Although Rubb Ed and I are still celebrating the SCOTUS decisions on Prop. 8 and DOMA, we still face the grim reality that plenty of people in the gay community face life in states that don't have marriage equality.
That fact hit me square in the face today when I read this story about a gay couple in Ohio - Jim and John - who had a huge hurdle to clear to get to Maryland in order to get married: John has advanced ALS.
In order to get things squared away, Jim had to fly to Maryland to get the marriage license (MD is one of the few states that doesn't require both parties show up to get the license), then fly back to Ohio. Then, they needed over $12,000 (yes, twelve thousand!) to charter a plane to get from Cincinnati to Baltimore due to the special care John needed. Thankfully, social media played a role in raising the money and they were able to get to Baltimore three days ago. Upon landing and taxiing to the tarmac, Jim and John were married on the plane by John's aunt. Within 30 minutes, they were back in the air and on their way back to Ohio where they were greeted by friends and family.
Although it was a joyous occasion to be sure, it still is bittersweet. Straight couples can leisurely walk into any courthouse in any county in any state in the U.S., plunk down their money and walk out with a marriage license. Meanwhile, Jim and John had to spend thousands and thousands of dollars just for the privilege of being married.
And their home state won't even recognize their marriage.
(You can access the video here. I suggest plenty of tissues.)
Really... really just pisses me off that fellow residents of my city had to do this kind of thing. but the suburbs of the city have a lot of money committed to conservatism and tea party politics.
Glad they were able to get married... really pisses of me off that the state refuses to recognize their marriage... but doesn't really surprise me when this is a state that refused free money from the federal government to expand medicaid on principle.
I'm not winning anymore so I'm going to cry about it and claim I'm better than everyone else... because that's clearly what Jesus wants me to do while I continue spewing hate speech.
My snarky reply back to that second tweet would be something along the lines of
Wait, I'm confused - so you now support gay marriage because you realize you've been using the bible to promote bigotry and hatred?
My snarky reply back to that second tweet would be something along the lines of
McIrish's snarky twitter reply wrote:Wait, I'm confused - so you now support gay marriage because you realize you've been using the bible to promote bigotry and hatred?
If I had any non-SR4 money to spend, I would spend it convincing you to post that.
This growing conceit that people who are against marriage equality are some downtrodden minority bravely campaigning against unfair, misguided public opinion is... I dunno. Dumb. These people who can post these things and get in front of crowds and say this stuff without any real* fear of being beaten within an inch of their life or just brutally killed really have zero concept of what they're talking about. While I don't think the violence is as bad as it used to be, these folks really just have no idea what persecution is.
(*first one to make an argument about how "this one time..." somehow compares to decades of violent history against homosexuals wins!)
This one time i lost an arm wrestling match to a pre op trans lesbian. I screamed misandry and went directly to church.
There is a minority opinion, and then there is flat out wrong. Speaking of, is the flat earth society a brave group of minority view-holders fighting the tyranny of the majority? Or are they just crazy and wrong?
The Downtrodden Minority of Hate notion having been ensconced in official record in Scalia's minority dissent. I'm not going to lie, I'm going to show some real, possibly scary, almost surely in poor taste glee when he dies. I mean, after we find the last horcrux.
Lionsgate responds to calls to boycott Ender's Game:
As proud longtime supporters of the LGBT community, champions of films ranging from Gods and Monsters to The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a company that is proud to have recognized same-sex unions and domestic partnerships within its employee benefits policies for many years, we obviously do not agree with the personal views of Orson Scott Card and those of the National Organization for Marriage. However, they are completely irrelevant to a discussion of Ender’s Game. The simple fact is that neither the underlying book nor the film itself reflect these views in any way, shape or form. On the contrary, the film not only transports viewers to an entertaining and action-filled world, but it does so with positive and inspiring characters who ultimately deliver an ennobling and life-affirming message. Lionsgate will continue its longstanding commitment to the LGBT community by exploring new ways we can support LGBT causes and, as part of this ongoing process, will host a benefit premiere for Ender’s Game.
Personally I think that if they were so pro-LGBT, they wouldn't have done business with a screaming bigot like Card in the first place. Sometimes you just can't separate art from its creator.
Lionsgate responds to calls to boycott Ender's Game:
As proud longtime supporters of the LGBT community, champions of films ranging from Gods and Monsters to The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a company that is proud to have recognized same-sex unions and domestic partnerships within its employee benefits policies for many years, we obviously do not agree with the personal views of Orson Scott Card and those of the National Organization for Marriage. However, they are completely irrelevant to a discussion of Ender’s Game. The simple fact is that neither the underlying book nor the film itself reflect these views in any way, shape or form. On the contrary, the film not only transports viewers to an entertaining and action-filled world, but it does so with positive and inspiring characters who ultimately deliver an ennobling and life-affirming message. Lionsgate will continue its longstanding commitment to the LGBT community by exploring new ways we can support LGBT causes and, as part of this ongoing process, will host a benefit premiere for Ender’s Game.Personally I think that if they were so pro-LGBT, they wouldn't have done business with a screaming bigot like Card in the first place. Sometimes you just can't separate art from its creator.
They're actually putting money into his hands, which is going straight into anti-LGBT organizations. f*ck them and f*ck this rationalization.
They're actually putting money into his hands, which is going straight into anti-LGBT organizations. f*ck them and f*ck this rationalization.
Basically my take as well. I'll support all the other things that you guys do, but not ones that are giving money to OSC.
Lionsgate does have pro-LGBT history so it's not as if the claim is baseless. The apology is still crap. If I give you a piece of cake and break your nose, you're still going to be pissed about the broken nose.
I think it'd be a much better apology if they also gave an amount equal to whatever Card is getting to LGBT groups. It wouldn't make up for it completely, but it'd help some.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
What did I miss in this book? I remember a dweeb (kind of like myself at the time of reading) pining after some girl who was going out with some dude. Dweeb hangs out with both of them... and at some point during a near intimate encounter between dweeb and girl, he goes into some kind of convulsions/shock, starts remembering a history of abuse... and that's about it? I'm looking at CliffNotes for this.
EDIT: Back, unless every cliff notes site a Google Search could bring up missed something... I don't see anything here dealing with LGBT issues... was someone in the production process or the writer part of the LGBT community? Also apparently that dude the girl was hanging out with was her step-brother, so that's either weird... or just explains why an intimate encounter with the main character and the girl was not THAT big a deal in terms of "wait, is she getting ready to cheat on her guy with this dude?"
'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' wins GLAAD Media Award for top movie
Written by Stephen Chbosky, who also authored the book as well as directed the film, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a celebration of friendship. The movie features an openly gay high school student name Patrick played by Ezra Miller who, in touch with his sexuality, refuses to be anything other than who he is meant to be.The movie is timeless although set in the 80's. It deals with issues so many LGBT youth are faced with in modern day society. Throughout the movie a special friendship if formed by the three characters of Sam, Patrick and Charlie who connect through their unique differences. Together they explore first love, kisses, heartbreak and their sexuality.
Chbosky does a great job in this film with his portrayal of the character of Patrick in his openness with his sexuality and his growth through tears. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a film very deserving of the award which recognize "inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives."
I think it'd be a much better apology if they also gave an amount equal to whatever Card is getting to LGBT groups. It wouldn't make up for it completely, but it'd help some.
If they did that and the movie wasn't going be horrible I would be willing to see it.
Of course it will be horrible which is enough reason to not see it... and the money going to Card is a second perfectly good reason to boycott it.
I am glad lions gate has a good history, but they just threw a bunch of their good credit away. Shame.
The article doesn't really say. Why is it going to take to 2014 for the first gay marriages to happen if it's legal now?
The United Kingdom is proud to announce that Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has given her royal assent to the marriage equality bill and gay marriage is now a reality in England and Wales.
The first marriages will take place in the summer of 2014.
CHEERS!
Jolly good!
The United Kingdom is proud to announce that Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has given her royal assent to the marriage equality bill and gay marriage is now a reality in England and Wales.
The first marriages will take place in the summer of 2014.
CHEERS!
This image amused me:
That... is pretty friggin awesome. Given the queen's wardrobe, they could probably go for even more gradation in color if they wanted to.
This is precisely what gay parenting does to kids through baby farming, adoption on demand, insemination, and surrogacy
I suspect that the occurrences of those things amongst breeders is much, much higher than amongst LGBT folk. Yet, civilization still carries on. See Canada for exaple.Surely if god had withdrawn his favour due to our long support of gay marriage, we would have been deprived of the holy goodness that is bacon and maple syrup!!
For the record, when I talk about how it would be a great idea to adopt a 12 year-old kid so that you skip the useless stage and get a person that can do chores around the house, I'm joking. I'm not actually planning on doing so, or working the kid to the bone if I do decide to adopt a teenager for other reasons.
Of course I'm heterosexual, so Lopez probably isn't too concerned by my possible adoption-slavery-child labor-trafficking potential.
That Lopez Guy wrote:The Lobby, rather than engaging in a good-faith discussion of whether it was ethical to deprive children of a mom or dad based on adult wishes...
It is abuse. It is abuse. Face it.
Not to beat a dead horse, but someone should tell him that he should be going after divorce first, because that's pretty much the embodiment of "depriving children of a mom or a dad based on adult wishes".
Those are the dirtiest gays I've ever seen.
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