Miscellaneous

Breaking News: Unsafe Sex Can Lead to STDs

Posted on March 26, 2008
In light of recent STD surveillance findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that reported high rates of STDs among teenagers and other groups, I could have been a written an "attention-grabbing" headline saying this:Men Give Teenage Women STDs in Alarming Rates!Or, perhaps:Heterosexual Sex Leads to Disease!But, you see, I didn't...

"Deep" Thought #7: A Grand Display of Bad Faith, Psychic Ability, and/or Poor Comprehension

Posted on March 25, 2008
One of many reasons I stopped interacting with the folks over at Opine is that their most-used tactic is to take quotes out of context and impute the commenter with all sorts of sinister beliefs and opinions that he or she never stated.Out of curiosity, I was reading a debate between my friend Jane and some of the Opiners...

Play Me a Tiny Violin, Part II

Posted on March 25, 2008
So, I was reading through some of the friend of the court briefs in the California marriage equality case and I came across the following argument put forth by the group "Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality (JONAH)," "Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (P-FOX)," and "Evergreen International:""Ruling that gays and lesbians are an immutable oppressed class unnecessarily stigmatizes the small minority of Californians who have changed their self-understanding of their orientation...

I am a Concerned Man for America

Posted on March 24, 2008
Recently, I read an articulate blog post explaining how sexism and misogyny harms men as well as women. It is worth a read and, I agree with most, perhaps all, of what Portly says.In a nutshell, she argues that "one of the tragedies of sexism for men in our culture" is "the abrogation of their right to 'have a heart' -- a full-range emotional body" while also acknowledging that men generally have privilege over women...

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Anti-Feminism: Affirmative Action for Men

Posted on March 21, 2008
Look here, another WorldNetDaily man telling us all how bad feminism has been for women! To make a long illogical rant short, columnist Dennis Prager is claiming that feminism has caused women to have higher rates of depression than men because it has raised their expectations but because they're women, they can never meet these higher expectations...

"Deep" Thought #6: Feminists Are Ugly

Posted on March 20, 2008
Following anti-feminist Fitz's article lambasting Title IX, one of his fellow bloggers named "Marty" chimed in with the brilliant "feminists are ugly" retort: "Heh, I hate to sound so sexist but google [the feminist in question's] picture. It pretty much explains everything...

You Get Down With Your Bad Self, GOP!

Posted on March 20, 2008
Well folks, it looks like it's gonna be rich, white, heterosexual man John McCain in an historic bid for the presidency versus either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. You know those Republicans, always on the cutting edge of progress!But... are we ready for this?Pressing questions we all must be asking at this juncture include:Will McCain's core base of rich white men and Nascar dads be enough to ensure victory?How will white and male identity politics play into the race? Will men be able to separate the issues from their gender? How many men will vote for McCain just because he's a man?Will white people be able to separate the issues from their race? How many white people will vote for McCain just because he's white?How will McCain play the gender and/or race card to his advantage?Is John McCain too unemotional to be president? Does John McCain have too much testosterone-fueled rage to be president?How will John McCain handle the moments he is president and has an erection?What will John McCain wear, and will he ever cry during the race and/or the presidency?How will male pundits react to the novelty of a male presidential candidate? How will they characterize his voice?Will they critique McCain's appearance and outfits?How will McCain handle the assumption that, by virtue of his gender alone, he is fit to be Commander-in-Chief?Only time will tell...

Sally Kern: Hate Speech Apologist

Posted on March 19, 2008
A few days ago, Sally Kern issued a press release regarding her recent less-than-stellar comments about gay people. Before we get into that let's do an experiment and replace "black" or "Latino" into Kern's recent comments. In that case, I think it's safe to say that Kern would not still be sitting pretty in her taxpayer-funded office right now...

What's Next, Dogs as Scientists?!

Posted on March 18, 2008
If any female scientists are in the audience today, they *might* take issue with this article by woman-fearing "Vox Day" from WingNutDaily. In fact, if you are a male scientist who isn't threatened by intelligent women you, too, will probably take issue with the rant...

California Marriage Case Summary

Posted on March 17, 2008
For those of you interested in the marriage equality debate, I would encourage you to read former City of Berkeley Attorney Manuela Albuquerque's article summarizing the arguments made in the California Supreme Court's pending decision in the state's marriage equality case...

"Deep" Thought #5: Voting is a "Problem" in a Democratic Society!

Posted on March 14, 2008
Super-duper Christian man Jose Solano thinks it's a "problem" that non-religious people are allowed to vote in the US! Of atheists and agnostics he says:"Part of the problem of our democratic system is that such people are allowed to vote. They have a right to express their irrational ?religious? views, atheistic or hedonistic, anarchistic or self-centered, etc...

This Just In: Men Lack Free Will!

Posted on March 14, 2008
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, on New York governor Eliot Spitzer:"When the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings, sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man, to make him feel like a success, to make him feel like her hero, he's very susceptible to the charm of some other woman making him feel what he needs...

LifeSite News: A Study in Bias and Propaganda

Posted on March 13, 2008
On any given day, a reader with any semblance of critical reading skills can take a day's sample of LifeSiteNews' headlines and find error, lies, and distortions of the truth. (I have blogged about several egregious example previously). As my friend Jane Know said one time, when a person cites LifeSiteNews believing that it's honest, accurate, or unbiased journalism, it sort of automatically discredits that person as an arbiter of competence or journalistic integrity...

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Posted on March 13, 2008
1. I love Ellen DeGeneres. After hearing about Sally Kern's anti-gay tirade, Ellen attempted to call her on her television show. Leaving Kern a message, Ellen said this:"Hi! It's Ellen DeGeneres.... The gay one. I just want to talk to you because I feel like I could clear some things up...

What's More Rude Than Being Gay?

Posted on March 12, 2008
Surprise, surprise, another anti-gay bigot is misusing research data about gay men and lesbians to support his already-held and unsubstantiated conclusions about gay people.This latest example of propaganda comes from "On Lawn," a member of the Opine Editorials' cast of anti-gay characters...

Sally Kern Really Has to Ask "What's Wrong" With Hate Speech?

Posted on March 11, 2008
Shoutout to Vieve for passing along news of Oklahoma state rep Sally Kern's recent YouTube-sensational anti-gay monologue. Some of Kern's ignorant gems include:"The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation.... Not everybody's lifestyle is equal, just like not everybody's religion is equal and according to God's word, it is not the right lifestyle...

"Deep" Thought #4: Dead Fathers are Better than Step-Fathers!

Posted on March 10, 2008
Oh. My god. The "Deep" Thoughts category really doesn't get any "deeper" than this next one, dear readers. What follows may, in fact, be the single most-est best-est deepest thought ever in the history of ever!Anti-gay "intellectual" Fitz has just announced that the empty space left behind from a deceased father is better at raising children than are living non-biological dads...

Finally, a Holy Man I Can Agree With

Posted on March 10, 2008
Anglican Bishop Gene Robinson, whose open gayness so troubles some of the men in charge of the church that they are causing a potential schism, is a man of courage that I admire. Recently, Robinson gave an inspiring speech to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force where articulated what all the fuss is about regarding the acceptance of homosexuality...

The Freddies! Wise Master Paul Jamieson

Posted on March 07, 2008
Today I would like to present the 3rd Annual Freddy Award to occasional visitor and frequent off-color anti-gay commenter (Wise Master) "Paul Jamieson."Why does he deserve this award?He sort of embodies the hateful "teaching methods" used by the likes of Freddy namesake Fred Phelps...

Friday Fun!

Posted on March 07, 2008
1. I confess, I watch The Big Gay Sketch Show mostly because of (foxy) Kate McKinnon and Julie Goldman. Much like Saturday Night Live, the show is usually hit or miss. However, I did think this skit was pretty funny. And sort of true. In an exaggerated way...

Rush Limbaugh is Un-American

Posted on March 06, 2008
Regarding the potential "dream ticket" of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh recently said the following. (And, because you can't read emotion in a transcript, when I watched him say this, I must say that Limbaugh was both laughing and proud when he said these words):"Let's say it is Obama and Hillary?Let's put Hillary at the top ? That's a position she's familiar with," Limbaugh said on his radio show Thursday...

Play Me a Tiny Violin

Posted on March 06, 2008
I recently learned via World Net Daily, a very concerned news organization for gender discrimination [insert laughter], that a man is suing the Colorado Rockies because he was denied a "Ladies' Night" ticket to a ballgame.Can I begin this article with a big thank you to World Net Daily for highlighting this grave injustice...

Renewing My Confidence in Americans

Posted on March 05, 2008
Mike "The Rev" Huckabee conceded the Republican primary last night to John McCain.[Insert mad cackling]This is one small step for John McCain, and one giant leap for the separation of church and state.Well done, America.

And If He's Mocking Bigotry, He's No Sarah Silverman

Posted on March 05, 2008
Could a guy piss his pants out of fear of the prospect of a woman president any more than Joel Stein does in this article? He starts off with a bang:"You know how ladies, when they don't get what they want, can go a little crazy? Am I right, fellas? Right now, they're pretty upset about losing their first chance at a female president...

Deep Thought #3: Gay Rights Cause Natural Disasters

Posted on March 04, 2008
Need any more convincing that fundamentalists and those who conveniently contrive supernatural explanations for natural phenomena should not run a nation or its disaster preparedness programs?Read this latest factoid that gay "activity" causes earthquakes...

Ellen on Changing the Message

Posted on March 04, 2008
A lot of people have posted about this already, but I want to keep this important message going.Ellen DeGeneres rarely talks about being gay, but when she does, she is usually right on. As some of you have probably heard, 15-year-old Lawrence King was murdered by a classmate for being gay...

Carnival of the Godless!

Posted on March 03, 2008
Shoutout to Carnival of the Godless host blog Life Before Death, for featuring my recent article "Blasphemy! (Part I)."Check it out for more godless reading!

Yes, Let's Do Talk About Human Dignity

Posted on March 03, 2008
Before I begin, I want to state that the following post is not a challenge. It is a request.And although it is an open letter addressed to Fitz (aka, Mr. "proponents of marriage equality are enemies of America") it is a message to anyone in favor of a constitutional amendment banning gay people from marriage...

Crispy Fucking Chicken

Posted on February 29, 2008
What follows is a case in point as to why I cannot take the fundamentalist Christians seriously when they claim they are just trying to make the world a better place.According to the always-entertaining conservative World Net Daily "A billboard campaign for 'Crispy Frickin' Chicken' is ruffling the feathers of a Pennsylvania couple who believe the word 'frickin' is a 'euphemism for fornication...

Are People in Spain Less Bigoted Than Americans, or Just More Into Equality?

Posted on February 29, 2008
On July 1, 2005 gays and lesbians were allowed to marry in Spain. 65% of Spaniards, of whom 82% consider themselves to be Roman Catholic, supported this legalization. Unsurprisingly, Catholic bishops came out in opposition to full equality saying,"If it is the state itself that establishes a law which ignores the essence of marriage, then the damage it causes to the true family, to children and society as a whole will be incalculable...

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