Comments on: Queer state for the gay mate http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/ "...a somewhat popular blogger" Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:55:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dsidhe http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9434 dsidhe Thu, 15 May 2008 23:27:26 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9434 <p>Congratulations, Californians!</p> <p>I love the sign in that pic.</p> Congratulations, Californians!

I love the sign in that pic.

]]> By: DennisSGMM http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9433 DennisSGMM Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:28 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9433 <blockquote><p>There already is a shirt out there that says “So Many Christians, So Few Lions.”</p></blockquote> <p>Yeah, right. I’m stenciling one up that reads “So Many Christians, So Few Who Follow the Teachings of Christ.”</p>

There already is a shirt out there that says “So Many Christians, So Few Lions.”

Yeah, right. I’m stenciling one up that reads “So Many Christians, So Few Who Follow the Teachings of Christ.”

]]> By: TomHilton http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9432 TomHilton Thu, 15 May 2008 22:56:30 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9432 <p>So Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon can finally get (legally) married…after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Martin" rel="nofollow">living together for 55 years</a>. (That’s 2.5 * the aggregate length of Dennis Prager’s marriages.)</p> So Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon can finally get (legally) married…after living together for 55 years. (That’s 2.5 * the aggregate length of Dennis Prager’s marriages.)

]]> By: jrberg http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9430 jrberg Thu, 15 May 2008 21:36:40 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9430 <p>It’s ELLEN, not Helen…the fact checking MSM strikes again. Ellen and Shelly are prominent (as in pillars of the community) citizens of Davis, where they are involved in many socially worthwhile projects. Any time I see their names associated with something, I know it’s a good thing…</p> It’s ELLEN, not Helen…the fact checking MSM strikes again. Ellen and Shelly are prominent (as in pillars of the community) citizens of Davis, where they are involved in many socially worthwhile projects. Any time I see their names associated with something, I know it’s a good thing…

]]> By: TheRealityBasedDave http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9427 TheRealityBasedDave Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:41 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9427 <p>Look at how gay marriage destroyed Canada! They’ve had it for a few years.</p> <p>Don’t like gay marriage? Fine. Don’t have one.</p> Look at how gay marriage destroyed Canada! They’ve had it for a few years.

Don’t like gay marriage? Fine. Don’t have one.

]]> By: Cliff105 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9426 Cliff105 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:13:17 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9426 <p>Other than widespread individual bliss I see little social impact in this decision.</p> <p>It was just the final nail in the hater’s coffin.</p> <p>The first three nails were Foley, Haggard and Craig.</p> Other than widespread individual bliss I see little social impact in this decision.

It was just the final nail in the hater’s coffin.

The first three nails were Foley, Haggard and Craig.

]]> By: xpurg8d http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9425 xpurg8d Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:48 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9425 <p><em>We’ll make sure to keep the lawns mowed and open a few windows to air out the sanctimony until you get here.<br /> </em></p> <p>Tbogg is in the southernmost part of the state. I’d just like to add that we in Northern California (and, no, I’m not in San Francisco) are just as happy to welcome our gay and lesbian neighbors who may come from other places to seek a hospitable environment in which to live.</p> <p>Funny that accepting the rights of all people to share a life with someone they love has not yet sundered my marriage of almost 30 years. Hasn’t even caused a ripple between us. What color couch to buy is of far more significance to us than what the ladies down the street are doing on any given evening.</p> We’ll make sure to keep the lawns mowed and open a few windows to air out the sanctimony until you get here.

Tbogg is in the southernmost part of the state. I’d just like to add that we in Northern California (and, no, I’m not in San Francisco) are just as happy to welcome our gay and lesbian neighbors who may come from other places to seek a hospitable environment in which to live.

Funny that accepting the rights of all people to share a life with someone they love has not yet sundered my marriage of almost 30 years. Hasn’t even caused a ripple between us. What color couch to buy is of far more significance to us than what the ladies down the street are doing on any given evening.

]]> By: Tracy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9423 Tracy Thu, 15 May 2008 20:55:44 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9423 <p>Hell, I missed it the first time too. The mental image of Prager fathering children probably caused it.</p> Hell, I missed it the first time too. The mental image of Prager fathering children probably caused it.

]]> By: humboldtblue http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9422 humboldtblue Thu, 15 May 2008 20:39:50 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9422 <p>Don’t forget Arnie, he even chimed in on the issue, in a rather surprising fashion if you ask me …</p> <p><em>“I respect the Court’s decision and as Governor, I will uphold its ruling. Also, as I have said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling.”</em> </p> <p><a href="http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/9610/" rel="nofollow">http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/9610/</a></p> Don’t forget Arnie, he even chimed in on the issue, in a rather surprising fashion if you ask me …

“I respect the Court’s decision and as Governor, I will uphold its ruling. Also, as I have said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling.”

http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/9610/

]]> By: lukeness http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-9421 lukeness Thu, 15 May 2008 20:17:10 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/queer-state-for-the-gay-mate/#comment-9421 <p>Oh NOOOOOO! That probably means those Christians will move here to Colorado! Dr. Dobson is probably setting out the welcome mat right now.</p> Oh NOOOOOO! That probably means those Christians will move here to Colorado! Dr. Dobson is probably setting out the welcome mat right now.

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