Let's overturn some Z3s.
Ya know, I wasn't ready to let go of this whole gay marriage rant. I got plenty more bones to pick with the world. Frankly, I couldn't care less whether gay people get hitched or not. Has zero impact on my life. What I do care about is that a group of people is telling another group of people what they can and can't do, and, more importantly, are preventing them from having equal rights and equal protections under law.
For what it's worth, I understand their religious aversion to homosexuality. I don't understand the intolerance and hatred, but I do understand their aversion. I have read the Bible too. I seem to recall, however, that coveting is a sin too. That being said, let's outlaw Nordstroms. And Porsches. And Victoria's Secret. Anybody screws with Victoria's Secret and they will face the full force of my wrath.
I think if we are gonna make this an issue this year, we should make this a REAL issue. I want to see riots. Gay parades are already the best kind of peaceful public expression. Imagine a gay riot! I want to see Miatas burning in the streets across the nation. I want to see tacky window treatments and ugly, giant, clown shoes finding their way into homes and department stores everywhere.
Why don't we just make a deal? We give you gay marriage if you promise to take back "Will and Grace." And Nathan Lane. And Richard Simmons. Please. Seriously people. Everybody wins.
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We did the riots thing back in the late 70's (not me personally, I was 12). All the major "news" networks didn't even cover them. Strange really. This time around I'd have to agree. The Martin Luther King strategy goes a long way, but a little of Malcom X's I think is also quite effective.
Although the removal of Richard Simmons has its appeal as well...
Posted by: Fitz | February 18, 2004 02:33 AM
Personally, taking Richard Simmons back may be a deal breaker. How about an agreement that neither group has to be exposed to him, maybe through some kind of banishment to rural China?
Posted by: Chuck | February 18, 2004 07:53 AM
Poor Richard! Where would I be today without his "Sweatin' To The Oldies" videos!
Posted by: Kim | February 18, 2004 08:16 AM
Leviticus has some good backpacking tips in it, actually, about having to keep one's campsite from being 'unclean' by pooping in a hole away from streams and your site. Old-Skool Old Testament Low Impact!
The drag queens did riot back in the day, during the Stonewall riots in NYC. We do need to riot again...our last two marches in 1993 and 2000 were mere excuses for a big party on the Mall. I am not satisfied with the cuteness of 'dzuzzhing'...I want rights, dammit!
Posted by: jimbo | February 18, 2004 10:45 AM
What are you saying? Are you suggesting that Richard Simmons...is...is GAY?
The world is crumbling around me.
Maybe he just didn't find the right woman? You know, the kind with a penis.
Posted by: jim (k a y a) | February 18, 2004 12:05 PM
DON'T YOU DARE TAKE NATHAN LANE AWAY FROM ME.
Posted by: krissa | February 18, 2004 02:15 PM
"Will and Grace" cannot go away because Karen is fucking fantastic. When I grow up, I want to be just like her - with tons of money, great hoots, and 21% of my liver function.
Posted by: Kat | February 18, 2004 05:41 PM
karen needs a big fucking roll of duct tape.
Posted by: the mighty jimbo | February 27, 2004 08:46 AM