Lt. Dan Choi slams Obama volunteer for lack of support for marriage equality
Washington Blade
The former military officer kicked out due to the anti-gay “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy made headlines again yesterday.
During a panel discussion, a young Obama campaign volunteer handed Choi campaign material promoting President Obama to the gay community and asked him for support ahead of the 2012 election.
Making his case for Obama, the worker said he couldn’t offer support for same-sex marriage, but noted the president has accomplished other things for the LGBT community. Choi asked the volunteer to clarify that Obama doesn’t [support] marriage equality, to which the worker responded, “No,” and continued to make his case.
At this point, Choi ripped the campaign pamphlet handed to him in two and flung the pieces toward the campaign worker. The volunteer went on to say something about civil unions, then retreated back to the audience.
Read the Huffington Post’s take on the news here.
Super-Chef Jean-Georges Goes Korean in New Series
AP via ABC News
Vongerichten, whose empire includes 10 restaurants in New York alone, among them his flagship Jean Georges and the Asian-themed Spice Market, spent five formative years in Asia but was still unfamiliar with Korean cuisine until recently.
“I didn’t know anything about it until I met Marja,” he says. His wife of six years has been cooking Korean more and more since the show got under way, vying for kitchen space with her husband.
South Korea won’t return 9 defectors from the North
CNN
South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Friday rejected a demand from the North to repatriate nine of its citizens who defected to the South by boat over the weekend.
The South’s Red Cross informed North Korea through a statement that all nine defectors have expressed their desire to defect to the South, a statement from the ministry said.
Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces
Digital Trends via Yahoo News
Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria.
Shop’s closure leaves brides in distress
The Arizona Republic
A number of stressed-out brides-to-be were suddenly left without wedding dresses when a bridal shop in Arizona closed down without any warning.
Some of the nuptials were only weeks away, and the brides had ordered their dresses months in advance. Kihuk Choi, I Do I Do Bridal owner, could not be reached for comment.
Jennifer Glass and fiance Ivan Schustak had ordered her dress over a year ago and completed the full payment of about $1,500 by April. Their wedding is scheduled for Aug. 14 in Washington state.
When the dress had not been delivered to her parents’ house in Washington by the end of May as scheduled, she started investigating. Like many, she went to the store at 1635 E. Indian School Road in Phoenix on June 7 and found it closed. No one picked up the phone. The voice mailbox was full.
The story has a semi-happy ending as Choi’s relative drove up from Tuscon and delivered the wedding dresses that were ready for pickup.
