Because I’m reading more than I’m writing and sharing is caring. (Kids, keep to a barrier method.)
Why have referendums on basic rights?
No, really?
“The United States is not a pure democracy, and our government was set up as a constitutional republic with checks and balances and an independent judiciary for this exact reason: So that the majority cannot do harm to the minority at will.”
Dave Holmes’ tweet, regarding (I believe) the loss of the same-sex marriage right in Maine: “My favorite part of the Bible is when Jesus says “Majority rules, fagballs.”
Also from Dave Holmes, this time by way of his blog: “I’m not ready to say that a majority of Americans is fueled by bigotry; I think most are simply defending their family from an imaginary attack. (And that attack has been cooked up by a small group of people who are fueled by bigotry. [Or sexual immaturity- anyone with a 4th-grader’s understanding of human nature knows that Matt Barber and Fred Phelps are homosexuals. There is no getting around it. Guys, I am so, so sorry you can’t stop thinking about cocks.])”
This morning Kiddo asked, “Mom, ‘member when we used to steal those signs? We should take more.” Am I a bad parent for condoning the removal of the bigot propaganda in our ‘hood? Or a good parent for teaching my kid acceptance and standing for nothing less?
Obama lifts the law that prohibits HIV+ foreigners from traveling into the US. “If we want to be a global leader in combating H.I.V./AIDS, we need to act like it.”
Crimes motivated by sexual identity or orientation are now finally considered hate crimes. Say what you will. Obama is making serious change is this country and I’m applauding a lot of it. (According to wiki: The Act is the first federal law to extend legal protections to transgender persons.)
-CJ
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