A friend of mine laments that there is no place for ignoramuses like Joe Waterbuffalo to homestead anymore. "Used to be that if you thought society didn't match your values, you could just up and move to the frontier! Nowadays, there's nowhere to go, so you've got ignoramuses who will never change their mind forced to live around the rest of us. There's got to be a place for conservative close-minded ignoramuses!"
It's an interesting notion. It's why I've always been a strong supporter of space exploration. Maybe we can trick Joe Wascallywabbit into thinking he's an astronaut.
Oh, regarding his comment? Eh. Getting my knickers in a twist over Joe Wollstonescraft saying something bigotedly stupid in public is like punishing a dog for licking his nuts in public - you know he's gonna do it, you know saying something won't make much of a difference, and you know most everybody observing it feels the same way about it as you do.
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NOTE FROM PAM: Here's the wisdom of Joe the Horny Teabagging Plumber:
Christianity Today: In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?Another set of imaginary self-loathing gay friends for a bigot. Do they have a rent-a-homo-doormat service for these people?Wurzelbacher: At a state level, it's up to them. I don't want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it's wrong. People don't understand the dictionary--it's called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do--what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we're supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing.
...help Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders show America what equality looks like! More below the fold (hint: say cheese) Five years ago, a revolution started in Massachusetts. On May 17, 2004, the first same-sex couples ever to legally marry in the United States stood in churches, backyards, and town halls, and said "I do."Five years later, over 16,000 same-sex couples have married in Massachusetts and 3 more states have adopted full marriage equality - Connecticut, Vermont, and Iowa. Marriage equality bills are moving forward in Maine and New Hampshire, and 18,000 couples married in California before Proposition 8 brought marriage equality to a halt there.
To celebrate five years of marriage equality, and to keep the momentum going across New England and the U.S., we invite you to participate in our online photo exhibit: What Marriage Equality Looks Like.
Join the Celebration!
We invite all couples, gay and straight, who have married in an equality state - Massachusetts (since May 17, 2004); Connecticut (since November 12, 2008), Iowa (since April 27, 2009), or California (June 16, 2008 - November 4, 2008)* to help us show America what marriage equality looks like. (*Same-sex couples in Vermont can begin marrying in September 2009).
Email your favorite wedding photo to photos@glad.org.
Please include your names (only first names will be published), the date and location of the wedding, and a photo credit if applicable.
Photos will be added throughout the month of May.
GLAD congratulates and celebrates all the loving, committed couples who have joined in marriage in the past five years.
As Jed said, "It's like watching Ken attack Barbie for being plastic." Watch it below the fold.
KING: As you launch this effort, anyone who picks up "Time" magazine this week and sees the 100 most influential people, will see two Republicans in that magazine. They'll see Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. Is that helpful, hurtful, indifferent?
ROMNEY: John, I'd like to have a lot more influentialntial Republicans. I think there are a lot more influential Republicans than that would suggest. But was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people? I'm not sure. If it's the most beautiful, I understand. We're not real cute.
The bill now goes to the House of Representatives, which has adjourned until Tuesday, and so will make no vote until at least next week. [Bangor Daily News]
If approved, the bill will move on to Governor John Baldacci. Governor Baldacci hasn’t publicly stated whether he intends to sign or veto the bill, but has hinted that he may support it.
Best of lu/a> that he may support it.
Best of luck to Equality Maine as they work with the House and the Governor!
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