Posts tagged same-sex marriage
June 29, 2009
· Filed under Culture War · Tagged dazed and confused, depressing, douchebaggery, hypocrisy, LGBT Issues, morality war, real america, religion, republican party, same-sex marriage, Sanford, stupidity, war on marriage
Thank you, Mark Sanford, for protecting the institution of marriage for us, the American people, against those evil homogays who want to destroy it. You, like many other Republicans, have been working hard over the past decade to prevent the full enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment — especially those parts about “liberty” and “equal protection under the law”.
I think my favorite part about the Republican Party platform is that it has nothing to do with, say, the evils of cheating on one’s wife or divorce. No, apparently the only — or at least the biggest — threat to marriage is same-sex marriage. But here’s the funny thing. The divorce rate in the United States is estimated to be 40-50%. Estimates vary, but the most conservative put the infidelity rate at about 20%. So, basically: not only is who I marry none of the Republican Party’s business, not only does it have no effect on anyone else’s marriage, but even if neither of those things were true, divorce and adultery would still be the biggest threats to the institution of marriage.
But I guess none of that matters to the Crazy Crusaders for Marriage. Let’s take a look at the hypocritical douchebags who go on at length about the “protection” of marriage against “them evil homosexuals”. In only the past five years, we’ve had Mark Foley — the crusader against internet predators who was actually a predator himself; Ted Haggard — fundy-wingnut-in-chief who apparently was down with hiring male prostitutes and doing crystal meth; Robert Allen — member of the Florida Statehouse and state chairman of the McCain campaign; Larry Craig — the Republican senator from Idaho with the “wide stance”; Bill Clinton — the “Democrat” who signed the “Defense” of “Marriage” Act while doing naughty things with a cigar with his intern; Glenn Murphy — the national chairman of the Young Republicans who got another Young Republican drunk to take advantage of him; John Ensign — senator of Nevada and fellow adulterer; the list really does go on and on.
You’d think that the massive hypocrisy of the Republican Party might reflect somehow on the legitimacy of their rantings about “protecting marriage”. You know, considering that they themselves are responsible for more damage to the institution of marriage than anything else. Well, I suppose that’s a bit of an exaggeration. It’s a totally legitimate argument to say that the 24-hour Britney Spears marriage and the other shenanigans which go on in Las Vegas are far more harmful to the moral fabric of this country than anything that gay marriage could wreak.
In conclusion: if the Republican Party leadership wants to prevent the “decay” of the institution of marriage, they should do a number of things: (1) pass tougher divorce laws; (2) stop cheating on their wives; (3) come out of the closet already.
June 15, 2009
· Filed under Culture War, Internet · Tagged bullshit issues, dazed and confused, funny, gay rights, homosexualists, lgbt, morality war, proposition 8, real america, real american, same-sex marriage
June 14, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged barack obama, Defense of Marriage Act, depressing, douchebaggery, gay rights, lgbt, proposition 8, ralph nader, real america, religion, republican party, same-sex marriage, wtf
According to AMERICAblog, Barack Obama’s legal team — likely on instructions from the White House — filed a motion to dismiss a legal challenge to the “Defense” of “Marriage” Act (DOMA). The full-length, fifty-four page rape of the Constitution and queer constituents can be found here. Among some of the claims the team makes are:
* Homosexuality is comparable to incest and pedophilia. Maybe if the Obama administration lawyers had a basic understanding of reality, they might comprehend that since children aren’t able to consent (unlike adults, the persons in question in same-sex marriage) the comparison to homosexuality is not a very good one. They might also understand the fact that incest has been scientifically linked to genetic problems in offspring, whereas homosexuality…not so much.
* DOMA is fine because it saves the federal government money. (Funny, I don’t recall that being a concern of the Obama administration.) Besides, aren’t our rights priceless? Or something? Maybe?
This shit goes on and on; I encourage every person who voted for Obama to read this in full and then seriously reconsider voting for him again. You can’t write this off as simply him doing “his best” for gay people in today’s political climate: this was a relatively minor proceeding (i.e. whether the case would be able to go to court or not) and Obama would have been perfectly capable of distancing himself from the actions of his legal team. Instead, he chose to aggressively seek out and destroy the rights of same-sex couples.
I was happy to see that a number of gay-rights groups, including the ACLU, GLAD, Lambda Legal, and HRC, among others, wrote a letter to the Obama administration complaining about his desertion of gay Americans. This shouldn’t be shocking to anyone who even vaguely recalls the Clinton administration. In fact, the Democratic Party has a strong tradition of trying to screw gay people, even though we’re way out of their league.
To me, the recent actions of the Obama administration, combined with his announced refusal to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell for a long time, are merely a vindication of my belief that an Obama White House wouldn’t mean anything for gay rights.
Barack Obama should be absolutely ashamed of himself.
November 13, 2008
· Filed under Basic Decency, Election 2008, Internet, LGBT Issues · Tagged depressing, douchebaggery, election, Election 2008, fox news, gay rights, mormons, proposition 8, same-sex marriage, wtf
In one of FoxNews.com’s latest columns, Greg Gutfield demonstrates a remarkable ability to be a gigantic assclown. I’ll quote some of the most offensive sections:
Any moron who remembers Eddy Murphy’s stand-up routine knows that blacks haven’t always warmed to gay causes. They probably also don’t enjoy comparisons between their civil rights struggle and gays not being allowed to marry. Yeah, I know gays have been treated like crap over the years, but they were never slaves, unless it was requested on Craigslist
I’m not arguing that gay people have been more oppressed in the United States than blacks have (though internationally is another matter), but this paragraph was nonetheless pretty offensive.
Furthermore, while this guy wonders why gay people have been “venting their rage at white churches, but oddly, not the black ones,” he totally ignores the possibility that there might be gay black people.
He then goes on to say:
And remember, it was David Geffen who helped picked Obama and it was Obama’s main supporters who voted for Prop 8. So blame Geffen, not the Mormons.
Why shouldn’t I blame the Mormons? These are the same people who didn’t believe that black people have souls until 1978. More topical, these are the people who donated 22.8 million dollars to Yes on Prop 8. They mobilized their members to travel to California to campaign against it. They had statements made in every single one of their churches. So why shouldn’t I be pissed at them?
Did the minority votes put the yes on prop 8 vote over the top? Yes, they did. But if it hadn’t been for the rampant douchebaggery perpetrated by the Mormon Church, they — and millions of older white voters — wouldn’t have been duped into voting in favor of it.
November 3, 2008
· Filed under Basic Decency, Election 2008, LGBT Issues · Tagged abortion, barack obama, election day, gay rights, john mccain, same-sex marriage, social conservatism, tax plan
When you go to polls this election day, remember this: only the 1.1% of Americans who make above $600,000/year have any defensible reason to vote for McCain. That’s right, I said it. Wanting to ban gay marriage? Not a legitimate reason to vote for McCain. Wanting to ban abortion? Also not acceptable. Want a flat tax? Are you stupid?
If you make below $225,000/year, your taxes will go down significantly. If you make above $600,000/year, your taxes will go up. Don't expect me to cry for you.
October 25, 2008
· Filed under Basic Decency, Election 2008, LGBT Issues · Tagged abortion, chuck baldwin, constitution party, douchebaggery, election, Election 2008, gay rights, ralph nader, ron paul, same-sex marriage, third parties
Since I heard about him, I have disliked Ron Paul. His past — not even that long ago — indicates that he is homophobic, wildy racist, and anti-Semitic. His claims of libertarianism are belied by his opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage, and gay rights generally.
EDIT: While Ron Paul claims that he doesn’t know who wrote those articles, they were published under his name, in his publication. Just as a magazine or a newspaper would have to take responsibility for the articles of those who write for it, so too is Ron Paul responsible for allowing the spread of hateful rhetoric and ignorance.
In fact, he says that he would have voted for the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act and proposed the Marriage Protection Act (scroll to the end) which would have prohibited litigation pertaining to either the Defense of Marriage Act or itself. I maintain that his douchebaggery is not lessened by his opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment, because he did so on the basis that it was too hard (“passing a constitutional amendment is a long,drawn-out process”) and that “liberal social engineers who wish to…redefine marriage will be able to point to the…amendment as proof that the definition of marriage is indeed a federal matter”.
In a Republican primary debate he sidestepped the issue of the injustice inherent in the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, saying that it’s a “decent policy”.
Lastly, he calls himself “strongly pro-life” and, in a sentence for which the term “logical clusterfuck” would be generous, he claims that “abortion leads to euthanasia”.
It should be no surprise, then, that he recently endorsed Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate, a nutjob probably a step to the right of Strom Thurmond, and certified assclown. For those of you who don’t know, the Constitution Party claimsit wants to “uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States” by returning American to its its “original Biblical common-law foundations”, persecuting gays, and making everyone believe in Jesus. (These are all quotes from their mission statement.)
This, sadly, only vindicates by original belief that Ron Paul is, was, and always will be an unrepentant racist, homophobic, hatemonger.
EDIT: For those who are unable to find the quotations to which I refer in the sources provided at first glance, please peruse the articles and speeches carefully and you will discover exactly that to which I refer. Thank you.
Note: both edits were done at 6:45 PM EST on Oct 26.
Obama Doesn’t Care About Gay People
November 23, 2008 · Filed under Basic Decency, Commentariat, Election 2008, LGBT Issues · Tagged barack obama, bill clinton, congress, democratic party, DOMA, don't ask don't tell, douchebaggery, gay rights, proposition 8, same-sex marriage, wtf
This post originally appeared in the Commentariat, the opinion blog of the Columbia Spectator.
Obama To Delay Repeal of DADT
Sound familiar? It sure does. After Bill Clinton was elected in 1992 he “agreed to postpone for six months his plan to suspend the military ban on gays.” Instead, we got Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act.
I wouldn’t have as much of a problem with this — DADT is far less important than same-sex marriage, queer youth homelessness, and AIDS — if it weren’t yet another indicator of Obama’s complete apathy regarding queer people.
The fact that he barely whispered his opposition to Prop 8, his (and Biden’s) particularly vocal opposition to same-sex marriage, and his seeming inability to muster the courage to squeak out a few phrases about other queer issues in general (even Edwards spoke out about queer youth homelessness) does not augur well for America’s gay rights movement.
Lastly, I think that anyone who was expecting major changes to come once Obama takes office will be forced to do a reality check very soon. Like I mentioned elsewhere, he doesn’t have a single representative of labor amongst his economic advisors — they’re all upper-class white men (except for one upper-class white woman).
Obama is not the socialist so many people painted him to be.
Bill Clinton didn’t care about gay people, and neither does Obama. It may be time for queer people to look to the Green Party as the next champion of full equal rights.
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