Comments on: On DOMA, Social Conservatives Howl While Pols Shrug

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:13:20 +0000

Thank you, Stefano, I thought it was clear I was mocking GOP wedge issue strategies.

By: Stefano A

Stefano A — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:06:10 +0000

@BlackDog

I don’t think that was an actual suggestion. Ryan was being facetious in order to point the other endemic prejudices the GOP has demonstrated such as the proliferation of racist immigration legislation and the proposed legislation forbidding Shari’ia law.

By: BlackDog

BlackDog — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:53:02 +0000

Ryan, I personally think your comment is inappropriate and ridiculous. Prejudice against anyone, including Gays, Latinos, OR Muslims is equally wrong and should not be tolerated.

By: Richard Rush

Richard Rush — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:33:30 +0000

Today I learned about something that should also have the social controlatives howling. Maybe others already knew about it, but I didn't. An article under the headline, " New IRS rule might mean tax break for same-sex couples," appeared in an AARP newsletter (yes, I'm old). An excerpt:

Many same-sex couples are getting a tax break this year from the IRS, according to new requirements to report their combined income on federal tax returns. Under "income splitting," the IRS is requiring all same-sex married couples or registered domestic partners in Washington state, California and Nevada to divide their combined income equally and report it on their separate tax returns. For some couples, it will mean more money in their 2010 refund; for others, they'll pay more in taxes.

AFAIK this is the first mini-step of same-sex marriage recognition at the Federal level.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:12:58 +0000

Hopefully some Muslims will start trying to build another mosque somewhere, so the GOP can get their wedge back before they start focusing on us again. Maybe every time a Republican says “deviant lifestyle”, one of us can yell “OMG, TERROR BABIES! OVER THERE! ” and that might distract them. And if we can get a latino to burn a flag, we’re golden until 2013, easy.

By: Stefano A

Stefano A — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:27:14 +0000

You know, I was reading that New York Times piece earlier this morning and the thing that struck me is while it focused on a few high profile Republicans and their so-called “tepid” responses, it failed to mention or completely glosses over how on all other levels the Republican party has been on an anti-gay legislative rampage: cf, Iowa, Idaho, Montana, Tennessee, Kansas . . . .