Obscanity: You'll know it when you see it

Got $100? Welcome to your new Detroit home – CNN.com.

Racist e-mail aimed at Obama raises hackles in Tennessee – CNN.com.

So… translation: “Oh, shit. That was supposed to go to the people who would find it funny and not racist. OOPS. I apologize. I made a mistake.” Kind of like when Jerry Falwell pseudo-apologized for blaming teh gayz, et al. for September 11 on “The 700 Club”: “Oh… did you see that appearance? Sorry. That was only supposed to be seen by people who would agree.”

Commentary: Chastity, ‘Good luck, brother’ – CNN.com.

Before the word "transsexual" had been coined in English, an intrepid young person whose family belonged to the British nobility set out to transform herself from female to male. He received a medical school education, obtained hormones — relatively new substances that were poorly understood at the time, and independently began living as a man in the early 1940s. Read more….

Obama on DOMA: He IS Keeping A Promise

Daily Kos: Obama on DOMA: He IS Keeping A Promise.

I don’t know how I feel about this whole mess. But before people start condemning Obama, I’d like to point out that when our AG refused to defend Prop 8, we got Kenneth Star instead. I’m thinking of Aesop’s “The Fox and the Hedgehog” right about now.

Terry Says Obama Makes Attacks Inevitable; Also Serves Beer, Wings | TPMDC.

So what I’m getting from this is… if you disagree with federal policy and you can’t change it through peaceful protest… you should definitely start shooting people, because morality is on your side. Excellent.

Miss California USA Prejean dethroned – CNN.com.

Yeah. And when she commits a crime somewhere later down the line and is convicted, she’ll be all, “Like, they only convicted me because of teh gayz!” Let’s spell this out – when you sign a contract, you have to keep to its terms. This was resolved. She was fine – and then she messed up. She should have gotten fired the first time around, when she breached her contract by lying about her near-topless photos. And if she had gotten fired then, she probably STILL would have blamed it on teh gayz.

Ms. Magazine | Between A Woman And Her Doctor.

I don’t care if doctors don’t expect to have to use these procedures – they need to be trained in them. There is absolutely NO excuse for what this woman went through.

2 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum – washingtonpost.com.

I suppose he thought the museum would close the way Tiller’s clinic closed. When one murderous kook acts, the others come crawling out…

Adam Lambert: I’m ‘proud of my sexuality’ – CNN.com.

Biggest shocker of the year! Gee golly! Who saw that coming? That said… between him and Clay Aiken, if you told me only one of them was gay I’d have had to pick Clay Aiken. *snickers*

Suspect claims ‘victory’ in closing of slain doctor’s clinic – CNN.com.

Great. Watch for the murder of an abortion doctor near you.

I thought this movement was supposed to be “pro-LIFE”??? Nope. Pro-fetus, yes. Once it’s an actual person… meh. Not so much.

Washington Blade | Cheney endorses same-sex marriage .

Can somebody please explain to me how “I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish — any kind of arrangement they wish” constitutes support for marriage equality? That sounds an awful lot like the argument for freedom of private contract. Thanks for your… uh… support?

Will Iran’s ‘Marriage Crisis’ Bring Down Ahmadinejad? – TIME.

I guess in the end, young people like to have a say in their future!

Joe. My. God.: Sen. Jeff Sessions Makes Kids Cry.

Histrionics? A boy is in danger of losing his mother, and Sessions is complaining about histrionics? What is the boy supposed to do to express his anguish – wrestle with an alligator? When you support policies like these, you are supporting the destruction of families – not abstract families that don’t exist except in your hand-wringing about the gay agenda, but real families, with real parents, and real children, and real love – and real pain, caused, in part, by YOU.

Gay & Lesbian Issues Examiner: EXCLUSIVE: California lesbian couple allege discrimination at Fresno hospital.

Before anybody starts making arguments based in the government’s failure to provide marriage equality, we need to consider whether the women are actually legal partners. If they’re not, which I suspect they’re not because otherwise the articles would have said as much, then this is no longer about what rights the state gives, and is now about the actions of the hospital – because these women would likely have been treated the same even if they had full marital recognition by the state. Given that the two women were wearing Marriage Equality shirts, odds are the nurse probably assumed they *were* legal partners, and *still* wouldn’t let her in – hence the “no visitor zone” claim instead of the classic “family only” argument. Discrimination, pure and simple.

It doesn’t make the rest of us look great to be throwing a hissy fit about marriage equality in this particular case. Instead, let’s talk about discrimination at the hospital level, where the split-second decisions of individually hateful people can have horrific consequences when people’s lives are at stake.

Reality gets “Stranger” with arranged-wedding show – Yahoo! News.

Alright, all you traditional marriage folks! Step up, step right up! Who’s next in line to sign up for this one? Technically speaking, FOX shouldn’t be criticized for this show – it should be lauded for bringing back good old traditional values in the form of marriages arranged by the family. ‘Cause really, isn’t that far more traditional than all those newfangled marriages based in mutual love and respect?

Commentary: Identity politics in the age of Obama – CNN.com.

Is Obama going to get accused of engaging in racial politics every time he nominates somebody who isn’t white?! Jesus. (p.s. he wasn’t white either.)

Actor David Carradine found dead – CNN.com.

Holy crap.

Random creepy feeling that this was a murder, not a suicide. But what do I know?

Michael Rowe: KRXQ Sacramento Radio Hosts Encourage Violence Against Transgender Children.

There are no words for the way I feel about these talkshow hosts. Well, there are, but I’m certain they aren’t appropriate for a facebook post. Next time somebody tells you (or you tell yourself) they’re voting against LGBT rights to protect children, you just reread this article and remember all the children who have DIED because of attitudes like this.

Same-sex couples fight for immigration rights – CNN.com.

Forget “family values.” Try VALUING FAMILIES.

Governor plans to completely eliminate welfare for families | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to completely eliminate the state’s welfare program for families, medical insurance for low-income children and Cal Grants cash assistance to college and university students.

Does this look like a right-winger’s wet dream or what? I’m starting to wonder whether our whole state budget crisis wasn’t just some total orchestration of events leading up to exactly this.

In Memory of Dr. George Tiller: A Tireless Supporter of Women’s Dignity | RHRealityCheck.org.

Prop 8 is a Distraction, or: NOW can we Dump Gay Marriage as a Cause? | The Bilerico Project.

The commenters really piss me off, particularly those who are whiiiiiining that unmarried hetero couples can’t have the same rights as married hetero couples. Why do people think they are entitled to those benefits when they haven’t taken on the responsibilities for which they are compensation?

Marriage is a contract between the couple and the state. You get certain perks, but in exchange you take on legal responsibilities toward another person, many of which are enforced at the end of your relationship, when you’d most like to shirk those same responsibilities you swore you’d uphold when times were brighter. Why should unmarried couples who CAN legally get married be entitled to the same rights as married couples when they refuse to accept the same responsibilities?

California faces its day of fiscal reckoning

I say we *start* with letting people out of prison, with the threat of another round soon. If that doesn’t trigger another special election, I’ll be shocked.

Repeal Prop 13! Even better: end the frigging initiative process entirely. Uneducated, unelected citizens with no experience in or understanding of the legislative process have NO BUSINESS writing our laws and constitutional amendments.

Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church condones domestic violence.

Students push UC to expand terms of ethnic identification – Los Angeles Times.

And yet somehow I doubt they bothered to include Jewish students in this change.