Part 1 of Rob’s Snarky Play-by-Play of the Prop 8 Hearing
I downloaded the transcript and audio and simply started typing as I listened. I’ve done minimal formatting and proofing so please forgive the many errors. The time codes correspond roughly to the...
View ArticlePart 2 of Rob’s Snarky Play-by-Play of the Prop 8 Hearing
Now I’m going to go through Olson’s attack on Prop 8. As before I simply started typing as I listened so please forgive the many typos. 33:00 Olson starts off by saying this of Prop 8: It walls-off...
View ArticleMy Heart Broke a Little Today
83-year-old widow Edie Windsor is suing the government to strike down DOMA, and today was her day in front of the Supreme Court. She spoke on the sidewalk afterward about the heart attack she had not...
View ArticleParents Needed
Anti-marriage folks are still promoting Gracie Evans, the 11-year-old who testified against same-sex marriage before the Minnesota legislature, asking: Which parent do I not need: my Mom or my Dad? I...
View ArticleGays and Conservative Christians
It’s been a long day. A long and scary day. But before I get to that… You may have noticed that I don’t much write about what is said and done by conservative Christians or the religious right anymore....
View ArticleI’m Giving Up on Marriage “Equality”
I’ve given up the battle for so-called marriage equality. In fact, I’ve started an organization to promote traditional marriage. For each of the next five days, I’ll post a Public Service Announcement...
View ArticleThink of the Children!
Here’s the second video for my new organization promoting traditional marriage. It’s harder hitting than the first one, but these are tough times. And when you’re finished, please, come and visit my...
View ArticleLeviticus!
We’re having trouble keeping to the schedule and had to rush this one through production (who’d have thought creating sound arguments against gay marriage would be so hard?). Hopefully the editors got...
View ArticleHelp me contact Thomas Peters at NOM!
I’ll have to push today’s video for the National Marriage Organization to tomorrow. Unlike my allies, Brian Brown and Thomas Peters of NOM, I don’t get paid to do this, and thus have other work to...
View ArticleYour Marriage Must Benefit the State
I hope this video will convince people once and for all that same-sex couple have no right to “marry,” because their unions do not satisfy a compelling State interest. And then we can stop this whole...
View ArticleYou’re Already Equal
This is the last video introducing the National Marriage Organization. Now that you’re convinced, come and visit our web site.
View ArticleYes, My Blog Was Effed Up.
Seriously effed up. For days. Hopefully everything’s back in working order. If not, please message me at robtish @ pacbell . net. Thanks. And with any luck I’ll be posting more very, very soon.
View ArticleThey’re Just Making Stuff Up
Anthony Esolen is a literature professor at Providence College, a Catholic school in Rhode Island. He’s joined NOM as “the latest addition to the Ruth Institute Circle of Experts” and, well, he’s not...
View ArticleThe New Zealand Gay Onslaught Begins
A little good-humored good humor from New Zealand.
View ArticleUNLOCK THE DOORS!
Here’s another video from New Zealand, this one of the Parliament breaking into song after passing a marriage equality bill. My favorite part, though, is just before the song: right after the vote is...
View ArticleThe Gay Liberation of Straight Men
I’ve discovered that NOM’s new official expert, Anthony Esolen, is so wrong about so many things that you can gain insight just by contemplating the opposite of what he says. Back in 2006, Anthony...
View ArticleRhode Island Senator Flies His Freak Flag?
As Rhode Island pushes ahead with marriage equality, State Senator Harold M. Metts is dismayed: Many from my community take exception to the attempts of the gay rights activists to hitch their wagon to...
View ArticleNOM Exec: Should Conservative Women Just Shut Up and Have Babies?
Perhaps I’m overstating what NOM executive Jennifer Roback Morse said in an email blast today. I’ll just post it without further comment; all emphasis in the original, and no, this is not a parody: The...
View ArticleThe Impotence of the Anonymous
Two things are happening. Supporters of same-sex marriage are winning. And opponents are losing. I distinguish those two because our victories are not due entirely to our own efforts. It often seems...
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