May
Today in Anderson Cooper making people look stupid simply by asking questions: This lady. It may be the best entry in this subgenre of news since this video. (via pbump)
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This woman buries herself with her own stupidity. Lolz.
(via brooklynmutt)
May
It’s sometimes hard to explain to outsiders what level of principle is required to withstand the personal cost of being an out gay Republican. I’ve only ever been a gay conservative (never a Republican), and back in the 1990s, it was brutal living in the gay world and challenging liberal assumptions. I cannot imagine the social isolation of Grenell in Los Angeles today, doing what he did.
And his reward for such loyalty, sincerity and pugnacity? Vilification.
I mean: what do Republicans call a gay man with neoconservative passion, a committed relationship and personal courage?
A faggot.
May
Dan Savage discusses the Bible at a High School Journalism convention
“People often point out that they can’t help the anti-gay bullying because it says right there in Leviticus, it says right there in Timothy, it says right there in Romans that being gay is wrong. We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people the same way we have learned to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about shellfish, about slavery, about dinner, about farming, about menstruation, about virginity, about masturbation…we ignore bullshit in the Bible about all sorts of things.”
- Dan Savage
Mar
Pope Benedict on Friday denounced the “powerful political and cultural currents” seeking to legalize gay marriage in the United States, where Maryland has just become the eighth state to allow it.
The pope’s latest comments in opposition to homosexual marriage came in an address to bishops from several Midwestern states on a regular visit to the Vatican.
“Sexual differences cannot be dismissed as irrelevant to the definition of marriage,” he said.
He added that the traditional family and marriage had to be “defended from every possible misrepresentation of their true nature” because, he said, whatever injured families injured society.
Read more: Pope denounces political push to legalize gay marriage
The sensible compromise on this issue is to legalize gay marriage with the provision that churches not be forced to marry gay couples. This is what led to the passage of marriage equality in the New York senate.
The difficulty (need I point it out?) is that religious institutions will never be fully satisfied with this provision because they want their beliefs written into law.
It should be mentioned that 43% of Catholics support same sex marriage and an additional 31% support civil unions. The Pope can’t even seem to win over his own followers.
Feb
Letter written to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, urging Christie to support gay marriage
Dec
Obama and Hilary are not opposed to gay marriage. And Clinton was trying to pass more pro-gay legislation, but he had a Republican Congress, so he couldn't and had to settle with Don't Ask, Don't Tell and similar legislation. At least he got something through.
Neither Hillary nor Obama support gay marriage.
Hillary: “I think that the vast majority of Americans find [same-sex marriage] to be something they can’t agree with.” ”I think Vice President Cheney’s position on marriage is the right one.”
Bill Clinton supported two anti-gay policies: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (which was finally appealed after gay rights groups opposed it for over a decade) and the Defense of Marriage Act (which gay rights groups are still opposing). Doing nothing at all would have been better than supporting either of these.
Sep
Majority of Americans Support Secularism, Gay Marriage, and the Department of Education
Some recent polls from CNN:
Jul
Michele Bachmann’s Thoughts on Homosexuality
“We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life, and sexual identity disorders. This is a very real issue. It’s not funny, it’s sad. Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle-we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It’s a very sad life. It’s part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It’s anything but gay.”
- National Education Conference, 11/6/04, Bloomington, MN
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Can we please put an end to the media’s new revisionist attitude towards Bachmann? Her popularity among those on the far right is not surprising and it does not make her worthy of serious consideration. Stupid is as stupid does, people.
Jul
Michele Bachmann’s Husband is Ssssooooo Gay!
He thinkss gays are barbariansss and should be tied up and punished. Put them in cuffs and smack their little booties!
Jun
New York on the Verge of Legalizing Gay Marriage (Despite Some Republican and Catholic Douchebags)
“Three other Republican state senators…said they believed the bill was almost certain to come up for a vote and that it would likely pass, making New York the sixth, and largest, state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.”
Same-Sex Marriage Within One Vote of Passage in Albany - NYT
Marriage Equality Act: Full Text
Top Catholic Officials Seek to Halt Senate Vote on Gay Marriage - Daily News
