Myths

Conservatives / Miscellaneous / Myths / North America / Religion — No Comments
22
Aug 11

ANIMAL MARRIAGE IN NEW YORK

Rose Marie Belforti

Rose Marie Belforti

Which bit of that headline doesn’t look right? None or all, according to New York Town clerk Rose Marie Belforti who has decided she can’t issue same sex marriage licences because the wording “spouse” could lead to animals marrying their owners / gay lovers.

Interesting article here in which Ms / Mrs Belforti seems to confuse her job as a town clerk with her Christian beliefs. No, Mrs Belforti, God isn’t the final word unless you happen to live in an isolated convent. For everyone else, there is the law and daily courtesies for fellow human beings.

 

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14
Jul 11

THE GLOBAL GAY GESTAPO

Loree and Kevin Rudd

Loree and Kevin Rudd

WTF? I did not expect to read about Kevin Rudd and the global gay gestapo this morning.

This is one of those situations of “who cares what a relative of a famous person or a famous person says.” They don’t have an extraordinary insight, they just have a name.

Well, seeing as I am happy to take all the good stuff from our liberal friendly celebrities … I have to support the downside of this fame game too. Like the sister of the recent Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, saying Australia is being held hostage by the “gay gestapo” when it comes to marriage equality. Go back in your box!

Insensitive. Wrong. Lacking in insight. Offensive to all Gestapo victims. We could go on. And we could also say that Brother Rudd is playing it smart by shutting up, which is something Sister Rudd would have been well advised to do.

But someone has to condemn this crazy lady, and I am certainly going to be one of those people.  And it will be a good day when she leaves the Australian Labor Party which is growing more enlightened and will one day cut these sorts of people loose and officially adopt equality as its national policy.

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Celebrities / Conservatives / Jokes / Myths / North America / Religion / Video — 1 Comment
10
Mar 11

IT’S LIKE SEX WITH DUCKS

OK, so I was asleep when Pat Robertson, the American evangelist and Bill O’Reilly the FOX TV guy came out with their views that legalising gay marriage and prosecuting hate crime is the step before encouraging sex with ducks. But I am glad that these comediennes (Garfunkel and Oates) have brought me up to speed. Enjoy.

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7
Jun 10

WHICH ONE IS THE MAN?

I can’t be the only gay person who gets frustrated with the ignorance of homosexuality experienced by many straight people  - so which one of you is more like the man in the relationship? who screws who? where does this bit go when you …?

I don’t blame anyone for ignorance – almost no-one learns about gay relationships in schools. But it is fundamentally misplaced … gender roles are often different in same sex relationships. There isn’t a husband and a wife in a gay marriage – there’s just two people figuring out how to get along. Continue reading →

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2
May 10

WHY HARM CHILDREN?

There are no decent people in this world who would want to harm children. But everyone who opposes marriage equality is harming children. Fact.

What many people don’t realise is that, in Western countries, around about one quarter of same sex couples are raising children. The reasons vary: previous marriages, adoption, donor arrangements, fostering and so on.

Serious studies show the parenting of same sex couples is as good as opposite sex couples; thinking otherwise is based on myths. The only think now in question is the well-being of up to six million kids in the United States, more in Europe, and hundreds of thousands in Australia and the rest of the world.  Those kids get bullied at school, and they probably lack certainty about what their future will be if they sense their parents don’t feel on a safe footing. Continue reading →

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28
Apr 10

EQUALITY ROCKS SAYS CHRIS ROCK

Comedian Chris Rock knows how to call it as it is. Here he destroys a few myths about the supposed untouchability of marriage; both as an institution and as a subject to be directly addressed by top politicans. Enjoy.

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