This These Bitches

Remember This Bitch? GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy who claimed he’d been wounded in battle and still had the bullet in his arm to prove it? Except he told a park ranger he’d shot himself when he dropped his pistol;? And a doctor who saw the X-ray of the bullet said it was from a handgun and not a military type of weapon? Remember that Bitch?

Well, he got all kinds of pissy when people suggested  he made the whole thing up, but now comes a National Park Service report that includes a detailed written statement from Sheehy to a law enforcement officer regarding Sheehy having accidentally shot himself on October 18, 2015; Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency in 2015.

Sheehy now says that story, the one he apologized for and asked for leniency about was a lie. He has told voters he has a bullet in his arm from his time serving in Afghanistan because that sounds better than shooting yourself in the arm.

Liar.

The Diocese of Brooklyn, led by Bishop Robert J. Brennan, has entered into an agreement with the Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James regarding the diocese’s two-decade child protection policy. Both organizations have issued a press release on this matter.

But according to Hate Group, AKA The Catholic League, spokesperson, Bill Donohue, the Office of the Attorney General’s [OAG] account misrepresents the terms of the agreement reached with the Diocese of Brooklyn [DB]. Donohue says the OAG contends that “the agreement requires the Diocese to take significant action to prevent and address allegations of clergy sexual abuse” and make reforms such as “Installing an independent, secular monitor who will oversee the Diocese’s compliance with policies and procedures … ” but Donohue also claims it was the Diocese which proposed the appointment of an independent third party to monitor compliance, and then drops this whopper:

“As I recount in my book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes, there is no institution in the nation that has a better record in combating the sexual abuse of minors today than the Catholic Church. This is not open to debate: the data are conclusive. And this has been true for decades.”

Wait, so the group that has paid out hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to settle cases against pedophile priests—who were often shielded from prosecution by being moved to different parishes or even sent to the Vatican to avoid arrest and prosecution—has the best record in combating sexual abuse of minors?

Oh, Bill, you and your Catholic League and your Catholic Church and all your pedophile priests can fuck all the way off.

GOP Senator Josh Hawley—the guy who fist bumped the insurrectionists on January 6 but was then seen on video scurrying through the Capitol building as the rioters busted the windows and entered the building—went on Fox News to complain that American infrastructure is in disrepair; roads are failing, bridges are collapsing, and planes are falling apart in the sky.

Hawley, in case you forgot, because he clearly did, voted against that massive bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in 2021; at the time, Hawley called it a “radical left woke politics bill.”

This is the problem with the GOP: the lies, the lies, the lies.

Bobservations

Carlos plays trumpet in a local community band, and after a summer off, rehearsals were set to start this week … as he told me.

Normally, I will prepare something on Sunday that we can heat up for dinner on Monday as we only have about an hour at home before I drive him to rehearsal. But, as bad luck would have it, this past Monday I got stuck at work for about forty minutes longer. I called Carlos before 5PM and asked if he could get a ride home; I told him there was meat sauce and pasta already cooked, all he had to do was heat it up; I told him I would get home as soon as I could and then drive him to rehearsal.

And so, I ran around, finishing my work, and then racing home as he was finishing his dinner. I told him I wanted to jump in the shower real quick and then I’d drive him.

Being a sweetheart, Carlos asked me if I wanted him to see if a friend could pick him up and drive, and I said, “Yes! YES!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!” And, while I showered, and then wolfed down a quick sandwich, Carlos made the call, and then came into the kitchen …

“Rehearsals don’t start until next Monday.”

Where did I put my cartoon frying pan?

Kevin “I grope young boys because I’m gay” Spacey’s first film since being replaced by Christopher Plummer in All The Money in the World, Billionaire Boys Club opened in 10 theaters last weekend and took in $126.00 … and that is no typo. That is a per theater average of $12.60, which doesn’t even equal two tickets in some places or even one ticket in others!

Too bad, so sad.

In better news, this week two fans of Kelly Clarkson, two women, Tweeted the singer that they’d just gotten married:

“@kelly_clarkson WE DID IT!”

And Kelly Tweeted back:

“Congrats you two!!”

And then a homophobe Tweeted Kelly:

“Sorry Kelly…. love your music but I don’t dig the dikes…still a sin any way you cut it.”

And Kelly replied:

“I almost didn’t respond 2 this because hate doesn’t deserve a spotlight but u know what, truth does, & the truth is that God is Love, & Love shared between two people should be praised not condemned in my personal opinion. I love u 2 although we see the world/love differently.”

Love Kelly Clarkson.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue is still laying the blame for priests raping, groping, fondling, sexually molesting children on anyone and everyone but those priests and the church that shielded them.

Donohue and the Church tried to call what those priests did as “horseplay and wrestling and inappropriate contact” and not rape because, as Donohue says, the victims were not penetrated. He goes on to denounce the media for using the term “pedophilia” to describe the incidents when, Donohue again claims, most of the victims were “postpubescent.” And finally, as he always does, Donohue then lays the blame on so-called “gay priests”.

Again, the Church claims it was horseplay, that children weren’t raped, that priests aren’t pedophiles and that it’s all the gay’s fault.

In a continuation of his descent into Nixonian behavior, comes word that _____ told his advisers that he wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to arrest Omarosa Manigault Newman, though it’s not clear what law she broke.

He just wants her locked away, so she’ll stop talking. And then, in an effort to shift the conversation away from all those taped conversations coming out, that’s when _____ revoked former C.I.A. director John Brennan’s security clearance.

It’s all smoke and mirrors and manipulation and lies.

Oops, word got out that Cadet Bone Spurs military parade to salute the Draft Dodger In Chief, was going to cost $80 million more than the original $12 million and now it’s off.

And he is pissed.

I, however, find it funny, and telling, that the GOP, who paints themselves with the fiscal conservative brush, would ever allow such a parade to take place but they’re slaves to their Orange Master.

An actor named JJ Totah recently starred as a young gay boy in the NBC show Champions … which was in June.

This month JJ, now known as Josie, came out as transgender in an essay in TIME magazine: entitled My Name Is Josie Totah — And I’m Ready to Be Free:

“When I was really young, growing up in a small town in Northern California, people would just assume I was gay. On the playground, I was the type of kid who wanted to sing with the girls, not play soccer with the boys. Then I found myself playing that role once I got into the entertainment industry, and people kept assuming my identity. Numerous reporters have asked me in interviews how it feels to be a young gay man. I was even introduced that way before receiving an award from an LGBTQ+ rights organization. I understand that they didn’t really know better. I almost felt like I owed it to everybody to be that gay boy. But that has never been the way I think of myself. My pronouns are she, her and hers. I identify as female, specifically as a transgender female. And my name is Josie Totah. I can only imagine how much more fun it’s going to be to play someone who shares my identity, rather than having to contort myself to play a boy. I’m going to gun for those roles, be it a transgender female or a cisgender female. Because it’s a clean slate — and a new world.”

Good for her, and Welcome Out, and, naturally, please accept as our gifts the Official Coming Out Toaster Oven and a copy of The Gay Agenda, because it applies to our trans brothers and sisters as well.

Welcome out! Be free!

Oh Madge … she appeared at this week’s MTV VMA’s to present the award for Video of the Year and before she did so, she paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, although the tribute was all about Madge.

Wearing a traditional dress and jewelry from Malawi she told the story of how, before she was Madonna, she was a broke professional dancer living in a crack house in NYC, getting mistaken for a hooker and going to auditions.

But one day, because she loved Aretha so, she “sang” an acoustic version of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman during an audition for some “French disco sensation.”

Yes, we wouldn’t have Madonna if it wasn’t for Aretha, but we heard nothing about Aretha, we just heard a story of how Madonna became Madonna.

Take a seat, Madge, you’re not needed here.

After Tuesday's news of Manafort and Cohen going to jail, with every news channel covering the stories, this is what Fox News’ Brett Baier did to close his show:

“Finally tonight, after an intense day of news, multiple breaking stories, intense, serious … puppies. Just puppies. OK, just thought you’d like that.”

Yup, he showed pictures of puppies. And then Fox resumed its nonstop “an immigrant killed a white girl” coverage and coving Hair Furor’s cult rally in West Virginia where he never once said Cohen or Manafort’s name, but continued to rail about football players taking a knee.

Puppies and racist bull shiz from Fox.

We saw a film called Permission last weekend, about a young couple sort of pushed into maybe having a few more sexual experiences before they settle down and tie the knot and there were some hotties up in there.

First up, left, Dan Steven, formerly of Downton Abbey, with those gorgeous baby blues and an even nicer tush.

Next up, was François Arnaud, one of the men that the girl hooks up with; let’s just say that François, in all his glory, is glorious.

Lastly, Morgan Spector, a hottie spy in Homeland, plays one half of a gay couple in the film, and his rock-hard body in their love scene was a wonder to behold.

Just sayin’.

I Didn't Say It ....

Tim Watts, an Australian member of parliament, on his gay uncle, same-sex marriage and anti-marriage Prime Minister Tony Abbot:

“So I am tossing the script and talking about a gay man that I knew: a man that I called my Uncle Derek but who my Uncle Ian was never able to call his husband. It’s a horrific thing to watch someone die from AIDS, [and] it was particularly horrific in the Queensland of the 1980s and ’90s — to have to do so not only with the horrors of the illness but the indignities and horrors of a lack of recognition from the society around you. To have to deal with being beaten by hateful thugs on the street while your body was destroying itself from the inside. … It’s obviously a very personal issue. I haven’t spoken publicly about this at all. Being confronted with Tony Abbott telling another generation that it would have to wait again was the last straw. I couldn’t stop thinking about my uncle and a generation of gay men who died before being able to see the opportunity to have full equality under the law.”

It’s time, Australia, it’s time.

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Miley Cyrus, on Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood video:

“I don’t get the violence revenge thing. That’s supposed to be a good example? And I’m a bad role model because I’m running around with my titties out? I’m not sure how titties are worse than guns.”

I usually find Miley more than a little obnoxious, but she has a point. People rave about Swifty’s violent video but rage about Miley’s overtly sexualized performances?

Now, I ain’t a titty man, but I’d take ‘em over guns any day … though I probably wouldn’t know what to do with either one.

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Bill Donohue, on the charges against anti-gay Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder:

“They want him behind bars. His offense? He quoted from the Bible. … If found guilty, he could serve up to three years in prison. These same activists would like to arrest Pope Francis, if they could. After all, the Holy Father has quite openly condemned homosexuality and gender theory. Explicitly, he has labeled proposals to legalize gay marriage ‘the envy of the Devil,’ and has said, ‘Gender ideology is demonic!’ Gay fascists are on the rise in North America and Europe. Their goal is to criminalize the Bible, and to destroy freedom of speech and religion.”

First off, wingnut. Huonder said the Bible is clear what to do with gays: put them to death. How is that, in any way, a Christian thing to say?

Asshat.

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John Waters, on calling Caitlyn Jenner ‘Bruce’ and wondering why you can’t make jokes about her:

“The Bruce Jenner/Caitlyn thing is kind of old hat to me. I had a transgender woman in Pink Flamingos. She had breasts and a penis. She got the operation that week. That was radical to me then. Caitlyn’s a Republican, she’s on a reality show, and she’s a Kardashian. We can’t make fun of him or her?”

First off, John, it’s her. Get used to it, because to call Caitlyn ‘him’ is both offensive and wrong.

And, go ahead and make jokes about Caitlyn and the Kardastrophes and being a Republican, but stay away from the anti-trans humor.

That’s all people are asking.

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Jeremiah Johnson, pastor [?], on how [t]Rump has been sent to us by God:

“The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, ‘Trump shall become My trumpet to the American people, for he possesses qualities that are even hard to find in My people these days. Trump does not fear man nor will he allow deception and lies to go unnoticed. I am going to use him to expose darkness and perversion in America like never before, but you must understand that he is like a bull in a china closet. Many will want to throw him away because he will disturb their sense of peace and tranquility, but you must listen through the bantering to discover the truth that I will speak through him. I will use the wealth that I have given him to expose and launch investigations searching for the truth.”

Siddown Crazy. The last thing God has time for is American politics, because she’s too busy sending typhoons to Taiwan and killing babies in Africa.

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Mike Huckabee, again being anti-trans in saying the military doesn’t need to accept transgender people:

“The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. It’s not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse. The purpose is to protect America. I’m not sure how paying for transgender surgery for soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines makes our country safer.”

The military is there to kill people? Don't get started on that ....

Equality, Huckleberry. Equality makes America great, and safe, because when people are treated equally they feel safer and they work harder and better to keep it that way.

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Kristin Beck, a 20-year-veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and a trans woman, responding to the Huckster:

“He’s taking his religion and his personal beliefs and disenfranchising a large portion of the population. And I just think as a leader, you need to put the people ahead of your own feelings sometimes. Governor Huckabee has no idea what it means to sacrifice. It’s service and sacrifice over your own person. Others above self—always—and he does not understand that.”

You’d have to serve in the military to understand, but like all War Hawks, Huckabee never served.

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I Didn't Say It ...

Michiel Huisman, of Game of Thrones, on being a sex object:

“I ­always liked that because the roles were reversed. Here’s a woman [the Daenerys Targaryen character on GoT] . . . taking full control over her pleasure, y’know? Telling a man to take off his clothes, where it’s often the other way around. I was happy to be a victim of that.”

I’m happy he likes to be a victim of that whole nekkid on TV stuff.

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Vladimir Putin, telling an Italian newspaper that he cannot recall having ever made a mistake:

"I’ll be totally frank with you. I cannot recollect anything of the kind. It appears that the Lord built my life in a way that I have nothing to regret."

Delusional fuckwad.

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Jim Obergefell, speaking to New York Magazine, about his Supreme Court case for marriage equality:

"It’s incredible to think that my name, John's and my story, is a landmark case that will be in history books. That’s an incredible thing, on an intellectual level. It’s the emotional level where I’m still catching up to that. It just doesn’t seem possible, and it doesn’t seem at all possible that I’m the person at the center of it. Knowing that I wasn’t an activist, and knowing that it all started just because John and I loved each other."

Sometimes being in love, and demanding to be married, is activism.

Love can be activism.

Read Jim and John's story HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

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Bill Donohue, on Archbishop John Niendstedt's resignation in light of criminal charges being filed against his diocese:

"Ever since Nienstedt criticized the gay movie, Brokeback Mountain, he has been a marked man. The Star Tribune, the St. Cloud Times, Minnesota Public Radio, the New York Times, as well as an array of wayward priests, Catholic journalists, former Catholics, and unethical lawyers, have been out to get him. Just today, Fr. Mike Tegeder said it was a good sign that Nienstedt resigned; Tegeder supports gay marriage. Nienstedt’s sin is that he is an orthodox Catholic. Nienstedt was twice accused of inappropriate touching, and twice the charges proved false. He is a good man who was unfairly treated."

Wait. What? His troubles started when he gave Brokeback Mountain a bad review? And it had nothing to do with him aiding and abetting pedophile priests? And it had nothing to do with the charges of sexual harassment, and misconduct, leveled at Nienstedt by priests he came on to?

Huh.

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Mama Grizzly Bore™, cheering on Donald Trump for President:

“Trump joins a competitive field of GOP candidates that will duke it out in the arena of ideas and track records, a field representing diverse achievements. This, in contrast with the pro-big government party’s practice of merely anointing a chosen one, thus robbing voters of healthy debate.”

Someone wants to be Vice President ... again. Too bad her chances are as good as Trump's and no better than her last failure.

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I Didn't Say It ...

Common, accepting his Golden Globe for the sing 'Glory' from Selma:

"I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote. I am the caring white supporter killed on the frontlines of freedom. I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet. I am the two police officers murdered in the line of duty. 'Selma' has awakened my humanity."

I love that quote.

Just like the Civil Rights movement in the 60s was not a Black or White issue, but a people issue, the march for LGBT equality is also not a Black or White, or Gay or Straight movement, it’s equality for people.

Marco Rubio, Flori-duh Senator, on marriage equality in his state:

"If they wanted to change that law, they should have gone to the legislature or back to the Constitution and try to change it. I don’t agree we should be trying to make those changes through the courts. ... While I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman, while people want to change that law — and a lot of people apparently do – there is a way to do that. You go through the legislature, or you go on the ballot, but I don’t agree the courts have the power to do this."

I can’t help but think that Marco Rubio, an asshat and fibber of epic proportions, would speak out against equality in Florida no matter how it was achieved: ballot box, legislature, judicially.

He’s just anti-LGBT and don’t forget it.

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, defending the terrorist attack at Charlie Hebdo:

"What happened in Paris cannot be tolerated. But neither should we tolerate the kind of intolerance that provoked this violent reaction. Those who work at this newspaper have a long and disgusting record of going way beyond the mere lampooning of public figures, and this is especially true of their depictions of religious figures. For example, they have shown nuns masturbating and popes wearing condoms. They have also shown Muhammad in pornographic poses. Stephane Charbonnier, the paper’s publisher, was killed today in the slaughter. It is too bad that he didn’t understand the role he played in his tragic death. In 2012, when asked why he insults Muslims, he said, “Muhammad isn’t sacred to me.” Had he not been so narcissistic, he may still be alive. Muhammad isn’t sacred to me, either, but it would never occur to me to deliberately insult Muslims by trashing him.”

So, wait. It’s the cartoonists’ fault that lunatics with guns killed them?

How f**king Christ-like of a man who calls himself a Catholic, but then what does one expect to hear out of the mouth of a homophobe and a man who aids and abets child rapists?

Hugh Hewitt, radio talk show host, replying to Bill Donohue:

"Bill, I’ve often agreed with you over the years, because like you, I’m an orthodox Catholic, went to confession on Saturday, Mass on Saturday night. [...] And I have to say I’m appalled, and I’m embarrassed, and I’m urging you to rethink this. [...] You blamed the victim before their bodies were cold. It’s deeply embarrassing to me as a Catholic."

It’s embarrassing me as a human being, but then Donohue is nothing but an embarrassment.

Naomi Campbell, supermodel, on why she supports the LGBT community and why she was at the GLAAD awards:

"Why shouldn't I be here? I was...if it wasn't for gay men I wouldn't exist. Hair, make-up, designer, photographer, stylist, manicure, hair-dresser, I mean, I just wouldn't exist. I owe my life to gay men. And it's just what I've grown up with. It's my family."

And so, all you straight guys who’ve drooled, and other things, over pictures of Campbell, this is yet another think—like fashion tips, and grooming notes—you can thank The Gays for.

Jane Clementi, the mother of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who took his own life after learning his roommate had recorded him kissing another man, on LGBTQ suicides:

“We as a culture must teach the lesson each day that all life has value and has purpose – especially the lives of all young people, regardless of who they are. That’s an irrevocable value. The only way to make a difference in this world – to truly change hearts and minds – is through celebrating and accepting every life. ... Nobody knows better than my family that ending life cannot create change. After Tyler took his life, our mission has been to ensure that no family endures the pain that Tyler and Leelah both endured and that we are sure that the Alcorns are experiencing. It’s only by building a world where every life is sacred that we move forward.”

Word.

ISBL Asshat of the Week: Bill Donohue

Okay, so we’ve been reading for weeks and weeks about how The Gays are upset because they can’t march in a St. Patrick’s Day parade; and there was talk of boycotting Sam Adams and Guinness who were sponsors of the parade if they didn’t pull out, and both companies blinked.

Then Catholic League spokestool Bill Donohue got into the mix after Guinness dropped out — I guess he’s a big fan of the dark beers — and said he would boycott Guinness for not sponsoring the parade.

Then he uttered some nonsense about how he would never ask to march in a Pride parade because it's not his place and he wouldn't want The Gays to feel infringed upon, only then he did ask to march in New York City’s Pride parade, carrying a banner that would read “Straight is Great!!”

I imagine he announced that because he was sure the parade organizers would tell him he wasn’t welcome, except they didn’t; they invited him to march, and to carry that sign, and the ball was back in Donohue’s court.

Now he’s backed out of participating in the parade, the theme of which is “We Have Won When We're One: Straight is great — as long as there's no hate,’ because of the mandatory information session. Donohue explains:

"For the past few days I have been engaged in an e-mail conversation with officials from the Heritage of Pride parade, New York’s annual gay event; the dialogue has been cordial. I asked to join the parade under a banner that would read, “Straight is Great.” The purpose of my request was to see just how far they would go without forcing me to abide by their rules. It didn’t take long before they did.

Today, I informed Heritage of Pride officials that I objected to their rule requiring me to attend gay training sessions, or what they call “information” sessions. “I don’t agree with your rule,” I said. They responded by saying that attendance was “mandatory.”

The St. Patrick’s Day parade has mandatory rules, too. It bars groups representing their own cause from marching, which is why pro-life Catholics—not just gays—are barred from participating under their own banner. But only gays complain: they refuse to abide by the rules. Indeed, they went into federal court seeking to force a rule change. They lost. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that private parades have a First Amendment right to determine their own rules.

It is hypocritical for gay activists to complain about having to abide by the mandatory rules of the St. Patrick’s Day parade, and then inform me that I cannot march in their parade unless I respect their mandatory rules, rules that I reject.

Good luck to the Heritage of Pride participants. I may be watching it from afar, but I sure won’t be downing a Guinness afterwards.”

Funny, he’s fine with the organizers of St Patrick’s’ Day parades having “information sessions” but if Pride parade organizers have them, it’s some kind of “gay training” session; as if we need to be trained. Honey, we were born this way, no training, no assembly,  required.

What irks me though, is that with his little attempt at sarcasm or humor, unless it was just plain stupidity, his use of the words "gay training" simply perpetuates that ancient myth that The Gays are out to indoctrinate new members and that this “gay training” will turn him gay.

Well, I’ve got news for you, Billy Boy, we don’t want you; we’ve never wanted you.

So, sit down, sip a Guinness and watch The Gays march. It’ll be the most fun you’ll have all year.

The Discrimination Parade: My Thoughts

I am loving the kerfuffle over the idea that The Gays want to march in the St. Patrick’s Day parades in New York and Boston, but organizers are saying no; still. I wish the organizers of the parades and the leaders of the LGBT groups that want to march would all just get together, drop trou and see who has the biggest penis and that group wins. Plus, that would make great TV!

St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizers continue to cite some antiquated Supreme Court ruling that says since the parades are private events they can invite, and exclude, whomever they want. That makes me laugh because this private event marches down public streets.

And it makes me laugh when parade organizers don’t want The Gays marching because they’ll think The Gays might co-opt the parade by waving rainbow flags and maybe having Irish go-go boys in bikinis. Huh, brightly colored flags and people in strange costumes? In a parade? Well, I never ….

And just when you think it can’t get more ludicrous, we hear from Catholic League blowhard, Bill Donohue, who announced that he has applied to march in New York City’s Pride parade organizers, asking to participate and to carry a banner saying “Straight is Great.”

This, of course, after he said, just a month ago, in an interview with World Over with Raymond Arroyo, that "If I wanted to get into their gay pride parade with my own float with big banners saying 'straight is great,' they would have a right to feel put-upon and I wouldn't do that to them."

Huh. Bill Donohue lied. Color me surprised? No.

The surprise is saved for Bill Donohue because NYC Pride, the organizers of the parade have responded to his request like this:

“Mr. Donohue and his group are free to participate in the 2014 March. His group’s presence affirms the need for this year’s Pride theme, ‘We Have Won When We’re One.’ Straight is great – as long as there’s no hate.”

Chris Frederick, Managing Director of NYC Pride, added, “Straight allies are great. We have thousands of straight people participating in the Pride March, including Catholic groups, who support LGBT youth, families and married couples.”

Snap. Plus, you know, Gay Catholics are a real thing, I guess, unlike Gay Irish Americans who apparently don’t exist.

Here’s the queer deal, St. Paddy’s Day Parade folks; if you think The Gays are gonna co-opt your parade by waving rainbow flags and wearing boas and playing dance music, did you somehow forget this is a parade? And when you tell Gay Irish Americans that they can march, just not in a group, and with no attention being drawn to the fact that they are gay, you are shaming that community, that sub-set of Irish Americans when, back in the homeland, there is no such discrimination.

Sheesh, it’s a parade and every parade could use all the revelers it can get, and no one, no one revels more than The Gays.

PS I cannot wait to see Bill Donohue marching in a Pride Parade, unless he spontaneously combusts.