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May 9, 2014
BREAKING: Arkansas judge becomes latest (of oh so many) to call marriage inequality what it is (i.e. bullshit)
Judge Chris Piazza, of the 2nd Division Circuit Court, just struck down Arkansas' marriage ban. State expected to appeal.
More to come.
**UPDATE: The decision:
They hate nothing more than own words: Tony Perkins debates legitimacy of fully sourced quotes
Clearly the most obvious reason why the anti-LGBT movement annoys me has to do with their insistence that certain kinds of human beings are somehow less deserving of equality, less capable of morality, less in need of decent treatment, and generally less fit for their game we call life. But while the aggressive agenda that has forced all of us into decades of contrived "culture war" is the most glaring injustice that the self-appointed "values" crowd has imposed onto public life, there is ano...
KY versus equality: Protect the sanctity of Pampers
I always "love" the weird idea that marriage equality is somehow going to create more gay people than already exist, and therefore decrease the population of a world that has nothing close to that problem. That's the basic argument that the Kentucky governor's outside counsel is using against our equality in the Bluegrass State:
KENTUCKY: Governor's Brief Says Gay Marriage Will Cause Birth Rates To Drop [Joe.My.God]
If there's one thing I'm sure of in life, it's that men and women are going to...
Video: Oprah, Starbucks embrace two-mom families
You know who's huge? Oprah. You what what is huge? Starbucks.
These two cultural forces join up to celebrate all kinds of moms, including those who share that same label:
I love how matter of fact the corporate support has become. Even two years ago, this would have been a must-post for someone like me. Today, I debated whether it was even noteworthy.
Ultimately I decided it was, since we still live in an America where many two-mom families still have to fight for even basic protections. But I'm...
Video: On House floor, anti-gay right's favorite congressman equates LGBT advocacy with Naziism
Happy Friday from Congressman Gohmert:
Louie Gohmert Compares Gay Rights Advocates To Nazis In House Floor Speech (VIDEO)
Oh, I don't consider you "evil," congressman. I consider you IMMENSELY helpful to our side!!!
Keep talking, (R-TX)!
NOM announces more speakers for its silly little 'March for Marriage' stunt
In addition to the organization president who has banked virtually no win during his time at the helm (Brown), a New York state senator whose vitriolic advocacy against the Empire State's marriage bill likely helped it pass sooner than it would've otherwise (Diaz), and a California bishop who is determined to define Catholicism circa 2014 by who and what it is against rather than what it is for (Cordileone), pro-discrimination D.C. special interest group the National Organization For Marriage...
On the pro-discrimination crowd's Indiana delusions
I haven't talked about this in the past three days because I didn't want to help give it the gravity that the anti-LGBT crowd so desperately wants to force upon it. But I'd feel remiss if I let the week go by without at least touching on this week's hilariously overstated attempt to pretend that the "protect marriage" movement has something resembling momentum.
It happened in Indiana, where a whopping two—count 'em—two Republican state lawmakers who had helped keep the state's proposed marriag...
May 8, 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Lock-solid proof of David, Jason Benham's extreme anti-LGBT views—in their own words!
From a 2004 Charlotte City Council meeting where the Benham brothers attempted to persuade government to deny a permit to Charlotte Pride:
"Destructive"? A "tragedy"? Jesus "refuses to leave [homosexuals] that way"? "Deny them every permit they ask for"?
But yeah—they're just being "persecuted for their faith." Uh huh.
*Compare this with the "love" they just expressed on CNN:
***For more of David Benham's anti-LGBT comments, see here
May 6, 2014
Thursday: North Carolina inequality activists to celebrate inevitably doomed discrimination
It's been two years since North Carolina voters made the costly and time-wasting choice to put in place a marriage ban that, like all state bans, will inevitably be overturned in the years to come. This week, Ron Baity's Return America organization will gather like-minded locals to celebrate the temporary piece of discrimination that they were able to achieve (but will never be able to sustain)
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Of course it's also the two year anniversary of President Obama making his historic statemen...
Video: You too can become a stock video clip of a man shaking water out of his hair
Considering I recognize most of the participants from that tiny pool of activists who have chosen to stifle their sexualities (and I mean that as a statement of fact, not judgment; most of them are admittedly celibate) and turn that personal decision into some sort of larger advocacy statement that they for some reason think indicts or even concerns the 99.9% of LGBT people who do not make that choice, I don't think this video is a parody. Though you'd be forgiven for thinking it was:
(h/t: J...
