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adelamaide: alinasmith: “People who say that gay people are...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:24:17 -0600

alinasmith:

“People who say that gay people are seeking to “redefine” the institution of marriage need to look around. We’re not seeking to redefine the institution of marriage, straight people redefined — past tense, already, it’s done! — straight people redefined the institution of marriage until it no longer makes any logical sense to exclude same-sex couples from the institution as straight people rebuilt it and practice it now.

Marriage used to be one man making a gift of a piece of property to another man. One man gave the property called ‘daughter’ to another man, and it became the property called ‘wife’. She had no rights. She was his thing. She could be disposed of, beaten, her children weren’t hers, she couldn’t own property, she was a child, she was chattel. That went on for millenia.

And then straight people — to their credit— in the west, said: “you know what, fuck this” and redefined marriage. And what is it now? It’s two completely equal, legally autonomous individuals who’ve made a commitment to each other. What defines their commitment? Ask them! When you’re talking about heterosexual marriage, it can be monogamous, or not. They can have children, or not. It can be a religious ritual, or not. It can be for life, or not. It’s up to them.

There are certain things we understand about what marriage means for everybody but beyond those very limited things marriage is, every single marriage is whatever the two people in it say that it is. It’s only now, when gay people who have looked at that institution and said: “We deserve in. We deserve equal rights and equal treatments. Our relationships deserve the same protections (and responsibilities, it’s not all cake, right?)” that people say: “Oh no, marriage is about monogamy and children.”

Really, Mark Sanford? It is, Bill Clinton? It is, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, Liddy Dole? It is, really? No, it isn’t. It isn’t. My grandfather got remarried in his sixties. That wasn’t about making more babies. It was about something else. Marriage is and does something else. And if it’s about babies; I got a baby. Let me get married. If not for us, for him. If marriage is about protecting children, and children deserve married parents. Let my child’s parents marry.

The same state that made me this kid’s parent will not let me marry this kid’s other parent, and then argues in the State Supreme Court decision in Washington, that upheld the ban on same-sex marriage, argues that gay people shouldn’t be allowed to be married because marriage is about children. And there we are, with our child that the state made us, as a couple, be parents of, going “wait, what?” It’s retarded.”

(I wasn’t sure if I should transcribe the whole thing, but then I couldn’t decide what to leave out.)

"I hope that my future grandkids will only read about when it was legal to fire someone because..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:28:56 -0600

““I hope that my future grandkids will only read about when it was legal to fire someone because they’re gay or transgender. I don’t want them to actually see it. I want them to ask me, ‘What were people thinking?’””

- Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) on ENDA (via sexyhalibut) (via fuckyeahftms) (via philosophiedemort) (via myholigay) (via fuckyeahbisexuals)

Today is Intersex Solidarity Day

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:32:12 -0600

masculinfeminin:

noteasybeingred:

In honor of the day please make the commitment to educate yourself about intersexuality and to promote intersex activism to others. more

adelamaide: itsmorgan: thedailywhat: Chart of the Day:...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:39 -0600

adelamaide:

itsmorgan:

thedailywhat:

Chart of the Day: “Explicit Support for Same-Sex Marriage by State and Age” (pdf) by Jeff Lax and Justin Phillips of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Created using data collected for a joint paper on gay rights.

Prof. Lax breaks it down:

Seven states cross the 50% mark overall as of our current estimates, but the generation gap is huge. If policy were set by state-by-state majorities of those 65 or older, none would allow same-sex marriage. If policy were set by those under 30, only 12 states would not allow-same-sex marriage.

and kansas would be one of those *with* same-sex marriage if young people had their way

sydneymeredith: Build Your Own Tetris Bookshelf!!! Click on...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:57:30 -0600

sydneymeredith:

Build Your Own Tetris Bookshelf!!! Click on the picture!

d00d. want.

(via sydneymeredith) little link kittie is AWESOMENESS. i want...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:07:09 -0500

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little link kittie is AWESOMENESS. i want to make one for saussie …

dustindeckard: (via jessiebarber;thereisnowhy:robotique:postlaps...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:46:37 -0500

dustindeckard:

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io9 says this is a possible viral video for star trek 12...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:52:00 -0500

io9 says this is a possible viral video for star trek 12 (delayed a year …)

is it just me or is the guy on the far left of the three eating (45 seconds in) the warden of rura penthe? there were a couple of others who seemed … familiar … (ergo really weird for a teaser for a film predating the people and events in the viral video)

nomad-culture: reluctantbuddha: (via ~ Aaron Reed ~) there...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:46:09 -0500

nomad-culture:

reluctantbuddha:

(via ~ Aaron Reed ~)

there is this tree on 1st street right outside college hill united methodist that still has some green on the inside leaves and proceeds outwards to red. it’s quite beautiful. ought to take a picture … need a better camera …

adelamaide: silversmith: Oh, no, Disney. You’re not sexist AT...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:45:01 -0500

adelamaide:

silversmith:

Oh, no, Disney. You’re not sexist AT ALL.

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thedailywhat: Early Bird Special: “We Are All Connected” —...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:06:03 -0500

thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: “We Are All Connected” — Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bill Nye auto-tune the universe.

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Earlier: Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking in “A Glorious Dawn.”

it is entirely possible to feel connected to something greater than ourselves and that “something” not be god or another religiously-assigned “greatness”.

"I’m not gonna be confused anymore just because you say I should be! My name is Butters, I’m eight..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:27:50 -0500

“I’m not gonna be confused anymore just because you say I should be! My name is Butters, I’m eight years old, I’m blood type O, and I’m bicurious! And even that’s okay! Because if I’m bicurious, and I’m somehow made from God, then I think your GOD must be a little bicurious himself!”

- Butters, South Park 1102. My hero… (via onceuponabetsy) (via saffuric) (via fuckyeahbisexuals)

"In some ways, Obama’s fealty to the big gay lobby rather than to the real gay community is testimony..."

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:04:38 -0500

“In some ways, Obama’s fealty to the big gay lobby rather than to the real gay community is testimony to why Democratic party politics remain repulsive to me. HRC has achieved nothing substantive for gay equality on a federal level in the twenty years I’ve been observing them. […] It is not a forum to advance gay rights; it is a fundraising session designed to make people feel better for backing an organization incapable of passing laws supported by overwhelming majorities of the American people. Oh, and fawning over B-list Hollywood celebrities. If Obama wants to support gay equality, he knows what to do. If Pelosi and Reid want to support gay equality, they know what to do. If HRC believes in gay equality, they also know what to do. So spare us the schmoozing and the sweet-talking and do it. Until then, Mr president, why don’t you have a nice steaming cup of shut-the-fuck-up?”

- Obama Will Attend HRC Dinner — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

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This is the kind of stuff I like from Sullivan..so much better than his boring retelling of a 12 hour suckfest.
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and this is part of the reason i hate the hrc.

http://www.compact-concepts.com/englisch/

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:42:14 -0500

http://www.compact-concepts.com/englisch/:

this is pretty frickin’ cool.

they might be giants wins at, well, life. not that i’ll be...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:06:47 -0500

they might be giants wins at, well, life. not that i’ll be singing this one like, say, particle man, but i’m also 29 and heard particle man when i was 10 or 11. what does that mean? your kids should be watching this! :) yup yup.

smcconnell: thedailywhat: Back To The Future Reference of the...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:52:13 -0500

smcconnell:

thedailywhat:

Back To The Future Reference of the Day: There is nothing I don’t like about what’s happening here.

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joshdutcher: icodeforlove: haha! Wow… New marketing team?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:18:47 -0500

joshdutcher:

icodeforlove:

haha! Wow… New marketing team?

veggieparadise: uneditedpeace: titleuntitled: gravity-burst:...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:17:44 -0500

veggieparadise:

uneditedpeace: titleuntitled: gravity-burst: brettjohn (click the picture to read the article)

i now totally must have these should i ever have a house …

fucking fantastic

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:13:17 -0500

fucking fantastic

joshdutcher: dustindeckard: nonduality: Woah, Google… I just...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:21:40 -0500

joshdutcher:

dustindeckard:

nonduality:

Woah, Google… I just typed in ‘what are’ and got these auto-search results. Had to screenshot it!

and when you check out the amazon.com page for this book, it recommends ” How to Live with a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations, and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much”