I Didn't Say It........

Martin O'Malley, Maryland's hottie pro-equality governor, on the passage of marriage equality:
"I'd like to thank Senate President Miller for his leadership and our legislators in the Senate for their hard work and their vote today for human dignity. All children deserve the opportunity to live in a loving, caring, committed, and stable home, protected equally under the law. The common thread running through our efforts together in Maryland is the thread of human dignity; the dignity of work, the dignity of faith, the dignity of family, the dignity of every individual. Thanks to our elected leaders, clergy and faith-based leaders, community leaders, civic organizations, civil rights groups, and citizens from across our state, Maryland will now be able to protect individual civil marriage rights and religious freedom equally."

Yay!
'Nuff said.

Dan Savage, on newly outed Sheriff Paul Babeu:
"In this political climate, with 'conservative' now synonymous with political homophobia, a man who claims to be a 'true conservative' doesn't just default straight. He defaults bigoted. Conservative voters will assume he holds anti-gay political beliefs and they will expect him to vote anti-gay should he be elected to office. So Sheriff Babeu stood to benefit politically—and may have actively sought to benefit politically—from the assumption that he was 1. straight and 2. anti-gay."

Nothing good come from being closeted.
And if you're willing to lie about yourself, you're willing to lie about anything.
It's that Get Elected At Whatever Cost mentality.

Newt "Chucky" Gingrich, on Mittsy dropping out of the race if he loses his home state of  Michigan--though the same doesn't apply to him if he loses Georgia:
"If he can't carry his home state, I think the rationale for why is there a Romney candidacy - he's not a candidate of ideas. He's not a candidate of ideologies....Given the chaos of this race, I wouldn't say anything, but it's - but I'm certainly willing to say I think it's extraordinarily important to carry your home state. And also has an underlying impact if you don't."

Oh Chucky. Long before Mittsy loses in November, you'll have dropped out of the race and found some new plaything to schtup.
And we'll all be saying, Told you so.

Ricky Martin, on marriage:
"I wish people understood that love manifests in different ways. Allow me to have my life and I won't mess with yours. That's when I struggle and get angry and punch the table. And then I talk. Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' Trust me, everybody is asking me when I'm going to get married. People that I don't know are pushing it. But it's not something that we're talking about."

I used to be annoyed with Ricky, when he was a closeted little gay man. i wanted him to come out because I thought, by doing so, he might help any number of young gay men feel good about themselves.
But Ricky keeps going one step further, using his voice and his influence for equality.
Thanks Ricky.

Newt "Chucky" Gingrich--again....he's trying to stay relevant--on religion and Obama:
"I think that it's very clear that this is an administration which believes that secular government--they believe that the President is superior to the Pope in the ability to define what the church is allowed to do. Obama's position, which is truly dishonest--this new compromise is, I mentioned Orwell's '1984.' This is Orwellian . We have been through a fifty year period, starting in the 1960s, in which the courts, and the bureaucracies, and now the politicians have waged war on religious freedom in America. And I think we need to understand this is just one more phase in an ongoing assault on Christianity and on Judaism and on organized religion by secularists who believe that they have the right to get between man and God."

Um, Newt, you serial fucker? In this country the President is superior to the Pope.
Or, if you won the office--which is so funny it makes my sides hurt--would you install the Pope--and all his Pedophile Priests--into government.
Separation of church and state, Chucky.
Say it with me.

Bill Maher, on the GOP:
"Unemployment is down, confidence is up, DOW 5,000 above Bush - or as Republicans put it, let's talk about gay people and abortion!"

Every four years the GOP runs for office not on the issues of the day--war, unemployment, the economy, the environment--but on fear.
It strikes me funny that the party that wants smaller government also wants that smaller government in every aspect of daily life.

Gary Cass, head of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, doing the Gays Are Nazi's goosestep:
"Contrary to what many people may think, the homosexual movement is not filled with some harmless little group of wispy effeminate gays sipping lattes who just want to be left alone. Rather, the leaders of the homosexual movement are in fact some of the most powerful, aggressive and influential individuals in America. They have taken seriously what the homosexual philosopher Nietzsche, Hitler’s inspiration, espoused, that 'the will to power' is what really makes a person great."

Wow, first he uses that age-old stereotype about gay folks, and then he calls us Nazis.
See, you need to be a'scurred of us because we're wispy little femmes drinking all the lattes, but then you also need to worry about us because we are the most powerful group in the world.
Which is it, Gary?
Are we heading to Starbucks or taking over the world?

Neil Abercrombie, governor of Hawaii, filed his answer to a lawsuit challenging Hawaii's ban on same-sex marriage: 
"Under current law, a heterosexual couple can choose to enter into a marriage or a civil union. A same-sex couple, however, may only elect a civil union. My obligation as Governor is to support equality under law. This is inequality, and I will not defend it."

Nice to see a governor of Hawaii stand up for what's right.
Inequality doesn't work. It's just separate but equal, and that didn't turn out very good, did it?

Alan Simpson, former senator from Wyoming, on Rick Santorum's homophobia:
"He said, 'I want a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage,' and they said, 'Well, what about the people who are already married?' And he said, 'Well, they would be nullified.' I mean what is, what's human, what's kind about that? We're all human beings, we all know or love somebody who's gay or lesbian so what the hell is that about? To me it's startling and borders on disgust."

Too true.
Rick Santorum portrays himself as a man of god, then in his next breath denigrates anyone who doesn't fall into line with his limited worldview.
He dangerous, because he's stupid. And sometimes stupid has a lot of followers.

Chris "Krispy Kreme" Christie, calling Obama a coward about marriage equality:
"The President is silent on this like he’s silent on every issue that’s difficult for him. [...] Let’s have the President of the United States show some courage, come on this program, look into the camera like I’m looking into the camera, and state his position. He won’t because he wants to have it both ways. I’m not looking to have it both ways, I vetoed the bill. That’s my position. What I’ve offered to the supporters of same-sex marriage is if one of your reasons for why I should have voted signed it was because you’re telling me the majority of the people of New Jersey want it, then prove it. Put it on the ballot and prove it. At least I’m standing up for what I believe in. The President has hidden on this issue, Jonathan, he’s hidden on it….This is the type of cowardice that we don’t want."

But, um, you blowhard? Do we want someone who will deny us equality, outright say we don't deserve it? Someone who would put the rights of one American up for a vote by the rest of America?
You're an asshat, Krispy.

Hawaii Gets More LGBT Friendly

First, Hawaii legalized civil unions.

Then its Senate confirmed a lesbian to the Hawaii Supreme Court.

And now this.

Last week the Hawaii Senate voted 22-2 to extend employment protections to transgender people.

Oh, but they did. Now all the legislation needs is Governor Neil Abercrombie's signature.

The new law will prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity. And, when it becomes law--since Abercrombie seems poised to sign it--Hawaii will join 12 other states, and the District of Columbia, in providing transgender employment, housing and public accommodation protections.

Twelve down. Thirty-eight to go. Equality marches on.

I Didn't Say It...........

Andrew Pierce, editor of the UK's Daily Mail, on Elton John and David Furnish having a child:

"I can’t help feeling that his decision to become a father is another grotesque act of selfishness from Sir Elton, and that the child is a little Christmas bauble he and his partner have awarded themselves. How telling it is that he was born on Christmas Day....He [Sir Elton] is also an aging, pampered, self-indulgent millionaire—look at the absurd names he and Furnish have given the poor child, for heaven’s sake! And it is the nagging suspicion that Elton—a man who is by nature an obsessive—has simply acquired a son to satisfy his latest fixation that I find repellent....[But] let me make my position clear. I am a gay man and I believe same sex couples should be allowed to adopt or have their own children—although I think that in ideal ­circumstances a child should be brought up by a mother and father."

And, as a gay man, you should be celebrating the fact that these two men want to raise a child together and not spend time speculating on the reasons why.

Maybe they just want to be parents.

Dan Savage, on GOProud:

"GOProud isn't a pro-gay rights organization, they're an organization of gay quislings and useful idiots that help to window-dress the Republican party which is really still rabidly anti-gay to it's core. It's a little window dressing, a little gay window dressing, that allows them to appeal to moderates perhaps and independents as being less bigoted than the Republican party actually is."

Nicely put, as usual, from Dan Savage.

GOProud seems to exist merely to placate the LGBT community in relation tot he GOP, but I don't think we need placating, we need equality.

Anthony Verdugo, founder of Florida's Christian Family Coalition, on the DADT repeal:

"It is a tragic day for our nation when legitimizing sodomy is preferred over the morale and combat-readiness of America's military. Sadly, those who voted to repeal DADT don’t know that although they won this battle, they have lost the war. The movement to support our Armed Forces is more powerful than ever and will continue to build strength until we win. This cowardly political betrayal of America's service men and women will not be forgotten on Election Day."

Wow.

Where to begin?

Um, gay men and women want to serve in the military, risking their lives, so they can have sex with other men and women?

Um, they can do that anywhere.

Gay men and women want to serve their country for the same reasons that straight men and women do, and it has nothing to do with sex.

Asshat.

Reichen Lehmkuhl, of the 'reality' show The A List, responding to the editor of Next Magazine, who says that each "cringe-worthy" episode of the Logo show probably canceled out 100 'It Gets Better' videos":

"I don't appreciate your bullying words. You can save your 'vapid queens' comment for, well, no one. I can't even imagine speaking this way about other human beings. That you would reduce my existence to someone who is a 'vapid queen' says more about what you don't know about me, along with the kind of person you must be. Is this seriously how a 'senior editor' at a magazine talks about people?"

Oh, to be a D-list pseudo celebrity who takes umbrage at being called a vapid queen when, if you've seen five minutes of the show, you realize he is a vain, vapid, egotistical, self-indulgent, gym rat, glamor boy wannabe

Vapid is just the first step.

Mama Grizzly Bore, on her 'reality' show, talking about conservation, as she chainsawed a tree:

"Conservationists write me these nasty letters because I support an industry like this. They write me these nasty letters using their pretty little pencils on their pretty little stationery not realizing. Where do you think your pencil and your piece of paper came from, people? It came from a tree that was harvested."

Okay, MGB, I guess by your logic, oil spills are okay because we drive cars, and so we shouldn't complain.

Maybe, just maybe, if you pull your self-involved head out of your self-involved ass, you might realize that conservationists are just looking at different ways to do things other than destroying our environment.

Seriously, MGB, you are the dumbest human being ever.

Newly elected Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie, on Birthers:

"It's an insult to his mother and to his father, and I knew his mother and father; they were my friends, and I have an emotional interest in that. It's an emotional insult. It is disrespectful to the president; it is disrespectful to the office. What bothers me is that some people who should know better are trying to use this for political reasons. Maybe I'm the only one in the country that could look you right in the eye right now and tell you, 'I was here when that baby was born.'"

While I appreciate his efforts, no one, and I mean no one, is going to convince anyone who thinks Obama wasn't born in this country that was he was born here.

Stupid goes all the way to the bone.

Richard Chamberlain, on gay male actors staying closeted:

actor to come out."

Hmm, Dick? May I call you Dick, because you're talking like a dick.

The reason there is still such homophobia in this country is because gay men and women are in the closet.

That ignorance of what gay men and women are is what feeds the homophobia and the fear.

Better that we all come out and show the world that we are just like everyone else--only a wee bit more fabulous!