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So I was feeling pretty down this morning. There's lots of shit in the paper about the Texas Democratic Party electing their new chairman this weekend, seeing as how the runner-up is the state's first openly gay legislator Glen Maxey. Apparently everyone must now identify him as such, to the point where he might as well change his first name to Openly Gay Glen. Hell, he might even DO IT. I don't know shit about how good or bad he is, how much he would fuck up or how effectively he would raise funds, and frankly I don't really care. I just hate seeing this kind of commentary:
"Maxey... has said that party leaders do not want an openly gay man as leader. There's no evidence of that belief, but if Maxey wins, it wouldn't be a shock if critics lofted his sexuality as proof that Democrats are out of step."
So basically all sides are using the gay as a political tool and all sides need to fucking stop, but they never ever will because WELCOME BACK TO TEXAS.
Anyway. So. What better to cheer me up than The Daily Show's take on the whole shebang. Oh, Stewart. ♥
Also, Icy quoted Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota in his speech on the Senate floor. This is clearly a wholly decent man and an excellent Christian besides.
"In addition to being un-American this amendment is also un-Christian.
Now I hesitate to bring religion into this debate. I’m highly skeptical of politicians who do so. Giving a Bible to a politician is like giving a blowtorch to a pyromaniac.
However, I re-read the New Testament in preparation for this debate. And I cannot find a single instance in any of the four Gospels in which my savior Jesus Christ speaks a single word against same-sex marriages or even same-sex relationships.
He intones six times against divorce and twelve times against adultery. Yet I’m not aware of any proposed constitutional amendment to ban either of them. Nor would I support them.
But I also know that he preached for love and acceptance and against hatred and discrimination. He said the great commandment was to love God and the second was like unto it, to love thy neighbor as thyself. Not just your family member, not just your friend, but to love your neighbor, whoever happens to be living beside you, as you would yourself.
There is no love in this constitutional amendment. There’s discrimination and underneath discrimination lies judgment and hatred.
Jesus said also to beware of false prophets and charlatans, the fake good doers. And he said the way to tell the difference is that the true believers practice love, while the false prophets preach hate.
And that’s why this amendment is un-Christian."
"Maxey... has said that party leaders do not want an openly gay man as leader. There's no evidence of that belief, but if Maxey wins, it wouldn't be a shock if critics lofted his sexuality as proof that Democrats are out of step."
So basically all sides are using the gay as a political tool and all sides need to fucking stop, but they never ever will because WELCOME BACK TO TEXAS.
Anyway. So. What better to cheer me up than The Daily Show's take on the whole shebang. Oh, Stewart. ♥
Also, Icy quoted Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota in his speech on the Senate floor. This is clearly a wholly decent man and an excellent Christian besides.
"In addition to being un-American this amendment is also un-Christian.
Now I hesitate to bring religion into this debate. I’m highly skeptical of politicians who do so. Giving a Bible to a politician is like giving a blowtorch to a pyromaniac.
However, I re-read the New Testament in preparation for this debate. And I cannot find a single instance in any of the four Gospels in which my savior Jesus Christ speaks a single word against same-sex marriages or even same-sex relationships.
He intones six times against divorce and twelve times against adultery. Yet I’m not aware of any proposed constitutional amendment to ban either of them. Nor would I support them.
But I also know that he preached for love and acceptance and against hatred and discrimination. He said the great commandment was to love God and the second was like unto it, to love thy neighbor as thyself. Not just your family member, not just your friend, but to love your neighbor, whoever happens to be living beside you, as you would yourself.
There is no love in this constitutional amendment. There’s discrimination and underneath discrimination lies judgment and hatred.
Jesus said also to beware of false prophets and charlatans, the fake good doers. And he said the way to tell the difference is that the true believers practice love, while the false prophets preach hate.
And that’s why this amendment is un-Christian."
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