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A Gaythering Storm from FOD Team, Jane Lynch, Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass, George Takei, LizFeldman, Jason Lewis, Sarah Chalke, Sophia Bush, and lauren.

LMAO. Go to the URL they list at the end. SRSLY.

The Bilerico Project | Rick Warren operatives trying to whitewash his anti-gay positions from Wikipedia entry.

The Stranger | Slog | He’s Actually an Opportunistic Bigot.

Well hey, it worked for McCain…

Oh, wait.

Giulliani does this and it’s 100% proof that he has sold out to the Dark Side.

YouTube – Miss California Gets OWNED Miss USA 2009 Speech.

Umm…. how can you “choose” when you can’t actually “choose”? This answer would have made perfect sense and been perfectly respectable IF we actually HAD the right to marry. But hey, guess what? We don’t. So we don’t get to choose between same-sex marriage and opposite-sex marriage (like it’s some kind of eenie meenie miney moe or something). We get those choices made FOR us by people like her.

McCain campaign manager: GOP should back same-sex marriage – CNN.com.

The Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad | April 16th | ColbertNation.com.

The Bilerico Project | Best NOM parody ad yet.

Yep. Today, marriage. Tomorrow, analog TV! We are out to destroy God’s creations! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

*arf!*

Pam’s House Blend:: More from “Nation for Marriage:” the talking points revealed.

A fabulous post that will have you snickering the entire time… I do like the Jewey font best. That’s probably because I’m Jewish.

Our Heart Aches for This Self-Hating Little Boy on YouTube / Queerty.

This is so sad.

Same-sex marriage rights a step closer in District of Columbia – CNN.com.

"Same-sex 'marriage' is a movement driven by wealthy homosexual activists and a liberal elite determined to destroy not only the institution of marriage, but democracy as well. Time and again, we see when citizens have the opportunity to vote at the ballot box, they consistently opt to support traditional marriage," Perkins said.

That is of course a load of shit – but you want to know what DOES undermine democracy? Maintaining a district of 591,833 people who have no right to govern themselves without subjecting their votes to the review of the whole of Congress. Sorry, but when the founders forbade D.C. from having a vote or becoming a state, they certainly weren’t anticipating that it would become a major metropolitan area the way it has.

On the other hand, allowing state Supreme Courts to exercise their judicial oversight as to the other branches of government is fully and wholly in line with the three-branch, “checks and balances” government our intelligent founders set up to prevent tyranny by the majority.

With veto overrides, Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage – CNN.com.

What a beautiful sight.

Civil rights aside (hey, there’s something CA knows how to do), it’s wonderful that Vermont and Iowa will reap the economic benefits of these decisions, in this lousy economy. It’s a damned shame California didn’t get to cash in on that, particularly since it would have been couples’ only west coast option (besides Vancouver). Oh well. It’s not like the California economy NEEDED those hundreds of millions of out-of-state dollars and a couple thousand new jobs… Oh, wait…

When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite – Colfax Record.

Well, duh. Read the works of John Boswell.

Gay Couple Feels Pressured To Marry | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.

LMAO. The funny thing is that this could totally be a real article.

Vermont House Passes Marriage Bill | News | Advocate.com.

My favorite quote:

"When I hear referendum I hear California," said Rep. Mike Mrowicki. "I don't know if we want to start emulating them. "

Mmmmm, yummy marriage sanctity. With some sweet fidelity for dessert. Oh, wait..

The Gay “Marriage” Slippery Slope | US Political Scene.

This is such an intellectually dishonest piece, but I had to comment anyway. My comment:

The CNN article is incorrect anyway. CA was the first to pass marriage legislation, which was vetoed just as it will be in VT. They’ll make history if they can override the veto.

In any event, you assume that same-gender marriage IS the catastrophe that people usually point to when they wring their hands and talk about “gay marriage and the slippery slope.” But that’s never the case, and I think you know it.

For one thing, we’ve always been open about the fact that we will not accept anything less than equality, and that domestic partnerships are an interim deal (unless of course you’re willing to give up state marriage altogether, in which case we can have civil unions for all, and leave marriage to the religions). So gay marriage is at the top of the slope, not at the bottom.

But more importantly, your analysis is based on a faulty premise. Nobody ever says, “You can’t allow domestic partnerships because one thing will lead to another and suddenly you’ll have same-sex marriage, and that is the worst possible thing that can happen.” That’s virtually never the slippery-slope argument that is made, and I think it’s intellectually dishonest to suggest that it is.

If you’re going to analyze the slippery-slope argument honestly, you need to address the fact that the real argument tossed around in public debate, particularly when there are marriage initiatives on the ballot, is that allowing same-gender marriage will lead to incest (legal in 26 states, ironically), bestiality, pedophilia, and ultimately, men marrying their pet goats. That is the slippery-slope argument that is made in the marriage debate, by everybody from housewives to federal-level politicians. Until you can show me an example of a state legislature having a serious debate over whether an animal has standing to sign a marriage license, you cannot possibly make a serious assertion that the alleged “gay marriage slippery slope” has played out.

May God bless you with gay children to teach you what you will never learn on your own.

Vermont on cusp of legalizing same-sex marriage – CNN.com.

CNN says: “It would be the first time a state took the action without being forced by courts.”

WRONG, CNN. California passed marriage legislation TWICE – but it was vetoed by the Governator. A truly historical event will occur if the Vermont legislature has enough votes to override the VT governor’s certain veto, but as of right now, VT is NOT the first state to take legislative action toward marriage equality without a court order.

Leaked memos: Gay rights group make new charges over LDS Prop 8 role – Salt Lake Tribune.

No surprises here. Well, a few – turns out they were deeper in than anybody imagined.

But then again, why should we be surprised?

Mmmm, yummy morals and values. Jesus would be proud.

Oh, wait.

U.S. divorce rates: for various faith groups, age groups and geographical areas.

Guess what, folks? Not only do the “liberal, family hating” west and northeast have LOWER divorce rates than the marriage-protecting south and midwest (which, to be fair, probably has something to do with wealth and education as well as religion), but those who fight the MOST to prevent gay people from marrying – fundamentalist, evangelical Christians – actually have HIGHER divorce rates than atheists and agnostics! Jews are the highest in proportion by a slight margin, but hey, guess what? Judaism doesn’t prohibit divorce, and in fact the marriage contract itself usually includes protections for the woman in case of divorce.

But do the religious fundamentalists accept that they might ACTUALLY be hypocrites? Of course not. I love that the conservative Christian response is essentially to say, “But we know that can’t possibly be true, because these people are Christian, so of course they wouldn’t get divorced, because they’re living a Christian lifestyle, which doesn’t include divorce,” or “Well, they weren’t really Christian if they got divorced, so that doesn’t count.” But hey – these are the same people who say “These facts are true. We know they are true, because the Bible says they’re true. And we know the Bible is right, because the Bible says it’s right You see? There’s your proof. You can’t ignore the facts.”

California Court to Weigh Gay Marriage Ban – NYTimes.com.

California Supreme Court may reveal stance on Prop. 8 on Thursday – Los Angeles Times.

Reporting from San Francisco — The California Supreme Court may reveal Thursday whether it intends to uphold Proposition 8, and if so, whether an estimated 18,000 same-sex marriages will remain valid, during a high-stakes televised session that has sparked plans for demonstrations throughout the state.

By now, the court already has drafted a decision on the case, with an author and at least three other justices willing to sign it. Oral arguments sometimes result in changes to the draft, but rarely do they change the majority position. The ruling is due in 90 days.

(Read the article)

California high court reviews gay marriage ban | Reuters.

The countdown starts.

Prop 8 donor map.

This is fantastic. I love GoogleMaps. Look up your address and see if your neighbors secretly hate you! What a fun and depressing tool!

California Courts: Courts: Supreme Court: High Profile Case: Proposition 8 Supreme Court Filings.

Supporters of the institution of marriage had better hope that the court strikes down Prop 8. ‘Cause if it doesn’t? I don’t know about you, but my next big political cause will be civil unions for everybody – and I’m far from alone in that. After all, marriage is a *religious* institution, right?

As far as I’m concerned, the ultimate goal is equality, and I don’t care what form it comes in. So what are you willing to give up in order to protect marriage from me and my wife?