Archive for the ‘Faaabulosity’ Category
About The Nice Ones Next Door
And I’m not referring to the homosexual who may be the nice one who lives next door; I’m talking about people who are committed to a radical homosexual agenda…. — a random homophobe named Jim Garlow [quoted by Mike Tidmus, "God Delusioned: Jim Garlow and Matt Staver", Mike Tidmus blog, 27 September 2010.] While I […]
In: All, Faaabulosity, Personal Notebook
Mehlman in Purgatory
That noisy hum we're hearing on the gay blogs I read is all about "Repulsive Anti-Gay Quisling Homophobic Scumbag Asshat Closeted Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman" 's [to quote Joe.My.God, a useful place to find summarizing evidence for the epithets] coming out as gay. You may recall that Mehlman, in his role as chair of […]
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity
The "Moral Concerns" of Marines
On a different, but related subject, [Marine Corps Commandant General James] Conway suggested that if the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law is repealed, the Marines may consider allowing Marines not to share quarters with homosexuals. Conway said the Marines may make such housing arrangements “voluntary” to accommodate any “moral concerns.” He said many Marines are […]
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity
The Long Road
The same is true of the trajectory of the same-sex marriage issue. Gay couples began going to court to claim a right to marry at almost exactly the same time that women began turning to the courts to claim a right to abortion. The student body president of the University of Minnesota Law School brought […]
In: All, Common-Place Book, Faaabulosity
The Liberal-Activist Olympics
It may not be common knowledge, and I don't try to hide it, but I have an attitude about the "Special Olympics", and I've had this attitude for, oh, at least 25 years. It has nothing to do with nominally adorable special children, but saying so just sounds defensive so I usually don't. Largely I […]
In: All, Faaabulosity, Personal Notebook
Fear and Prejudice on Trial
We remember during the 2008 campaign in California the remarkable campaign of slurs, innuendo, and outright lies that opponents of marriage equality indulged in. Remarkably–or perhaps it's no surprise at all, really–when it came time for them to make their case in court, under oath, it turned out that there was no understandable, rational reason […]
In: All, Common-Place Book, Faaabulosity
"Enthusiastic Approval" for Prop-8 Decision
The American Humanist Association (AHA) expressed enthusiastic approval with yesterday's ruling by a federal judge that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional [American Humanist Association, "Humanists Celebrate Proposition 8 Ruling", 5 August 2010; my bold.] I quite like that: "enthusiastic approval", and I think I will express some of my own enthusiastic approval, right here. I see […]
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity
Welcome, Argentina
I will never understand those who proclaim love as the foundation of life, while denying so radically protection, understanding and affection to our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, our colleagues. What kind of love is this that excludes those who experience their sexuality in a different way? –Spain’s Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, at […]
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Kincaid on "Republican Activist Judges"
Judge Joseph Tauro, who just found DOMA unconstitutional, was the chief legal counsel to Republican Massachusetts Governor John Volpe until he was nominated for Federal Judge by President Richard Nixon. It kinda takes the wind out of the “liberal activist judge” claim, doesn’t it. [Timothy Kincaid, "Another Republican Activist Judge", Box Turtle Bulletin, 9 July […]
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Federal Judge: DOMA Unconstitutional
Today Federal Judge Joseph Tauro of the District Court of Massachusetts ruled on two related cases and found that the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act", passed during the Clinton Administration, violated the US Constitution in at least two instances. Since 1996, the so-called 'Defense of Marriage Act' has defended no one, while imposing senseless and […]
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Reagan's Silence on AIDS
Recently I read the news that there was a move afoot to designate a day in California to honor Ronald Reagan; others want to force recognition at a national level. There are so many reasons why he's not worthy of such accolades. The following recounts just one reason, one that, despite my sometimes spotty memory, […]
In: All, Common-Place Book, Faaabulosity
Secretary Clinton (again): "Gay Rights are Human Rights"
But think about what’s happening to people as we speak today. Men and women are harassed, beaten, subjected to sexual violence, even killed, because of who they are and whom they love. Some are driven from their homes or countries, and many who become refugees confront new threats in their countries of asylum. In some […]
In: All, Common-Place Book, Faaabulosity
Everybody Has a Sexual Orientation
Oklahoma has not been known recently as a leader in liberal thought or human-rights advancement, but Tulsa has bucked the indigenous trend. Thus, rather the way we said, not so long ago, "But, in Iowa!", we can now exclaim "Really? Oklahoma!" Last night, by a vote of 6 to 3, the Tulsa City Council approved […]
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Perry v Schwarzenegger: Closing Arguments Arrive
Closing arguments in Perry v Schwarzenegger, the much-watched trial in the District Courtroom of Judge Vaughn Walker, are due to be heard tomorrow, Wednesday, 16 June 2010. It has many of us anxious with anticipation; we know how empty the arguments of the anti-marriage-equality groups are; we know how much trouble they had finding any […]
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Proclaiming LGBT Pride Month
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 28, 2010 Presidential Proclamation–Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the same rights, privileges, and opportunities. Since our earliest days of independence, our Nation has […]
Scheffler: An Embarrassment to Iowa
What is it that makes some Republicans so angry all the time? It must be taxing to spend all of one's time and effort opposing change that one knows is going to happen anyway. Is it really that gratifying just to slow things down and gum up the works? Iowa’s Republican National Committeeman sent an […]
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity
Such a Gay Day
This is the International Day Against Homophobia; I like the fact that it's referred to as "IDAHO", a name not usually associated with diversity. Speaking of IDAHO, I just learned in my reading today about the origins of the Russet-Burbank variety of potato. This is also the day when marriage equality arrived in Massachusetts, six […]
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Granderson on "Gay Uncle Toms"
The gay and lesbian community has plenty of Uncle Toms trying to blow us up from inside, but what we don't have is our own word or phrase to identify them. Some call them "closet cases," but there is a difference between someone who is unwilling to live openly and honestly, and someone who takes […]
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Lesbians Biblically Approved
So I'm reading a short news item (here) in which I leaned that the Westboro Baptist "Church" plans to picket Constance McMillen's graduation because they hate lesbians because their god hates lesbians, for which they cite the following "justification" from their book of rules: Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind, it is […]
Those Gay Priests
The catholic church and its not widely loved leader has been making headlines lately, a combination of an outburst of child-abuse complaints about priests, cover-ups by the church and the Pope, and plenty of cardinals telling us that the Pope is a nice guy, he didn't know anything even though he signed the papers, and […]
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