Ahhh, Chris. I adore you! Why can't we ALL be just like the bonobos? ;)
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Here in Michigan our two propositions involve legalizing (A) medical marijuana and (B) stem cell research. The "vote no" ads for these propositions pretty much show (A) the entire state turning into one gigantic Cheech and Chong movie or (B) a breeding ground for mad scientists who haven't yet figured out that pig and elephant DNA just don't splice ;)
Ya know, if you combine the two, you get a pretty interesting movie premise... "Cheech & Chong Play with Recombinant DNA"... or something...!
And it's been 30 years since "Up In Smoke"... why in the hell isn't marijuana (medical or otherwise) legal at this point?! Every study I've read shows it to be safer than alcohol OR tobacco. Granted, the "munchies" factor can be a bit of a problem (ever tried to get that Doritos cheese dust out of bedding?)... but it's a far cry from rampant addiction and carcinogenic levels of tar and nicotine...!
Okay, everyone relax... I am now stepping away from the soapbox and putting down the megaphone...!
Sadly, all *too* believable :( It's what happens when one group of humans marginalizes another group. Then, "those people" are somehow not quite as good as you. Therefore it's fine that they don't have all the privilege that you have.
Oh noes! A picture of two men cooking dinner and looking after kids! So dirty! So perverted!
I don't get it. As a friend put it once, when we teach kindergartners about families with a mommy and a daddy, we don't say "mommy and daddy have dinner with Julie, and then daddy takes mommy into the bedroom and fucks her senseless." And little kids aren't going to make that leap themselves.
Ya know, there is a quote I read somewhere online... I think it may have been in a poly community... where this one lesbian said, "I just want to be able to be at work and talk about my daily life like everyone else does. I want to be able to say, 'my wife and I went shopping last night for a lamp,' without everyone going, 'Oh my god, I don't need to hear about your SEX LIFE!' "
I wish I could recall who wrote that (it's probably somewhat paraphrased because of my imperfect memory, but it captures the gist of the situation) so I could give her proper credit, because I think it's a brilliant expression of the heart of the matter.
My first question is, what got shortened out of that "long story"? They don't arrest you and send you to jail for sitting peacefully in the administrator's office of you child's school.
Second, do they honestly think that without gay marriage legalized, the issue will never ever come up? You send your kids to public school, and not a single child there will have a gay parent or two? Really?
And let's not leave out the fact that apparently my existence, and the existence of other queers, is so dangerous that a five year old shouldn't know about it. That just ... blows my mind.
I think the guy said he was "prepared" to sit there "a long time" or "all night" or "forever," or whatever he said-- I don't have the stomach to rewind that mess and watch it again to see... But anyway, that leads me to believe he probably refused to leave the building at the end of the day as a protest, and that is why he was arrested
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You know I used to be a Mormon, don't you? Whoo, that brought back some scary flashbacks!!! But ALL TRUE, my man, ALL TRUE. They're not a church, they're a business. And like any big business, they don't worry about the rights of the individual until such time as they are hauled into court and forced to (*if* that day ever comes...)
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...no, wait... I've never actually heard of an ape trying to regulate the sex lives of his fellow primates...
...damn. Now I REALLY need a drink...!
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Here in Michigan our two propositions involve legalizing (A) medical marijuana and (B) stem cell research. The "vote no" ads for these propositions pretty much show (A) the entire state turning into one gigantic Cheech and Chong movie or (B) a breeding ground for mad scientists who haven't yet figured out that pig and elephant DNA just don't splice ;)
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And it's been 30 years since "Up In Smoke"... why in the hell isn't marijuana (medical or otherwise) legal at this point?! Every study I've read shows it to be safer than alcohol OR tobacco. Granted, the "munchies" factor can be a bit of a problem (ever tried to get that Doritos cheese dust out of bedding?)... but it's a far cry from rampant addiction and carcinogenic levels of tar and nicotine...!
Okay, everyone relax... I am now stepping away from the soapbox and putting down the megaphone...!
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I don't get it. As a friend put it once, when we teach kindergartners about families with a mommy and a daddy, we don't say "mommy and daddy have dinner with Julie, and then daddy takes mommy into the bedroom and fucks her senseless." And little kids aren't going to make that leap themselves.
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I wish I could recall who wrote that (it's probably somewhat paraphrased because of my imperfect memory, but it captures the gist of the situation) so I could give her proper credit, because I think it's a brilliant expression of the heart of the matter.
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Second, do they honestly think that without gay marriage legalized, the issue will never ever come up? You send your kids to public school, and not a single child there will have a gay parent or two? Really?
And let's not leave out the fact that apparently my existence, and the existence of other queers, is so dangerous that a five year old shouldn't know about it. That just ... blows my mind.
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http://digg.com/political_opinion/What_Prop_8_in_California_is_Really_About/who
(It may not get the bad taste out entirely, but it's being told from OUR side, not theirs.)
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