Marriage Equality Is Happening - Get Used to It

Gays Beware with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and George Takei from Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jason Collins - Gay NBA Player - First Basketball Star Out of Closet | Gossip Cop

Jason Collins - Gay NBA Player - First Basketball Star Out of Closet | Gossip Cop
So it's a good day after all!  Now there's a role model. AND Jason cured the Monday blues!!

GOP Court$ Lady Gaga: to NO Avail

Talk about a "bad romance?!?"

Last Summer in Tampa - Okay, this is one to make your head spin around and pop off.  The Romney campaign apparently tried to get Lady Gaga to perform at the GOP convention last summer!!!!  Is your head still attached? Mine is hanging by a tendon. If you ever needed proof positive that Mitt Romney is TOTALLY out of touch with ALL of America, this IS IT as nobody's more vocal as a LGBT activist than Gaga!  She and her mother run her Born This Way Foundation which helps prevent bullying and promotes tolerance and equality!  Hello??? You dudes HATE equality.  Remember?

So the biggest bullies of all bullies approached Gaga?  I am a sucker for irony but this may be the funniest thing I've heard all year.  Yes, there are gay conservatives.  I have known some, but they are NOT listening (likely) to Lady Gaga.  This news is so laughable it's pulled me out of the funk I've been in all week because I have been exhausted by how out of touch society has become with each other because of behaving like trolls on social media.

I'm also laughing my bony ass off because this news comes on the heels of the GOP's new plan to make an "outreach effort" to the Latino community.  I've got news for you Grumpy Old White F*CKS: YOU NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO EVERYONE. You have alienated ANY person of color*, women, the LGBT community.  The only people the GOP hasn't alienated are unborn fetuses! Your old white boys network couldn't buy a clue with all of the money you've got stashed in the Caymans!

Next time try Madonna.  I bet that old whore can be bought for any price**.  Including a cabana boy.

*Except Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Herman Cain, Allen West, Michael Steele and Alan Keyes. But those dudes may as well be unicorns.

**Of course I am well aware of Madonna's politics, but I still believe she IS for sale.

The Golden Girls Had it Right Years Ago

Friday Fool: Governor John Kasich of Ohio

Help me Obi Wan Kenobi...

Just look how sad he is in this picture. Sad Governor Kasich!  That's because he can't decide what his views are going to be for today.  So tough when you need to change your opinion based upon which way the wind is blowing.  Apparently politics really upped the ante on blowing in the wind since the birth of the GOP...if you believe the movie Lincoln to be historically accurate. I know I believe THAT part of the Speilberg film to be historically accurate.

Governor Kasich voted FOR the Defense of Marriage Act and against gay couples being able to adopt.  He's perfectly okay though with rising up against tavern owners who don't hire gay servers in the Buckeye state.  If you want to pour him a Bells Black Note Stout, he doesn't care what you do in the privacy of your own home. It would be DISCRIMINATION to keep a gay Ohio resident from pouring beer.

Now some persnickety Ohio Senator, Rob Portman, has come out in defense of same-sex marriage because is own son is gay and because Portman is not a moron, he realizes sexuality is not a choice.  Not to be upstaged, Kasich quickly came out (get it?) and said he was in favor of civil unions.  Then he quickly turned around said his remarks were interpreted "loosely." I don't know about you, but I want someone who is representing me in my state to have firm opinions.  Regardless of what they are. But if you don't share my feelings in Ohio, may I suggest you interpret EVERYTHING Governor Kasich saily "loosely" from here on in? If I lived in your state I know I would.   Especially during his run for reelection.  Just a suggestion.

Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas is Today’s Winner in the “American Evil” Reality Competition

I can't figger what's a girl no more.

Washington, DC – Representative Steve Stockman, R.-TX, decided he wanted to become the front runner in the reality show they seem to producing on the Hill these days: American Evil. He accomplished this heady feat by insisting the Violence Against Women Act was a detestable act, because not only did it protect LIBERALS (whom last time we checked were human beings) but it also protected men who dress up in Lucite shoes and feathers and even Chaz Bono*.  He asked, “How - is that a woman?”

Stockman represents the 36th district of Texas near Houston where he enjoys listening to Ted Nugent's rants (but not the rapper Common's) and is very likely breathing in mold spores on a daily basis while campaigning. I base this upon my one visit to Houston (yikes!).  That can cloud a person’s judgment I’ll bet.  Stockman also loves to rile up ministers who are supposed to be promoting peace and forgiveness to get jazzed up about guns. Moral guy. And you wouldn't believe how many holy men will take an armadillo-rhubarb pie as a bribe to endorse Smith & Wesson in the Lone Star State.

The irony is the Violence Against Women Act protects…. are you sitting down?…ALL American humans against violence, domestic and sexual abuse.  That means if Jesus came back and wanted to kick Rep. Steve Stockman in the sphincter with his sandals without having clipped his toenails since the last time he walked the earth due to Stockman's not wanting to preserve human life among the Jesus' flock…well, with the Violence Against Women Act  we'd have to protect ol’ Yosemite Stockman from the Messiah.  Sum bitch!

*Just an example. I'm sure he has NO idea who Chaz is.

Will You Join Me at the Rally in Support of Lt. Dan Choi 3/28 in Washington, DC?

Dear Americans:

Serve your country at home by being in the moment… I’m asking you to put down your laptop, put down your smart phone and take a moment to think about the court martial trial of Lt. Dan Choi and attend it on March 28, 2013.

Lt. Choi proudly served in our U.S. Army in Iraq during the years the shameful “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” regulation was in place.  Upon his return from his tour of duty, he continued to show courage and bravery by coming out publicly as a gay soldier on The Rachel Maddow Show.  He has been a tireless crusader at home and abroad for LGBT rights and other progressive causes working to hold lawmakers accountable for activities and policies that are destructive to Americans ever since that fateful 2009 interview.

You may ask “Why is the government still prosecuting Lt. Choi under ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’ when the law has been repealed?”  Good question.  But it says to me that we still have miles to go in achieving equal rights for LGBT Americans. In my eyes, Lt. Choi’s prosecution seems like a way for the Army to try and turn back time and live in the past. I suggest if they are so intent on doing so, that they have the fine folks at NASA work on a time machine so we can ALL go back to 2001 while they are at it, and skip the Iraq war. AND thwart 9/11.  But Dan Choi stood up at attention and chose to serve our country and I do not comprehend what part of “volunteer army” our military does not understand?

You may say “I’m not part of the LGBT community, so why should I lend my support?”  The LGBT community pays taxes just like every American.  They pay for roads, education, and infrastructure just like you and I do and are happy to do it - because we are proud citizens.  Yet they are not guaranteed the same civil rights as heterosexual Americans.  It’s bad enough that we are becoming a country of the haves and have nots due to the fiscally bumbling gridlocked Congress.  Now we are picking and choosing which fellow Americans to exclude from the pursuit of happiness?

Because I am so confident you will join me at Lt. Choi’s trial to show your support,  patriotism and pride here are some travel tips:

You can purchase Metro tickets (an all-day pass is the way to go) at the stations or on line at: http://www.wmata.com/fares/purchase/store/  You can take the Red line to Judiciary Square or the Green Line to the Naval Archives.  Walk east to the U.S Courthouse, which is adjacent to John Marshall Park. Police are helpful for directions. If you get to Louisiana Ave., you’ve walked too far.

The weather in DC can be unpredictable in spring.  You may be chilly in the morning and it could suddenly be very warm in the afternoon, so dress accordingly.  Wear your best walking shoes.  Bring bottled water and something to eat like an energy bar.  There is pretty much NOWHERE to eat in that neighborhood.  A $3 ice cream sandwich is about all you will find! If you do want to eat you might check out restaurants here: http://www.urbanspoon.com/npr/7/609/1/DC/Capitol-Hill/Cheap-Eats.html

There are some decent places behind the Capitol building on Pennsylvania Ave., S.E. as well.  If you do want an alcoholic drink – BRING PLENTY OF CASH!

Come on.  We can do this! Leave the social media behind and get down to DC to become a proud part of our history by supporting a true American hero.  Please check out Lt. Choi’s Facebook Page for further details.
https://www.facebook.com/ltdanchoi?ref=ts&fref=ts

See you there!

Rally in Support of Lt. Dan Choi

Thursday, March 28th - 9 a.m.

E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse
2nd Floor

333 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington D.C.

Sincerely,

L.B. Brown
Equality for All Americans
P.S. Tell him “Baltimore Laurie” sent you! (Please?)

Lt. Choi with Kathy Griffin.  Freedom Plaza, March 2010.