The Ups and Downs of Gaydom

[monk222]

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“G.O.P. Moves Fast to Reignite Issue of Gay Marriage”

-- Sheryl Gay Stolberg for The NY Times

That's the headline for a story about the re-energizing of the Republican campaign in the aftermath of that recent New Jersey court decision upholding gay rights with respect to marital benefits. It is always nice to see our politics sticking to the high ground.

There is a certain poetic irony in this. After all, it was a gay scandal that gave rise to Democratic hopes for taking over Congress, and now it is the promise of greater gay rights that could upset those hopes. We, as a country, have a lot of serious gay issues to work out. Then maybe we can become more secure in our manhood.

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Comments

[antilapsarian.livejournal.com]

Hmm, interesting psychologizing there. It does seem to have a bit to do with something Freudian perhaps that we hold so dear to heterosexuality, some of us. Like homos take our soul away and we'll be left with nothing.

I'm thinking of replying to a complaint letter in the local suburban newspaper where a pastor picked on a high school homecoming member for being escorted by her lesbian lover. It was "inappropriate." And I'm tempted to say it is inappropriate and sad that a pastor calls out a 17-18 year old on a hot button issue.

Here in Ohio, Brown has opened up a huge 20 point lead like Strickland and it looks like they may have tails to ride on. Ohio may become a Blue State here. Which is unheard of, but then again we've had additional GOP scandal on top of the national events.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

This has definitely been shaping up as one of the more interesting non-presidential elections in memory. The best fall show of the season!