I Didn't Say It ....

Robbie Rogers, LA Galaxy openly gay soccer player, says no gay players have reached out to him:

"I've received phone calls and I've spoken with all my friends here in the UK and around the world that have supported me, but I haven't had one message from a [gay] footballer. It reminds me of the fear that I had - you remember that atmosphere and how it made you feel. It just shows there's a huge problem. What do you do to change that, do you try to support them to create an environment that would support them to come out and they would feel comfortable in? It's really tough."

Juts shows that we still have much more work to do towards acceptance and tolerance and understanding.

Rachel Maddow, on the  federal court ruling striking down Utah's same-sex marriage ban.

"And so the ruling came down surprising everyone by 2:00 in Utah. And by 3:00 people were marrying in that state!...Does this Utah decision today just feel like it's a different decision than all the others because - forgive me - it's freaking Utah! Or is the fact that this is a federal court ruling - does that mean that this is just more than the next step - that this could be a harbinger that anti-gay laws around the country are more done than we thought they were?"

I think she’s right.

My first thought, too, was U-freaking-tah!

Gary Herbert, Utah governor, expressing his dismay and vowing to continue the fight to protect traditional marriage:

"I am very disappointed an activist federal judge is attempting to override the will of the people of Utah. I am working with my legal counsel and the acting Attorney General to determine the best course to defend traditional marriage within the borders of Utah."

Um, Gary, we don’t let the majority rules on the Civil Rights of the minority in this country where all men, gay and straight, are created equal.

Annise Parker, openly gay Houston mayor, on  Robertson and the controversy surrounding his anti-gay comments and suspension from Duck Dynasty.

"I have never watched 'Duck Dynasty,' so I don't think about it much at all. I've been a gay community activist since the mid-70s. It was a very different time. We were fighting to keep people out of jails and mental hospitals. What some redneck wingnut has to say about the GLBT community is completely irrelevant."

And, like Robertson, who has the right to his opinion, Parker has the right to hers.

And I agree with her.

Seth Anderson [right] who was legally married to Michael Ferguson last week in Utah:

"Today, December 23, Republican Governor Gary Herbert has declared the State of Utah will go before a judge to 'defend traditional marriage within the borders of Utah.' I don’t know how he can say that as a Utahan and as a Mormon. Traditional marriage in Utah is non-traditional. How delightfully ironic that today, December 23, Mormons will remember the birthday of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, a man who had 34 wives, 1/3 of whom married Joseph while simultaneously married to other men and 1/3 of whom were under the age of 20. The founder of Salt Lake City and colonizer of Utah, Brigham Young, had 55 wives and 34 children. 21 of his wives had never been married, 16 were widows, 6 were divorced, and 6 had living husbands."

Doesn’t sound like Utah really has a stake in so-called one-man-one-woman marriage.

Mama Grizzly Bore™, supporting Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and trotting out the “unnamed” gay friend stance:

"In fact, a friend of mine who happens to be gay, she emailed me to say she is outraged at A&E for the hypocrisy here, for the things that they air on their program that she finds offensive, yet A&E doesn't fire a star or somebody involved in their programming based on what they said but they would  when it comes to Phil on Duck Dynasty and this friend, she said that she would boycott A&E and that network, and uh, um, she's not the only one."

First off, if you’re gonna be a spokesman, learn to speak. This rambling, incoherent, cracked out mess of a statement makes no sense.

And for the love of the goddess, quit saying “my gay friend” because if you really had a gay friend who really supported Robertson you’d be sayin’ her name and winkin’ and smilin’ and aw shuckin’ yer ass all over town.

Just When You Think A Republican Couldn't Get Any More Idiotic

I, like many of you, don't often equate Utah with moderate government officials. Well, that wasn't always right. Utah's former governor, Jon Huntsman, who resigned his position because--no, no adulterous affair or drug addiction or random acts of stupidity--he was named ambassador to China. Huntsman, while a Republican, was at least moderate in his dealings with the LGBT community.

Not so the asshat who's taken his place.

New governor, Gary Herbert, has said that discriminating against gay people shouldn't be illegal, although he would prefer it if everyone were treated with respect.

Shouldn't.Be.Illegal.

Herbert, who, like an ostrich buries his head although in a much hotter more rancid locale, does not believe sexual orientation should be a protected class in the same way as race, gender and religion. He says: "We don't have to have a rule for everybody to do the right thing. We ought to just do the right thing because it's the right thing to do and we don't have to have a law that punishes us if we don't."

Well, then Gary, let's get rid of all rules because people should just know that rape is not good and speeding is bad and murder, well, no one really likes that. So, why do we need any rules at all, Gary?

Seriously, Utah, this is your governor.

Sheesh, look who I'm talking to: Utah!

Will Carlson, Equality Utah's public policy director, said: "I agree that we ought to be able to just do the right thing. Unfortunately, the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission makes it clear that not all employers are doing the right thing."

And so, while Salt Lake City is considering an anti-discrimination ordinance, conservative lawmakers are eyeing passage of a state law that would trump it, and newly appointed dumbass Governor Gary Herbert is reserving judgement on the ordinance because, get this, he hasn't read it. Still, he's made it quite clear that he doesn't like the idea of protected classes in general.

Dumbass Governor Gary Herbert: "Where do you stop? I mean that's the problem going down that slippery road. Pretty soon we're going to have a special law for blue-eyed blondes ... or people who are losing their hair a little bit. There's some support for about anything we put out there. I'm just saying we end up getting bogged down sometimes with the minutiae of things that government has really no role to be involved in."

Hey Gary, lemme break it down for you.....I'll wait until you pull your head out of your ass. Okay, better now? Here goes: when it becomes clear that blue-eyed blondes or men with combovers are being denied housing, being denied jobs, or being fired from their jobs just because they're blue-eyed blondes or balding men, then maybe, just maybe, we'll do something about it.

Utah, you have an asshat for governor.

An Opinionless Politician.....A Spineless Politician

Utah has a new governor who doesn't know where he stands on LGBT issues.

Yes, the man does not have an opinion.

Lt. Governor Gary Herbert, who will be sworn in as governor sometime in the next few weeks, has yet to stake out positions on a host of gay rights issues supported by the departing and highly popular Governor Jon Huntsman, who is set to become the U.S. Ambassador to China.

Now, you may ask yourself why is it, and how is it, that Herbert has no opinions. It seems he is less concerned with LGBT issues than making sure he is governor longer than just the remainder of Huntsman's term.

Politics as usual.

Utah has become a focal point for LGBT rights issues because it is home to the Mormon Church, a group that has spent millions spreading hate throughout California; a group that has spent far too much time keeping the gays from kissing in public. But in Utah, 60 percent of the population is Mormon, as are Herbert, Huntsman and more than 80 percent of legislators. Huntsman, however, supports civil unions, although he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Herbert, on the other hand, stays mum.

"It's premature for him to say what position he will take on these bills," said Jason Perry, Herbert's transition director. "We don't know what will be in those. He will keep a very open mind as he hears what the issues are."

Hears what the issues are? He doesn't know the issues? This is just political posturing for the sake of gaining public office and keeping oneself in that office. I don't think there's a human being in this country who doesn't have an opinion on LGBT issues.

Except for Gary Herbert.