Melissa Etheridge Gives “The View” on Prop 8

Yesterday, Melissa Etheridge appeared on “The View” and spoke candidly about her views on Prop 8. She speaks about how there has been cry out from the nation for marriage equality since the passage of Prop 8. She also gets interrupted abruptly by Sherri to talk about her new Christmas CD before she gets a chance to rip Elisabeth’s (the privileged white girl with blond hair) head off for her utter stupidity and obvious homophobic attitude. Give it a watch!

A Letter to Mike Huckabee About Homophobia

Recently, Mike Huckabee was on “The View” offering his homophobic views on how gay rights don’t compare to civil rights because gay people haven’t suffered the oppression and abuse that African-Americans endured.

I would never claim the degree of oppression and abuse was equal to that of the African-American’s were subject to, but I will not agree the GLBT community has not been abused or endured suffering and oppression. I would like to add that I do not feel any amount of oppression and abuse should be tolerated.

I do not feel any group should have to endure any of these elements in order to gain equal rights. No matter the degree, amount or scale, abuse and oppression are wrong. Please watch what Mr. Huckabee had to say, then read my letter I wrote to him in response. You can also respond to Mr. Huckabee by following the contact link on his website.

Mr. Huckabee,

I am writing as I am extremely disappointed in your continued displays of homophobic behavior. It’s bad enough you had the likes of Janet Porter, who verbally abuses gays and lesbians on national radio work for your campaign, but now you have appeared on “The View” and have openly demonstrated hate and bigotry towards the GLBT community. You stated the Gay Rights movement is NOT the same as the Civil Rights movement because Gays and Lesbians have not endured the physical abuse or oppression that our African-American citizens once endured.

Now I will admit, the scale of events perhaps hasn’t been as large as the Civil Rights movement, but I will argue the suffering and abuse was any less.

I’m not sure if you’re aware of the Stonewall riots of 1969 or why they occurred, but it was because of suffering the GLBT community endured prior. Did you know it was once illegal for gay and or lesbian people to congregate? If they did, they could be arrested and fined and often times were. The police raids of gay and lesbian establishments lead to the physical abuse and even death of gay and lesbian persons. This was not an isolated incident, these events happened in many cities and towns nation wide.

What about Harvey Milk? Shot and killed for being openly gay. What about Matthew Sheppard? What about the thousands of others who died simply because they were gay?

Unlike the Civil Rights movement, you may have not “known” any gay people when you were growing up and living through the Civil Rights movement, but that’s because if they had come out, they would have been risking death as well. How is hiding who you are in order to protect your own safety and life NOT oppression?

You have NO idea of the suffering that has been endured by those in the GLBT community. I, for one, was fired from a job in 2003 simply for being gay. That action is still legal in 33 states.

Mr. Huckabee, I understand you have strong religious convictions, and those convictions do not allow you to accept gay people openly, but I challenge you to educate yourself enough to know that being gay is NOT a choice, and gay people suffer everyday simply for being who they are…who they were born as…who they love.

I would also like to mention that even though the “majority” of people in this country recently voted to deny gays and lesbians the right to marry, it still isn’t right. Once a majority of people believed in segregation. Once a majority of people believed women should not have the right to vote. Once a majority of people felt interracial marriage was wrong…but was the majority right? And f you really want to talk about majorities, once a majority of people thought the world was flat, so was it? And lastly on this point, since Christianity is NOT the majority religion in the world, should the majority religion be able to tell Christians who and how to worship?

Whether you know it or not, someone you love is gay, and whether you know them or not, someone gay is fighting for rights from which we will all benefit.

Mr. Huckabee, I am asking you to open your heart and mind, and lead the way to stopping hate!

Thank you!

Maddow Fails to Buck Huckabee on GLBT Rights

Even though Rachel Maddow has expressed her strong opinions on how wrong it was for Californians to take away a “right that already existed” by passing Proposition 8, she failed to take advantage of cornering Mike Huckabee on the issue. This seems somewhat surprising, especially after Huckabee stated on “The View” Wednesday that gay rights didn’t equate to civil rights because no gay people have had their “skulls cracked open”, but instead chastised the GLBT community or terrorizing old ladies.

I wonder which news he watches…perhaps Fox?

Mike Huckabee: Gay Rights Aren’t Civil Rights

Mike Huckabee, the former Governor of Arkansas, and Republican presidential candidate appeared on The View Tuesday, where he spoke about same-sex marriage.  Huckabee said that gay rights could not be equated or compared to civil rights because gays have not experienced violence against them, unlike Blacks.

Huckabee stated;

“People who are homosexuals should have every right in terms of their civil rights, to be employed, to do anything they want. But that’s not really the issue. I know you talked about it and I think you got into it a little bit early on. But when we’re talking about a redefinition of an institution, that’s different than individual civil rights. We’re never going to convince each other…But here is the difference. Bull Connor was hosing people down in the streets of Alabama. John Lewis got his skull cracked on the Selma bridge.”

I guess all of our GLBT brothers and sisters who have been beaten and lost their lives for being GLB or T just don’t count!  Watch the video below!

Birds of a Feather Flock Together (Dim Birds Too)

Now here is someone we all KNOW is qualified to talk about world issues.  Just because she has led a very privileged life, and really has no real grasp of world issues does not make her a bad person, just a senseless Republican who never worried about money, health care, the economy or really anything other than her hair dye.  But that’s OK.  When she gets older, she’ll have to worry about plastic surgery too!

But in the meantime, she’ll continue introducing another one, almost as bright as her, Sarah Palin!  I think they should run together in 2012!

According to Flaming Politics:

When I go to cocktail parties, I stand next to the stupidest-looking person I can find - often I’m dating him - and compared to him, I look brilliant. Well, after her ditzy Katie Couric interview, Sarah Palin seems to have adopted the same strategy, scheduling Florida campaign stops with View co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck, one of stupidest women ever to land a TV spot, and even a prime time joint interview on FOX.