You know what's not funny? Hate. You know what's also not funny? People going on hate-filled rants. However, you know what is funny, people going on hate-filled rants that make so little sense that they sound like someone took the worst comments from a political message board, mixed all the words around, translated them to Japanese, and then translated them back. And that's what happened at a council meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska and it... full story ![]()

Folk singer Michelle Shocked, a one time icon of the gay community, is apologizing for an offensive anti-gay rant that may have destroyed her career as a performing artist. In an attempt at damage control, Shocked, a &ldquo...
examiner.com (2 months and 30 days ago)
CHICAGO - A scheduled May 5 performance by singer Michelle Shocked at a club in Evanston, Ill., has been canceled following reports of her anti-gay rant from a San Francisco stage Sunday night.
miamiherald.com (3 months ago)

Earlier in the week, we told you about singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked, onstage in San Francisco, going on an anti-gay rant, which included lines like, "I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry" and "Go on Twitter and say 'Michelle Shocked says God hates ... More »
vulture.com (3 months ago)
On Monday night, folk singer Michelle Shocked appeared at a San Francisco venue and went off on a bizarre, purportedly anti-gay rant. Now Shocked has issued an apology for her statements and claims that she was taken out of context. According to CNN, Shocked claimed her words were taken out of context, and that she harbors no judgment against homosexuals.
ibtimes.com (3 months ago)

Cops are hunting for a man who barked anti-gay remarks at a woman inside a West Village diner and then bashed her in the head with a ketchup bottle. The hulking suspect attacked the 33-year-old woman at the Waverly Diner on Sixth Ave. about 4:40 a.m. on Monday, cops said.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 15 days ago)

Evanston’s SPACE has canceled singer Michelle Shocked’s May 5 performance at the club following reports of her anti-gay rant from a San Francisco stage Sunday night. “After speaking with the promoter of that show about the nature of the remarks, it's clear that this is no longer a show we're willing to put our name on,” the club announced on its website and Facebook page...
chicagotribune.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
Gay and transsexual lawmakers take front seats in Polish parliament, protesting rant by Walesa
abcnews.com (3 months and 14 days ago)
Fans are left wondering what happened to folk musician Michelle Shocked after she stunned a crowd at the San Francisco venue Yoshi's Sunday night by embarking on a torrid anti-gay tirade, declaring that legalizing gay marriage will lead to "the downfall of civilization."
ibtimes.com (3 months and 2 days ago)
McLEAN, Va. - For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Va., woman unleashed a string of expletives and called 911 to report she was afraid for her life because she said her cabbie, Abdikar Aden of...
bostonherald.com (4 hours ago)
After Michelle Shocked, well, shocked many concertgoers with her anti-gay rant during a show in San Francisco on Sunday, the singer-songwriter is responding to the...
eonline.com (3 months ago)
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