Subscribe“What’s next for the National Organization for Marriage? Will they hire legendary infomercial pitchman Ron Popeil to hawk their phony agenda? This ad is full of outrageous falsehoods—and they don’t even come out of the mouths of real people.”
"I try very hard to be a responsible citizen and as a gay man I try very hard to keep track of the marriages I have destroyed, and there really aren't that many. I may have some secret admirers out there and I may have wreaked more havoc than I realize, but they haven't called."
Dear Dr. Jackson,I'll post back when I get a reply.
This is in regards to an upcoming advertising campaign by the National For Marriage as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp76ly2_NoI.
Several times during the commercial, I notice that the people portrayed use the phrase "a rainbow coalition"; is this a reference to Dr. Jackson's organization, The National Rainbow Coalition. It seems that supporting the NoM would go against the Rainbow Coalition's progressive mission of social activism. I look forward to your response.
regards,
The Gay After (June 17, 2008).
Gary & Gary Unmarried (November 6, 2008).
Dear NOM,
Kindly fuck off. You know damn well we are not in your rain-faux coalition [PDF].
Best regards,
Unitarian Universalists, Reform Jews, United Church of Christ, Metropolitan Community Church, and the California Council of Churches (among others)"You've got to be taught to hate and fear
You've got to be taught from year to year
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught..."
"On May 17, 2004, when Massachusetts began marrying its gay couples, that simple declaration — emblazoned on golden stickers shaped like deputy sheriff's badges and proudly worn by ecstatic gay-rights supporters — celebrated a seismic shift. State-approved gay marriage was no longer a theoretical possibility. It was a reality.
Now, a year and more than 6,100 gay weddings later, the reviews are in. Folks in Massachusetts, the first in the nation to experience this expansion of freedom, have swung 180 degrees to favoring it.
Bay State voters now overwhelmingly support gay marriage, 56% to 37%, according to a Boston Globe poll in March. That's a breathtaking turnabout from February 2004. Back then, after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that gays had to be allowed to marry but before the marriages began, voters opposed the change, 53% to 35%.
...While the outside world debates how to treat its gay couples, Massachusetts sees that fire-and-brimstone predictions didn't come true.
Religious institutions haven't been forced to bless the civil marriage of any gay couple, though many have done so voluntarily. Nor did supporting the court's order to extend all the state-conferred rights and responsibilities of marriage trigger a ballot-box backlash against gay-friendly lawmakers.
Having lived with gay marriage, Massachusetts seems a bit smitten with it. By 65% to 34%, voters say it hasn't weakened the institution of marriage. Only 13% say gay marriage has had a negative effect on married heterosexuals. And 71% expect the state to 'become more and more accepting of same-sex marriage,' Decision Research found in surveying 600 registered voters for MassEquality, a pro-gay marriage group."*
If that first guy in the audition reel isn't a card-caring member of the 'I LIKE GUYS' International Friendship Society I will eat my hat.
One of my daughters was in the workplace one day, and, in her particular workplace at that moment in time, there were a whole bunch of conservative, older men. And those guys were talking about gay marriage—they were talking about discussions going on across the country—and my daughter Kate, after listening to it for about 20 minutes, said to them: "You guys don't understand. You've already lost. My generation doesn't care."- Iowa Senate Majority leader Mike Gronstal in a speech on the senate floor.
"With the culture wars heating up as the debate about gay marriage intensifies in numerous American states, a new documentary is poised to stir widespread discussion later this month when it premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. Still in the final stages of post-production, Oscar nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick is turning the spotlight on closeted American politicians in his latest documentary, 'Outrage.' It will debut in New York City on April 24th and distributor Magnolia Pictures will quickly open the film shortly thereafter in movie theaters, intending to capitalize on the media attention that the film is sure to draw. In the words of the company, the film 'could be a game changer in the ongoing battle for same sex civil rights in the United States.'"
Iowa Senate Majority leader Mike Gronstal in a speech on the senate floor.
I think I learned something from my daughter that day, when she said that. And I've talked with other people about it and that's what IHe was declining to support a proposed amendment banning gay marriage the first day the Iowa Senate met after the Iowa Supreme Court decision. Senator McKinley is the Minority Leader.
see, Senator McKinley. I see a bunch of people that merely want to profess their love for each other, and want state law to recognize that.
Is that so wrong? I don't think that's so wrong. As a matter of fact, last Friday night, I hugged my wife. You know I've been married for 37 years. I hugged my wife. I felt like our love was just a little more meaningful last Friday night because thousands of other Iowa citizens could hug each other and have the state recognize their love for each other.
Thank goodness there was no ambiguous passage in the original text of the Bible that could be interpreted as declaring that black folks are inferior to whites (as far as I know).
well, it's misleading for people to refer to citizens of the US as 'Americans'
Mr. Schmidt, who has a sister who is a lesbian, plans to say that there is nothing about gay marriage that is un-American or that threatens the rights of others and that in fact it is in line with conservative principles.
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