The idea of legalized marriage for gay and lesbian couples offends your sensitivities. Know what offends my sensitivities? People who wear UGGs and Crocs. People that can’t spell. People that can’t tell the difference between “your” and “you’re” Hipsters. Fucking hipsters. Corporate personhood. You claim that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Fine. Have your sacred fucking union but give everyone the same rights afforded married couples. I’m pretty sure that a gay couple desiring power of attorney for each other in case of catastrophe is not going to destroy your sacred union. Please spare me your religious diatribes about gays being abominations of God. I’ve read the Bible enough to know that Christians have no problem picking and choosing passages to suit their needs. Self-entitlement abounds in Christianity, and one need look no further than so-called Christians who gossip, … Continue reading
Dear Maine
November 4th, 2009
Change more than a life: change everything
September 2nd, 2009
Update: Thanks to Patrick, and NPR, I’ve learned that the Food and Drug Administration instituted the ban on gay & bisexual men donating blood to organizations such as American Red Cross. I’ve discontinued the previous petition on act.ly in place of a new one that petitions Barack Obama to lift the FDA’s ban on allowing blood donations from gay & bisexual men.
Protect Me from What I Want
August 17th, 2009
In the past five years since living in Seattle I’ve been hit on my bicycle several times by drivers who pay more attention to their mobile calls than traffic. Fortunately for me, many of these drivers own luxury cars which means their insurance plans will cover my hospital bills and any necessary repairs to my bicycle. This, unfortunately, is my health insurance plan.
Another World
January 20th, 2009
Watching the Inauguration on television this morning, I went from one emotional extreme to another during the event. For the first time in eight years, I felt like I no longer had to live in fear of my government. That I can speak my mind without worrying that I would lose additional civil liberties or be labeled a terrorist for my staunch opposition of Bush and Cheney’s politics. I listened to the broadcasters on NBC elaborate on Americans in all their myriad dwellings. Latinos were lumped into barrios and black were ushered into ghettos. The broadcasters were stumped for a description of Asian communities. One word would have been far better and more powerful: home. Despite the historical precedent of today, white privilege remains omnipotent in our mainstream media. And despite the historical precedent of today, America and the world were deemed not ready … Continue reading
We need to look after each other, and ourselves.
December 6th, 2008
Hope for a better world
November 25th, 2008
You go, girl.
November 17th, 2008
Protect Marriage & Children: Prohibit Divorce
November 13th, 2008
Get mad. Then get organized.
November 7th, 2008
Like hell we did
November 6th, 2008