Thursday’s Watercooler: Oprah goes primetime and Lady Gaga stands up for gay teens
Today, gay kids continue to make waves across the country. I’m hoping it’s a trend, that Constance has inspired a national uprising amongst gay teens. It’s about time someone challenged the strangle hold administrators have over high school students. In today’s story [1], a Nashville teen, Cole Goforth, wore a “Lady Gay Gay” t-shirt and was told to go home and change because the shirt caused “disruptions” at school. Cole refused and Lady Gaga tweeted her support for his assertion of first amendment rights. It’s a good legal fight and I hope Cole takes it all the way. And props to Gaga for lending her support!
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In other serious but less sexy news, Obama and Medvedev (Russian President) have signed [3] a small, but significant nuclear disarmament treaty. It’s not going to eliminate the incredibly large nuclear program in the U.S. or that of Russia, but even some sort of deal is progress. Nuclear disarmament has been getting knocked around recently (think North Korea) and it’s heartening to see any movement towards the reduction of these weapons in the world.
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While Obama works on serious issues regarding nuclear war, the Republican party falters in a sex scandal. I know it’s not new news today, but this interview between Jon Stewart and disgraced “Steele” is too hilarious. Lesbian bondage…. who knew you would see the Republicans get into that?
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart [5]
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Michael Steele Plays the Race Card [6]
www.thedailyshow.com [7]
Daily Show Full Episodes [8]
Political Humor [9]
Health Care Reform [10]
While I am more likely to watch Stewart than Oprah, I do catch her at the gym every once in a while and I am excited that her new show will happen [11]at a more reasonable hour. And it will include international travel and celebrities! What more could we ask for? This is definitely better than the episode I saw an ad for about straight couples who no longer have sex. I would much rather watch Oprah and Brad Pitt go to Egypt. Wouldn’t you?
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In a final piece of shocking news, a Wisconsin district attorney is arguing [13]that sex ed teachers who teach teenagers about condom use and contraception when they know or ought to know those teenagers are having sex with other underage individuals could be criminally charged. It’s a complete perversion of the law and a scare tactic obviously aimed at removing proper sex ed from classrooms. What is most troubling is that this DA is in a position of power when it comes to criminal sanctions in the state and he is so obviously highly conservative. Should we really have ideologues like this in offices that hold power over the population’s very basic freedoms?
[1] http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1635666/20100408/lady_gaga.jhtml
[2] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/blog-lady-gaga-top.jpg
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/08/obama-prague-russia-nuclear-arms-deal-medvedev_n_529726.html
[4] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/blog-obama-russia-insert.jpg
[5] http://www.thedailyshow.com
[6] http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-7-2010/michael-steele-plays-the-race-card
[7] http://www.thedailyshow.com/
[8] http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes
[9] http://www.indecisionforever.com
[10] http://www.thedailyshow.com/videos/tag/health
[11] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/08/oprahs-next-chapter-oprah_n_529861.html
[12] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/blog-oprah-top.jpg
[13] http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/wis-da-threatens-arrest-for-local-sex-ed-teachers/19430578
Gay Marriage Is Anti-Small Business, Says Michael Steele
GOP Chairman Michael Steele explained in a recent speech how his party should “recast” the gay marriage issue as not just a social issue, but a business issue:
“Now all of a sudden I’ve got someone who wasn’t a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for,” Steele told Republicans at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. “So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money.”
It’s almost unfair to comment on this because it’s so hard to figure out what Steele even means here. I guess he’s saying that if a small-business owner has gay employees who suddenly are able to get married, that owner will have to pay higher benefit costs, such as higher health-care premiums to insure the spouse.
See Gay Marriage Is Anti-Small Business, Says Michael Steele U.S. News & World Report
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RNC Chief: Gay marriage hurts small business
(Savannah, Georgia) Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, GOP Chairman Michael Steele said on the weekend.
Steele said that was just an example of how the party can retool …
Joe The Plumber: I Would Never Let “Queers” Near My Children
Joe the Plumber, aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, sat down for an lengthy interview with Christianity Today to discuss his views on the future of the Republican party. Wurzelbacher took the opportunity to speak out against gay marriage, which he says is wrong. The unlikely conservative spokesman went so far as to say he doesn’t allow openly gay people “anywhere near” his children.
The word “queer,” Wurzelbacher noted, “means strange and unusual.”
Christianity Today: In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?
Wurzelbacher: At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary–it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do–what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.
In the vein of George W. Bush and Michael Steele, Joe the Plumber also indicated that he wouldn’t run for public office until the Lord had given him a cue. “God hasn’t said, ‘Joe, I want you to run.’ I feel more important to just encourage people to get involved, one way or another. If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great.” Joe added: “I don’t know if I want to be a leader.”
Read more excerpts from the interview at the Colorado Independent.
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GOP chief Steele in more hot water over gays, abortion
(Washington) A day after a magazine quoted him as saying abortion was “an individual choice,” GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Thursday he opposes abortion and that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.
A leading conservative called Steele’s remarks in the magazine “cavalier and flippant,” underscoring the new chairman’s precarious position with …
