Archive for the 'Gay Issues' Category

Another version of the Armed Services policy: “DON’T ASK…HOTEL”

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

According to America.blog, AFFORDABLE SUITES has a policy of not renting rooms to gay couples.
Please find story and comments here.

In case one has forgotten about this…

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

June 7, 2006
Do these guys take special medications to allow such moronic statements? Should we mention that the recorded history of the family is less than 24 hours old because Jimsy may have just received his ‘No Bigot Left Behind’ literacy certificate. He’s quite the manly guy, though.
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This afternoon on the Senate floor, Sen. James […]

Pace is “Kissin’ ass ‘n takin names.”

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

General regrets remarks on homosexuality
Pace says he focused too much on his own ‘moral views,’ won’t apologize
March 13: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace issues a statement on his anti-gay comments, saying he should have focused more on military policy and less on his personal views. NBC’s Patty Culhane reports.
MSNBC staff and news […]

While I prefer to ignore…

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Ann Coulter, her latest P.R. move has caused more than a few ripples. AMERICAblog questions why the New York Times, Washington Post, AP and Reuters have shied from covering of her calling Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards an anti-gay name.

While much may be made about her outrageous choice of pejoratives, I think there may be […]

Do it blind-folded!

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

In more genteel days, people would pay to watch side-show workers
bite the heads off live chickens.
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Media Matters for America listed what they considered the radically conservative side’s “most outrageous comments of 2006.” Remember, these were not found on secret tapes or overheard in the locker room of an ‘exclusive’ country club, but burst onto the […]

It’s a start.

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

The SIMPSONS did this ten years ago
in an episode entitled HOMER’S PHOBIA.
N.J. Gov to Make Gay Unions Official
Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:46 AM EST
The Associated Press
By TOM HESTER Jr.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP)
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I must say that when I was a United Steelworkers’ Union member
under I. W. Abel, the rank-and-file certainly played it close to the vest. […]

A good friend in Boston sent this socio-religious-architectural suggestion.

Monday, November 13th, 2006

“Apropos of the Haggard business, the U.S. has too many
mega-churches. With so many clergymen running around, scandals like
this invariably happen. We need to cut down on the number of
congregations — consolidate them. What we need are a handful of
giga-churches — so America can maximize the reach of the few
remaining clergy of impeccable heterosexual credentials. The […]

This guy may have co-starred with Ashton Kutcher in DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR?

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Is not evangelical the new term for holy roller? If it is even close, what’s the big deal? The only difference is the size of the churches which used to be in tents. Even that concept of overly large churches isn’t new. Rex Humbard built his Cathedral of Tomorrow close to fifty years ago […]

Could it be the W knew the secret which could have been the reason for Foley’s acquiesence to Rover’s request that he run in 2006?

Friday, October 13th, 2006

The Palm Beach Post printed this e-mail from Representative Mark Foley to Florida Governor Jeb Bush:
“…Sept. 29, 2004: “Have I done something to offend the White House … I am always getting the shaft … they came to ft pierce a few weeks ago and said I was not allowed to attend … ”
Please find […]

These folks should have followed the advice of Manager Lou Brown in 1989’s MAJOR LEAGUE. “Forget about the curve ball, Ricky. Give him the heater!” Instead of wasting time with a lawsuit, the couple should have stated that the experience ‘turned ‘em gay.’

Friday, August 11th, 2006

“Unwed couple sues town over housing flap
Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:30 AM ET
Reuters
By Carey Gillam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri couple who must get married, or move, in order to comply with a housing ordinance in Black Jack, Missouri, sued the town on Thursday, claiming rules prohibiting the unmarried couple and their children from […]