Comments on: Obligatory post for the Bible-thumping bigots, idiots, and liars who keep voting against me: Fuck you.

By: Truth Wins Out - We Need More Parents to Speak Out Like This

Truth Wins Out - We Need More Parents to Speak Out Like This — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:35:50 +0000

[...] blogger Ted Gideonse: My dad, a progressive, pro-gay, and very proactive Mainer left the following comment on the Bangor [...]

By: Tidbits « Mike Tidmus : A blog from San Diego

Tidbits « Mike Tidmus : A blog from San Diego — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:53:31 +0000

[...] Ted Gideonse (The Gideonse Bible): Gideonse fiercely says what many of us were thinking a week ago in … Obligatory post for the Bible-thumping bigots, idiots, and liars who keep voting against me: Fuck you. … admit it, you felt exactly the same way when the radical religious right’s professional carpetbaggers and the Roman Catholic Church conspired to eliminate marriage equality in Maine [...]

By: Urgent updates! « PAPER: because sex rights are civil rights.

Urgent updates! « PAPER: because sex rights are civil rights. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:07 +0000

[...] and representative who swears he isn’t a homophobe… but rails against gay marriage. Here’s a rant deconstructing that idea. Meanwhile, our society is so gay-friendly that GLBTQ still tend to think about suicide more [...]

By: Mom

Mom — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:15:17 +0000

Mom says it is okay to swear in this situation. xo

By: John

John — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:33:31 +0000

I never heard of Lily Allen before seeing this video. Thanks for posting it! It certainly captures how I felt on election night. Btw, from what I can here you seem to have a really cool dad!!! Glad to have found your site…

By: carey

carey — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:25:06 +0000

This is a fucking cool post.
Thank you for sharing it. You perfectly express something that many, many people are feeling right now.
We will never give up the fight for basic rights and freedoms!

By: profanity used to effect/yes I have opinions/sorry « I am a real person kind of

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:25 +0000

[...] used to effect/yes I have opinions/sorry 6 November, 2009 Found this article via Dan Savage. Definitely worth the whole read. A whole lot of curse words are used, but, [...]

By: Dad

Dad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:45:14 +0000

Hey, all, check out Geoffrey Stone in November 6, 2009 Huffington Post “Same Sex Marriage and the Meaning of Words.”

By: Disgusted American

Disgusted American — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:31:45 +0000

dear Maine:

“dear maine…

1) ALL of you YES’rs who Voted away the RIGHTS of LGBT Mainers…I HOPE you Posed Gleefully in the Many pictures that WERE taken during this eventFUL Election….those VERY PICTURES WILL BE USED years from Now (they ARE part of the PUBLIC record) to show the REAL Ignorance of Voting on People’s Rights…..Just like the pictures of George Wallace & Others from 40-50yrs ago denying Equality to THE BLACK POPULATION (we’ve all see’m in History Books) and Some of You People will be Lucky enough to be the Headliners in Future History Books, and YOU WILL BE pictured THERE IN ALL YOUR GLORY on the WRONG SIDE of History for ALL the WORLD to SEE….Forever Splayed out in beautiful color / and some in black & white…I hope you were Smiling, …so act SMUG now cause’ …..what a day that will be, as you bring Shame down on your Future Generations & Families!
2) MAINE, YOU HAD a REAL Chance to SHOW the REST of the United States of America what REAL Equality for ALL it’s Citzens looks like & is about…a REAL Chance to STAND OUT AND UP & be the 1st state EVER IN AMERICA to VOTE Equality into Law..and You BLEW IT! Now you are JUST ANOTHER STATE, like the Many others who have sided with Bigotry and Discrimination…you’re NOTHING SPECIAL..you’re JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! YOU BLEW IT!

By: Beth Lowder

Beth Lowder — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:36:46 +0000

I think that there needs to be a clear separation drawn between the religious and legal concepts of marriage. If right-wing religious nuts want to protect “traditional marriage,” then all legal advantages, rights, and privileges given to married people by the government ought to be removed. Marriage must be seen as either a religious institution OR a legal one, but not both.

My partner and I ought to be able to have access to the same legal benefits & rights as other couples, no matter what our relationship is called. Personally, I’m not all that crazy about the idea of being “married.” I grew up with divorced parents who hated each other, remarried, and then hated their new spouses, too. I’m not sure I know any straight couples who are happily married. I’m fine with my relationship the way it is, as long as I get the legal perks the married folks receive. At the same time, I respect the fact that to other people, the label of marriage is very important. I don’t think the idea of SBE is ideal, but I think it’s a step in the right direction. To me, this is one of those instances of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, or the good-enough-for-now.