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On Labels and Generalizations

Posted on July 08, 2008
A while back, I had a rather strange interaction with a fellow whose article about alleged "judicial tyranny" I linked to. In my article, I noted that a post of his regarding the California marriage decision reflected a serious misunderstanding of and ignorance about gay people...

"Deep" Thought #19: Farmer Explains Birds and Bees

Posted on July 07, 2008
Check out this YouTube video that totally speaks truth to power. In it, a farmer sings a lil' ditty inviting gay couples down to his farm to see how "it's done" in nature. "It" meaning procreation. The gay community's quest for marriage equality, you see, has arisen because gay couples are confused, un-educated, and/or ignorant about how reproduction works...

RightWing Roundup: Hypocrites, Doooooods, and Gay Mayo

Posted on July 04, 2008
1. Oh Hell No!It is often claimed that gay men and lesbians don't know what marriage is. See, if we only knew that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman, we would know that only a man and a woman could get married.Thankfully, some members of our Congress who really know what marriage is all about are sponsoring a Marriage Protection Amendment that lays it all out: "Marriage in the US shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman...

The Privilege of "Normal-ish" Gays and Lesbians

Posted on July 03, 2008
(This article has also been posted at the Family Equality Council Blog.) I recently read a thought-provoking essay by a blogger I admire very much. It made me confront and re-examine many of my beliefs. I don't agree with everything this blogger wrote, but the essay added more nuance to my position on marriage equality and my beliefs regarding the implications that the marriage equality movement has for non-traditional families...

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Comments and Commenting

Posted on July 02, 2008
Apparently, HaloScan is down. Thus, my comments are down. Until they're back up, Leftist Gender Warrior orders you to think of colors for Les Bionic Woman's costume. Arghhhh! Caricatures are fun. Leftist Gender Warrior, for example, embodies the exaggerated characteristics that a few of my internet "adversaries" have imbued me with over the course of me having this blog: Commie, abusive, malicious, desperate for attention, caustic, shrill, illiterate, leftist gender warrior (tm)...

"Polite" Girls and Rowdy Boys

Posted on July 02, 2008
I recently came across an article in the Washington Post on single-sex education. In general, I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of single-sex education. In fact, I'd say that if I had been given the chance to attend an all-girls' school back when I was a kid, I would have shared the outlook of one of the featured 8-year-old girls: "'It's paradise!' to be with only girls...

RightWing Roundup: "Homos" and Hitler

Posted on July 01, 2008
1. Don't You Hate it When Being Disrespectful Makes You Look Like an Ass?I have long maintained that calling people by their preferred names and/or labels is an important step in promoting civil, respectful dialogue. It's a small concession that one can make at little or no cost to oneself...

News From Pride

Posted on June 30, 2008
1. Nice ThingsSo, I was at the pride parade one year and a group of bears walked by. One of the bears was wearing chaps with no underwear, meaning his butt was naked. A few feet in front of me, the bear stopped walking. Another bear came up behind him, knelt down, and began rimming him in full view of the crowd...

Friday Fun: Philosophical Quiz

Posted on June 27, 2008
What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com You scored as ExistentialismYour life is guided by the concept of Existentialism ?It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.? --Jean-Paul Sartre ?It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth...

Very Important Updates!

Posted on June 26, 2008
Check out the latest Carnival of Feminists, where my article on the WNBA's make-up lessons appears, for some fun feminist readings.Lesbian? Have a thing for ladies in uniforms? Check out my latest Stuff Lesbians Like.Some call my writing "attention-seeking...

"Female Homosexual Behavior" Misinformation

Posted on June 26, 2008
Recently, I came across a rather odd "education" piece put out by a group called the Catholic Education Resource Group. Written by a doctor, who claims that "when something is harmful, such as smoking, overeating, alcohol or drug abuse, and homosexual sex, it is my duty to discourage it," I have to admit the hairs on the back of my neck stood up...

Decision 2008 Propaganda Watch: "Angry Black Women"

Posted on June 25, 2008
When conservative pundit Cal Thomas recently said the following on FOX News, I just have a few questions. First, the quote:In this campaign, we are being asked to accept three things simultaneously, the first woman with a credible chance of being president, the first African-American with the chance to being president and, whoever Michelle Obama is going to be styled, the angry black woman, first lady? This is an awful lot...

Article Review: "The Harm of Same-Sex Marriage: Real or Imagined"

Posted on June 24, 2008
I recently came across a particularly articulate law review article discussing same-sex marriage. Authored by law professor Robert Lipkin and entitled "The Harm of Same-Sex Marriage: Real or Imagined," I encourage those on any side of this debate to read Mr...

H Hall of Shame: On Opportunistically Using Our Soldiers

Posted on June 23, 2008
Whenever those opposed to gay rights begin randomly talking about our Brave Soldiers Fighting For Our Freedom (tm), I have to admit that the hairs on my neck stand up. Also, it cues me to think of Fred Phelps and his reprehensible message that "God hate fags" and, because (some) of America accepts fags, then God also hates America...

New Entry for Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks?

Posted on June 20, 2008
Even though same-sex couples are now legally permitted to marry in California, that legal fact doesn't stop some marriage defenders from excessive unnecessary quotations marks to cast suspicion on the legitimacy of same-sex relationships. Like stubborn segregationists blocking access to white schools, they fail to concede a loss when they have, in fact, lost...

Deep Thought #18: "I Kissed a Girl" Is Sorta Lesbo

Posted on June 20, 2008
You have to at least appreciate fundamentalists for their keen ability to pick up on subtleties. In a recent article on conservative news source OneNewsNow, writer Charlie Butts (tee-hee) writes of the popular Katy Perry song "I Kissed a Girl":"Top 40 rock stations are playing a song by an upcoming star that has lesbian undertones...

It's Sort of Like the Crusades All Over Again!

Posted on June 19, 2008
A group calling itself the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property has taken put up a very long advertisement in major newspapers opposing the right of same-sex couples to marry. In true hyperbolic overstating-their-case fashion, this group scarily writes:"[T]he battle for marriage in America is the clash of two worldviews...

About That "Gay Community"

Posted on June 18, 2008
In making my usual rounds at various marriage defense sites, I came across some links and citations to the arguments of marriage defender David Benkof. According to his website, Benkof is "openly bisexual" and opposes marriage equality. After perusing some of his archives, I found that I agree with him on some issues and appreciate his willingness to at least search for common ground on others...

Can you find the Hidden Image?

Posted on June 17, 2008
While wandering over to the Americans for Truth [sic] About Homosexuality website to see what they had to say about the gay marriages that are occurring in California, I came across this anti-gay article declaring that these marriages are "an illegal attack on the family...

"Deep" Thought #17: A Shot at Modesty With Tila Tequila

Posted on June 17, 2008
Recently, Tila Tequila of MTV reality show fame modestly decided that she is to thank for the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in California. For those not familiar with Ms. Tequila, she is the bisexual star of her own reality dating show where a gaggle of male and female contestants leave their dignities at the door, convince themselves that they have fallen in love with a stranger, and compete for the short-lived affections of a woman who is famous for being famous on Myspace...

Announcements

Posted on June 16, 2008
My Latest Stuff Lesbians Like is up.In random political news that makes me angry, did Fox news really refer to Michelle Obama as a "Baby Mama"? Just checking.

Salmonatoes and Scary Health News

Posted on June 16, 2008
If there's one thing that annoys me its scary-yet-unhelpful breaking health news. Currently, as I'm sure most of you have heard thanks to the tendency of the media to lick its collective chops at the prospect of a scary health news story, there's an outbreak of salmonella in tomatoes...

"Deep" Thought #16: Marriage Defenders Undermine Our Government By Accusing Others of Undermining Our Government

Posted on June 13, 2008
Our anti-gay friend "Chairm," has a new series on the "harm" to society that will supposedly result from allowing same-sex couples to marry. It should be noted that his "series" is really a choppy compilation of unsatisfactory arguments from previous articles that Chairm faithfully recycles and repeats in typical broken-record manner...

Don't Ask Don't Tell Update: Cook v. Gates

Posted on June 12, 2008
A couple of days ago, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on the legality of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law. The entire decision can be read here (PDF). The plaintiffs in this suit were 12 former members of the military who were separated from service under DADT...

Action Alert: Rogue County Clerk Tries to Cancel Marriage!

Posted on June 11, 2008
In perhaps the biggest news since angry parents everywhere threatened to cancel Christmas, one California county clerk opposed to same-sex couples marrying has tried to cancel marriage. In her county at least. While couples will still be able to apply for a marriage license, the clerk's office will not solemnize ceremonies...

Every Girl in this League Is Going to be a Lady

Posted on June 11, 2008
I think I have just stumbled across one of the funniest items on the internet. Who needs youtube when remnants of the long-dead idea that "female athletes are ladies first and athletes second" are posted? Okay, so maybe that concept isn't "long dead," as we learned in my article regarding make-up application workshops for WNBA players...

Breakable Literal Bible Rule of the Week: Menstruating Women

Posted on June 10, 2008
If there's one issue that reminds me that God is certainly a persnickety fellow it's his prohibitions surrounding women and menstruation. For instance, the Lord tells us in Leviticus 15:19 that thanks to a woman's impure tendency to menstruate, she should be kept separate for 7 days...

"Deep" Thought #15: Same-Sex Couples Are Just Friends

Posted on June 09, 2008
An oft-used way that those opposed to gay rights disparage the love that members of same-sex couples have for each other is to insist on referring to our relationships as mere "friendships." Friendships are wonderful things, no doubt about it. And, like our heterosexual counterparts, we too, are friends with the people we are in relationships with...

Fun With Spatial Awareness

Posted on June 06, 2008
Let's keep things non-gay and light today and talk about one of my pet peeves.One of the annoyances about being in crowded places is that people tend to lack awareness of where their body is in relation to other people's bodies. I'm pretty sure that studies have shown an inverse correlation between the number of people in a crowd and the "spatial awareness" exhibited by members of that crowd...

RightWing Roundup: The End is Nigh, Tyrannies, and Scared Men

Posted on June 05, 2008
1. Exaggeration of the WeekThe anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) submitted a petition asking the California Supreme Court to stay its recent decision until after the November elections when voters decide whether to amend the California state constitution to ban same-sex couples from marrying...

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