Homophobic Merry-Go-Round, Part II: Congress 2, Bush 0
the Bush administration continues to grasp at whichever issues it hasn't already destroyed its credibility with, and it is running out of fresh ideas.
last week it was immigration, this week he is re-visiting gay marriage, in what is becoming an infinite loop of visiting the same issues to try to improve his unprecedentedly low approval ratings.
for a second time, congress has failed to pass anti-gay legislation.
honestly, of all the problems in our country, i think that issues like child molestation and sexual assault, or pervasive corporate corruption should top the list of constitutional amendments.
prison reform, too, is more important than banning gay marriage, which couldn't possibly be more harmless.
i've never met an anti-family gay person, or a gay person whose life mission was to destroy happy families.
there isn't anything wrong or sinful about being true to yourself. love is as pure and God-given as it gets. sorry, jerry falwell, but you're a big, fat idiot.
many straight people will only dream about the kind of love and dedication and quality of life i've seen gay couples enjoy. sheesh. they should be so lucky. openly gay folks by definition live examined lives, not unexamined ones, and almost always seem more self-assured and comfortable with who they are than people who have never had to look critically at themselves.
I respect former New Jersey governor James McGreevey so much. He has a new book out, and there was an excerpt from it in one of the magazines I read today. He actually came out and said to the national media at a press conference awhile back, "My truth is that I am a gay American." my heart breaks for him because of what he and his family went through to get to that point.
can you imagine the bravery and guts that must have taken? not just his announcement, but his path to get there and find that courage? Bush's proposed amendment would perpetuate this unnecessary cycle of closeted shame and pain and loss of life. if we embrace gay marriage, folks like McGreevey can all step out of hiding and live true lives.
last week it was immigration, this week he is re-visiting gay marriage, in what is becoming an infinite loop of visiting the same issues to try to improve his unprecedentedly low approval ratings.
for a second time, congress has failed to pass anti-gay legislation.
honestly, of all the problems in our country, i think that issues like child molestation and sexual assault, or pervasive corporate corruption should top the list of constitutional amendments.
prison reform, too, is more important than banning gay marriage, which couldn't possibly be more harmless.
i've never met an anti-family gay person, or a gay person whose life mission was to destroy happy families.
there isn't anything wrong or sinful about being true to yourself. love is as pure and God-given as it gets. sorry, jerry falwell, but you're a big, fat idiot.
many straight people will only dream about the kind of love and dedication and quality of life i've seen gay couples enjoy. sheesh. they should be so lucky. openly gay folks by definition live examined lives, not unexamined ones, and almost always seem more self-assured and comfortable with who they are than people who have never had to look critically at themselves.
I respect former New Jersey governor James McGreevey so much. He has a new book out, and there was an excerpt from it in one of the magazines I read today. He actually came out and said to the national media at a press conference awhile back, "My truth is that I am a gay American." my heart breaks for him because of what he and his family went through to get to that point.
can you imagine the bravery and guts that must have taken? not just his announcement, but his path to get there and find that courage? Bush's proposed amendment would perpetuate this unnecessary cycle of closeted shame and pain and loss of life. if we embrace gay marriage, folks like McGreevey can all step out of hiding and live true lives.
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