Great article by Keli Goff of The Huffington Post.
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New York Times Poll
Your Reactions to Obama’s Same-Sex Marriage Stand
At the bottom of the chart you can select whose comments you wish to view. Select only “divorced” and it will show you what divorced people are saying. The fact that there are people who got divorced and are still using the “sanctity of marriage” argument on this chart is just astounding!
One such divorcé, Richard Hickok of Smyrna, TN says, “Obama has taken a stand against G-d and his written word in the bible [sic]. Marriage is to be between a man and a woman!”
But this is perhaps my favorite comment, from Tom in Louisville: “This map is biased. Throw it on Fox News and it will look totally different.”
Good call, Tom. Good call.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3txaepaym1rpp4gco1_500.png)
New York Times Poll
At the bottom of the chart you can select whose comments you wish to view. Select only “divorced” and it will show you what divorced people are saying. The fact that there are people who got divorced and are still using the “sanctity of marriage” argument on this chart is just astounding!
One such divorcé, Richard Hickok of Smyrna, TN says, “Obama has taken a stand against G-d and his written word in the bible [sic]. Marriage is to be between a man and a woman!”
But this is perhaps my favorite comment, from Tom in Louisville: “This map is biased. Throw it on Fox News and it will look totally different.”
Good call, Tom. Good call.
Yeah, no.
Can I hang out with the people who run Barack Obama’s Tumblr?
Also, the HRC reported a couple days ago that Mitt Romney donated $10,000 to the National Organization for Marriage in 2008. Yeah, fuck him.
(via stfuconservatives)
Papers are refusing to run this week’s Doonsbury. It should be seen.
It’s good to know that there are newspapers that have carried it.
Like I said yesterday. I love Doonesbury. I love that they are not afraid to take on big topics. I was impressed with how they handled MST. That papers won’t run this is shameful.
They can run articles and editorials about the legislation, but a cartoon depicting the results is TOO MUCH.
To prevent this madness, get your ass on the pill or use a condom. #procontraception
Of course prevention is the ideal scenario, but let’s just face it: “coulda, woulda, shoulda” is just a part of life. Here in Texas, we’re not even told how to use condoms in sex ed and we’re certainly not shown how to procure birth control pills.
I graduated high school knowing what I know about condoms from secretly buying one in a gas station rest room and reading the package.
There is even too much shaming at the grocery store for anyone who looks younger than 25 to buy condoms here. It’s ridiculous.
GIVE EVERYONE FREE CONDOMS AND PILLS.
When I visited Macedonia and parts of Italy, there were boxes of condoms at every single register in the grocery store, drug store, and convenience stores. There was no shame in kids buying condoms. It was like buying gum. That is the way it should be here—not a special section near the pharmacy where passers-by can shame you out of a responsible decision (and that section is closed off in some stores and requires the assistance of an employee to access).
End shame. Educate. Promote safety.
But if that fails, don’t legislate somebody’s body and make sure there is still access to Plan B and safe, legal abortions.
"He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape. Even in the case of rape, telling CNN recently that a woman, in that case, should, and I quote, ‘make the best out of a bad situation, and accept the gift from God.’ Wow. I think women should say the same thing to Santorum, Andy, after from now until the end of his weaselly life, they see him in the street and kick him in the fucking balls. ‘Please accept this gift from God, Rick, this pointed-shoed gift to your plums. Why are you rolling around on the ground crying, Rick? Please make the best out of this bad situation. In fact, rejoice, because I believe another lady is coming over to gift you with another high-velocity nut shot. Praise be, Rick! God is graciously raining gifts into your groinal area, you fucking douche.’"
— John Oliver on Rick Santorum, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
(via stfuconservatives)
Republican rehabilitation!
By voting for Ron Paul, you hereby agree to a major reality check. (and you need to grow up)
By voting for Mitt Romney, you hereby agree to a period of rehabilitation.
By voting for Newt Gingrich, you hereby agree to intense rehabilitation and/or ECT.
By voting for Rick Santorum, you hereby agree to a lobotomy.
No More Lamar Smith
He is my Congressman. He represents Texas’s 21st Congressional District and is the man who created SOPA. He also sponsored a bill last year called “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers” (PCIP) which seeks to limit internet freedom under the guise of “protecting children” as usual. We’ve heard this story before.
Anyway, Lamar Smith’s district boundary represents textbook gerrymandering, and it looks like he’s opposed by someone who has yet to really show herself publicly, a woman named Elaine Henderson. I will be voting for her based on what little information I’ve found so far that already has shown me that she is a better choice than the incumbent.
BUT incumbents in Texas usually win. Especially in my area. These elections are not usually run by big spenders, so we rarely see ads or hear anything from our representatives. It’s basically assumed that you’ll be voting for the name you recognize.
I WANT TO CHANGE THAT. Lamar Smith is dangerous. He has shown time and again with his various bills that he wants to destroy the internet for his pretend war on EVIL.
So start telling people about Elaine Henderson, even if you don’t live in Texas. Her name needs to be more popular than Lamar Smith’s name and she’ll basically win.
ELAINE HENDERSON. Say it again. ELAINE HENDERSON.
Thank you.
This article is fantastic for those on the left who are less-than-impressed by President Obama. Don’t lose sight of what he has done (and what his plan is). The point is that Obama is and always has been “planning for eight years, not four.” He has his goals in sight, folks.
Apparently Gingrich has forgotten that one of the huge points of his campaign is to “protect the sanctity of marriage.” If he hadn’t pretended to be a moral crusader out to save the world from the LGBT community, this question would have been out of place. Instead, a question about his infidelity (and his allegedly approaching his 2nd wife about an open marriage) that came about after his ex-wife’s recent interview is completely fair game.
If you think you can tell the country what is moral and immoral and then be surprised when we ask you about your second case of adultery (yes, he cheated on his first wife while she was dying in the hospital) you are obviously not a very smart man.
When you go home to your third wife tonight, I hope you sleep well as you continue your campaign to save marriage from vicious attacks by monogamous LGBT couples.
