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Pat Boone, You Just Lost

Posted on December 11, 2008
Since LGBT rights' advocates began protesting after California's Prop 8 passes, we quickly learned that new definitions of "fascism," "intolerance," and "hatred" have been created. Basically, these words now mean "any behavior or messaging in furtherance of equality for LGBT people no matter how peaceful, lawful, or respectful...

Book Review: When God Was a Woman, Part II

Posted on December 10, 2008
This post is a continuation of my review of Merlin Stone's book When God Was a Woman. Yesterday, I talked about Stone's exploration of what a Goddess-worshiping society looked like. 2. The Story of Adam and EveTo me, the most interesting part of Stone's book is her chapter in which she "unravels the myth of Adam and Eve...

Book Review: When God Was a Woman

Posted on December 09, 2008
I will begin this book review with a question Merlin Stone asks in the Preface to her book When God Was a Woman:"What... might we expect in a society that for centuries has taught young children, both female and male, that a MALE deity created the universe and all that is in it, produced MAN in his own divine image- and then, as an afterthought, created woman, to obediently help man in his endeavors?"When God Was a Woman sets out to explore this question, as well as to explore what Goddess-worshiping societies looked like...

Rightwing Roundup: War on Christmas/Christians Edition

Posted on December 08, 2008
1. Persecuted ChristiansPerhaps by now, you've seen the "Prop 8 Musical" featuring Jack Black:See more Jack Black videos at Funny or DieThe gist of this video, if you aren't able to watch it right now, is that there are many biblical rules that we no longer follow so it's strange that so many Christians cherry-pick biblical passages to justify the condemnation of homosexuality...

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The Audacity of the Homo-Bigot

Posted on December 07, 2008
Newsweek ran a recent article reporting that support for gay marriage has grown over the years. This isn't really "news" to people paying attention to these things.The only part of its findings that completely baffles me is that "seventy-four percent back inheritance rights for gay domestic partners...

Above the Hate: Below the Propaganda

Posted on December 05, 2008
(Cross-posted at Pam's House Blend)The National Organization for Marriage, which seemingly exists mostly to exalt heterosexual marriage above all other forms of relationships, has initiated a petition, ad campaign, and website called Above the Hate the purpose of which is "to say 'Enough!' to the campaign of hate and intimidation being waged against the LDS Church and other supporters of California's Proposition 8...

America's Civic Literacy: The Electoral College is Not a University

Posted on December 04, 2008
While some people think it's a "problem" that non-Christians, atheists, and agnostics are allowed to vote in our nation, I think that such a belief is indicative of extreme intolerance. After all, the very reason we have elections is because people hold different beliefs...

Book Review: Buddhism After Patriarchy

Posted on December 03, 2008
From the title of this post, unless you have any real interest in Buddhism, you might be thinking that you'll just skip this book review. I promise that it really is way more interesting than it might sound. Well, I think so anyway. I really do believe that many people, atheists and agnostics included, have a very real yearning to spiritually connect with something larger than themselves...

"Fun" With Over-the-Top De-humanizing Headlines

Posted on December 02, 2008
How do you know when a headline is de-humanizing and sensationalistic? When it brings up irrelevancies like, oh, a woman's sexual orientation in the title of an article mentioning her death. Observe, from Fox News:"Search On for Teen Son of Dead Lesbian Fugitive"See, what's really important to some in the media is the capability to draw readers in, not with the content of the article, but with the most over-the-top headline possible...

Milk and the Anti-Gay Agenda

Posted on December 01, 2008
I watched Milk this past weekend and couldn't help but to be struck by similarities between the late 1970s and now with respect to the LGBT rights movement. As a community, we've made much progress since Anita Bryant's anti-gay crusades back then. If you don't know or don't remember, that woman made quite a tear through the nation back in the day- one of her major "accomplishments" was her instrumental role in the passage of Florida's ban on adoption by gay and lesbian parents...

Thanksgiving 2008

Posted on November 27, 2008
Today, I'm going to take a break from the regularly-scheduled political commentary to give thanks. This year, on a personal level, I have been thankful for my health, my family, my friends, my dogs, my job, having plenty of food to eat, having a warm cozy place to sleep, and that I had the courage to take up a new hobby that I find immensely rewarding...

Rightwing Roundup: Oogedy-Boogedy Edition

Posted on November 26, 2008
1. You May Not Be Gay But You May Be NextWhy many of us angry about Proposition 8's passage is because, in our view, a bare majority voted to take away the rights of a minority group and circumvented the judiciary branch of our government. While some "marriage defenders" believe that the majority should always rule at all times, our democracy operates under a different concept- one in which an informed-about-things-like-constitutional-rights judicial branch exists to protect the rights of minorities...

Obama's Gay Agenda

Posted on November 25, 2008
Obama's civil rights agenda is ambitious. For the past 8 years, LGBT people have endured a president who, when he bothered to mention us at all, did so mostly when he was seeking to deny us equal rights for his own political gain. Come January, however, we will have an African-American president who includes LGBT rights as part of his administration's civil rights agenda...

Above the Hate: Above the Propaganda

Posted on November 25, 2008
The National Organization for Marriage, which seemingly exists only to exalt heterosexual marriage above all other forms of relationships, has initiated a petition, ad campaign, and website called Above the Hate "to say 'Enough!' to the campaign of hate and intimidation being waged against the LDS Church and other supporters of California's Proposition 8...

Protect Marriage: Prohibit Divorce

Posted on November 24, 2008
I first saw this on my friend Grace's blog:In case you can't watch the video right now, the gist of it is to challenge "marriage defenders" to take their efforts to the next step and enact a ban that will affect their own behavior and lives- namely, by prohibiting divorce...

Rightwing Roundup: Theocrat Edition

Posted on November 21, 2008
1. Suggested T-Shirt For Focus on the FamilyI successfully defended marriage from homosexualists and all I got was this lousy layoff.That's right. After "pumping money" into the Prop 8 battle, James Dobson's Focus on the Family has just announced another round of layofffs...

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on November 20, 2008
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.This day "was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice."We remember."Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred...

Criticism Is Not Anti-Religious Bigotry: Mormons, Gays, and Taxes

Posted on November 19, 2008
Yesterday, I wrote about how lawful protesting does not constitute intolerance, bigotry, or censorship. Today, I want to discuss the running theme in some "marriage defense" corners that it now constitutes "anti-religious bigotry" to protest a church's involvement in political and social affairs...

Join the Impact: Lawful Protesting Is Not Bigotry, Censorship, or Intolerance

Posted on November 18, 2008
This past weekend I exercised my right to free speech and assembly as part of the Join the Impact protests against Prop 8. I attended the protest in Chicago with my friend Jane and my girlfriend. In Illinois, smaller protests were held in the smaller (and redder) cities of Peoria, Springfield, Champaign-Urbana, and Carbondale...

Gay Male as "Gay and Lesbian"

Posted on November 17, 2008
Dorothy Snarker recently posted an open letter to Out magazine regarding its male-heavy "People of the Year" cover (which, let's face it, is also very white). On a cover with 3 white gay guys, the sole woman included was Katy Perry- a straight woman who is popular because she sings a song about lesbian experimentation...

Join the Impact- Protests Against Prop 8

Posted on November 14, 2008
Tomorrow, as is my constitutional right, I will be taking part in the Join the Impact protests in solidarity with my LGBT brothers, sisters, and allies.Many anti-gays are very upset by these protests and are calling us "sore losers," "spoiled children," and "homofascists...

On a Non-Political Note.... Survey Says: Alice

Posted on November 14, 2008
What's up with everyone liking Alice from The Brady Bunch?You may have noticed my little poll on the left side of the blog. Even though I'm sure it violates some sort of human subject research ethics to conduct research on people without their knowledge, I was basically conducting a super-scientific experiment to test my theory regarding the lesbian propensity to identify with Alice...

Book Review: The Frailty Myth

Posted on November 13, 2008
I have been athletic for the great majority of my life. In high school, I participated in multiple sports and it was then that I first started strength training. After training diligently for a year or so, I was finally able to proudly place 25-pound weights on each side of the bench press...

Arkansas' Adoption Ban

Posted on November 12, 2008
One ballot proposal that's received relatively little attention post-election, has been Arkansas' initiative to banning children from being adopted or placed in foster care to unmarried "co-habitating" couples. Although this ban targets unmarried "cohabitating" heterosexuals as well as gay and lesbian couples, the organization responsible for placing the initiative on the ballot- the Family Council Action Committee (FCAC)- has said that the goal of the law was to ban gay and lesbians from adopting...

Race, Sexual Orientation, and Honesty

Posted on November 11, 2008
In light of our nation's history of racial injustice, seeing Obama take the podium November 4, 2008 brought tears to my eyes. But seeing that an estimated 70% of black voters voted against marriage equality in California, my initial disappointment over Prop 8's passage turned into anger...

"Deep" Thought #24: Well, At Least We're Nicer Than Muslim Extremists

Posted on November 10, 2008
Frankly, what follows is one of the most bizarre arguments against same-sex marriage and gay sex I've heard. And that says a lot, because we all know how bizarre the anti-gay teeth-gnashings can get. For some background, I subscribe to daily emails from the rightwing hellmouth that is Townhall...

When Discrimination Harms Your Economy

Posted on November 07, 2008
The New York Times is reporting that the supporters of Proposition 8 dealt a blow not only to same-sex couples, but to California's economy and small businesses.Specifically, floral shops, gift shops, bakeries, and others in the marriage business have had a spate of cancellations since Prop 8 passed...

Friday Fun! Race, Divorce, and Wanda

Posted on November 07, 2008
Until I can think of something halfway coherent to say about the fact that 70% of black voters in California voted for Prop 8, I'm going to link to Pam Spaulding's article about it and keep mulling it over. All I have been able to do thus far is to note the supreme irony of celebrating how "far" we've come as a nation to have elected a black president in light of the fact that we've also just regressively enshrined discrimination into several more state constitutions...

Letter to Our Internet Friends Who Oppose Marriage Equality

Posted on November 06, 2008
Hello readers. Today I'd like to direct you to this piece by our anti-equality friend "Ken the Playful Walrus." (My friend Jane wrote about this yesterday). Ken has basically written a letter of advice to his "homosexual friends" advising them to pretty much just get over the fact that California voters opposed marriage equality on November 4...

Prop(aganda) 8: Religious Freedom Edition

Posted on November 04, 2008
Happy voting day everyone! Thankfully, after a long and heated campaign, California voters will finally be voting on Proposition 8. I'm hoping that after the election, the anti-equality advocates will tone down the dishonesty a few notches.One of the less-than-honest scare tactics that the anti-equality Yes on 8 movement in California has used this has been to warn that places of worship might lose their tax-exempt status or be forced to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies if same-sex marriage remains legal in California...

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