November 2009
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Tina Fey Doesn't Care About Your Moral Uplift →
It’s true that “Family Guy” and “South Park” are responsible for creating the assumption that there’s a moral to the story in our politically charged comedy. And fuck them for it, honestly… That these guys have lowered the bar in what we expect from comedy isn’t Tina Fey’s fault. And I commend her for doing something more daring and interesting than simply building the show around a...
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Gay on Trial →
Why more than marriage is at stake in the federal legal challenge to Prop. 8.
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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines... →
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“This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize...”
– Texas’ gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages
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“Two minutes of Googling phrases like “favorite female role models”...”
– Kate Harding, awesomely deconstructing stupid beauty memes.
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“As Maine Goes, So Goes The Nation?” Bull. Part... →
And part two is here.
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"Obedience" -- Bigotry at Work in Maine | The... →
It is shocking to me that the American political process now allows for “obedience to God” to go to the state polls and cripple the civil rights of any protected group. And LGBT people are now a federally protected group. Supposedly ballot measures are “more democratic”…a legitimate way for the “will of the people” to express itself on issues state...