Quote of the Day

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"If we put male hormones in a chicken and we make a homosexual eat it, he will transform into a heterosexual," - Bolivian president Evo Morales, posing a new form of conversion therapy.

Cartoons of the Day

Two good ones today, so you get a treat. Click to enlarge, via.

President Obama criticizes Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill

This is why he should have gone to the breakfast, throw their hateful bigotry in their faces. Kind of weird that Hillary would criticize them since she's been known to spend quality time with "The Family".

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama strongly criticized controversial anti-homosexuality legislation being considered by Uganda's legislature during an appearance Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast.

The organization which sponsors the breakfast, the Fellowship Foundation, has been associated with efforts to pass the bill, according to the ethics group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

The measure would punish sexual activity between persons of the same sex with long jail terms or death.

It is "unconscionable to target gays or lesbians for who they are," Obama said.

The measure being considered in Uganda is "odious," he added.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also criticized the bill during an appearance at the breakfast.

Conservatives fail to prevent government takeover of marriage in Maine

By GottaLaff

One of my Twitter pals, Greg Skilling, writes for The Examiner. He got my attention with his latest piece. Here's a taste:

In a disappointing defeat for advocates of freedom, choice and limited government everywhere, voters in Maine overturned a state law allowing Mainers to choose who they marry. Who's to blame for the failure of civil rights advocates to curb the state's intrusion into Maine's homes and bedrooms? The short answer is the group Stand for Marriage Maine. The long answer is that proponents of same-sex marriage failed to garner the support of their fellow freedom-loving, limited-government cohorts in the National Rifle Association (NRA) and 912 Project.

If we allow the government to tell us which sex we are allowed to marry can state-arranged marriages be far off?

It gets even better, so please go read the rest here.

The people who are so concerned that Big Bad Obama is going to storm their homes and yank their guns away don't object to government marching into our bedrooms. That is perfectly acceptable.

Hyp. O. Crites.

By the way, do they not realize that the courts are there to balance mob rule? That's called a "branch of government". Say it with me.

Voting marriage equality down does not make it right or just. "The people" supporting segregation was wrong, and so was this.

Let's start reminding them in loud voices: It is unconstitutional to allow a majority to take away the rights of a minority.

Uh oh! Census Counts Same-Sex Couples

By GottaLaff

Oh what fun, a whole new controversy to contend with, because, you know, gay couples don't really count:

When the U.S. Census Bureau counts same-sex married couples next year, demographers expect hundreds of thousands to report they are spouses -- even though legal same-sex weddings in the United States number in the tens of thousands.

Gay advocates say they plan to use "A Census that Reflects America's Population," as the Census Bureau calls its plan to report same-sex marriage statistics, to push for legislative and policy initiatives, while groups opposed to same-sex marriage weigh a counteroffensive.

That's right, Rushpublics, we wouldn't want to pretend that gay love is valid, or that they're even allowed to love each other in the first place, right? That would make them ::gasp!:: equals! Besides, it totally messes up public policy.

Particularly at the state and local levels, gay advocacy groups say census data on income for same-sex couples will show the need for more protections against job discrimination. Statistics on households with children will help them challenge laws limiting gay adoptions and legal guardianship. With raw numbers to illustrate the need, it will be easier to demand services, they say.

"Why does the census ask if people are young or old, black or white, married or single?" said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, which promotes civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. "It's because we want to understand if the country is meeting the public-policy needs of those Americans. That's particularly so for LGBT Americans."

Not if you're compassionate homophobic conservative.

But conservatives say the tally could just as easily support their position that most gay people aren't looking to get married. They say they will oppose attempts to make policies more gay-friendly.

See, conservs, when you are denied the right to marry, then it's kind of a deterrent to getting married. There now. That wasn't so complicated, was it?

"It seems homosexual activists use these various markers as ways push their agenda, to force people to go along with whatever they demand," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, which promotes "biblical values." "Regardless of what the numbers are, they're going to exaggerate the importance of it and claim all of society must change in order to comport with their demands."

Darn them gays and their agendas! How dare they want to be treated the same as other people? Who do they think they are... Americans?! The very idea!

The 2010 Census will not be the first in which same-sex couples have identified themselves as married. But it will be the first in which the raw numbers are publicly reported, reflecting an evolution in the way the Census Bureau keeps track of American lifestyles.

Hint: Being gay is not a lifestyle. But who's counting?