The Sodomite Hal Duncan has a wonderful letter to share with you all this fine Friday afternoon.My own letter is below ( Read more... )

He's edited his entry and turned off comments. The edit is probably one of the funnier yet simultaneously sad things I've seen on the internet thus far. You should definitely go read it. I lol-ed. For so many reasons, I lol-ed. ETA: He's deleted the original entryHe's apparently bent out of shape that we weren't arguing the way he would prefer ( Read more... )

John C. Wright, aka johncwright.

It is completely up to you if you want to buy books written by this guy after reading what he thinks about homosexuality.

ETA: he deleted the original entryOn another note not related to the above in any way, I've got several hardcover books I don't want anymore. The books are in good shape, so I'm trying to think of a ( Read more... )

Shakesville: Breaking the Silence: On Living Pro-Lifers' Choice for Women

I think y'all need to go read that, no matter which side of the choice line you stand on. That's the most insightful essay about choice I have read in a long time, and it's not even about abortion. It's about adoption. It's about things that nobody talks about. Namely, ( Read more... )

I was very dizzy today. I was dizzy when I got up in the middle of the night to switch beds and was dizzy until almost nine this evening. I was going to go to the new house and paint today, but I really, really didn't want to do that alone. The last thing I need is to fall off a ladder and break my fool neck ( Read more... )

It is not statistically possible that the high turnout of black voters on Tuesday led to the passing of Prop 8.

Let us give credit where credit is due, my petits loups. Hate and stupidity do not have a skin color.

By the way, I'm really pissed off about the regressive anti-gay measures that got passed in several states, but I'm quite pleased about the results of the election, and while I am not under the illusion that Obama is going to fix everything and usher in a new age of peace and equality, I am at least feeling something I thought I'd lost: hope for my ( Read more... )

I voted as soon as I got up. Briefly debated what shirt to wear, wore my burgundy Alamo shirt, which felt more appropriate than a BPAL shirt or my Punisher shirt. It now has a nifty little "I voted" sticker on it ( Read more... )

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It's been ten years since Matthew Shepard died of injuries sustained in an unspeakably vicious attack. Ten years ( Read more... )

Oh, you have all probably seen the news, but I want to celebrate it here:

Connecticut High Court Grants Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples

That link includes a wonderful tearjerking video of the plaintiffs hearing about the ruling, crying on one another, and then proposing to each other. Beautiful.

Also beautiful is this:

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It's an ad calling ( Read more... )