It’s amazing the stuff that can inspire a little Christmas spirit in your heart.

Sometimes we toss around the b-word too easily. But after seeing this ad from Rick Perry:

I’ll say the man’s one big, bobbleheaded bigot.

[Feel free to right-click on the bobbler, save the image, and share it if you like.]

This video’s pretty controversial, even in the gay community.  I don’t like it.  I expected to like it — I’ve been mocking Michele Bachmann for a long time — but I don’t.

First, I’m not a big fan of using kids as political props. I’ve ridiculed our opponents for doing it. Was this video his idea? [...]

People with a religious aversion to marriage equality sometimes offer up secular reasons against it.  I’ve seen this one many times:

Premise:  Legalizing same-sex marriage will increase homosexual activity.
Premise:  Homosexual activity is inherently harmful to one’s physical health.
Conclusion:  Therefore, legalizing same-sex marriage is public health hazard.

You can argue with the truth of either premise, and you [...]

I’ve been flabbergasted by the desperate sub-mediocrity of the Republican presidential field.

So has the American electorate: Polls show Obama losing to a “generic” Republican candidate, but defeating any of the folk who’ve actually appeared at the Republican debates.  And watching how quickly the frontrunner changes, how high each one soars and then crashes to earth, [...]

When I reviewed David Reubens’ vile, best-selling character assassination of gay people recently, I did find myself laughing at one choice bit:

The homosexual must constantly search for the one man, the one penis, the one experience, that will satisfy him. Tragically there is no possibility of satisfaction because the formula is wrong. One penis plus [...]

Gay men and our dogs.

Will and I are at a friend’s house in Palm Springs. Seven guys and six dogs. Those are the mutts Lucas and Chloe, and four purebred (we think) golden retrievers. Lucas is best frenemies with the golden lying next him. They wrestle constantly. Chloe is so much smaller than all [...]

As a follow-up to my post, NOM’s Special Right, I got this comment from Betsy, a moderator at Ruthblog. As thoroughly as I disagree with her on most everything we’ve talked about, I’ve never viewed her in the same light as I do many NOM folk, so in response to her request, I’m highlighting this message.

Hi, [...]

NOM has decided to ban a contributor to one of its blogs.  Not a commenter, mind you (that would be nothing new), but a contributor, an official NOM blogger:

We at the Ruth blog have decided to no longer allow Ari to have posting privileges over here.  His sarcasm has gone over the line and we [...]