I have been trying to ease up off the political stuff, but there have been several awesome posts out there lately that get the angry back up in my blood, and election day is right around the corner.
First, if you missed Julie at A Little Pregnant talking about your uterus and John McCain, I highly recommend checking out her post, linked here. Sometimes I feel like seeing all these articles showing yet another reason why the McCain/Palin ticket is not the best choice for leadership in our country is a little like kicking a decrepit old grandpa while he is already down and trying to stuff his hemorrhoids back in. But according to this poll out yesterday, it is still a very tight race.
Also, these two posts got me going again on the matter of Prop 8 in California. Currently, same sex marriages are legal here. A ‘Yes’ vote on Prop 8 would be a vote to make same sex marriage illegal. The first post on this matter is by the faboo Mr. Lady at Whiskey in my Sippy Cup. The other is Looky, Daddy,
from whence I took this picture.
Where I live in California, they have been playing Yes on Prop 8 commercials ad nasuem. In my opinion, the use of scare tactics in these commercials is so ridiculous they have done just about everything but had a flamingly gay couple jump out of a closet and scare some nice heterosexual family to death. Because apparently the homosexual agenda of marriage includes more of the boogeyman behavior as part of the rituals and less of the finding a life partner and sharing the same civil rights heterosexuals get.
Here is a great rebuttal to one of these commercials, clarifying what appears to be some seriously misleading statements made in the original. Original commercial here.
I don’t understand why a campaign would resort to fearmongering and deception if they thought their principles were valid with compelling reasons supporting them. And from a religious standpoint, I wonder if God would be cool with this kind of thing.
19 Responses to “Politicalinks”
You seem to cover the same stuff as Dooce. After she does.
I really liked the “regret the vest” one, personally.
There have been SO MANY amazing posts lately- I’ve had to keep tissues beside me at my desk.
(I love the “regret the vest” one, too. And LesbianDad is freakin’ awesome.)
I read “a little pregnant” and a little “dooce” too. I don’t care who says it first, last or funniest, I’m just glad someone is saying it. As a Canadian citizen, i’m not even allowed to vote, and it is KILLING me more everyday. McCain, people? Seriously?
Great post. Thanks.
Gee, there sure are lots of bloggers talking about politics right now!
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Anne, I love to read your take on things. Keep bringin’ it please.
Hmmmm should go drown yourself in a toilet. Who the fuck cares who said what and when and SERIOUSLY?
GAH.
Sorry, Anne. People are asshats.
I’m with heels about needing tissues nearby when I think of lesbian couples.
Well done.
I see so many “Vote yes for marriage, vote yes on prop 102″ (AZ’s answer to prop
that every time I see them I want to go pee on them. Or vandalize them. Or something really immature, because this agenda is making the really ugly part of me simmer right below the surface. But I contain it because I am not one of those hypocritical, judgemental, bigots, I am better than that.
The very idea that people think it’s ok to amend CONSTITUTIONS to specifically deny someone rights goes against everything this country stands for.
Yeah, it boils my blood, can you tell?
Umm, that smiley face was an “8″ and then a “)”. And I was referring to signs, specifically.
People are asshats, I agree. And I am laughing at the jumping out of the closet image!
As a resident of MA, I have to fight the complacency, you know? Guess what, idiot religious people – we haven’t fallen off the edge of the country into the ocean from the wrath of God yet.
My daughter now has an easy answer when she asks why a classmate’s moms aren’t allowed to get married, just like her dad and I… and I get to tell her THEY CAN. The hard part is explaining to her that the prejudice and hatred around the rest of the country means that if they moved, they couldn’t be married.
That, she just can’t handle.
The one that makes me want to puke in my mouth is the ad where they show the couple who are completely devastated when their kid comes home and tells them that two men can get married. [sarcasm]Shocking. Allowing two committed adults take that commitment a step further and then supporting them as they have the audacity to celebrate their love and commitment. What is this world coming to? [/sarcasm]
I don’t know about God, but Baby Jesus wouldn’t be cool with it.
Maria makes a good point. Maybe Baby Jesus needs to have a word in edgewise?
Amen! My God is not cool with it at all.
Baby Jesus and Amanda P. Stick need a reunion tour on this topic.
This weekend I saw a Yes on 8 yard sign, and someone had changed it so it said “Yes on H8?!?”
I didn’t have my camera on me, but it was pretty awesome.
My sister and her partner just got married in SF this week. It was amazing to be at City Hall to see all the happy gay families. And not a one of them was destroying my marriage.