McCain likes the anti-gay GOP platform; Daddy D still despises him

daddy D

i love that he is called Daddy D, I was thinking about it earlier.  why is he called Daddy D thought?  is he like the big daddy of the radical right movement?

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by: hippie4lyfe @ Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 21:53:55 PM CDT

He sits in a dungeon with a life sized bleeding Jesus

and calls out to republicans "Who's Your Daddy?"

I tell you Chica that no greater abomination exists than women denying their spirit of sisterhood and instead becoming the oppressor. -Rebeca, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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by: MauraHennessey @ Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 21:59:00 PM CDT

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Daddy D....

Sounds like a character in a Batman Movie. Someone in Hollywood please take note...

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by: RogernDC @ Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 22:31:02 PM CDT

Well being of children

I'm curious as to why so few people challenge Republicans and even democrats who use this line as their excuse for denying same sex couples access to civil marriage. What the hell does it mean anyway? It doesn't sound like a very coherent argument. Gay couples are already raising children all across the country. How does allowing same sex couples to be married have any effect on heterosexual couples' ability to raise children?

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by: BrianAgenda @ Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 22:50:29 PM CDT

We've failed

We've failed to win this argument because we've failed to put forth real numbers, such as...

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study showed close to one in 50 infants in the country were victims of child abuse or neglect in their first year.

I wonder how many of those abuses can be tied to same-sex related parents.

Or how about pointing out the sheer number of social workers, abuse couselors, etc. etc. in the country and how the precentages of reported abuse and neglect are extremely skewed toward hetero parents when statistically compared to the number of homosexual parents out there.

Sigh...our leaders have failed us.  

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by: Will St. James @ Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 23:10:11 PM CDT

our leaders have failed us?

isn't that a bit dramatic?  it is never too late to win the argument.  you have a very good idea with the child abuse statistics.  i hope you will take some initiative to either research/publicize it yourself, or personally bring the idea to someone who can do something with it.  remember that "our leaders" don't have limitless resources.  most are non-profits that rely heavily on volunteers.  we can't leave it to them to do all the thinking and doing.

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by: Lurleen @ Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 23:45:02 PM CDT

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I'm gay and I can be a Drama Queen if I want to.

Seriously though, my idea is not that grand.  It seems to be common sense to me.  To fight ignorance and blatant falsehoods you fight it with education and sound statistics, research, or science.  These leaders, paid or elected or volunteer, should have nothing else on their mind than that simple creed.  But maybe I'm being too harsh.  And if so I humbly apologize.

I do not have the resources at this point in my life to publicize or bring the attention to this and other issues on the scale that they deserve.  But there are many National organazations that do.  My point is that this type of education seems like a no-brainer for them to promote.

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by: Will St. James @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 00:33:08 AM CDT

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Actually

Many of the national organizations have done exactly that. The  Task Force and GLSEN, come to mind. Both collect and publish the statistics as counter arguments.

There are two problems with that approach though.The homophobes abuse statistics, science and logic (i.e. reality) so many times it means that either, A. the average person ignores the truth or B. the really right wing people only listen to their side (any other source of information is tainted by the homosexual agenda)

For example, take a look at what happened when the American Association of Pediatrics and American Pysch Assoc. published the statistics on the true face of pedophiles. The facts showed that homosexuals are not pedophiles (actually straight people are far more likely to abuse children). The right wing still claims that homosexuals are pedophiles. Others on the homophobe side even attacked the data, claiming that both organizations were part of the "gay agenda" or were being too politically correct.

Also too often our groups are busy trying to correct information from the cons. When you have so many sources of hate, its hard to devote time to attack. A lot of their time is spent in defensive mode right now (maybe with a Democrat  as president and a more liberal congress we can devote more time to attack, instead of defense.)  

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by: Mattkazoo @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 11:19:28 AM CDT

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And there lies the problem...

You don't run an educational campaign by being defensive.  You run an educational campaign by stoically presenting the facts in every format possible.  You also take any false information and catalog it along with appropriate responses.  That way when the community is attacked we have planned resposes to quickly expose the ignorance and move quickly back on the offensive.  And we don't have to fight all the small fires that can keep us distracted.

Maybe our community and resources are too fractured to do this.  But I guarantee the opposition does no have this problem.  Ironically the more you get on the offensive and the more people you educate or at least plant the seed of doubt about the opposition with, the more fracured the opposition comes.  That's what I look forward to seeing.

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by: Will St. James @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 11:51:28 AM CDT

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But that in many ways is what we are doing

we have databases of info to use. But have you seen the level of our enemies' attack?

But you ignored the first part of my post. How do you educate people who do not want to be educated? People who do not trust the teacher? If you figure that out, you will solve all of our problems.

But yes I agree that we should not waste all of our resources, devoted to putting out every small fire. but by the attack/defense issue I meant more that, right now we have issues (the administration) that hamper our efforts. Also that with such a HUGE bull horn, the president and his pals are a forest fire of homophobia, that needs to put out.

I would suggest you volunteer with one of your local organizations. There are many and they all need more people.  

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by: Mattkazoo @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 14:43:28 PM CDT

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Can't

The only gay organization around here is the GUN Club.  Meaning, if they know you're gay they shoot you.  I can only send money at the moment.

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by: Will St. James @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 22:52:53 PM CDT

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I agree

Most of us are not in a position to affect change in a way that HRC, NGLTF, Lambda Legal, etc. can.  Therefore, we write them checks and they are supposed to lead the fight.  Reminding the wingnuts that straight men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of crimes against children is a no-brainer.  Hmmm...was that a gay couple who prayed over their diabetic daughter instead of giving her proper medical care?  No!  It was that so-called "ideal"  family structure of a married mom and dad they're always bleating about.  That's almost always the case.

I've long hoped that someone would turn the tables and start an organization, perhaps "Americans For Truth About Heterosexuality" that would (tongue-in-cheek, of course) provide daily examples (like the one mentioned above) of how ALL heteros are bad parents based on these stories that make the 10:00 news.  And don't forget to show how ALL striaght people are just about sex-sex-sex, based on the number of gentlemen's clubs, adult book stores, prostitutes, etc. that cater to them.  Why should THEY have equal rights because of their deviant lifestyle???!!!

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by: Naperville Mom @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 02:52:07 AM CDT

Americans for TRUTH about Heterosexuality: AFTAH

You have just hit on an idea for a blog that could be a runaway success. Or you could roll out a full website in the spirit of Betty Bowers.

You should give some thought to this if you have the time and inclination for such a project. It'd be easy to mine the Blend archives for raw material and then give it The Onion treatment.

Don't make me squat on your domain.  

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by: vanitysmurf @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 03:27:10 AM CDT

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Seriously,

I'm a newbie to this whole blog thing.  Would it be a good thing or a bad thing if you squatted on my domain? :)

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by: Naperville Mom @ Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 23:52:02 PM CDT

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