Kerfuffle

"...and it's not like you can go by 'Dick' Santorum, is it?" -- Dan Savage

Grunny.  Both gross and funny.

But it's also important to note that when a tool as toolishy tooly as Rick Santorum has nothing better to run on than gay-bashing, we have to do something.

Take it away, Dan...

 

Dan Savage's New Threat to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage

Google uses Chrome advertising to do some social good...

Yes, I've been away.  And I said I wouldn't go so long between posts.  And I went over a month... a first in this blog's life.  Sorry.

Meanwhile... take a look at some advertising that actually has some social value:

 

Thanks, Dan Savage.  And thanks, Google Chrome.

 

 

Any parent would be proud to have this young man as their son

He happens to be a son raised by a gay couple.  And he has something to say to the Iowa legislators who are considering amending their state's constitution to affirm discrimination.
   

Bravo, Zach Wahls!  You've made more than just your mothers proud.

 

Apparently Republicans still need to trash gays to get the their fundie base to vote.

Sometimes the worst in animation and voiceover can still be the best at driving home common sense: Maggie Gallagher tries to get into Heaven

Those of us who have invested time, money and effort to overcome homophobia in terms of marriage equality know Maggie Gallagher all to well.  She's the president of an "institute" that essentially exists to deprive homosexuals of the right to marry.  Most of her detractors, myself included, would characterize her as a bitter and hateful woman who is hell-bent on imposing her very narrow personal views on the rest of society.  Never mind what anyone else thinks about this or who it hurts... it's all about Maggie's way. 

Props to the folks who created this little computer-animated and voiced video, which in a few minutes pretty much describes this battle-ax of a woman.

For someone who espouses so-called "family values, she sure is a hater.  If there is a Heaven, I hope her reservation gets "lost" somehow.

The best news about equality of/for marriage rights I've heard in a long time

It's not over.  Not by a long shot.  But today a federal judge struck down California's Proposition 8, the 2008 statewide ballot issue that essentially made same-sex couples second class citizens.  And he advanced a fairly sweeping opinion that makes a whole lot of sense.

Two excerpts from the decision stand out...

Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same sex couples.

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Plaintiffs do not seek recognition of a new right.  To characterize plaintiffs’ objective as "the right to same-sex marriage" would suggest that plaintiffs seek something different from what opposite-sex couples across the state enjoy —— namely, marriage.  Rather, plaintiffs ask California to recognize their relationships for what they are: marriages.

Props to Judge Vaughn Walker for doing the hard work to create a fact-packed decision.  This isn't some activist judge making law from the bench.  This is a thoughtful, bold ruling.

As Rachel Maddow opined this evening, in this country we don't put rights up for a popular vote.  Rights are not a popularity contest, where the majority gets to impose some kind of moral superiority on the minority.

Keith Olberman's "special comment" from November 10,  2008 is worth revisiting...

[h/t Barb and Pico at DK for zeroing in on the excerpts]

Pretty unlikely that this TV commercial will run anytime soon in the U.S. The Fundies would freak.

OK, stop saying the French are spineless... at least when it comes to marketing fast food.

Félicitations et merci. Plutôt impressionnant, McDonald's.

A compelling editorial encouraging "sneaky gays" to "swish it up a bit"

Over to you, Sue...

Yeah, I'm a Gleek.  And an occasionally sneaky gay too.

Thanks for giving a damn about equality

I want to hug this man, and 86 year old WW2 verteran and lifelong Republican who spoke out in support of gay marriage equality

Recently I watched a boatload of YouTube videos related in some way to California's Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.  Several of us worked on a research project that looked at how people made their opinions known via YouTube.

None of the videos were as moving as this one from an old man speaking out at a public forum in Maine against their Question One ballot measure.

[thanks, Mike H. for the link]