U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) "introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would restrict federal funds for states that discriminate in adoption or foster programs on the basis of marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity." I don't know about you, but I can't wait for tomorrow, when the lunatic's heads explode all over their blogs, magazines and newspapers.
Here are two video clips of Judy & Dennis Shepard from the HRC dinner that took place a few weeks ago. These two American Heroes were honored with the inaugural Edward M. Kennedy National Equity Award. (I implore you to pick up Judy's book The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed. It is, at times, nearly impossible to read. It is a moving and disturbing, honest, unflinching and deeply felt journey of a family - notably a mother - dealing with the unthinkable.)
As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, gay people are as varied as we can be. There is a very thin common thread that binds us all together. I'll leave it up to you to decide where ChadMichael and his partner Mito fall in the full spectrum of humanity that comprises the LGBT community. You may (or may not) remember a story from last year's presidential campaign about a gay couple who hung Sarah Palin in effigy on their roof and called it a Halloween decoration. Well this year they're at it again. Only this time, amongst other "decorations," they've hung "a bloodied and mangled Carrie Prejean aka Miss California." I take it back. I'm not going to leave it up to you to decide - at least not without tossing in my own two cents. This is disgusting. For too many reasons to delve into. So I'll just stick with one - violent rhetoric is violent rhetoric, no matter where it comes from. And while we have freedom of speech, that freedom comes with responsibility. Sometimes I think Americans are like children. We don't always understand that rights and responsibilities go hand in hand.
There was another brutal gay bashing, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The incident began with name calling but escalated into an assault when three people, a man and two women, began beating, cutting and biting 23 year old Brandon Patrick.
From The Washington Post, we get this: "Sexual libertines, from the Marquis de Sade to radical gay activists, have sought to pervert society by acting out on their own perversions. What motivates them most of all is a pathological hatred of Christianity. They know, deep down, that what they are doing is wrong, and they shudder at the dreaded words, 'Thou Shalt Not.' But they continue with their death-style anyway." To be fair, I couldn't make it through the whole article, lovingly written by Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League. I'm pretty sure it's the same rehashing of the same hate. I just think it's good to keep tabs on it.
Once again I return to the heading: We're all really quite different. "Mob hit man Robert Mormando stunned a veteran Brooklyn judge Monday when he renounced his membership in La Cosa Nostra and - for good measure - acknowledged he was gay." Note to all the bashers out there: careful who you fuck with.
And finally, as I get ready to curl up with my book (last night I read exactly two pages before I fell sound asleep), I want to bring you the latest on the marriage equality fight in Maine. Right now it is a dead heat. There are a number of things you can do to ensure that Maine's marriage laws remain equal and that marriage remains available to everyone. Every little bit helps. Click here to see how you can lend your voice to the cause of equality.
More tomorrow.
Well, maybe not. Tomorrow I'll be volunteering for HRC to ensure that Gov. Corzine gets re-elected in New Jersey. Only a few weeks left and the Governor is picking up steam. But it's still too close for my comfort.
So, maybe more tomorrow.
Definitely more soon.
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