Jun 7
Kevin_BGFH commented on "The Republican Party doesn’t want black people to vote.".
Kevin_BGFH commented on "The Republican Party doesn’t want black people to vote.".
@18 - Let's look at California, Massachusetts and other states where the legislature is not only control by Democrats, but Dems actually have veto-proof supermajorities (and Democratic Governors, too). Please cite a single piece of legislation that Democrats have introduced -- merely introduced, not even passed -- that would try to prevent Republican demographic groups from voting.
May 22
Kevin_BGFH commented on There Are No Atheists In Foxholes.
Kevin_BGFH commented on There Are No Atheists In Foxholes.
It's one thing for him to say as a sort of throw-away line, "You gotta thank the Lord." But then for him to pursue it as question, "Do you thank the Lord for that split-second decision" struck me as highly strange indeed.
May 21
Kevin_BGFH commented on Senate Democrats Fuck Over Bi-National Gay Couples....
Kevin_BGFH commented on Senate Democrats Fuck Over Bi-National Gay Couples....
Let us hope that by late June, the U.S. Supreme Court makes it a moot point by striking down DOMA.
May 18
Kevin_BGFH commented on SL Letter of the Day: Gonna Boil My Laptop After Answering This One.
Kevin_BGFH commented on SL Letter of the Day: Gonna Boil My Laptop After Answering This One.
Probably fake. And probably some right wing troll hoping to trick Dan into saying something that they could then try to use against him.
May 13
Kevin_BGFH commented on Watch Minnesota Senate Vote on Marriage Equality Bill.
Kevin_BGFH commented on Watch Minnesota Senate Vote on Marriage Equality Bill.
@27 - And 20% of Electoral Votes are now Marriage Equality states!
More importantly, with the assumption that California would vote for Marriage Equality today, there are now enough states to block an inconceivable Constitutional Amendment to ban same sex marriage.
More importantly, with the assumption that California would vote for Marriage Equality today, there are now enough states to block an inconceivable Constitutional Amendment to ban same sex marriage.
May 13
Kevin_BGFH commented on Watch Minnesota Senate Vote on Marriage Equality Bill.
Kevin_BGFH commented on Watch Minnesota Senate Vote on Marriage Equality Bill.
@12 - Unfortunately, the rumor that Bachmann is threatening to leave the state came from The Daily Current, which is a parody website like The Onion.
May 7
Kevin_BGFH commented on Headline of the Day.
Kevin_BGFH commented on Headline of the Day.
Sadly, after watching "The Invisible War," I'm not surprised. The military's response to sexual assault in the military has been to punish victims for "lying" and "making up stories," and then assign accused perpetrators to be in charge of sexual assault response teams.
Apr 10
Kevin_BGFH commented on Savage Love.
Kevin_BGFH commented on Savage Love.
I am an atheist who is also a huge fan of Bishop Robinson, and I am so delighted to see him make a guest appearance in Savage Love.
Apr 5
Kevin_BGFH commented on Today In the East Carolinian.
Kevin_BGFH commented on Today In the East Carolinian.
The whole "why flaunt it with parades" argument really fucking annoys me.
Guess who else flaunts it with parades? Well, Irish Americans like my family, for one. Ireland never had parades on St. Patrick's Day. It was a religious observance. The first parade for St. Patrick's Day was actually in Colonial America as a way for oppressed Irish immigrants to show their solidarity, demonstrate their growing political clout, and have a little fucking PRIDE in their heritage. The first St. Patrick's Parade in the world was in Boston in 1737. The first St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland was in 1931, nearly two hundred years later.
Who else? What about Columbus Day? That celebration began as a way for oppressed Catholics in general, and later oppressed Italian Catholics in particular, to show their political strength by celebrating someone that (most of) the rest of America would also honor.
And Cinco de Mayo? It's not Mexican Independence Day. It celebrates the Mexican Army's victory over a vastly more powerful French Army in 1862. It was annually a tiny celebration in the Mexican province of Puebla (not even celebrated throughout Mexico, just one province). Mexican-Americans in California blew it up into a big deal in the U.S. as a way of showing their strength and celebrating their cultural PRIDE.
Gay Pride Parades also celebrate our strength, unity, and yes, our fucking PRIDE. Are we flaunting it? Hell, yeah! Of course we are. Just like Irish Americans and Italian Americans and Mexican Americans flaunt their pride as a way of demonstrating their clout.
My essay on the subject a few years ago....
http://biggayfrathouse.typepad.com/blog/…
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Guess who else flaunts it with parades? Well, Irish Americans like my family, for one. Ireland never had parades on St. Patrick's Day. It was a religious observance. The first parade for St. Patrick's Day was actually in Colonial America as a way for oppressed Irish immigrants to show their solidarity, demonstrate their growing political clout, and have a little fucking PRIDE in their heritage. The first St. Patrick's Parade in the world was in Boston in 1737. The first St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland was in 1931, nearly two hundred years later.
Who else? What about Columbus Day? That celebration began as a way for oppressed Catholics in general, and later oppressed Italian Catholics in particular, to show their political strength by celebrating someone that (most of) the rest of America would also honor.
And Cinco de Mayo? It's not Mexican Independence Day. It celebrates the Mexican Army's victory over a vastly more powerful French Army in 1862. It was annually a tiny celebration in the Mexican province of Puebla (not even celebrated throughout Mexico, just one province). Mexican-Americans in California blew it up into a big deal in the U.S. as a way of showing their strength and celebrating their cultural PRIDE.
Gay Pride Parades also celebrate our strength, unity, and yes, our fucking PRIDE. Are we flaunting it? Hell, yeah! Of course we are. Just like Irish Americans and Italian Americans and Mexican Americans flaunt their pride as a way of demonstrating their clout.
My essay on the subject a few years ago....
http://biggayfrathouse.typepad.com/blog/…
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If an inmate can be denied conjugal visits but cannot be denied the right to marry, then clearly the courts have already acknowledged that procreation is not an intrinsic part of marriage. The current SCOTUS will probably sidestep the issue for the time being in favor of a narrower ruling, but a future one probably will agree that same-sex couples cannot be denied marriage allowed to similarly situated opposite sex couples.
Also, @Siddha, while Communist Russia was anti-religion, it was also virulently homophobic. Gay people were routinely thrown into gulags. Your attempt to marry the two -- pun intended -- is flat out false.