The Largest Minority

June 23rd, 2008 by Sam

May 15th, 2008 by Manila Ryce

Following lawsuits from several gay and lesbian couples as well as the city of San Francisco and gay rights groups, the California Supreme Court has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage today as unconstitutional. The 120-page ruling stated, “There can be no doubt that extending the designation of marriage to same-sex couples, rather than denying it to all couples, is the equal protection remedy that is most consistent with our state’s general legislative policy and preference.”

After Massachusetts, California has now become the second state to allow same-sex marriage. The following 7 international jurisdictions have also legalized same-sex marriage: Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.

In 2004, the same year Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage, San Francisco officials also allowed same-sex couples to wed. However, the state had banned same-sex marriages in 2000 with the “Defense of Marriage Act”. Justices had to decide whether San Francisco’s laws carried legal weight on the grounds that the 2000 ban was unconstitutional. Now that the ban has been struck down, an appeal is expected to be made by anti-gay-rights groups to the US Supreme Court, which has never addressed same-sex marriage.

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March 26th, 2008 by Manila Ryce

March 24th, 2008 by Manila Ryce

Following Tina Fey’s shamelessly hollow and, more importantly, unfunny endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live awhile back, I personally watched the boner stock I had invested in Tina’s geeky hotness take a dive the next morning. After this Reader’s Digest article came out, in which Fey took a shot at Jon Stewart, Daniel O’Brien of Cracked just couldn’t remain silent anymore. The following excerpt accurately portrays the frustration of many a heterosexual man after the devastating boner crash of 2008.

Here’s a tip ladies (that’s not what I meant), if you ever want to get a guy interested, please refrain from mentioning Hillary Clinton… ever. For guys, talking about Hillary with a woman we fancy is like sitting next to grandma at the strip club. Her name is an anti-Viagra neutron bomb destroying the appeal of everything within a hundred block radius.

O’Brien doesn’t have his grievances rooted in Fey’s support of Clinton, but in a few other examples which show Tina’s head is getting a bit too big for her glasses. The only part in which I think O’Brien is alone in his denunciation is that I’m pretty sure every guy who wanted to sleep with Tina Fey before the great Pecker Plague swept America probably still would on account of being guys.

As aggravated as I was to hear Tina disregarding the entire history of male comedy as juvenile, robot-obsessed frat humor, I could forgive her, because she’s a very passionate and outspoken woman, and I think it would be neat to see her naked. But then she went on to commit a most grievous sin. In the interview, Fey very subtly and very briefly calls out one Jon Stewart:

“RD: What pleases you more, applause or laughter?

Fey: Laughter. You can prompt applause with a sign. My friend, SNL writer Seth Meyers, coined the term clapter, which is when you do a political joke and people go, “Woo-hoo.” It means they sort of approve but didn’t really like it that much. You hear a lot of that on [whispers] The Daily Show.”

You thought you could outsmart us by whispering, Tina Fey, but guess what: Reader’s Digest is a magazine. (With words.) Do you have a problem with The Daily Show, Tina Fey? Do you think you’re better than The Daily Show, or that you’re funnier than Jon Stewart? I never thought I’d reach a point in my life where I’d need to choose sides in a Fey-Stewart Feud, (especially one that I’m almost entirely creating), but I can say without a doubt that I choose Stewart. The Daily Show has had some weak spots, but I am fucking thrilled that Stewart is, consciously or not, the unofficial spokesman for my generation. He’s our guy, Tina. First you shit on male comics for not being as attuned to the minutia of human behavior as female comedians (Lisa Lampanelli?), and then you’re dissing The Daily Show? Please pull your head out of your finely-toned ass long enough to hear me tell you how much sex we’re not going to have.

Loads.

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March 22nd, 2008 by Manila Ryce

h/t Brasscheck TV

March 19th, 2008 by peacelf

I am never so amazed as when so-called news journalists/reporters point out violence among males as “youth violence” or violence in general. However, when a female commits an act of violence, it’s reported as “female violence.” If a male commits an act of violence, it is rendered neutral by labeling it only “violence.”

This case came home to me this morning when my news station of choice, NPR, perpetuated the tradition of sexism by reporting that a terrorist attack in Iraq was committed by a female terrorist. Again, the overall reporting of terrorism is about male suspects, but to point out that a terrorist is female rather than just a terrorist is patriarchal society at it’s worst. The bulk of violence in the world is perpetrated by males. Ninety eight percent of domestic violence cases in the US are males harming females. The same can be said of violence in the world, yet to report that a terrorist was female is more than reporting the facts; it’s revealing something about our culture, our values as citizens in a partiarchal empire.

Some may take my statements as support for Hillary Clinton because she is a woman. Nothing can be further from the truth. Hillary is part of the Club; just as I would say Obama is part of the Club. The recent speech by Obama on race showed conclusively that Obama understands the issues, but refuses to make an issue of the issues of race. Then again, he’s said nothing about gender. Even as race and gender are important issues, the class warfare fought against poor and working americans ultimately engender sexism and racism, since it is fierce competition among a people that sets one against the other. When all things are equal, that is when all people no longer have to worry about their healthcare, a decent wage and benefits; when all people have opportunities to support a family, send their children to college to give them a better life; when the civil rights of GLBT are respected, then we can put aside our differences and work together toward a better, more just world. peace

March 12th, 2008 by Manila Ryce

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer knows that pimpin’ ain’t easy, but it sure as hell beats hoing. In this clip, Stephen may have just insulted prostitutes everywhere by associating them with the Clintons.

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February 22nd, 2008 by Manila Ryce

Israeli Member of Parliament Shlomo Benizri has blamed sodomy for recent tremors. While addressing a committee of the Israeli parliament about the country’s readiness for earthquakes, Benizri told fellow lawmakers to stop “passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the state of Israel, which anyway brings about earthquakes”.

Israel decriminalized homosexuality in 1988. In recent years, Israeli court rulings have granted inheritance rights to gay couples, recognized same-sex marriages performed abroad, and allowed gay couples to adopt.

h/t Truthdig
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