Posts Tagged ‘homosexuality’
Serious question: Why isn’t religious hypocrisy used more often against the opponents to same sex marriage?
For the last couple months, I’ve been writing the occasional post – titled #Biblebuffet – indicating the hypocrisy of people who oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons. If you use The Bible to oppose same sex marriage, don’t forget to execute adulterers, people who work on Sundays, and any woman engaging in premarital sex.…
Read MoreStar Wars will have gay characters. Bigoted heads presumably explode like Alderaan.
Director JJ Abrams has announced that there will be gay characters in future Star Wars films. ““When I talk about inclusivity it’s not excluding gay characters. It’s about inclusivity. So of course there will be gay characters.” “I would love it. To me, the fun of Star Wars is the glory of possibility. So it…
Read MoreA note to my children regarding the shame and embarrassment of 2015
When you read about the year 2015 in the history books, little ones, please remember this: Yes, it’s true. It is still perfectly legal in much of the United States in 2015 to terminate a person’s employment because he or she was gay. But please know that many of us – and perhaps even most…
Read MoreMike Huckabee is a bigot still living in 1996
Jon Stewart, while interviewing Mike Huckabee, said the following: Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we have for religion — we protect religion. And talk about a lifestyle choice —religion is absolutely a choice. Gay people don’t choose to be gay. At what age did you choose to…
Read MoreIf you want to deny homosexuals the same rights as heterosexuals, you are evil.
After reading about the doctor who refused to treat a six day-old baby because the parents were lesbians, my first thought, which I tweeted alongside a link to the piece from Slate, was this: Evil scumbag. And so I starting thinking: Do I really believe that? Are the bigots who deny or wish to deny…
Read MoreIf given the choice, I choose this tea party over the one that advocates killing gay people.
No, not the Tea Party that includes Oklahoma State House candidate Scott Esk, who endorsed stoning gay people to death via his Facebook page. This was a kinder, gentler, more rational tea party with my daughter, but with strict rules about behavior and a serious condemnation of my chosen attire. My daughter can be quite…
Read MoreOut of the frying pan…
…and into bigoted stupidity. The smirk on the guy’s face after suggesting that homosexuality is akin to incest is just appalling.
Read MoreThis Stephen Colbert segment is perfect. Stop everything and watch it now.
This satirical, snarky, occasionally condescending segment from The Colbert Show has given me heartfelt, legitimate hope for the country. It has caused me to question some of my assumptions about people and reminded me to keep an open mind at all times. It’s inspiring. And funny as hell. It’s one of the best seven minutes…
Read MoreAnother bad day for the bigots
This is the second day in a row that I write about Pope Francis, and in a fairly positive light both times. Today, it’s just one sentence, spoken yesterday by the pope and reported in the New York Times among many other places: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has…
Read MoreJust admit that you think homosexuality is yucky. Don’t drag religion into it.
A couple days a ago I posted a letter that was forwarded to me by a reader regarding gay marriage. It was pointed out to me soon after that The West Wing has a scene that conveys a similar message. The message in both the letter and the scene from The West Wing is simple:…
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