So, all the hoo-hah of the Michael Jackson memorial service is over. I didn't really spend much time watching it. I tuned in about the time Brooke Shields was doing her thing. I stayed around for a few minutes and watched Martin Luther King III give his speech. Then, I was stunned when hateful, bigoted, homophobe Bernice King stepped up to speak. At that point, I shut it off.

If you're not familiar with hateful, bigoted, homophobe, Bernice King, she is the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. She would have been about 4 or 5 when King was assassinated. Yet, she feels she knows the heart of King, and that he would NEVER have approved of comparing the gay rights movement to the black civil rights struggle, not to mention marriage equality.

Never mind that King's wife and his eldest son have come out in favor of gay rights. Never mind that King's closest advisers have come out in favor of gay rights, and believe that King, if alive today, would never tolerate the discrimination gays feel in this country. Little Bernice King, barely older than a toddler when her father died, knows all. She has organized and led anti-gay marches, organized opposition to any legislation that would provide some form of equality for gay Americans, and she has been very vocal in her opposition to marriage equality. She has been quoted as saying that she knows deep within herself that her father did not march and did not take a bullet for same-sex marriage.

Well, Bernice, let me throw a couple of quotes your way, from people who would know the heart of your father a hell of a lot better than you:

"Gay and lesbian have families, and their families should have legal protections, whether through marriage or civil unions. A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay-bashing, and would do nothing to protect traditional marriages." -- Coretta Scott King.

"I don't recall any experience that would put Dr. King in the category of excluding people." -- the Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of the Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. King, when asked what King's stance would be on gay rights.

"Martin Luther King was one of the most tolerant and understanding and generous persons I have ever known, and I never heard him make a judgemental statement about any one's sexuality, except his own." -- Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young and top aide to King.

That last quote from Young is my favorite. I wish all the other hateful, bigoted black ministers would take that to heart.

for the size queen in us all......

I hate turbulence.

Whenever I fly, and the plane hits a rough patch, I begin to imagine impossible scenarios like the wings breaking off and the plane plummeting to the ground.

I always find comfort by reminding myself that these flying soda cans are built to withstand anything. My fears are completely unfounded. The plane could never break apart in turbulence.

After reading the stories of the Air France flight that went down over the Atlantic, I'm not so sure.

Jerry Brown is DA BOMB!

California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office filed a brief in support of the lawsuit to overturn Prop H8. This makes me feel a hell of a lot better about the lawsuit. I had my doubts, because of some of the parties involved. I was sure there was some kind of hidden hater agenda. But, if Jerry Brown is on board, it's all good to me.

I love this guy. He believes equal means equal. No exceptions.

being a hater is so uncool......

I like this ad bashing eharmony for not allowing the gayz. It's just another sign that most people love us. We just have to filter out all the hate that emanates from "those people."

Actually, I really think the haters love us too. Pat Robertson was quoted as saying the gayz were the greatest thing to ever happen to him. Every time he mentions us on tv the money starts rolling in from the whack jobs.

doing a little calculation.....

Barack Obama defeated John McCain by 10 million votes.

There are 228 million voting age Americans.

Estimates are that 2-5% of all Americans are gay.

That means there are between 5 and 11 million gay Americans of voting age.

Imagine if every gay person voted against Barack Obama in 2012?

When I was going to college in Ann Arbor, there was this guy I was really hot for. He knew I was hot for him, but he didn't seem to be particularly interested in me. Then I discovered that I had something he was interested in: wheels.

One night I was hanging out at the Flame and he was there. It was getting late, and he came up to me and suggested we drive into Detroit and hit the TNT baths together. He overtly indicated we could have a good time together. So, against my better judgment, I hauled his ass the 40 miles into Detroit.

After we got to the TNT, he disappeared. He was apparently fucking every guy there. Just not me. So I got pissed, and left his pretty ass there to find his own way home. I'm sure he suckered some other guy into taking him back to Ann Arbor, eventually.

I'm kind of getting the same feeling about Obama today.

Not sure what's going on here, but the guys are hot....

from towleroad

How did I know this was our Governor before I even saw his face?

I stumbled across this TMZ spread called "Stars In Speedos." The point was to look at the body and guess who was attached to it.

Well, in my naivete, I assumed I was going to see hot young celebs. Boy, was I wrong.

DON'T GO THERE!

those against same-sex marriage aren't thinking straight......

The latest Kenneth Cole t-shirt to benefit the cause.......from wickedgayblog

Miss California Dethroned YAY!

It's about time! The Miss California pageant people have cut Carrie (Satan) Prejean loose for "contract violations." Namely, she didn't appear at Miss California functions because she was too busy running around the country bashing marriage equality and supporting opposite-marriage.

Now, she can spend all her time whining on the 700 Club. They'll probably hire her as a "special commentator" just like they hired that alleged newsman they have.

and speaking of separation of church and state.....

On Monday leading evangelical Rev. Rob Schenck crept into the U.S. Senate's darkened Hart Building to "anoint with oil" the door of the room where the SCOTUS confirmation hearing for Sonia Sotomayor is expected to take place, in order that Congress be struck by the holy spirit and refuse to confirm her.

As I prayed, I touched the doors in three spots, making the sign of the cross. I prayed for God to superintend over the entire confirmation process and mark them with truth because Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life," and He prayed to His Father, saying, "Thy Word is Truth." Of course, in the end, we always pray that God's will be done. There is so much we can do as part of this enormously consequential exercise, including letting our senators know how we feel about this nomination. Nothing, though, is as important as prayer. I invite you to join me in praying as often as you can during the entire hearing process beginning."

The founding fathers must be turning over in their graves.

from joemygod

Mr. Kettle, meet Mr. Black

Sometimes the stench of hypocrisy is so bad, it makes the bile rise up into your mouth. One such moment occurred when I read a story in the SF Chronicle about the spat between certain Catholic groups and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

It all started when the Vatican issued a decree prohibiting Catholic adoption agencies from placing children with same-sex couples. The decree stated that placing children with gay couples "did violence to the children." The San Francisco Board of Supervisors issued a non-binding resolution critical of that decree, stating it contained language that was "hateful and discriminatory." It also asked the local arch-bishop to ignore the decree. In response, Catholic Charities of San Francisco stopped placing children for adoption with any families.

Enter the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (what an oxymoron that is). They filed a lawsuit against the board, claiming their actions violated separation of church and state (another bile-producing moment). The lawsuit was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit Court.

But it doesn't end there. The lawyers for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights have now publicly compared the Board of Supervisors to the Nazis. In a statement, they said "It is not a stretch to compare the San Francisco board's actions to that of the Nazi Germany policy of Gleichschaltung, vilifying Jews as an auxiliary to and laying the groundwork for more repressive policies, including the final solution of extermination."

Here's the punchline: in comparing the board to the Nazis, the group was critical of what, it called, "forced conformity of doctrine and elimination of opposition."

OK you fucking catholic hypocrites. First of all, you have no right to talk about separation of church and state, considering your considerable support for Prop H8. Not to mention your outright war against marriage equality in New England.

Second, if anyone is vilifying anyone, it's the catholic church. You are constantly dehumanizing gay people, just like the Nazis did to the Jews. And, by the way, considering the catholic church's quiet acquiescence to the Nazis, you have no room to talk.

Apparently you've never read the quote from Jesus about getting the log out of your own eye before you try to get the speck out of your neighbor's eye.

I don't have anything against black people. but.....

I've recently noticed that the haters are really bristling over being called out for what they are.

You see the comments over and over. "I have nothing against gay people. I just believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman." As a child of the 60's, it reminds me of the days when the light was being shown on racism. It became so politically incorrect, that the racists had to resort to famous lines like "I have nothing against black people, but....", or the even better "Some of my best friends are black."

I have noticed the haters are using both phrases, a lot, when the light shines on their hatred. When the haters are ashamed of their hatred, victory can't be far behind.

So the governor is making the rounds, and telling everyone that he thinks Prop H8 will eventually be overturned, either by the courts or by the ballot. He got a round of applause when he said that last night on Leno.

Gee, maybe if you would have signed one of the TWO marriage equality bills the legislature sent you, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

Or, perhaps if you had actually campaigned against Prop H8 instead of giving our cause lip service, it never would have passed in the first place. Same goes for you Obama.

Congratulations California Supreme Court! In one fell swoop you have allowed bigotry and hatred to win in California, and you have made yourselves irrelevant.

Was this not the same Supreme Court who one year ago said that marriage for same-sex couples was a fundamental right? One that could not be subject to the ballot box? Were those not your exact words?

What happened? Are you so afraid of recall that you bowed to the "will of the people?" By doing so, you have abdicated your constitutional authority. No one has to listen to you. We'll just vote on it.

At this very moment, there is a group circulating a petition to get a proposition on the ballot which would take away automatic citizenship from children born on American soil to non-citizens (translate: Mexicans). This is in clear violation of the US Constitution which guarantees that any child born on US soil is automatically a US citizen. They'll get the signatures. And it will probably pass, because illegal immigrants aren't very popular in California right now. How will you rule then?

Even though it is unconstitutional, I'll sign the damn petition if it comes my way. And, I'll vote for the proposition. Because if my rights can be taken away so easily, I'm all for taking away everyone else's rights too.

On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin, plunge right through that line.....

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has accepted a challenge to that state's constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

This should be interesting, and I'm betting that they will rule that the amendment is unconstitutional for the same reasons as neighboring Iowa's Supreme Court ruled against the ban.

I spent 6 years in Milwaukee. Wisconsin has its share of rednecks, like any state. And it is also heavily Catholic. But, Wisconsin is also a pretty progressive state. It's had the only Socialist governor in American history. It was the first state to pass a law protecting gays from discrimination, back in the early 1970's, which still stands today. And it has one of the few openly gay congresspersons, Tammy Baldwin from Madison.

The small drip of marriage equality seems to be turning into more of a torrent. I hope the this influences the California Supreme Court on their Prop H8 decision.

"This is a side lifestyle for me. I'm bi, not gay. I've had some great experiences and want to continue that, but will never fully cross over...."

Whenever I see a line like that on a profile, I'm reminded of the great line from Boys In The Band, spoken by 32 year old, ugly, pock marked, Jew fairy (his words, not mine) Harold:

"You're just a homosexual and you don't want to be."

Honey, if you're going to be a self-loathing fag, please do it somewhere else. Maybe someone should start up a website called self-loathingfags.com. That way, all the self-loathing fags can get together and enjoy each other's miserable lives.

Tuesday morning at 11 Eastern time, Donald Trump will have a press conference to announce his decision on the fate of Carrie Prejean, Miss California.

It's funny how, when this first thing started, a bunch of people, including me, were jumping on Perez Hilton for asking such a stupid question. Had Carrie shut the fuck up, perhaps she would have had the sympathy vote. Poor little girl, being harassed because of her beliefs.

But no, she had to pick up the flag and run with it. She's de facto spokesperson for that NOM organization. She's appeared on the 700 Club, and today she appeared on that pig Lou Dobson's show, where she announced the entire affair was Satan tempting her.

I hope this bitch loses her crown. And it could have all been avoided by a simple response to Hilton's question:

"This is a divisive issue. As Miss California, I represent ALL the diverse people of California. As such, I don't feel this is the appropriate forum to discuss my personal feelings on this matter."

resting my case......

Within five minutes after finishing up my previous post, I read this on Joe My God.

14 repugs have signed on to Rep. Paul Broun's (GA) house resolution encouraging the president to designate 2010 as "the year of the Bible."

This is the same wackjob who has proposed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, and (I love this) a law which would withhold federal funds from any school where the students recited the Pledge of Allegiance in any language other than English.

Nuff said....