The not-so-bright individuals who put this humiliating (for them) commercial together used a green-screen. So there’s a lot of fun to be had and I expect we’ll see more people coming up with clever ways to reconfigure this NOM (National Organization for Marriage) ad.
You totally convinced me with your super-awesome ad with scary lightning. I don’t want gay marriage if it means it’s gonna rain on me.
I pulled this off of Sullivan’s blog. I thought it worth sharing:
It’s snowing right now. There are so many things about this place that never cease to amaze me. Snow in April is one. The decency of so many people is another. My partner and I awakened this morning, resigned to what we felt was [...]
From the fine people at the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network:
Join Us for the 2009 Freedom to Serve Rally
Join SLDN to build momentum to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and show solidarity for all service members.
When: Friday, March 13, 2009, noon
Where: Capitol Grounds, Washington D.C.
Please direct questions to Benjamin Mishkin at bmishkin@sldn.org or call (202) 621-5406.
Not anytime soon if the Atlantic Coast Conference has anything to do with it. There’s a story today titled “ACC Reluctant to Acknowledge Lesbian Fans” in the Greensboro News and Record:
On Friday, 13,599 fans watched UNC’s quarterfinal victory over Clemson. The crowd was a mix you’d never see at the more-exclusive ACC men’s tournament: children [...]
January 30, 2009 – 10:26 am
King: Were these feelings about men, were these feelings that you had for a long time?
Haggard: Well, the first I remember them is in high school. And — but I never acted on them. I married Gayle in college. It was a wonderful relationship with Gayle through the years. And — but I would, I’d [...]
January 29, 2009 – 1:44 pm
Well, Iceland at least. They’ve appointed the worlds first openly gay leader, says Gawker:
Even as their country plummets down the geyser hole, Icelanders are still awfully nice to gay people. They’ve appointed an out-and-proud lesbian to be their interim Prime Minister, a world first the papers say.
You may remember that when the country initially went [...]
January 28, 2009 – 2:47 pm
Ellen calls Gladys and gets some well wishes and words of wisdom on her recent marriage to Portia De Rossi.
January 27, 2009 – 5:24 pm
From the San Fransisco Chronicle:
In thousands of pages, the combatants in the Proposition 8 fight have made their case to the state Supreme Court.
The briefs are all in, from sponsors and opponents of the ballot measure banning same-sex marriage and their far-flung allies - organizations as mainstream as the AFL-CIO and the California Catholic Conference [...]