Comments on: Maggie Gallagher, Just Admit It: You’re Just a Bigot

By: Thers

Thers — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:43:24 +0000

Bigot. The issue is equal rights.

Straight couples who do not wish to have children can marry. So much for “biology.”

As soon as polygamy is legal for straights, it should become legal for gays. So much for polygamy.

As soon as animals can give consent to a marriage, they should be allowed to do so. So much for bestiality.

There is no federal amendment required to permit gay marriage. One is apparently necessary to FORBID gay marriage. So much for the “founders.”

Indeed, you are about as stupid as you are bigoted if you think it is the NO side on 8 that is asking for the amendment.

You are an absolute idiot. And a bigot. Sucks to be you.

By: carpenterjcj3

carpenterjcj3 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:36:30 +0000

Proposition 8 is strictly a legal issue and is not directed at undermining individuals freedom of choice. The gist of the debate is whether the legal meaning of the “marriage” contract should include anything other than the traditional “one man - one woman” arrangement. As noted, that is the historic basis for the family unit because it aligns so nicely with biology! Parthenogenesis is for aphids.
From a strictly legal standpoint, recognition of same-sex marriages would open the door for a whole variety of other combinations that would clamor for equal status. A prime example is polygamy/polyandry. Right behind would be things like people marrying animals, or wanting the state to recognize marriages between animals. Once a legal term has been opened to allow something other than its traditional meaning, it’s hard to put the genie back in the lamp.
I am something close to 100% certain the founders of this nation did not contemplate the constitution being amended for things such as this. That’s why the amendment process is burdensome, to assure that only those changes truly deserving adoption could make it. The difficult question is, given our beliefs in the moral agency of man, what is the proper role of government in such matters.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:18:35 +0000

Well…

It’s an indication of several things. Music’s very important to me, and I’ve been a fan of Peter Schikele and his P.D.Q. Bach schtick for a very long time. When I was singing (it’s usually easier to find a choir to sing in than a wind ensemble or orchestra) I varied between the baritone and second tenor voices. My last voice teacher said that I’m a lyric baritone, whatever that might mean. I’d rather have a trombone in my hands than sing, anyway.

So, BargainCountertenor is stolen from P.D.Q.’s vocal scoring. I first encountered it on P.D.Q.’s Half-Act Opera, The Stoned Guest. The vocal parts call for one Mezzanine Soprano, one Off-Coloratura, one Basso-Blotto, one Bargain Countertenor. Oh yeah, and a HundenTenor.

I’ve run into a few other P.D.Q. fans here who’ve recognized the lift.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:01:42 +0000

cartoon upstairs

By: nahant

nahant — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:01:40 +0000

Don’t Worry Be Happy!!

By: demi

demi — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:58:51 +0000

Fall back. Spring forward.
You get an extra hour to worry about Tuesday.

By: MrWhy

MrWhy — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:57:52 +0000

I suspect your friends hinted at something along those lines, but you were too besotted to notice.

By: nahant

nahant — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:57:11 +0000

Tonight!!

By: nahant

nahant — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:56:31 +0000

Mud slides? I know they can happen once all the growth is burned off and nothing is holding the soil together! Up here when we get too much rain we have whole sides of hills just up and start moving… 84 between here and the coast has slides a lot during the rainy season and suddenly the road closes… same with Devils slide and if both 84 and Devils slide are closed that leaves only one way out of Half Moon bay and the coast, makes for awful traffic there!

By: demi

demi — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:56:31 +0000

I think so. Just more good news. I talked to the guy at the nursery and he said they should plant rye grass on the hills, but we have to wait until the windy – read hugely blustery – season is over.