Republicans uphold dishonor of gay soldiers

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Sep 222010
 

Well, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” remains alive and well, thanks to the troglodytes in the Senate G.O.P.  Oh, and some Democrats voted against the repeal as well.  Motherfuckers.  But is anyone really surprised?  Voting on Big Gay Issues to the benefit of said gays scares the living hell out of people, especially those on the Right.  Like Roger Ebert tweeted the other day, “GOP against middle class, poor, unemployed, Hispanics, blacks, gays, and the uninsured.  Who’s left?”

The effort to lift the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian service members had a major setback Tuesday when Senate Democrats failed to win the 60 votes needed to advance a defense bill that included conditional repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law.

Arkansas Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor joined all Republicans in opposing the measure. And neither of Maine’s Republican Sens. Susan Collins or Olympia Snowe, who had been the target of a media campaign by Lady Gaga, supported advancing it.

Gay rights advocates, who said they believed today’s vote was the best opportunity in the foreseeable future to achieve a repeal, expressed disappointment at the vote but hope the Senate might still act after the November elections.

“Time is the enemy here,” said Aubrey Sarvis of the Service Members Legal Defense Network, a gay and lesbian advocacy group. “We now have no choice but to look to the lame duck session where we’ll have a slim shot. The Senate absolutely must schedule a vote in December when cooler heads and common sense are more likely to prevail once midterm elections are behind us.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would push for reconsideration of the legislation later this year.

Oh, and get a load of John McCain’s ridiculous swaggering:

Senate Republicans also accused Democrats of advancing the repeal measure and the DREAM Act amendment, which would provide a path to legal status to young illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before age 15 and complete college or military service, for purely political reasons.

“This is a cynical ploy to try to galvanize and energize their base,” McCain said ahead of the vote.

via ABC News

Cynical?  Bite me, McCain.  This was not a “cynical vote”, but it’s easy to see why people in this country are cynical about ever ending this ridiculous discrimination against men and women who are willing to DIE for this country.

Gay Republicans: gluttons for punishment?

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Sep 102010
 

This, folks, is the main reason I both pity and mock gay Republicans:  eventually they find out the hard way that siding with Republicans means siding with homophobes and religious wingnuts, and suddenly they find themselves the target of persecution.  Case in point:  this guy was booted from the College Republicans group at Duke University once they found out he’s gay.  They also sent him homo-bashing, racist, and threatening emails and generally made his life hell.  As a result, the student senate really put the hammer down: 

Five months after former Duke College Republicans president Justin Robinette claimed he was forced out of the group when club members learned he was gay, the Duke student senate has de-chartered and canceled funding for the organization for two years.

The senate voted to remove the club’s charter by a two-thirds vote and went 20-3 in ceasing their funding.

via Gawker

Shazam!  Now that’s what I call a spankin’.

Of course, some gay Republicans are young and ignorant, and they simply don’t know better.  Of this I can speak from experience–I actually thought I was a conservative  many years ago, before I reached the Age of Reason.  But others are old enough to know what they’re doing, and they’re very politically active within the Party of No, tirelessly working to pass laws restricting the rights of others as well as themselves.  How sick is that? 

And yet, thousands of gay folks still give Republicans their vote!  It’s as if they enjoy being punished.  They’re like submissive little bondage-boys begging Big Daddy G.O.P. to keep lashing their oiled, abused ass cheeks.  (Ewww.)  So while I’m glad this idiot college group lost their funding, I’ve also lost my sympathy for people like Justin Robinette.  Let’s hope this experience gives him some food for thought.

Montana’s Tea Party Prez thinks killin’ homos is HILARIOUS

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Sep 062010
 

Oh, this makes my blood boil.  This is the kind of peanut-brained fucktard who runs for office in Tea Parties all over the country.

Tim Ravndal, the asshat-in-chief of Montana’s Big Sky Tea Party (sigh) recently joked on Facebook about killin’ gays.  No, seriously.  Here’s what he posted:

Dennis Scranton: “I think fruits are decorative. Hang up where they can be seen and appreciated. Call Wyoming for display instructions.”

Tim Ravndal: “@Kieth, OOPS I forgot this aint(sic) America no more! @ Dennis, Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction manual?”

via Amplify

Of course, Wyoming is where Matthew Shepard was horrifically beaten, tied to a fence, tortured some more, then left to die.  Get it?  Hanging fruits?  Funny shit, eh Teabaggers!  Whoooo-hooooo!

Jesus tapdancin’ Christ, we’re in trouble.

Signs of the gay

 Heterosexually Challenged
Aug 252010
 

Dennis M. sent this along.  It’s a fun video of some creative signs carried by homo-folk at anti-gay rallies.  A few of my faves:

  • They’re the ones that keep having gay babies!
  • If Liza can marry two gay men, why can’t I marry one?  (Also:  We can’t ALL marry Liza Minnelli)
  • Jesus had 2 dads and he turned out fine
  • Who do you think designed your wedding dress??
  • As Jesus said about gay people:  “           .”

Attention, gays: Jeremy Walters thinks AIDS is your punishment

 Heterosexually Challenged, Holy Shit! (Religion)
Aug 182010
 

This nutjob is running for office in Iowa.  He basically said that God rains AIDS down on the evil homosexuals because they are the filth of the earth.  Stay classy, Republicans!  (P.S.: Straight people get AIDS too, you clueless asshat.)

Jeremy Walters, who is running for the State House in District 67 in Iowa, posted a rant on his Facebook page against gay people. He included the classic homophobic rhetoric that AIDS is God’s method of punishing gay people.

Here’s his post:

via 365gay.com

Attention, gay conservatives: GET HELP NOW

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Aug 102010
 

Few things are more pathetic than self-hating “gay Republicans” who try so desperately to promote their twisted, conflicted politics.  Imagine fighting hard to actually LIMIT your own rights and freedoms!  And now these people are going to hold their own fundraising event hosted by Satan’s own mistress:  Ann Coulter.  What…the…fucking…hell.

If I could simultaneously bitchslap an entire group of people, I wouldn’t hesitate.

Coulter’s never been as concerned with social issues as the median conservative pundit.  She does, however, like to use gay stereotypes when she mocks liberals — she was slapped on the wrist for calling John Edwards a “faggot” at the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference.  No big deal, says LaSalvia.

via gawker.com

Don’t mess with Texas? FUCK Texas.

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Jun 222010
 

The Texas GOP actually wants to make it a felony to issue a marriage license to same-sex couples.  Normally I’m completely unimpressed by anything or anyone even remotely related to Texas, but this shows they’ve got balls.  Crazy, dangerous, and self-destructive balls, but balls nonetheless.  Here are some other juicy turdbits from their latest hate manifesto, as posted on huffingtonpost.com:

We believe that the practice of homosexuality tears at the fabric of society, contributes to the breakdown of the family unit, and leads to the spread of dangerous, communicable diseases.

How about gay sex in public restrooms or cheating on your wife with a rent-a-boy?  You Republican troglodytes sure seem to have a corner on that lately.  Just keep tap-tap-tappin’ those feet, baby!

Homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental, unchanging truths that have been ordained by God, recognized by our country’s founders, and shared by the majority of Texans.

How about getting married, having 3-4 kids, then fucking around and smoking crystal meth with male prostitutes in hotel rooms?  Sounds like wholesome, Christian family-oriented behavior to me.

Homosexuality must not be presented as an acceptable “alternative” lifestyle in our public education and policy, nor should “family” be redefined to include homosexual “couples.”

Here, let me suggest a slight re-wording:  The GOP must not be presented as having any ground in reality whatsoever, having been led by neocon religious zealots into a state of unbridled hatred for non-Christians, non-whites, and homosexuals.  There…I did that one for free, but the next one will cost ya.

Such ignorant, loathsome people.  You’d think they’d be more worried about the oil their politicians helped bring to their shores than what two people do in their own bedroom.

Mayor of Yuma, AZ: Asshat of the Month

 Heterosexually Challenged
Jun 182010
 

Gay men and women in the armed servies put their lives on the line like anyone else. But to assholes like this, they’re just limp-wristed faggoty faggots.

Now there is the mayor of Yuma, Arizona. Al Krieger is adamantly against any repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and said the following at a Memorial Day ceremony(!) honoring fallen troops. “I cannot believe that a bunch of lacy-drawered, limp-wristed people could do what those men have done in the past.”

via www.365gay.com

Tell ya what, Al. Some of those soldiers’ wrists may indeed be limp, but I can guarantee they can also slap the living shit out of you.

Marry your cousin here!

 Heterosexually Challenged
Apr 272010
 

Marry your gay partner?  Forget it!  Marry your first cousin?  Why suuurrrre!  Talk about a nation of double standards.  So now I’m wondering:  if you and your first cousin are both gay, can you get married in one of these states?  Which is worse, in their eyes?  It may in fact cause the universe to collapse upon itself…which of course means it’s totally worth a shot.  It would be a fascinating experiment which I’d be happy to not participate in!

In most states, it is illegal to marry someone of the same sex. In other states, it is legal to be married to your first cousin. While looking at gay marriage inequalities, Mac McClelland was inspired to make a map showing where kissing cousins can make an honest man/woman out of each other. “Map of the Day: Cousin Lovin’”

via www.boingboing.net

Arizona’s Governor goes off the racistbigothomophobe deep end

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Apr 272010
 

Arizona’s governor has completely lost her bloody mind.  First she made racial profiling legal, so anyone who’s brown enough to raise the suspicions of the Immigration Police will be questioned and detained if necessary, but now she’s cutting the benefits for domestic partners to save $3 million out of a $600 budget.  Doesn’t sound right to me.

The creepiest part, however, is that she believes “God has placed me in this powerful position as Arizona’s governor” to help the state weather its troubles.  If that doesn’t send rivulets of cold, dark fear down your spine, I don’t know what will.  Her belief in God isn’t the issue here, it’s the fact that she thinks she’s “just following orders.”  Scary shit indeed.

To start the week off, Brewer cut domestic partner benefits for state employees and their dependents – on the pretense of saving a few bucks. She saves $3 million by cutting the benefits of roughly 800 affected employees. How much does she spend on benefits for everyone else? About $625 million. Looking at it that way, $3 million is merely a drop in the budgetary bucket.

via www.365gay.com

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