MoonHowler

Who would have thunk it and on Faux News, no less.  Good for Shep Smith, the outlier of Faux News.

 

 We still ask, how does same sex marriage hurt any of us straight people?  I can’t think of a single way it hurts me.  Should the issue of same sex marriage even be a campaign issue? 

One of the first issues that gay bashers resort to is to point out promiscuous behavior in the gay community.  However, if gays have no way to legalize their relationships, it seems that they are pretty much doomed to participate in what some folks deem “promiscuous behavior.”  The behavior becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy if same sex unions are verboten.  I guess that was the intent all along. 

Meanwhile, many Americans are becoming more open to the idea that gayness is out of the closet and that yes, they live among us.  Americans see that gays don’t steal their children or corrupt their dogs and cats.  They see that gays are the folks next door  or the guy in cubicle 3.  We will become fully evolved when we no longer say “those gays next door” but rather, “the couple next door.”  Rome wasn’t built in a day but we are getting there.  Join the procession.  My knuckles are up off the ground.

18 Thoughts to “Shep welcomes President Obama to the 21st century”

  1. SlowpokeRodriguez
    May 9, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    I can only speak for myself, but gay marriage doesn’t affect me at all. The only reason I’d vote against it (if I recall, I did vote against it), is because of those people who scream out “I hope you %*^& die” in the balcony of the legislature. Petty? Maybe, but tough noggies!

  2. SlowpokeRodriguez
    May 9, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    or maybe noogies….yeah, probably noogies. Auto-correct messing with me.

  3. Cato the Elder
    May 9, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    “Should the issue of same sex marriage even be a campaign issue?”

    Absolutely. In fact, it should be your signature campaign issue. For if one of us is not free, then none of us are. I urge you in the strongest possible terms to make this the defining issue of the 2012 Presidential Campaign.

    1. Moon-howler
      May 9, 2012 at 11:33 pm

      Cato,you don’t like the questions I ask as converstation starters? I think you can figure out the rest for yourself.

  4. Cato the Elder
    May 9, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    Closely followed by free contraception, of course.

  5. marinm
    May 9, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the election. I am genuinely curious.

  6. punchak
    May 10, 2012 at 12:10 am

    I LOVE Shep! Wonder how long he’ll be allowed to stay at FOX?

    He is so right – same-sex marriages becoming an election issue !???
    Ain’t we got somthin’ more important to take care of?

    1. Moon-howler
      May 10, 2012 at 1:18 am

      I am not sure what people’s personal feelings have to do with any of this.

      As for Shep, he and Greta give Faux News any credibility.

  7. Moon-howler
    May 10, 2012 at 1:25 am

    Will people really switch their vote because of how Romney or Omaba feel about same sex marriage? You have to be kidding me. If you are gay, perhaps.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obama-decision-on-gay-marriage-divides-local-residents/2012/05/09/gIQARtsJEU_story.html?hpid=z2

  8. Starryflights
    May 10, 2012 at 1:53 am

    Good for Shep Smith.

  9. Pat Herve
    May 10, 2012 at 7:54 am

    Other than giving the spouse, of a same sex marriage, legal rights, divorce rights and such – what and how does a same sex marriage affect me or you? They can live together, buy a house together, raise children together, etc – all without getting married right now. And why no uproar of people having children out of wedlock?

    1. Moon-howler
      May 10, 2012 at 8:41 am

      No tax code bennies. No hospital visitation if challenged by family. There are two reasons often given.

  10. Elena
    May 10, 2012 at 8:47 am

    I posted this book earlier by Zach Wahls, My Two Moms.

    http://www.zachwahls.com/

    “What Makes a Family”

    Good evening Mr. Chairman, my name is Zach Wahls. I’m a sixth-generation Iowan and an engineering student at the University of Iowa, and I was raised by two women. My biological mother Terry told her grandparents that she was pregnant, that the artificial insemination had worked, and they wouldn’t even acknowledge it. It actually wasn’t until I was born and they succumbed to my infantile cuteness that they broke down and told her that they were thrilled to have another grandson. Unfortunately, neither of them would live to see her marry her partner Jackie of fifteen years when they wed in 2009. My younger sister and only sibling was born in 1994. We actually have the same anonymous donor, so we’re full siblings, which is really cool for me. I guess the point is that my family really isn’t so different from any other Iowa family. When I’m home, we go to church together. We eat dinner, we go on vacations. But, we have our hard times too; we get in fights. My mom, Terry, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000. It is a devastating disease that put her in a wheelchair, so you know, we’ve had our struggles. But we’re Iowans. We don’t expect anyone to solve our problems for us. We’ll fight our own battles. We just hope for equal and fair treatment for our government.

    Being a student at the University of Iowa, the topic of same sex marriage comes up quite frequently in class discussions. The question always comes down to, “Can gays even raise kids?” And the conversation gets quiet for a moment, because most people don’t really have an answer. And then I raise my hand and say, “Well actually, I was raised by a gay couple, and I’m doing pretty well.” I score in the 99th percentile on the ACT. I’m an Eagle Scout. I own and operate my own small business. If I was your son, Mr. Chairman, I believe I’d make you very proud. I’m not so different from any of your children. My family really isn’t so different from yours. After all, your family doesn’t derive its sense of worth from being told by the state, “You’re married, congratulations!” The sense of family comes the commitment we make to each other to work through the hard times so we can enjoy the good ones. It comes from the love that binds us. That’s what makes a family.

    So what you’re voting for here is not to change us. It’s not to change our families, it’s to change how the law views us, how the law treats us. You are voting for the first time in the history of our state to codify discrimination into our constitution, a constitution that but for the proposed amendment is the least amended constitution in the United States of America. You are telling Iowans, “Some among you are second-class citizens who do not have the right to marry the person you love.” So will this vote affect my family? Would it affect yours? In the next two hours, I’m sure we’re going to hear a lot of testimony about how damaging having gay parents is on kids. But not once have I ever been confronted by an individual who realized independently that I was raised by a gay couple. And you know why? Because the sexual orientation of my parents has had zero impact on the content of my character. Thank you.

    1. Moon-howler
      May 10, 2012 at 9:15 am

      I have found gay folks to be wonderfully loving parents. However, I think books like this, when in the wrong hands (people who are homophobic), set off the flood gates of hostility and hatred. Sad, isn’t it. In other words, I wouldn’t put this book on the shelf of your school library for just any kid to read, lest you unleash the hounds of hell.

  11. Emma
    May 10, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    So what has essentially changed? President Obama personally supports gay marriage, but says it’s a state issue. That seems like a de facto endorsement of the North Carolina gay marriage ban.

    1. Moon-howler
      May 10, 2012 at 5:59 pm

      It will remain a state issue until the courts say it isn’t, I suppose. Eoither that or there is a constitutional amendment….and I expect that will be when dockeys fly.

      I don’t think it matters what a president or candidate think really.

  12. Cargosquid
    May 11, 2012 at 7:41 am

    @Emma
    That’s called voting “present.”

  13. Emma
    May 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    @Cargosquid Without putting repeal of the DOMA or gay marriage in generalon the Democratic platform, it all just comes across as a cynically engineered attempt to put Romney on the defensive over an issue where Obama has absolutely no intention of doing anything substantive at all. Sure beats crowing about keeping unemployment below 8%, closing GITMO and cutting the deficit. Oh, wait…

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