While I was working on this, I found another page on the TVC website that was so filled with lies and distortions that it made me crazy mad. And I’m not talking about differences in opinion, but actual verifiable untruths. In fact, I thought they might be genuinely dumb instead of dishonest because [...]
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My friend Phillip Minton asked be to pass on information about “Meet in the Middle,” a rally to occur on the first Saturday after the State Supreme Court passes down its Prop 8 decision. In Fresno. Yep, not in West Hollywood or Silverlake or the Castro, but in the heart of Yes on 8 territory. This [...] I have a new argument in mind when someone claims, “If you legalize gay marriage, you’ll have to let people marry their dog or a child or their sister or a whole group of people.” I just want the right to marry a man. Not a dog — no one has that right. Not a child — no [...] The Colbert Report The Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes I’ve always loved this clip, and I’m delighted that recent events give me an excuse to make a quick video around it. I’m preaching to the choir with this, but that’s okay. We need to build an army of well-informed gays and lesbians who are ready to correct the religious right’s lies in conversations with friends, family, and co-workers. Here’s some ammunition. We hear a lot stuff like this: “Among the likeliest effects of gay marriage is to take us down a slippery slope to legalized polygamy.” This argument is handy for people who want to mask their homophobia by claiming they have nothing against gays—they just think it’s dangerous to “redefine” marriage. How do we answer that? [...] I originally started this blog to document my experience in organizing a protest. I’ll have to write more about that, but in the meantime, here’s a video of the event, created by two filmmakers at FutureView Entertainment. I actually put this together around Christmas time, but better late than never. |
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