Tuesday, November 30, 2021
This Bitch: JK Rowling
Monday, November 29, 2021
You Can’t Fix Stupid ... A Post in Three Parts
Sunday, November 28, 2021
The Funny Papers
Clay Bennett, Michael de Adder, Adam Zyglis, JD Crowe, Darrin Bell, Kevin Siers, Jack Ohman, Deb Milbrath, Nick Anderson, John Cole, Walt Handelsman, Rick McKee, Marc Murphy, Ann Telnaes, Ed Hall
Saturday, November 27, 2021
I Ain't One To Gossip But ...
Friday, November 26, 2021
I Didn't Say It
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Thank.Full.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Architecture Wednesday: Bones House
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Good News: Kassidy Peters Gives Up Job Her Mommy Got For Her
Monday, November 22, 2021
Good News: Barronelle Stutzman's Hate Cost her $5,000 and Her Job
I
have been blogging about Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in
Washington, for years now, and I’m hoping this will be the last time. Back
story: Barronelle had a gay coulee, Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, who used her business for a decade, buying flowers for
their birthdays, for their anniversary, for holidays, for condolences, and,
well, just because. And when marriage equality came to Washington state,
Ingersoll and Freed went to Arlene’s Flowers to order for their wedding, and
that’s when Barronelle told them that her religion forbid her from selling
flowers to gay men for their wedding. And
thus the lawsuits began; Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed sued for discrimination
based on sexual orientation, and Barronelle Stutzman whined about the Baby
Jeebus telling her not to sell flowers to The Gays … well, sell to them for everything
but their wedding. The case went back and forth and round and round and now, it
finally looks like it’s over, eight years after it started. A
settlement agreement has been secured between the anti-LGBTQ+ Alliance
Defending Freedom and the ACLU which finally ends that lawsuit brought against Stutzman
without forcing her to act against her religious beliefs or to pay potentially
ruinous attorneys’ fees—a threat she has endured for years. But
all is not golden for Stutzman; she will retire from the business she owns—meaning
her bigotry is no longer on display—and she will withdraw a pending petition
for rehearing at the Supreme Court –her case was heard once and she lost
because … hate—and she must pau Ingersoll and she must pay Ingersoll and Freed $5,000. Not a
lot of money but, just think, if Barronelle Stutzman hadn’t been such a
hate-filled bigot, she might have made a few thousand dollars for Ingersoll and
Freed for their wedding, and then continued to make more from them over these
last eight years, but, instead, she has to cough up the coins. Let
me say it as simply as I can for people like Barronelle Stutzman: if a gay
couple asks you to bake a cake, or make a dress, or take some photos, or rent
them a venue, for their wedding there are not asking you to take part in
their event. They are simply making a business transaction. It only becomes an
issue when y’all whip out your Bibles, which, if you read carefully, says
nothing about denying services to gay couples who wish to marry. You
read the Bible wrong and spewed hate, and in the long run, you lost. Good. Bye. Barronelle
Stutzman Gets Busted! UPDATE:
Judge Rules Against Florist Who Refused Service To Gay Couple An Open
Letter To Barronelle Stutzman |
Sunday, November 21, 2021
The Funny Papers
Matt Wuerker, Michael de Adder, Dave Whamond, Randy Bish, David Horsey, Darrin Bell, John Cole, Marc Murphy, Clay Bennett, Kevin Siers, Jack Ohman, Steve Sack, Ann Telnaes, Mike Luckovich, RJ Matson, Bill Bramhall,