Posted in Politics, tagged PUMAs, Sarah Palin on 31 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
Is anybody surprised that so many PUMAs are jumping on the McCain-Palin bandwagon? Insane Train’s selection of Miss Congeniality as his running mate has given them just the opening they wanted.
“To hell with the issues; to hell with qualifications. I’ll vote for anything with a snatch!”
It must be embarrassing and disturbing [...]
Posted in Personal on 31 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
Such are the legal complications of gay marriage, that I am now engaged to my husband.
I got John a white gold engagement ring with sapphires and tiny diamonds. It had to be white gold, and had to have diamonds and sapphires, not because that’s what he wanted — he didn’t even know he [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Cindy McCain, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Hurricane Gustav, John McCain, Linda Lingle, Republican Convention, Sarah Palin, Shrub on 31 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s official. The reason the upcoming Rethug Convention will be subdued and uninspiring is not because the party no longer has anything to say or anything to offer, but because of Hurricane Gustav. Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii, was on MSNBC today saying, “There is some dampening because of the problem there in the South. [...]
Posted in Sunday Funnies, tagged Batman, Burns and Allen, file sharing, fiscal conservatives, France, George Burns, George Bush, Grace Allen, Italy, John McCain, John Pinette, piracy on 31 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Pinette: France and Italy
Steve Greenberg, Ventura County Star
Burns and Allen
Posted in Gay Rights, LGBT/Gay Rights, Sunday Sermon, tagged gay pride, Harvey Fierstein on 31 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Harvey Fierstein – Gay Pride:
Posted in Politics, tagged Sarah Palin on 30 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kay Bailey Hutchinson on Sarah Palin: “I don’t know too much about her, but maybe that’s the good news.”
Hutchinson’s name had been kicked around in the talks about McCain’s possible running mate, and she’s said to be privately miffed at the selection of Sarah Palin, but she’s a good sport [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Sarah Palin, women in politics on 29 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
Insane Train McCain makes a ludicrous selection for running mate, picking Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska in an apparent attempt to lure the PUMAs — who were pretty much in his pocket anyway.
But I’m thinking mostly of my opportunity to taunt my right-wing Republican relatives who have repeatedly disparaged Hillary for being a woman, and [...]
Posted in Gay Rights, Islam, tagged Bosnia on 29 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Reuters:
Plans to hold Bosnia’s first gay festival during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan were denounced by the Muslim community on Thursday as an affront to religious feelings.
As in most of the Balkans, there is little tolerance for homosexuality in Bosnia, where for many it remains a taboo.
“Such an event dangerously threatens our religious [...]
Posted in Gay Rights, Religion, tagged Martin Niemöller, Orthodox Union, Proposition 8 on 29 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America has joined a coalition of religious groups supporting Proposition 8. You’d think that Jews, of all people, would understand the dangers of bigotry, and indeed, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council of Jewish Women, and the Progressive Jewish Alliance have all joined the [...]
Posted in Gay Rights, tagged Del Martin, gay marriage, marriage equality, Phyllis Lyon, same-sex marriage on 27 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great lesbian activists of all time, Del Martin, died today in San Francisco, aged 87. Del is shown on the right above, and on the left below, with the love of her life, Phyllis Lyon. They had been together since 1953, and had first married in San Francisco in 2004, a marriage [...]
