Why do gay guys have to be so fucking annoying?
Forever alone.
It’s national coming out day?
Stupid.
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It’s always easy to get people to condemn threats to free speech when the speech being threatened is speech that they like. It’s much more difficult to induce support for free speech rights when the speech being punished is speech they find repellent. But having Mayors and other officials punish businesses for the political and social views of their executives — regardless of what those views are — is as pure a violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech as it gets, and beyond that, is genuinely dangerous.
If you support what Emanuel is doing here, then you should be equally supportive of a Mayor in Texas or a Governor in Idaho who blocks businesses from opening if they are run by those who support same-sex marriage — or who oppose American wars, or who support reproductive rights, or who favor single-payer health care, or which donates to LGBT groups and Planned Parenthood, on the ground that such views are offensive to Christian or conservative residents.
You can’t cheer when political officials punish the expression of views you dislike and then expect to be taken seriously when you wrap yourself in the banner of free speech in order to protest state punishment of views you like and share. Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences.
"Glenn Greenwald. (via asuperfluousman)
(via antigovernmentextremist)
Cathy and Obama: Two peas in an anti-gay bigotry pod
“We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that… we know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.” — Dan Cathy, President of Chick-Fil-A, July 2012
“I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. For me as a Christian, it’s also a sacred union… God’s in the mix. … I am not someone who supports same-sex marriage.” — Barack Obama, Presidential Candidate, 2008
I’m going to preempt the “but Obama’s position evolved” arguments:
You cannot label it “flip-flopping” when someone you disagree with does it and call it “an evolution” when someone you agree with does it.
(Source: againstpower)
“A voluntary association shouldn’t be interfered with by the state, so I’d just as soon that the state not issue licenses or define marriage. Let the individual, let two people define marriage. And it will annoy some people, but it would also get rid of this whole debate. We wouldn’t be arguing about the definition of marriage.” - Dr. Ron Paul
Oh, boy.
I realize that this is likely directed at conservative Republicans, chiefly, but I have issues with it.
I want to get it out of the way, first of all, that I do support gay marriage rights, and that I do think it is an important issue. I am gay. Ideally, the government would be totally uninvolved in any kind of interpersonal relationship, including marriage, but I do think that if it is involved, it needs to be available to everyone.
This letter bothers me because it states, pretty explicitly, that the rights of homosexuals to marry are more important than the unsustainable American economy and our healthcare and justice systems, to say nothing of our disastrous and violent foreign policy.
As great as gay marriage rights would be, and regardless of the fact that they should not even be in question in 2012, it is not as important (and remember: I am a gay man!) as many other political issues facing the U.S. today, certainly including the economy and the justice system, and quite possibly including healthcare. Our way of life as we know it is in very real danger of collapse because of our government’s spending habits and economic policies (on BOTH sides of the political aisle) and because our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms (things we take for granted, things as simple as free speech) are under attack by laws being introduced and passed at a frighteningly high rate.
I simply cannot understand how someone can be so selfish as to think, and to expect others to think, that having the ability to sign a piece of paper in a government office and collect some benefits a more pressing issue than (to quote Ryan McKaken), “sovereign debt crises, the brink of WWIII, the coming American default, a stagnant economy, the police state, and more”, including President Obama’s continued civilian-killing drone strikes around the Middle East and our continued and even growing military presence around the world.
People are called selfish for not wanting the government to take more than a quarter of their hard-earned income to fund its unconstitutional and completely unnecessary wars overseas by the same people whose chief political and voting issue is that of gay marriage.
Personally I find that (not to mention the implication in this letter that because I am gay I must obviously feel the same way) absolutely infuriating.
God what is with all these gay-ass flags. Get a real flag.
That ‘straight ally’ flag is especially horrid.
Why are people so incapable of having pride in their individuality and their accomplishments. I don’t give a fuck if you’re gay or a leather daddy or pansexual (lolz) - it’s not something to be proud of (and, social justards, that doesn’t mean you should be ashamed of it either). Just do what you want and don’t let yourself be defined by something you yourself admit you have no control over.
(via anarchowario)
Obama Hits GOP Candidates on Gay Rights
“But I’m still gonna send our soldiers, of all sexual orientations, overseas so they can massacre civilians and then come back dead or suicidal because of my unconstitutional, unnecessary, and unsustainable wars. It’s okay, though, because of how much I talk about supporting them!”
Ron Paul on Gay Marriage
“I’m supportive of all voluntary associations and people can call it whatever they want. “
“That’s right. That’s your Right under the Constitution and it’s your Right in a free society”
“I don’t want the federal government having a marriage police. I want the states to deal with it. Really, why do we have to have a license to get married? Why don’t we just go to the church? What other individuals do, why can’t we permit them to do whatever they call it that is their problem not mine? Just so nobody else forces their definition of marriage on you. That is what we have to prevent.”
“But, I think the government should just be out of it. I think it should be done by the church or private contract and we shouldn’t have this argument - who’s married and who isn’t married. I have my s|andards but I shouldn’t have to impose my standards on others. Others have standards and they have no right to impose their marriage standards on me. And I just don’t like it. But, if we want to have something to say about marriage, it should be at the state level and not at the federal government. Just get the government out of it.”
Ron Paul refuses to sign the NOM (National Organization for Marriage) pledge
“NOM has reached out to the current crop of Republican presidential candidates to sign the groups pledge. The pledge supports a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman as well as preventing same-sex couples from adopting children. Every candidate has signed the pledge except Ron Paul. Whether you agree with Ron Paul or not, there are times when he steps away from the party line and sticks to his ideology. Though Paul does recognize marriage as one man and one woman, he is against a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage because it would take power away from the states to legislate the issue locally.” “CNN:Most of our closest allies, including Great Britain and Israel, allow gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military. Is it time to end Don’t ask, don’t tell policy and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the US military?
”Ron Paul: I think the current policy is a decent policy. And the problem that we have with dealing with this subject is we see people as groups, as they belong to certain groups and that they derive their rights as belonging to groups. We don’t get our rights because we’re gays or women or minorities. We get our rights from our creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. So if there is homosexual behavior in the military that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. But if there’s heterosexual sexual behavior that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. So it isn’t the issue of homosexuality, it’s the concept and the understanding of individual rights. If we understood that, we would not be dealing with this very important problem”
On June 8, 2009, the Hon. Ron Paul of Texas voted YES for passage of H.R. 2965 [111th]: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010
(Source: joswpagan)
"I am supportive of all voluntary associations and people can call it whatever they want. I have my standards, but I shouldn’t [be able] to impose my standards on others. Others have their standards and they have no right to impose their standards on me. Just get the government out of it. It’s one area where [government involvement] is totally unnecessary."
Ron Paul on marriage (via fuckyeahemergence)
(Source: frozeupandsighed, via daisysnotebook-deactivated20120)
If any gays are reading this, know that I support your rights 100%
But. But…
Revoking the “PATRIOT” Act is more important.
No ifs, ands or buts. That’s how it is.
It’s like this: if you loose all the liberties the Bill of Rights guarantees… you have no right to do anything, at all.
Pick the biggest battles first.
Besides… isn’t marriage an illusion anyway? Not that you don’t deserve every right to a piece of paper that says you’re… “legal” soulmates anyway.
Damned gays… corrupting a country with 51%ish divorce rates… interrupting the news about 6th graders having sex in the middle of class for your parades… damned gays…
But seriously. The “Patriot” Act. Needs to end. Reeeeeeal fuckin’ soon.
There one step away from detaining any and all peoples that could identify in any group outside of status-quo democrat/republican lines.
Yes yes yes, a thousand times yes.
(Source: 1nf1n1t1)
Anonymous asked: What’s your opinion of gay marriage?
I get this question all the time, and it’s such a simple answer:
Government should not be regulating relationships.
I don’t care if you’re straight or gay (or what intrinsic qualities you have), we should all have the right to have relationships with other adults without the Almighty Government stepping in and watching over us.
If you want to get religiously married, great. Find a church that suits you. If you’re gay and you want to get religiously married, find a church that suits you. Marriage is explicitly a religious concept - regardless of what religion you’re a part of - and government needs to stay out of it all.
If you’re gay (or straight) and you can find a church, mosque, temple or other religious institution that will marry you under their religious beliefs and God, go for it. That’s not for me - or the government - to stop; it’s between you, your partner and God.
Get the government out of marriage.
