For me, I can think of the drug addicted Hunter S. Thompson and Stevie King. And then, when I think of Florida, I think of Twain, Hemingway, Kerouac and Tennessee Williams. The pedigree is there. And Steven King lives here now. Hmmm…
Okay, the biggest queer-bear thing I can think of is this whole Prop 8 bit. California said that Prop 8 goes against the Constitution for much the same reasons most of these laws are. I had to laugh, however, at the losers’ side of things. Immediately, the varied churches jumped on the fact that the judge was queer and I was reminded of many other civil right cases over the years. Did they ever question the race of judges that voted in favor of civil rights laws? Doubtful. However, if he or she voted against it---race was immediately brought. I can’t think of a case, but it seems to make sense, doesn’t it? Of course, equal rights marriages were immediately quelled due to the fact that an appeal was made.
It’s weird, however. The President still says NOTHING. And that bothers me. Does he think he has the Christian Right voting for him? Nope. They are the blind followers of the GOP and TeaBaggers. Yes, I said blind followers. Folks, if they weren’t blind, they’d not follow those slick rogues with a silver tongue and penchant for pointing everyone’s mistakes…
On a side note, if you vote with your party-you’re a sucker too, frankly. Even Jesus questioned superiors folks, he didn't accept what those at the pulpit espoused.
I’m still registered independent. Not a “Perot” indie, but the kind that believes that politicians need to curry my favors. Yes, I tend to vote left-but I will not blindly follow people due to the party they hang with.
So where is the comment from Obama? I waited all that night when Prop 8 was voted down. Nothing was said. Squat. Grrrrrr.
I look at two Republicans in this wedding debate. Has Governor, representative of the people of California, set up the legal structure for this appeal? The state government is supposed to support voted on laws and such. Nope. He has called the state attorneys off as if the matter is settled. That Prop 8 is no more.
Way to go Arnie!
I even look to Glenn Beck. He even mentions that gay marriage isn’t an important issue right now. Okay, okay, the guy is a weird idiot but, like a train wreck, it is kinda fun to slow down the car next to him and watch the carnage. But when he mentioned it in his interview (see the link to YouTube, not mine, btw...)—I was like, that’s interesting that the GOP heads might actually be saying something like this.
I even turn to my new found homeland and noticed that there were two GOP nominees running for the Republican party’s rep for governor in the fall. One, McCollum made several anti-gay statements. The other? Scott? Squat. Guess who ended up on the ballot? Scott. Fascinating.
So you’d think that the President would chime on this. California is a huge state-and has huge influence on the culture wars of the United States.
And he says squat. Nada.
Kennedy was right in the heart of the Civil Rights Amendments of the sixties and, had he lived, he would have really had that feather shining out of his cap. Instead? That fame went to his predecessor. One of the reasons I voted for Mr. Obama was my hope that he would be the one to follow through on his promise of change. Guess he won’t. My hopes crashed a bit more.
However, I can’t say anything other than that here. Why? When we let emotion run rampant, as opposed to honor and common sense—we get tea baggers everywhere. They are angry. And the dispossessed are easily led. As are the blind.
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Sounds like we have another victim of “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell.” Two marines were arrested last week for gay bashing a young man—to the point that his skull is cracked and he suffers from headaches, probably forever—because he supposedly winked at them. And here’s the kicker, folks.
They’re not being charged with a hate crime. THERE IS NO FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR GAYS AND LESBIANS in the good old US of A. Fuck. Sure, individual places, workspaces and cities/states can vote for one or instate one. But nothing blankets the entire United States so that I’m migrating, as a good bear should, between state to state, I will not have the comfort of knowing that those who rise up against me merely because I’m absolutely fascinating, will be punished. So the law has the right in Savannah, Georgia to not call this a hate crime.
Of course, it could be because of the winking. You know that upsets me. I know once when I went out with some chums from college, a young lady touched my thigh. Since I’m gay, I took her outside and smashed her in the head with a baseball bat. I didn’t hate her, mind you, but I was uncomfortable with her advances.
See?
I tagged this as another victim of DADT because, let’s face it folks, when your superiors (generals, what have you) act afraid of gays in your military unit, it must be because the gays are bad, right? You get these young, impressionable men and this is the image they have painted for them. They come back from Iraq and feel free to beat people.
I’d like to bear claw their faces. Of course, I can’t. But I wanna.
So the former head of the GOP came out, Ken Mehlman. I suppose I’m happy for him. We should come out of hibernation early and enjoy the spring of our lives. But, well, maybe it’s the Zen panda in me, but the fact is---I have to live everyday with my actions. I will not hurt another person if I can avoid it. I will not live with the slightest regret. That means being good at all time.
But moments like Mr. Mehlman hit me. I am absolutely positive that his coming out is a good thing. However, how many lives has he hurt with his permission of homophobic epithets that his party espoused for so long working with that bear hunter, W? Seriously. I’m thinking he did feel some guilt…that’s why he admitted this. But I look to Germany. They were killing people. Many people just let it happen--they were working, they had a life, regardless of the fact that people were dying. Now, in full respect to my Jewish family-we aren't dying physically. But how many marines were gleefully gay bashing during Emperor W's time in the kingdom? He was killing us by saying nothing.
The damage is done. Think of the world we would have lived in had Bush not been encouraging hatred? Articles mention that Bush even called him and congratulated him! Wait, wait, wait…That means, inside, Bush couldn't have give a rat's ass about us bears and our kin? Aha! So it was for votes and money.
It’s also further proof that those who oppose us are truly US in some kind of costume. And further proof we should not be blind followers.
Okay, I gotta do something positive here. All this negative talk has got this bear all itchy. So, on a positive note—many colleges are upset that their football teams etc are taking ‘beefcake’ photos. Awww, I feel for them. For years, the men in charge have made sure the cheerleaders leapt and pranced in short skirts, but as soon as they realized the men were being objectified, they got upset. Turnabout is fair play! And, in a way, I think that’s why the patriacal society is so nervous around gays. We turn them into objects-and they don’t like it. It means they aren’t in control any more.
So how is this positive? Really hot pictures are in this article!
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