More Gay Mormons in the News

Let me just read you this quote from this Yahoo News article:

"A growing number of active Mormons, who have gay friends and family members are coming to the conclusion that our current leaders are as mistaken in promoting discrimination against gays and lesbians as was the Mormon hierarchy in the 60's when they opposed equal rights for people of color, and our Mormon leaders in the 70's when they opposed full legal equality for women."

Jeffrey Nielsen, professor of philosophy, Brigham Young University

First of all, let me say, NO SHIT!!

Second, this is another example of what I like to call HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF!!

I hope you're all paying attention, because in another 10-30 years, gays, similarly, will be classed together with women or colored people in that, DUH, of course they should have rights, and there will be another minority out there pushing for equal legal rights and recognition under the law. I don't even want to venture to say who it will be. I just hope that I'm more accepting of them than people like my PARENTS are now of people like myself.

Good for those gay Mormons, their friends, and family who plan on walking out this hypocritical and hate-filled reading! I congratulate them for standing up for their personal beliefs despite those of the church they attend. We should all challenge the decisions and opinions of the churches we attend; we should always think with our own minds and question those who teach us. I find the most difficult question, the most root-digging, and the most irritating question to the teachers and those who think they have all the answers is "WHY?" That really gets them going. =)

One a side note, I saw this poll on Yahoo's 60 Minutes page covering their story on the complete failure and subsequent 180 of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy here. Don't you think it looks a bit like that hot Mormon stud from Latter Days?

Taking into account the location of this poll, don't you think this is a pretty good result?

Is this where we are, seriously??

RedLightCenter

It's like that futuristic Sandra Bullock movie where everyone's afraid to have actual sex anymore.

OMG ... but YAY for California!

Stevie found the cutest YouTube video and posted it on his blog. Bitch beat me to it... cunt.

Check it out!

Awwwww!!

Isn't this just the sweetest, dorkiest cake you've ever seen?

Naked Boys Singing on YouTube!

YouTube link

Ms. Crabapple wants to know!

Okay, I just found this site, WordQuery, and the Ms. Crabapple inside me LOVES it. I especially love their grammar and punctuation pages.

So who can pass the Spelling Bee?!

Choose the correct spelling for the sentences provided. I got one wrong, and I was kickcing myself afterward.

Let me know what you score!

A Couple Random YouTube Videos

LOL I hope this story is real. I really do.


YouTube Link

Why can't I have more friends like this??


YouTube link

Gay Days 2008

After much delay, here are pictures from this year's Gay Days in Orlando, nearly all of which I should give credit to Rob for taking.

June 17, 2008 -- Gay Marriage Legal in California

Work it harder, faster, stronger

I don't know why, but this made me giggle. =)

California Marriage goes to Ballot

The ballot initiative to put the "Marriage Protection" vote on the November ballot in California was officially approved today. It's funny how they call it the "Marriage Protection" initiative, like gay marriage will in any way change straight marriage in any way. So Californians get to vote in November to give gays in their state the right to marry. I wonder how many gay couples in California will tie the knot until then. The number was right around 4,000 just in San Francisco alone previously. AND I believe the state Supreme Court decision doesn't bar out-of-state gay couples from tying the knot in California, so we will again see an influx of couples from all over the country getting hitched in the Golden State again.

UPDATE:

In response to Greg's comment, I thought I'd just add to this post:

Greg's Comment:

For what its worth, I'll be rejecting that bull-shit law in a hurry!
Makes me wonder though, if this ban does go through, will that be it for gay marriage in California?
Or can we repeal this damn stupid law later on?

Well, that would be it for gay marriage in California for a while if the amendment passes. I only know of two things that would overrule it: another California state constitutional amendment re-instating gay marriage (as with the federal Prohibition amendments) or a federal amendment allowing it.

The truly scary thing is that if this amendment passes it will get all the ultra-conservative, gay-hating people around the country rallying behind even more constitutional amendments -- states and federal; it'll give them more courage to keep pushing it. (After all, if California can't pass it, no one can, right?)

The upside of this tipping point is that if this amendment fails, it will give the gay community more courage to keep pressing for equal rights.

The best thing I heard recently on the advancement of queer people was that every year, the older and more conservative and bigoted people die off, and more open-minded and accepting people get older and into politics and openly discuss their opinions with other adults. And this has resulted in about a 1% gain per year of the nation's acceptance of gay rights and gay marriage... so there is still hope for the future.

Obama gets Democratic Nomination, McCain Hates Us

With the final two state Democratic primaries now over in Montana and South Dakota, Obama declares victory and Hillary acknowledges or denies nothing. I still think there are back-room talks going on where Hillary is trying to secure some sort of position for herself either as the V.P. or a cabinet member on Obama's team before she publicly acknowledges anything, I believe.

Yahoo article about today's developments

Either way, there are a ton of Hillary supporters out there who are theatening to vote for McCain come November, so we as Democrats should all take it upon ourselves to learn the positions of the political candidates, especially those of McCain. The debate now shifts to a a McCain/Obama debate, not a Clinton/Obama debate with their relatively trivial differences, but a debate between two RADICALLY DIFFERENT presidential candidates.

If you are one of those Clinton supporters, and at one point I was too, and you claim to now be in support of McCain I would urge you to try to put out of your mind all the character stereotypes that are portrayed in the media about McCain being a Vietnam war hero and Obama's campaign about hope and change and all that -- that's all rhetoric and character-based. Keep in mind that doesn't reflect the views, opinions, and voting records of the candidates. We should all work to educate ourselves on the facts using the vast resources of the Internet to find these facts out for yourself. The problem is all news is slanted; you just need to be conscious of this...

HRC released a detailed report today detailing McCain's voting record with regard to GLBT issues:
http://www.hrc.org/equality08/264.htm

McCain's Political Views (Wikipedia)

Obama's Political Views (Wikipedia)

Clinton's Political Views (Wikipedia)

Watch TV on da Interwebz!

Thanks to a commentor on the old TV-Links blog from way back for pointing out that there is a new site for watching TV on the Blogosphere:

http://www.tvlinksdb.com

I've also stumbled upon another one myself recently that I'm enjoying (though not at work so much because many of the sites to which it links are not available from work, lol).

http://www.surfthechannel.com/

Enjoy!