movie about video games.

I don’t know what Four Loko is, beyond some weak mix of alcohol combined with caffeine, guarana and taurine in a can. But young drinkers are dying by binge drinking it, and the FDA is considering banning it. I’m still not sure how it can be that different from Red Bull and vodka.

Indiana Jones is being remastered into 3D for theatrical release.

On Wednesday, December 1^st in honor of World AIDS Day, Showtime will premiere The Other City which documents the politics surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the nation’s capital.

Conan O’Brien says that NBC will not keep him from using some of his signature bits on his new show, including the Masturbating Bear.

Christopher Nolan says the next Batman film will be called The Dark Knight Rises, and that the villain isn’t Riddler or Mr. Freeze. Most people think the villain is Catwoman, but nobody knows. It also won’t shot in 3D, just IMAX.

James Cameron is making Avatar 2 & 3 next, not Cleopatra. He’ll be tied up for at least 5 years.

Nelly Furtado is going to duet with Sir Elton John on a new version of “Crocodile Rock” for the animated Gnomeo & Juliet.

Whipped Lightning, flavored, alcoholic aerosol whipped crème.

Dave Holmes takes issue with Barb Anderson of the Minnesota Family Council saying “It becomes homosexual advocacy when you allow this curriculum to come in under the guise of anti-bullying.” And when Dave Holmes takes up issue with something, it’s a thing of beauty. 

And to end the page on a high note, if you haven’t watched the young, adorable, and stunningly earnest young man who learned to sign for a cute deaf boy he met, please click on over and remember what it’s like to be young and in love. This is the single happiest thing I’ve watch 50 times this week.