"NC Bad, Obama Good"
May 9, 2012, a day that will live in gay-rights infamy, when
North Carolina lost its position as the last Southern state to pass even more
restrictive anti same-sex marriage laws. Yes, they already forbid it, but this
was a safeguard! Rather reminds me of “The Daily Show” the other night and the
Texan lawmaker who passed an amendment prohibiting workplace discrimination
against gun owners… not that there have been any gun owners in Texas who have
claimed discrimination. But hey! Better to be safe than sorry, right? She’s
anti-discrimination for even non-marginalized classes! Preventative measures
and all that.
Of course, Jon Stewart et al. reminded her that she had voted
against protecting employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation. She
tried to justify this by saying she didn’t know of anyone who had been fired
due to sexual orientation, so why did they need a law? I’m sure you’re seeing
where Stewart went with that… oh, hypocrisy.
Anyway, so North Carolina left the list of places we would be
willing to move. But then Obama actually took a stand and openly admitted he
supported same-sex marriage. To me, the best part is that his daughters changed
his mind. Apparently (shocking!) they have friends who have same-sex parents,
and they don’t see anything wrong with that, and they don’t want their friends
to be teased or feel bad for having a different family. Just like that, Obama
was reminded of The Golden Rule.
You go, girls.
I posted a lot of images and links on my Facebook page today
that, to me, captured the issues of the day (and I mean that specifically, as
in, this day). Some are inflammatory,
some less so.
