OUT Of The Closets and Into The STREETS!!!!

Yay! New York just signed the Gay Marriage Bill, people, so what are you waiting for? Time to PAR-TAY DOWN!

FTA: "Republican Sen. Stephen Saland, who had been undecided about the bill and was one of the legislators who led the negotiations, announced during the debate on the Senate floor that he would support the bill, effectively giving it the 32 votes it needed to pass."

Everybody be sure to send a thank-you note to Rep. Saland, who will be targeted by homophobes for his support. He did the right thing, and it will cost him unless we all translate our thankyous into support at the polls. Thank you, Rep. Saland, for making this day happen!

TalkingPointsMemo has the details. And be sure to check out their pic of the celebrations at STONEWALL!!! Hai-yaah!

A great big huge gigantinormous thank you to Joshua Micah Marshall of TalkingPointsMemo who brought us this wonderful reportage.

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It'll Save Your Marriage

ICHC

In this day and age when the sacred institution of marriage (because, really, what else can you call that fucking straightjacket that allows everybody else to opine about who you fuck or don't) appears to be under increasing threat by all teh GHEY (I mean, SRSLY, peeps, WTF is with politicians claiming other politicians are claiming [or refusing to claim] sexual preferences to which they may or may not be entitled?) — well, you get my drift, don't you?

Anything that can save marriage from the onslaught of the Catholic church and the like should be welcomed with open arms by all, yes?

After all, the minute we give in to those bad, immoral, naughty, gay people, whether they live inside or outside our heads, we're all headed to perdition.

So here's one for all those guys who've been dutching their long-suffering partners for years.



Assuming they're not dutching you. Finally, a good night's sleep. Go for it, kids, you know you want to.

Who thinks up things like these?

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New Law Would Ban Marriages Between People Who Don't Love Each Other

New Law Would Ban Marriages Between People Who Don't Love Each Other

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Entertainment: Today's Attack of Teh Ghey

From the funny people at Funny or Die:

A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch

Okay, we know those NOM-able Nitwits at NOM (National Overseers of Marriage) are getting their naughty bits in a twist because all over the nation people are saying, "We don't care, already!" Most of us really don't care what other people do with their naughty bits unless it affects us directly, like, say, they come into our house and do it on our good couch. Or our lawn. Or with our spouse. We don't even care if they're doing it with our sister, brother, mother, or neighbour. But not our underage kid, or our dog. That's all we ask.

You know why? Because we don't want THEM getting all excited about what we do with OUR naughty bits, that's why. Nobody has straight, missionary-position sex any more, not since the fifties, and maybe not even then. Maybe Mormons. Orthodox Jews. What are they, two per cent of the population?

The remaining 98 per cent of us enjoy all kinds of naughty stuff. Girl-on-girl, boy-on-boy, chicken feathers, plastic toys, scented oils, bondage gear, crotchless undies, whatever. And we want to get our naughty on without other people scanning our bedrooms with their binoculars and video cams, OK?

So get with the program already. As long as it's consenting adults and no one's being forced or hurt, we really should be supportive of people who love each other having the right to publicly declare their love for each other. And bless George Takei for his lengthy struggle for equality!

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Entertainment: I Can't Take No More

First the teabagging.

Then the RIMjobs.

Now it's 2M4M:



It's obvious that the Republican Party has been infiltrated by GAY, GAY, GAY activists with their own agenda: to make a hideous mockery of the fight against gay marriage.

Who knew (except, of course, for anybody who has ever read the dead-tree personal ads, or used the Internet, or tried to hook up with a date through a dating service) that 2M4M meant "Two men looking for a third man for a GAY GAY GAY threesome"?

WARNING: Decidedly and absolutely NSFW.

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Entertainment? Say WHAT?

First the teabaggers.

Now the RIMjobs.

Get yourself one here:



Found over at Watertiger's, home of LGBTQ amusement for the gay and straight masses.

Admit it, you actually wondered if it was for real, for just a minnit, din'tchu?

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The Vatican Empire and Prop 8

President George W. Bush meets with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican June 9, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (VATICAN)

I feel that people are focusing too much attention and anger towards the Mormons. We must remember the power of the Catholic Church. And we must remember that it was the current Archbishop of San Francisco, George Niederauer, former Catholic bishop of Salt Lake City, who rallied the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to join forces and campaign in favor of Prop 8. He started the ball rolling.

The Catholic Church is powerful and wealthy. The Church is very secretive about its wealth. Why? Well, would you keep filling your parish's envelopes if you knew how wealthy the Church was?

(The Catholic people are a different story. Many Catholics are working class and poor. I think of the Catholic people and the Catholic Church/Government as different entities. I was one of those Catholics at one time. Very devoted to Jesus' philosophy of love thy neighbor -- that's where I learned how to be a progressive, a liberal, a radical y'all!)

In the bowels of the Vatican are art treasures worth ... well, it's hard to evaluate ... there's so much of it and so much of it is worth millions. And that's just the art ... that's not counting the real estate they own all over the world -- and I'm NOT talking about the property that churches, rectories, convents, and schools are built on. No. I mean hard cash type real estate. A bulging stock portfolio. (Although not worth as much as it used to be worth.) Companies that they own. Huge deposits in foreign banks.

If you can, get a hold of a book called The Vatican Empire by Nino Lo Bello, a former Rome correspondent for Business Week.

Focus some of your disagreement towards the Catholic Church ... share the wealth ... don't hog all that energy for only the Mormons. Start boycotting things related to the Catholic Church.

Does the Church really need your money?

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Wanda Sykes Comes Out!!!

We love you Wanda!!! Have I told you that I'm a The New Adventures of Old Christine fan? I'd love to see more of Wanda in it.

Yes, Wanda came out yesterday at a Marriage Equality rally in Las Vegas.

Associated Press reports:

"You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life," Sykes told a crowd at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday.

"Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives," she said.

Sykes, who is known for her feisty and blunt style, said the passage of California's Proposition 8 made her feel like she was "attacked."

"Now, I gotta get in their face," she said. "I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay."

We're lovin' it!

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Oakland, CA is for Marriage Equality !

all photos (c) 2008 K. Smokey Cormier

Just a short while ago I was in Frank H Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California for Marriage Equality rally. Hundreds of cities across the U.S. and, I believe, around the world were holding rallies like this to promote marriage for all people -- no special rights -- just EQUALITY.

I kept looking for my buddy, Barb, ‘cause I knew she’d be there. And ... eventually I found her -- even though it was very crowded by the time I saw her.

I almost didn’t go because Ms. Manitoba believes that the state ... the government, in other words, should have no involvement in any marriages. Marriages are a private matter. If you need to set certain things down for legal reasons -- like custody, property ownership, immigration rights of your partner, inheritence etc. -- then you go through a legal process of writing up a contract. Just like any other legal matter.

I went to the rally because I have always been for equal rights for everyone! Equality. I was at rallies in the sixties for equal rights -- for all kinds of people. I have never been one of those lesbians that cared only about my rights. Equality for everyone!

The rally started (I was happy to see) with herbal smudging from a local First Nation lesbian (for you USers, that’s Canadian for “Native American”). She actually runs my local pet supply store that my kids and I go to. Then there was a circle of gay/lesbian First Nation drummers ... drumming out the main message: Love.

gay/lesbian First Nation drummers at the Marriage Equality Rally in Oakland, California

Then there was this great speaker who was going to be the MC for the rally -- but, he didn’t introduce himself so I have no idea what his name is! He had great spirit and was very articulate.

The next speaker was a lesbian from Iran. She was great!! I wish I had taped what she said. Very powerful. Basically her message was this: the Religious Right took over my country -- do you really want the Religious Right to take over the U.S.?

I had to leave after about an hour.

Here are some photos from the rally ...

you've got to be very prejudiced and cold-hearted to want to deny these cuties the right to marry!

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