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Brit Hume, on what it means to be transgender [Hint: he has no f**king clue]:

“This standard by which one becomes transgendered seems to be a little vague and hard to pin down. I mean, are you transgender because you have had surgery to change your sexual makeup, your body parts? Or are you transgendered because you decide at a given moment that you would prefer to be a member of the sex into which you were not born? One might argue that this is, you know, something that the Democrats always … saying Republicans are anti-science. Well, if science and biology is a — science is a determining factor here, you really don’t become transgendered until you had some sort of physical metamorphosis, in which your anatomy is changed. So, Caitlin Jenner for an example, would though she clearly prefers the idea that she is a woman, might not qualify that way. I think it’s very odd to think of the possibility of people with the opposite sex’s body parts taking showers in the locker room of the other sex. It just seems to me to be something that people will find very strange and not welcome.”

What I find strange, and not very welcome, are people like this f**kwad, Brit Hume, discussing transgender persons without doing a single iota of research.

Until you open a book, or talk to a trans person, or a doctor, or a scientist, why don’t you take a seat, Brit, and let the grown-ups talk?

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Bernie Sanders, on [t]Rump backing out of debating him: 

“I would have looooved. Let me just say this. First he said he would do it. Then he said he wouldn’t do it. Then he said he would do it. Then he said he wouldn’t do it. So, I would hope that if he changed his mind four times in two days, change it a fifth time. You know, Trump claims to be a real tough guy, pushes people around. Hey, Donald, come on up. Let’s have a debate about the future of America.”

The best thing I saw about [t]Rump pulling out of the debate was a meme that said no one should be surprised because, for years and years, chickens have been petrified of men named Sanders.

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Barney Frank, on Bernie Sanders:

"The Democratic Party. The party that gave this country its first African-American President; the party that is poised to give this country its first woman nominee of a major party, very likely its first woman President; a party chaired by a Jewish woman; a party which features the first openly gay member of the United States Congress on the party's rules committee; isn't "progressive" enough, or inclusive enough, according to a 75 year old straight white male, who "white flighted" his way out of the most ethnically diverse city in the country, to the whitest state in the northeast United States, and who just passed his 1 year anniversary of declaring himself a member of the party, that he thinks that he is the only fit candidate to be the party's nominee for President. A nomination which if he can't secure it by the ballot, has threatened to secure it by lawsuits, and more than just hinted at violence. Am I getting this right?" 

Well, when you put it that way …

Look, I like Bernie, and I like that Bernie is getting his voice heard, but Bernie does not represent the democratic party as a whole and he needs to realize that.

He also needs to realize when to step aside.

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Trey Pearson, Christian rock star, on coming out as gay:

 “I grew up in a very conservative Christian home where I was taught that my sexual orientation was a matter of choice, and had put all my faith into that. I had never before admitted to myself that I was gay, let alone to anyone else. I never wanted to be gay. I was scared of what God would think and what all of these people I loved would think about me; so it never was an option for me. I have been suppressing these attractions and feelings since adolescence.  I’ve tried my whole life to be straight. I married a girl, and I even have two beautiful little kids. My daughter, Liv, is six and my son, Beckham, is two. [But] I finally decided to come out because I couldn’t keep trying to be something that I wasn’t. … I realized the only way I was ever going to be my best for [my children] was to be healthy myself.”

And that’s the best lesson to teach your children: love and self-acceptance.

Welcome out, Trey.

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Stacey Dash, Clueless actress and clueless Fox News talking head bimbo, on transgender persons and bathrooms:

“It’s tyranny by the minority. Why do I have to suffer because you can’t decide what you wanna be that day? … It’s your body! So, it’s your decision, right? We all make choices. OK, then go in the bushes. I don’t know what to tell you, but I’m not gonna put my child’s life at risk because you want to change a law,  that you can be comfortable with your beliefs — which means I have to change my beliefs and my rights? No.”

Dash is also promoting a book she “write” that details her years of drug abuse so maybe her lack of a brain that fully functions can be blamed on her past.

Failing hat she should just shut the f**k up.

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Lindsey Graham, the not-gay Republican Senator from South Carolina, on what he would do as president about defense cuts:

"Here is the first thing I would do if I were President of the United States: I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We’re not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We’re not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts."

Yes, as President of the United States he would demand that the military of the United Sates imprison Congress until they do what President Graham … sorry, I puked a little typing that … wants.

Funny that, because if Obama even joked about such a thing, Miss Lindsay’s knickers would be in such a twist, and her pearls would be clutched ever so tightly.

Heather Mills, Paul McCartney’s ex-wife, on Ireland’s The Late Late Show, saying she wasn’t there to talk about McCartney while she maintains that no one asks her about him:

“No, they’re not. That’s the thing. If I go down the street, all I get is kids coming up to me, half of them don’t even know who he is. That’s why he has to do songs with Rihanna and Kanye West, so people remember. But you know, most of the time I have people coming down the street and saying, ‘Oh my god! You’re a ski-racer’ or ‘You help the animals.’ I own the biggest vegan company in the world. Most of the money goes into helping animals, disabled kids, landmine clearing charities… You know, things that are changing the world.”

Oh Heather, what can I say?

Well, for starters, anyone who says “the kids” is clearly out of touch.

And anyone who thinks that because she owns a vegan food company she’s more relevant than Paul McCartney is clearly as thick as can be.

Call me Heather if, in fifty-plus years, anyone remembers anything at all about you other than the fact that you were the second Missus Paul McCartney; you know, the one the kids remember as a horrible greedy bitch.

Stephen Sondheim, legendary composer — Into the Woods, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and Company — on Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance of The Sound of Music:

 “[S]he was a travesty. It was ridiculous, as it would be from any singer who treats that music in semi-operatic style. She had no relationship to what she was singing. What people liked was her versatility.”

Yeah, I’ll give him that, but I give Gaga props for not coming out dressed like a Nazi or a Nun, and showing she could do something else.

Barney Frank, former Congressman, on Meet The Press talking about the fight to end bigotry against the LGBT community:

“Well, I tell you, our reality is gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people beat the prejudice. I mean, the central mechanism is that we stopped hiding. And it turns out we weren't what the stereotype was. But clearly, there was a point when the notion that I could get married to Jim while I was still in Congress would've been the most bizarre possibility. I remember the time I got married, someone said, 'Well, would it be controversial if you got married while you were still in Congress?' And the answer was, yes it was. A lot of my colleagues were mad that they didn't get invited.”

That’s exactly why I think everyone needs to come out; the hiding is what makes us seem shady and devious and different and evil and makes it easier for people to dislike us, or even beat and kill us.

I mean, it’s quite easy to put down something you’ve never seen before, but once you’ve seen an actual gay person, you realize there really isn’t that much difference between us.

Kathy Griffin, joking … really, Kathy … about Taylor Swift:

“[She’s] a self righteous bag of bones [and] a mildly good singer. She’s kind of like a singing Gwyneth Paltrow to me….What the fuck is she shaking off?...It’s not special that you fucked John Mayer. I think my mom fucked him. He is a manwhore.”

Kathy being Kathy.

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Newt Gingrich, thrice-married, serial adulterer, switching it up on marriage equality:

"It is in every family. It is in every community. The momentum is clearly now in the direction in finding some way to ... accommodate and deal with reality. And the reality is going to be that in a number of American states -- and it will be more after 2014 -- gay relationships will be legal, period."

How nice that Mister-Marry-A-Woman-Cheat-On-Her-She-Gets-Cancer-I-File-For-Dovorce-Marry-The-Mistress- She-Gets-Cancer-I-File-For-Divorce-Marry-The-Mistress has decided that maybe The Gays do deserve to treat marriage like the bottom of their shoes, too.

Henry Rollins, on being an LGBT-ally:

"I appreciate and admire the day-to-day courage of the gay people I have encountered in the music world and elsewhere. I have never been put in the position of having to "stand up" for my heterosexuality. I am on the biggest possible team and it's always the home game for me. The Westboro Baptist Church's god doesn't hate me and I have lived life with an incredible amount of mobility and a low level of fear and tribulation. On the other hand, gay in Wyoming? That's some Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon highlight-reel action. I am not a religious person, but I will say that music is at least a way to live my life, it instructs me to adhere to a certain code of conduct. If I am digging music from all over the world, performed by males and females, gay and straight, then I am screwed on the prejudice front."

Understanding and equality set to music.
Thanks Henry.

Kyle Kacal, Texas GOP congressman, on what's more dangerous than guns:

"I've heard of people being killed playing ping-pong -- ping-pongs are more dangerous than guns. Flat-screen TVs are injuring more kids today than anything."

More dangerous than ping-pong balls and flat-screen TVS are politicians like Kyle Kacal, who is obviously in the pocket of the NRA.

Pope Benny, on how being gay is against God, in his annual Christmas message:

"People dispute the idea that they have a nature, given to them by their bodily identity, that serves as a defining element of the human being. They deny their nature and decide that it is not something previously given to them, but that they make it for themselves. The manipulation of nature, which we deplore today where our environment is concerned, now becomes man's fundamental choice where he himself is concerned. When freedom to be creative becomes the freedom to create oneself, then necessarily the Maker himself is denied and ultimately man too is stripped of his dignity as a creature of God"

Isn’t it interesting that, while speaking about God, he can so easily tell a portion of the world that we are unworthy?

He’s not so F%$&ing Christ-like, is he?

Barney Frank, on homophobe and bigot Antonin Scalia:

"I was glad that he made clear what’s been obvious, that he’s just a flat out bigot. I’d previously said he was a homophobe. And Fox and the rightwing said, ‘Oh just because he’s not for same-sex marriage? And I said, ‘No, let me be very clear. That’s not it. This is a man who has said you should go to prison for having sex.’ It was an extraordinarily abusive sentiment and it was dead wrong. And, by the way, for a guy who is supposed to be so smart -- quite stupid. This young man said to him, ‘Why do you compare sodomy to murder?’ And he said, ‘Well because I have a right to say if I think something is immoral.’ Well the question wasn’t about his right. The question was, By what morality is expressing your love for someone in a physical way equivalent to killing that person? It makes it clear that the man is an unreconstructed bigot, and given that you have a bigot on the Supreme Court like that, it is useful to know."

I am seriously gonna miss Barney Frank, and hope the rumors that he’ll take John Kerry’s Senate seat when Kerry becomes Secretary of State, are true.

We need Barney in government.

Bradlee Dean, hate group leader, saying Barack Obama is responsible for the Newtown murders:

"The Sandy Hook shooting occurred just days after Sen. Rand Paul sent out an alert that the U.N. was set to pass the final version of the Small Arms Treaty, supported by Obama the day after election. Part of the treaty bans the trade, sale and ownership of all semi-automatic weapons like the one Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and 6 adults. When the 'fire' is started, these government gun banners are right there to strip away your rights in an attempt to gain control under the guise of 'putting out the fire.' Adolf Hitler was responsible for attacking his own Reichstag to start a world war. Hitler was also responsible for sending his brownshirts to incite the people so he could play the role of solving their problems. No one believed Hitler was guilty of these crimes until after the fact. Then it was too late."

So, because Obama wants to halt the sale and ownership of ASSAULT weapons, he’s Hitler?

Bradlee Dean, a man who never met logic.

Tagg Romney, on his father and the presidency:

“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to . . . run. If he could have found someone else to take his place . . . he would have been ecstatic to step aside. He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them, but he has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention."

Oh, Tagg, sit down.

If your father didn’t want to be president he wouldn’t have run.

If your father didn’t think he should have been president he would have drafted a concession speech just in case.

If your father didn’t want to be president, we wouldn’t have heard a single story about how devastated he was that he lost.

He lost. Tagg. Don’t rewrite history. The majority of voters in this country did not want your father to be president. Ever.

Gareth Thomas, out rugby and fitness star, on coming out to his dad: 

"My family were amazing - once it was taken in, my dad, who is a very tough man, sat me down at home with the family; he opened a bottle of champagne and said 'this is a toast to the rest of your life son.' It was overwhelming, and my family as a whole have been superb."

I remember my dad, when I came out, saying, “I love you very much.”

I wish all coming out stories could have happy endings like mine and Gareth’s.

Ron Paul, surely angering his Teabaggin' followers, on NRA head Wayne LaPierre's call for armed guards in every public school:

"Do we really want to live in a world of police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors, X-ray scanners, and warrantless physical searches? We see this culture in our airports: witness the shabby spectacle of once proud, happy Americans shuffling through long lines while uniformed TSA agents bark orders. This is the world of government provided “security,” a world far too many Americans now seem to accept or even endorse. School shootings, no matter how horrific, do not justify creating an Orwellian surveillance state in America."

Funny, the Teabaggers want less government, but when you talk guns, they demand more government action to protect their, ahem, rights to bear arms.

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Frank Mugisha, Ugandan activist, on the proposed Kill The Gays Bill:

"If the law is passed the way it is right now, I would go to jail, and I would be killed. The bill says anyone who commits the offense [and speaks out] against this legislation more than once is a serial offender. And the fact that I’ve already said in Uganda that I’m gay, and that I’m an advocate for LGBT rights, that means I’m promoting homosexuality in Uganda, according to this bill. This legislation, if passed into law, it would automatically make me a serial offender and I would be sentenced to death." 

This is the world today?

A world where a person can be killed simply because they’re gay?

Anyone who doesn’t take a stand against Uganda—and any other place around the world with this same view—needs to rethink their humanity.

Barney Frank, saying liberals need to "empower" themselves and stay out of government-bashing:

"I have a couple books in mind: one is what I think liberals should be doing. The fundamental point is going to be that we need to empower ourselves to do more with government than we’ve been doing, both as an end in itself and then there’s a viscous cycle. People don’t like government, so they deny government the resources, we deny ourselves—which is what government is, ourselves acting collectively—we deny ourselves the resources to be effective and then because we don’t do things right, people get angrier so they deny more resources. The way to break that cycle, in my judgement, is with substantial reduction in America’s worldwide military commitments. I want us to do a better job of using our collective resources through government to improve the quality of life....I think the mistake many liberals make is in the current situation where government is unpopular, to join in the critique of government but then advocate specific expansions of government authority."

Isn’t it odd that we have no qualms about spending billions on war and warfare and the machinery of war, but we question spending money on education and health care?

Will we ever learn?

Sally Field, on her gay son, Sam and parents of LGBT people:

"It's important to have a parent speak about raising a magnificent, proud, intelligent, funny, lovable, sexy gay son. And there are so many parents who are frightened of that and who don't embrace their children as they struggle. Those children are struggling to embrace who they are, what nature intended them to be."

If we, as gay people, cannot find acceptance within our own families, how can we expect anyone else to accept us?

Allen West, wingnut and loser, comparing himself to Lincoln....Abraham Lincoln:

"Look, you know, God closes a door so that he can open up greater doors. I will continue to, you know, stand up and fight for this country. That’s my goal. I have two daughters, 19 and 16, and I want to make sure that they grow up in a great America that provides them all the opportunities that it provided to their mother and father. And always remember, Abraham Lincoln only served one term in Congress, too."

To paraphrase: Oh, Mister West, I knew Abraham Lincoln, and you, sir, are no Abraham Lincoln.

You’re just a loser still whining about losing.

Tony Perkins, on West point's Cadet Chapel hosting a lesbian wedding:

"Army officials are experts at following orders--except when it comes to federal marriage law. For the second time in two weeks, the brass at West Point opened its gates to lesbian 'wedding' ceremonies in direct defiance of the Defense of Marriage Act. Adding insult to the law's injury, Saturday's service was held in the Cadet Chapel, a 176-year-old house of worship that has been the heartbeat of the Academy's Christian community for almost two centuries. Brenda Fulton, one of the 'brides,' said the Chapel was a particularly meaningful site, because it's where she first heard the Cadet Prayer: 'Make us to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong' -- words that, in the end, even West Point failed to live up to. Fulton and her same-sex partner marched down the aisle knowing full well they were leading the military's own processional away from the rule of law."

Marriage equality is legal in New York.

DADT is over.

Build a bridge, Tony. Seriously, build a bridge and maybe you’ll be so busy with that you won’t have time to spew your idiocies.

Elaine Donnelly, drinking Tony Perkin's Kool-Aid:

"Even though Congress made it very clear and it's in the legislation that they intended the Defense of Marriage Act to be respected and honored on military bases, several times now the administration has allowed various branches of the service to disregard that. This is the most blatant example. I think West Point is going to disappoint many of its alumnus community. And I think that some people may start to question, what is the purpose of the military service academies."

Elaine, honey? You look like a Lily Tomlin character only you aren’t funny.

You’re irrelevant.

Cory Booker, Newark, New Jersey Mayor, on living on Food Stamps:

"This morning, I will begin living on a food budget of $30 a week / $4.32 per day.  This is the financial equivalent of the budget provided to people participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, in the State of New Jersey.  I will live only on a SNAP equivalent food budget for the next seven days....As I begin this journey, I am doubling down on my commitment to the Food Justice Movement that is gaining awareness and participation in this country.  We have much work to do at the local level to address a legacy of structural inequities in the American food system.  As more and more working people and families - many holding down more than one job - face greater and greater challenges to juggle housing, medical, and transportation costs, meeting nutritional needs becomes a serious problem and a social justice issue."

I think it’s cool he’s doing this. He’s walking a mile in the shoes of people with whom he might not ordinarily have anything in common.

I wish more politicians would be like that.

Adam Levine, on here Comes Honey Boo Boo:

"Seriously, Honey Boo Boo is the DECAY of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good. So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good. That show is literally The. Worst. Thing. That's. Ever. Happened. It's complete f**king ignorance and the most despicable way to treat your kids. F**k those people. You can put that in the magazine: F**k those idiots. They're just the worst. Sorry, I'm so sensitive to that—like, I don't know, man, it's upsetting. Just to clarify, I said, "F**K THOSE PEOPLE."

Okay, so I’ve never seen Honey Boo Boo and have no intention of ever seeing it, but, um, Adam? If you don’t like it, don’t watch. But, by speaking about the show in a national interview, you’re giving it publicity.

Plus, after you said your preferred method of birth control was “The Pull Out” I began to doubt any of your opinions.

Bill O'Reilly, on how same-sex marriage as an example of Christian traditions being taken away:

"If you guys don't start stepping up soon and more forcefully, you're going to lose your Christian traditions in this country. Let me give you one more example. Gay marriage. I got nothing against gay marriage. Not my issue. I want homosexual Americans to be happy and to pursue happiness. So I'm not going to be an anti-gay marriage warrior. But if you believe, and the other Christian religions, and there's a lot of em. That gay marriage is wrong and harmful, then you gotta get up there and make just as strong an argument, and you haven't. And that's why public opinion is turning against - in favor of gay marriage. You're losing these wars, father."

Bill is such a moron.

He has no problem with The Gays getting married, but he’s offering advice on how others can work against it.

Sounds like typical O’Reilly double-speak.

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Mitt Romney, in a prerecorded message for the Values Voter Summit:

"We will uphold the sanctity of life, not abandon or ignore it. And we will defend marriage, not try to redefine it. We need a President who understands that we will not have a strong economy unless we have strong communities and strong families. This isn’t conjecture or some quaint belief, it’s evidenced by a Brookings Institution study that Rick Santorum brought to my attention some time ago. For those who graduate from high school, get a full-time job, and wait until they’re 21 until they marry and then have their first child, the probability that they will be poor is 2 percent, but if those things are absent, the probability of becoming poor is 76 percent. In short, culture matters, and as President, I’ll protect our culture and preserve the values of hard work, personal responsibility, family, and faith."

So, what he’s saying is “Women? I’ll be telling you what you can and cannot do, and Gays? You will never have marriage equality in this country. And Rich Folk? I got your back.”

So presidential.

President Barack Obama, on Mittsy's many gaffes of late:

"What people want to know, though, is you're not writing off a big chunk of the country. This is a big country. And people disagree a lot but, one thing I’ve never tried to do and I think none of us can do in public office is suggest that because someone doesn’t agree with me that they’re victims or they’re unpatriotic....There are not a lot of people out there who think they’re victims. There are not a lot of people who think they’re entitled to something....We’ve got some obligations to each other, and there’s nothing wrong with us giving each other a helping hand so that that single mom’s kid, even after all the work she’s done, can afford to go to college.”

While he wants to help those 47%, Mittsy doesn’t want to be bothered.

Elizabeth Hasselbeck, The View’s resident wingnut, as always, beating the GOP drum and agreeing with Mittsy:

"I also think there's a general feeling that with more and more people becoming dependent on government that by next July we could perhaps be celebrating "Dependence Day" and not "Independence Day" in this nation."

Hasselbeck, who never met a Republican for whom she wouldn’t goosestep—remember her rabid adoration for Mama Grizzly Bore™--spewing doom and gloom for the country, because that’s how the GOP likes it: fear-based voting.

Reichen Lehmkuhl, realty show famewhore, on the demise of Logo’s The A-List:

"As much as I will miss the illustrious and fabulous life of an 'A-list reality star,' being public, being subject to the small but progressive, loud and proud, 'gay hate and take down other gays' judgment machine, and being the target of gossip from the flawless corps of amazingly accomplished, secure, sassy, role model bloggers—and don't forget the very brave commenters on those blog stories; all winners—of the gay media hate-o-sphere... the dignity department of my soul tells me that it's time for a new direction. I will, of course, also miss having the few worst moments of my life put on screen each week, with all 900 recorded hours of my best, positive, happy, benevolent, successful, charitable, fun, and loving moments vanishing, hidden as if they didn't exist, and swiftly deleted from any sort of public view whatsoever."

Funny, he takes to the media to complain about his treatment in the media, which he sought, and fought for, and probably used to pay for his Grindr account.

Rupert Everett, who once said gay actors should stay closeted, rearing his ugly head again:

"[My mother] thinks children need a father and a mother and I agree with her. I can’t think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads. Some people might not agree with that. Fine! That’s just my opinion. I’m not speaking on behalf of the gay community. In fact, I don’t feel like I’m part of any 'community.' The only community I belong to is humanity and we’ve got too many children on the planet, so it’s good not to have more."

Oh, Rupert.

So, children of single parents are just so unlucky and sad? Divorced parents should give their children to two-parent, opposite-sex couples? And so should a parent whose spouse has died?

You say you belong to the community of humanity, and yet you denigrate parts of that community regularly.

You should sit down unlike Madonna needs another gay stereotype for a movie.

Louise Pratt, Australian Labor Senator, who has a transgender partner, on the need for marriage equality:

"I am one of those hundreds of thousands of Australian citizens who knows that the laws of our nation hold our capacity for love and for commitment to be lesser because of the gender of our partner...One of hundreds of thousands of Australian citizens who knows that the laws of our nation say we are less deserving of rights, respect and recognition. We know that those ideas are not true and that the laws that reinforce them are not right. This debate has a personal impact for me...I think it is one of the bitterest, bitterest ironies of this debate that historically gay people have been stigmatized as promiscuous and immoral while being denied by the law the right to demonstrate the importance and consistency of their relationships in the way that any other Australian can. Think about that."

Amen.

Equality isn’t much to ask for, and yet many people just don’t get it.

Barney Frank, on Mittsy’s foot-in-mouth issues:

"Mitt Romney’s attack on the moral character of disabled veterans, elderly and disabled Social Security recipients, and hard-working Americans in low-wage jobs because they do not pay income taxes is especially galling given the great energy he has put into evading income taxes on his very high income. Many of those whom Mr. Romney impugns pay a significant portion of their income in payroll taxes which support Social Security and Medicare. And until Mr. Romney stops hiding his own tax records, we can speculate that those people pay a higher percentage of their income in these taxes than Mr. Romney does on his foreign accounts, tax shelters, and other evasive devices. What Mr. Romney has done is to make clear – although he had not intended to be so public about it – the philosophical rationale behind efforts of the Romney-Ryan ticket to weaken the Social Security and Medicare safety nets."

Mittsy has one agenda, and he’s had it his whole life: make Mittsy rich.

And that’s what he’d do if he was ever elected president.

Ozzie Guillen, Miami Marlins manager, on Toronto Blue Jay’s Yunel Escobar’s three game suspension for a homophobic slur:

"I think he just did it for fun. I know he didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings. Nobody is that stupid. In my house, we call (each other) that word every 20 seconds. I've got three kids. For us, it's like 'What's up, bro? What's up, dude?' It's how you say it and to who you say it. But that's our country. We have to respect this country. Sometimes for us it's funny, for other people it's not."

Ozzie? You’re an idiot. Even after your own troubles--you called a reporter a 'fag'--you still don't get that it isn't right.

Saying What’s up, fag is not family friendly, unless your family is the Westboro Baptist Church. I hope your children grow up top love their father, but understand that he is a complete moron.

Chris Kluwe, football player, LGBT ally, my newest hero:

"Every time you propagate the message that being gay is to be less than human, that same sex marriage cannot be as filled with love and laughter and tears as heterosexual marriage, that gays don’t deserve to pass a legacy on to their family, you quicken that howling storm and sweep away a tiny bit more humanity from the world, drive one more child to contemplating the cold razor’s bite, or the yawning abyss of the overdose because they simply cannot deal with the unceasing assault upon their psyche.

Well I, for one, will not stand for it.

I will not stand for a world that demeans those it finds ‘different’ or ‘gross’. I will not stand for an ideology that promotes slavish adherence to a single arbitrary standard, that sacrifices children on the altar of oppression and control. I will not stand for one more RED TINGED MUSHROOM CLOUD second of people thinking that they have the right to live someone else’s life for them, for the complete lack of empathy so often shown in our society. I stand for gay marriage. I stand for the end of segregation. I stand for a woman’s right to vote. I stand for equality under the law, for treating others how I want to be treated, for the fundamental human right to live a happy life free of tyranny. I stand for my children."

Word.

Barney Got Married!

After a long hot and sticky--and not the good kind of hot and sticky--weekend, it was nice to see a tidbit of good news this morning.

Barney got married.

No, no the purple dinosaur, and not Fred Flintstone's neighbor--he';s still married to Betty.

Barny Frank married his longtime partner, James Ready last Saturday, and, in doing so, became the first sitting congressman to enter into a same-sex marriage.

Yay!

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick--Hmmm, why didn't they ask former governor, Mittsy?--officiated the ceremony and created a few giggles during thew vows by saying that Barney and James owed to love each other through Democratic and Republican administrations alike, and through appearances on Fox News.

"Barney was beaming," said  Al Green, a Democratic congressman from Texas . He added that Frank, a champion of gay rights and the sweeping reform of Wall Street, shed a tear during the ceremony. "It was no different than any other wedding I've attended when you have two people who are in love with each other."

And that's all we need to know.

A couple, in love, tied the knot over the weekend.

Congrats to Barney and James. 

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