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2016-01-09T17:06:31.856-05:00

https://www.afa.net/the-stand/homosexuality/2016/01/judge-moore-only-one-following-constitution/

A simply amazing editorial which shows the clear m...

2016-01-09T09:54:48.942-05:00

A simply amazing editorial which shows the clear momentum away from bigots:

From the editorial board of the Birmingham News:

Roy Moore is delusional about Roy Moore. The only bad thing that has happened since Alabama acquiesced to the ruling of America’s Supreme Court is that Moore hasn’t got enough attention, so once again he has “ordered” probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

Over the past several months, meantime, hundreds of Alabamians have quietly married and continued happy lives together, assured that they will be legally recognized as spouses, not having to worry whether one could care for the other in sickness or that they could share a full, equal life in health.

Moore’s latest salvo will pass quickly, as will his attempts to garner attention. Already many counties are ignoring him, as he deserves, and U.S. attorneys are rightly putting his “order” in context as irrelevant but for its mischief value.

It is time Roy Moore realized that he is wrong. He is wrong on this issue, he is wrong in thinking he might ever be governor of Alabama, he is wrong in seeing himself as of presidential timber, he is wrong in thinking that he matters.

Already, there are citizen calls for his impeachment. He will soon go into retirement and be remembered as a bigot, disrespectful of the law and of his fellow human beings. That might be the only memory he has earned in his time in public office. And, hopefully, Alabama’s citizens will be remembered as the ones who showed him the door.

This may be the way Pence is remembered.

Anon 10:36 seems to be suffering from a severe cas...

2016-01-08T20:26:29.361-05:00

Anon 10:36 seems to be suffering from a severe case of selection bias or when he says "But I know there are bigots who would discriminate, and I think we should protect against that if we can, because the most progressive States seem to have done it with great success." Really? Tell that to the many gay men and women who have been attacked by other progressive in progressive states. Fortunately, Anon 10:36 gives it away in the last sentence when he says SILLY religious freedoms. Yes, bigotry is alive and well. So is ignorance, not only of the fundamental law of this land, but also the reality on the ground. Anon 10:36 is living proof.

I do think the Will Smith thing is weird; however,...

2016-01-08T13:06:35.740-05:00

I do think the Will Smith thing is weird; however, Will Smith is like Bill Cosby in that he believes that the black community needs to get itself together regarding fatherhood. Thus, he tries to love his children as much as possible and support them.

To me the point has always been to protect the wea...

2016-01-08T10:36:58.956-05:00

To me the point has always been to protect the weak from the brutal discrimination and bullying often meted out by the majority. Eventually, times change. Things get better. It seems to be easier to be gay now, even in high school. But I know there are bigots who would discriminate, and I think we should protect against that if we can, because the most progressive States seem to have done it with great success. I remember listening to Greg Garrison on WIBC and hearing his poisonous diatribes against gays in the military; he said the most hateful things I think I have ever heard a man say against his fellow man on that topic. But we opened up the military to gay and lesbian soldiers, and they joined militaries around the world with gays serving openly, and the sky didn't fall. The other day I read that the military hierarchy was shocked at how easily they made that transition and how well the troops supported the change. So now I think we should make it difficult for haters to discriminate against gays in jobs and employment; we should give the minority what they feel they need, and we shouldn't clutter it up with a lot of silly religious "freedoms", which are really just giving them permission to discriminate.