Big Gay Al is Comin' To Town

2004-02-17

Allo, Dahlings. It's raining out, hurling trees and cars all over the place. Nasty. Last week, every time I drove to work there was a load o' traffic due to squished dead people/spilled paint on the bridge. Every time I rode my bike, it rained on my head. No good.

So, first of all, blah blah democrats. I despise the fact that the good people of Iowa determine who will be our candidate. John Kerry, as Bill Maher pointed out, looks like the evil trees in the Wizard of Oz.

But what's even worse was his NPR interview last week. He said he doesn't support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Which is good.

He also said, "Clearly there's a separation of church and state here... Marriage is a separate institution. I think marriage is under the church, between a man and a woman, and I think there's a separate meaning to it." Which is, um, backwards, vague and obviously lacking all grasp of the issue.

Case and point: he said something to the effect of, "I believe the right answer is civil unions. I oppose gay marriage and disagree with the Massachusetts court's decision. Marriage is just a word...I don't think it should matter so much what you call something."

Shouldn't matter so much? Marriage is only relevant to the CHURCH? Does the man really have so little understanding of what an enormous roll the government plays in marriage? Does he really have no concept that it's more than a semantics game?

Meanwhile, back in the gayest city ever, it turns out our newly elected asshole mayor isn't as much of an asshole as we thought. Woo hoo! Last Thursday, he cited equal rights protection and changed the language of the law, allowing same sex marriage licenses to be issued. Since then over 2600 gay weddings have occurred, and hundred of couples have been waiting in line at city hall in the rain.

How. Cool. And ballsy. Mad props to our ken-doll mayor.

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