by Heather The other day as she was reading something online, Zinnia asked me my opinion on the question of why people seem to be more supportive of LGBT activism than feminism. At first I gave the simplest answer I could think of: A cis, straight person can support the rights of LGBT people and …
Tag Archive: politics
Jul 31 2012
After Regnerus debacle, where are the apologies?
Now that an internal audit at Social Science Research has confirmed that Mark Regnerus’ “gay parenting” study was indeed so badly flawed it never should have survived peer review, it’s safe to say that we can move past examining the specifics of how it went wrong, and start looking at the deeper question of why …
Jul 03 2012
NOM demands businesses stay “neutral” on marriage, then partners with anti-gay business
Last month, the National Organization for Marriage sent a letter to some of the largest corporations in Minnesota, demanding that they not oppose the state’s proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage: As a cultural matter that has little to do with your corporate mission to serve customers, earn profits, and provide good jobs for the …
Jun 27 2012
Minnesota anti-gay-marriage campaign goes full Leviticus
See update below. Professional homophobes just can’t stop getting themselves in trouble with Leviticus 20:13, the infamous Old Testament verse that prescribes the death penalty for gay sex. For some reason, they can’t avoid citing a passage that almost literally says “death to gays”, with no regard for the fact that this would be quite …
Jun 26 2012
Clarify something for me, Texas GOP
The Texas Republican Party’s 2012 platform reads: We support the definition of marriage as a God-ordained, legal and moral commitment only between a natural man and a natural woman, which is the foundational unit of a healthy society, and we oppose the assault on marriage by judicial activists. This may seem pretty straightforward, in that …
Jun 25 2012
Egypt’s crafty language on gay rights
Check out the excuse the Egyptian delegation at the UN came up with to dismiss gay rights: “Finally, concerning the highly controversial notion of sexual orientation, we can only reiterate that it is not part of the universally recognized human rights,” said the Egyptian delegation at the UN Human Rights Council. We’re going to deny …
Jun 16 2012
Heritage Foundation baffled by criticism of flawed “same-sex parenting” study
The homophobic right-wing seems genuinely taken aback at how poorly received their precious Regnerus study has been. Clearly, being widely and loudly called out on shoddy science with a hateful agenda isn’t something they’re used to. And in another decade, these results might have been accepted at face value despite the study’s many flaws, simply …
Jun 05 2012
Governor Bryant, There Is No “Non-Denominational” School Prayer
Last week, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant spoke to a group of high school students at an American Legion Boys State program in Hattiesburg. After telling them that he believed his experience with school-sponsored prayer was beneficial, he explained to the media: I know it’s difficult when you start talking about denominations and different beliefs, but …
May 22 2012
Bristol Palin: Not a Victim, Just Acting Like One
I hate to keep revisiting Bristol Palin’s remarks about gay marriage and same-sex parents, but she actually did take notice of my last article about this, and I feel she deserves a response. In her latest post, she claims that she was not “playing ‘the victim card’”, and was really only saying two things: 1. …
May 15 2012
Bristol Palin the Victim? I’m Not Buying It
It wasn’t hard to tell what direction things would take after Bristol Palin’s recent statements about President Obama and his newfound support for gay marriage. Where the Palins are involved, the sequence of events is firmly established and completely predictable: one of them will say something ridiculous, everyone else will react, and the Palins will …
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