11/12/2009
Video: Is 'shadow' like the new 'roommate'?
It doesn't get much deliciously gayer than this:
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11/12/2009
12 months of Constitution State respecting the same
Happy One Year Marriage Equality Anniversary, Connecticut.
(Photo credit: Jag Studios)
This writer and his husband certainly thank you.
GLAD press release:
Did we move to a Catholic-controlled nation and not remember it ?
Bullies:
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.
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Several D.C. Council members said the Catholic Church is trying to erode the city's long-standing laws protecting gay men and lesbians from discrimination.
Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum [WaPo]
And why, exactly, do their faith-based concerns about something (namely: discrimination) that they think will affect "tens of thousands of people" somehow trumps our civil-based concerns that demonstrably affect many more than that?!?! Ugh. It's so damn nervy of them!
God forbid they have to be compassionate to both the homeless and the gays (with overlap there, of course). Or actually, we always thought God would forbid the exact opposite. But hey, what do we know? We're just immoral perverts.
Well both did put forth 'Toxic' ideas
You might remember Tennessee State Representative Stacey Campfield (Very Far R-Knoxville) as the guy who, over the past couple of years, has tried to ban the word "gay" from public schools. It is the very kind of attention-grabbing antic that has led Tennessean columnist Gail Kerr to brand Mr. Campfield "the Britney Spears of state government (Oops! He did it again!)":
State Rep. Stacey Campfield, the Britney Spears of state government (Oops! He did it again!) was tossed out of a UT football game on Halloween, according to news reports this week. The story of what happened is bizarre, as are most things Campfield.
You can bet on this: He'll blame the media. His wacky actions are never his doing, you see, but always that of his oppressors. Except when he is craving attention. Then you can't shut him up.
Campfield should blame himself for bizarre antics [Tennessean]
Funny. Although we have to say that when he was suggesting an all-out ban on "gay" in Tennessee schools, our first thought wasn't Britney. Anita Bryant or Pat Boone, maybe.
It remains to be seen if Campfield will respond to Kerr's poppy charge. Though if Kerr is right, don't expect his to perform the response live.
The war on Chanukah, 2009 edition
*Last year's edition: You can sell dreidels, just as long as you mention Jesus [G-A-Y]
Forgive us, but we're Carried out
She flipped out on Larry King. Oh, and she apparently asked her ex-boyfriend to lie and say she was 17 at the time her now infamous sex tape was shot.
You can watch the former here: Carrie Prejean flips out on 'inappropriate Larry King Live' [Towle]
And you can read about the latter here: Prejean's Ex BF: Carrie Wanted Me to Lie [TMZ]
We're thinking that we're done with his one. It's way past time to return the Prejean name fame back to Sister Helen.
11/11/2009
Happy Veterans Day
Canadian soldier gives Xmas video greeting to his husband [YT
(H/t: Jamie McGonnigal)
Video: We have Len Deo to blame for setting off the NOM?
How did the National Organization For Marriage come to be? Well if New Jersey Family Policy Council president Len Deo's words to his self-described "lily white audience" are to be believed, NOM was created from the donor lists of the NJFPC:
Len Deo Part 1 [YT]
This just shows us how vigilant we are going to have to be in New Jersey over the next few months, as the state legislature debates whether to finally do the right thing and bump up the state's civil unions to full marriage equality. We knew NOM was well-connected in the Garden State, but Len Deo's words show us just how strong their ties to the turnpike really are. It's a near certainty that Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown are going to work these ties for all they're worth (as we've already heard with their "Jayla" ad). We have to stand up for our own worth in even greater ways!
Turn to Garden State Equality for the ways that you can help!
