Posts Tagged ‘same-sex marriage’
Comeuppance!
Two years ago Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, denied David Ermold a marriage license because he was gay, despite it being legalized. Last week she had to watch as he signed up to run against her in the next election. Alabama did the right thing last night. Let’s hope Rowan…
Read MoreFear not. This is not an example of bigotry as I initially thought. It’s simply stupidity.
Behold. The White House published this photograph of First Lady Melania Trump and the other spouses of NATO leaders at the Royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels during the recent NATO summit. Initially left off the captioned list of names was the First Gentleman of Luxembourg, Gauthier Destenay, who is married Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, making Bettel…
Read MoreUnfair assumption #28: Parents who threaten to disown their children based upon their marital choices are the lowest form of human life.
You know these people. These are the parents who will refuse to attend their child’s wedding and sometimes disown a son or daughter for failing to marry someone who shares their religious belief, racial composition, socioeconomic standing, national or cultural origin, or does not conform to their heteronormative expectations of marriage. They are the despicable…
Read MoreSerious 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 MoreFrom the mouths of babes…
Clara tells me that she doesn’t like Donald Trump. She says that she heard him say mean things to “a lady named Megyn Kelly” on CBS Sunday Morning. “Megyn asked a question, and Donald Trump started making mean compliments about her.” Then she told me that she doesn’t like Ted Cruz because he’s not nice…
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Protip: If you’re using The Bible to justify your opposition to gay marriage, please don’t forget to stone your local Starbucks barista to death on the Sabbath, too! Numbers 15: 32-36
Read MoreIf you’re using The Bible to support your opposition to same sex marriage and transgender restroom choice, you’re simply obsessed with penises and vaginas.
It’s not often that you can cheer on corporations for all the good they do, but on Monday, under increasing pressure from major corporations like Unilever, Disney, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and the NFL, Gov. Nathan Deal announced he will veto a bill that critics say would have curtailed the rights of Georgia’s LGBT community. House…
Read MoreA goal for 2016: An agreement that these parents are awful, disgusting, rotten people
Can we all agree that parents who actively oppose their child’s interracial, inter-religious, or same sex marriage are awful people? They are still mothers and father, perhaps still worthy of love and respect, and possibly possessing many admirable and endearing qualities, but they are also awful, disgusting, rotten people. We can all agree to this.…
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 MoreIt’s a shame when people pose as Christians and give Jesus a bad name.
A Walkerton, Indiana, pizza shop is the state’s first business to declare it will not service gay weddings after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law last week. “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” Memories Pizza’s Crystal O’Connor…
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