Good As You

Hey Jeremy, I'm curious about something - you've referred several times to Tony's pieces being ghostwritten and I was wondering what makes you say that? Is it a mismatch between the written vs. verbal themes and turns of phrase? Or maybe the "voice" of the pieces changes periodically, likely corresponding to their intern schedule?

Yea, it's mostly the voice changes, DN. I've always assumed they are ghostwritten. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

That being said: He's the one who must take responsibility for them, regardless. You outsource work that goes out under your moniker, you still have to answer for it.

Personally I don't see how anyone would ever be comfortable with the concept. Maybe I'm just too much of a control freak, but I could never have a staff churn out words under my name.

My first thought was, "A lot of people will be coming down from Maryland." Washington, DC is a beautiful place, especially in spring. I can quite easily imagine same-sex couples wanting to get married when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.

My wife and I spent about $15,000. Much of it did go to help our friends and relatives with travel expenses--and I helped with the cooking, my wife sewed our dresses, and my brother was the DJ--but it was virtually all spent in Massachusetts. We'd have loved to keep our (and my wife's generous uncle's) money in Brooklyn or take it to my home state of Florida, given the opportunity.

The idea that marriage of any kind spreads STDs is risible at best, a disgusting lie at worse.

I almost wish these people would just say, "We really, really, really, really hate queer people and don't want them to experience a moment's happiness," and be done with it!

Desperate people use all sorts of lies and misquotes to further their cause which they have already lost but are just too stupid to realize it

Wow! Where were the sarcastic and demeaning quotes surrounding the word "weddings", when he wrote: "When same-sex weddings kicked off..."?

And by the way, Jeremy...since you brought up your own out-of-state wedding, has your local gov't attempted to "rationalize" the fact that your state will RECOGNIZE marriages between two men or two women performed in any other state that allows it, but...they refuse to allow Gay couples to actually get hitched at home? I mean, seriously, bro. WTF?! Has anyone in the media even noted the absurdity of this position?

Albeit I am an Iowan, I can't help but appreciate the thought of getting married in the presence of the blossoming cherry trees in D.C.!

Strange, though, how this "Tony" keeps harping ion about HIV being a "Gay" disease! It's impact upon us was merely a fluke of nature, thanks to some pan-sexual flight attendant in the 1970s whom, I hear, was remorseless till the end. Very sad... However, would he still be blaming the victims of an STD if it was regarded as a "heterosexual" disease, instead, had it's primary victims not have been Gay? I doubt it. After all, the vast majority of HIV victims in Africa *are*, in fact, heterosexuals! Hell, *I* am convinced that had HIV been primarily spread by heterosexuals, we'd probably have a cure by now (okay, wishful thinking!), but Regan most DEFINITELY would have spoken out about it to warn the public and to make available money to stop it from getting as bad as it did. Just imagine all of our talented brothers who were taken from us in those early days, each of whom could have been such a wise voice--an Elder to respect and listen to, to tell us their history and "what it was like". Ya' know what I mean?

"has your local gov't attempted to "rationalize" the fact that your state will RECOGNIZE marriages between two men or two women performed in any other state that allows it, but...they refuse to allow Gay couples to actually get hitched at home?"

It's like it is everywhere. Our allies find it as ridiculous as you do. I know firsthand that my state senator, Liz Krueger, finds it as ridiculous/disturbing as we do. But those who back baseless bias don't want to hear it. They'd rather recite the same talking points about how we're "destroying" something.

Meanwhile, NYC's vast gay population can be in CT in less than an hour, and get ourselves legally married in less than two. It's unbelievably absurd.

I have friends who have traveled as far away as Italy, Ireland, the Bahamas, and even Paris to attend / be involved in wedding parties. In the case of destination weddings, the expenses borne by the betrothed (or usually, their parents) is generally only a fraction of the total expenses. And, the vast majority of those expenses benefit the local economy at the destination. It's ludicrous for Perkins to equate his bargain basement local church extravaganza (replete with the drunken brother-in-law who crashed on the sofa, and the broken down RVs in the driveway) with a real wedding.

While it's also obvious that HIV/AIDS is not just a gay disease and that logic is so far flawed and outdated it's sickening, the biggest flaw with their "insurance to take care of gay homosexual behavior that spread disease" shtick is this: a gay man with AIDS could go into a courthouse and marry his best friend, who happens to be a girl, and get on her company's health insurance. You are not suddenly increasing the amount of health care necessary. If "everyone were straight", everyone would be entitled to such benefits. So it's not lke we need to create MORE benefits and spend more on benefits - the person already exists, and the potential to marry is there, if they really wanted to marry just for health insurance. What's the difference if the marriage is gay or straight? If a person had a straight marriage, it'd still account for benefit costs.

You have to remember who these people are pandering to and trying to influence. Homeschooled Bible thumping biggots who take junk science as honest to god truth. The reason they can be so obtuse is because their constituancy is obtuse. It's the same as racists who tried to use the "blacks hav a smaller brain than whites" as justification. They don't know where they heard it, they are obviously not doctors, and probably have never seen a brain, but they "heard it" somewhere, or "read it" somewhere. That's all the proof they need. Simple (false) logic for simple minds. Quite sad.

Jeremy, I agree, my sister's wedding was in the mid 30's. I'm shocked that anyone would marry this guy, let alone pay to do so lol.

I'm proud of DC. I went to school at Maryland, and I spent a lot of time in DC. I hope the couples who choose to get married there take advantage of the cherry blossoms and there's a great bar called Mad Hatters, perfect for bachelor/bachelorette parties! :)

Over half of all U.S. infections are in men having sex with men! That means taxpayers spend roughly $10 billion a year treating the diseases caused by a behavior celebrated in same-sex "marriage."

http://www.avert.org/america.htm

Race % of AIDS diagnoses in 2007 % of population in 2007
White 30% 66%
Black/African American 49% 12%
Hispanic/Latino 19% 15%
Asian 1% 4%
American Indian/Alaska Native <1% <1%
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
<1% <1%

This is why they're careful to never give any sources for these claims. They must know who else their arguments apply to.

Where does the 18 billion dollar price tag include? I would say mostly research money given to private industry to find a cure, not to actually help anyone with their health care costs. What an obvious lie.

Wade, please know that the "pansexual flight attendant" story has been debunked. Please do some research through POZ magazine. to know that the HIV virus has been in the U.S. much longer than the "patient zero" story-- as far back as the 1960s.

Wade, check out the CDC site to know more facts: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/qa3.htm