Bristol Palin does not get to criticize Pres. Obama’s parenting. She can criticize his politics until the Kodiak bears come home, but not his parenting. Sorry.
I’m hesitant to throw rocks at Mitt Romney, who’s being called to task for bullying gay students during prep school at Cranbrook School. He has apologized but the analysis continues.
I’ve written about this before, but as a teenager I climbed into a car on more than one occasion and drove to what we thought was a gay bar one town over, where we then sat outside calling out ignorant things. I don’t remember what we called out, and whether I actually said anything, I was certainly complicit. That would be a hate crime, wouldn’t it? Back in the ’70s we thought it was good, clean fun.
Only not really. We were all good, church-going kids and I think more than one of us felt this twinge of…something. We’d been raised to believe homosexuality was of the Devil, but that did not mean we should yell mean things to people, ever. No purpose was served by that.
I’m sorry I did that — heartily so. I imagine Romney is sorry he did what he did, too.
I guess we all need to evolve. I remember years ago, the fabulous artist known as Cher gave an interview about her daughter, Chastity, who’d just come out as a lesbian. (Chastity has since become Chaz Bono, and I want to see the documentary, “Becoming Chaz.”) The interviewer complimented Cher on her unwavering love of her daughter, and Cher said thanks, but “it sucks out loud” that she hadn’t immediately embraced her daughter’s sexuality. I guess that’s what I feel about those of us who took our time getting to the understanding that God made all of us: It sucks out loud that it took us so long.
And thanks, DickG., for the idea.
…thank you for all your well wishes, but I’m not gone yet and won’t be until May 25. I am taking next week off for a long-planned breast enlargement, and then I will be ba…
I’m kidding! Geez. I am going in for long-planned knee surgery that will put my kneecap back where it belongs because it has a hankering to migrate. I’ll be blogging through this week, then I’ll take a break, and then I’ll be back — probably May 22 — for a few more days of Christian smart-assery.
Yes, I said “smart-assery.”
I am well aware of what a void leaving this blog will leave for me, and I have every intention of revving a blog back up again — maybe here — and I’ll be all over the Interwebs letting everyone know when that starts up. As for now, I have a book to finish (deadline is May 31 and I’m pretty sure I’ll make it) and a knee to heal and a garden to weed. And a job to find. I shall be seeking a work environment where everyone pretty much leaves me alone but pays me handsomely for showing up. Like I said: Heiress.
I’ll get all sloppy later. For now, there are still some people I haven’t angered yet…
I have completely lost control of this story, and these last few days have been like attending my own wake, but:
Over the last few weeks, I and some of my colleagues put in paperwork to take a buyout at Mother Courant, and today, I got my go-ahead.
I will write more about this later, but my reasons for leaving are both varied and exciting, and they include but are not limited to:
1. I spilled too much coffee into my work keyboard and the keys stick and I hate that, so I’m leaving.
2. The corporate overlords don’t like non-corporate types and I don’t have any friends who aren’t any, so I’m leaving.
3. When the television station came in, someone repainted the newsroom so that it looks like a daycare and I find myself wanting to nap and fill my pants, so I’m leaving.
4. This job has gotten in the way of my Plan B, that of being an heiress. I am not quite clear on the details of this, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to need some money. So I’m leaving.
Onward. To a brighter tomorrow.
It’s not entirely what you think. I stole this from Sarahi, off of Facebook:
When Same-Sex Marriage was a Christian Rite.
Then, too, Paul suggested marriages might be suitable for people unable to control their lust. In fact, the Christian scriptures say shockingly little about Christian marriage.
…because what’s there to be said, but this:
On May 22, be like Cindy and Meghan McCain, and post for the NOH8 Campaign, which is coming to Hartford.
Hosted by True Colors Inc., the campaign will host a photo shoot at Hartford Public Library’s main branch at 500 Main St. The campaign began as a protest against California’s Prop 8, a ballot proposition that denied marriage equality to same-sex couples. The campaign has since grown into a photographic campaign promoting anti-discrimination and marriage equality.
Connecticut has enjoyed marriage equality since October 2008, when the Connecticut Supreme Court struck down the state’s civil union law. At the time, Connecticut joined Massachusetts and California as one of only three states to legalize same-sex marriage. At present, six states and the District of Columbia have marriage equality.
“This is due largely to the countless individuals who took the time to express their support to their communities” said Anne Stanback, former executive director of Love Makes a Family, the state’s former marriage equality organization. “Equality does not simply materialize; rather, it is brought about by individuals working towards it. The recent North Carolina decision to single out same-sex couples for discrimination is an example of the continued need for vigilance and support. I’m very happy that No H8 is coming to Connecticut and partnering with True Colors, an agency that is committed to creating a world where all people have the same rights, regardless of orientation.”
True Colors Executive Director, Robin McHaelen said, “Although the campaign began with a focus on marriage rights, it has become much more than that. NoH8 helps LGBT youth, adults and families stand up for ourselves in powerful and empowering ways. At the same time, it allows our allies to demonstrate their support for us as full and equal members of the human community. As a bonus, the pictures are gorgeous!”
The NOH8 Campaign’s Hartford, CT photo shoot will begin at 3:30 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m. on May 22 at the library. NOH8 photos are $40.00 for a solo portrait, and $25.00 per person for couple or group portraits.
And thanks, Cynical, for the link.
By William Rivers Pitt, at Truthout. Pitt writes:
I have lost count of the states in this union that are holding votes on who can get married, who can get birth control, who can get basic medical care and who can vote – or not – in this ongoing American experiment. It all boils down to some very simple questions: who is it legal to hate? Who can be banished from their basic American rights? Who is, and who is not?
They call it being ‘conservative,’ which sounds nice and safe.
Easy does it, right?
Except what these people are espousing and pursuing isn’t conservative in the slightest, but instead is radical beyond the bounds of anything we’ve seen in this country to date, a defenestration of basic Constitutional rights. It is radical on a level shared by practitioners of a harsh seventh-century version of a particular religion you might have heard about once or twice…you know, the scary ones who condemn gay people, who think women are the fountain of all evil, and who think free expression and equality are the gateway to damnation and doom. You might have heard about people like this in the news, oh…somewhere over the last ten years.
Ah. Irony.
And thanks, DickG., for the link.
Sarah Posner writes at Religion Dispatches:
Obama didn’t just endorse same-sex marriage today. He abandoned conservative religious rhetoric about it and signaled that religious conservatives, even his close religious advisors, don’t own the conversation on what Christianity has to say about marriage.
You can read/watch more here.
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