Can We Muster That?

 

This Week's Quote

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On a podcast Snoop Dog said LGBTQ characters shouldn't be allowed in movies because they confuse him and he can't explain them to kids. Unlike wizards, dinosaurs and spaceships.

Paul Rudnick

Source:  X

Another One Gone

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In case you missed it, one of the fiercest opponents of gay rights died last week. James Dobson was 563 years old.

Okay, he was actually 89. Not a preacher but a child psychologist, Dobson was without doubt one of the most powerful figures in the Christian right. He founded Focus on the Family, which pushed an ex-gay ministry, and the Family Research Council, which the Southern Poverty Law Center classified as an anti-LGBT hate group.

Dobson claimed the Sandy Hook mass shooting was God's judgement on a nation that accepted abortion and gay marriage.

Now God has called him home. I'd like to think He's having a word with him.

Understandable

 

Today's Lesson

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Children, today we're going to learn about the letter "D."

A lot of words begin with that letter. Like the word "desecration." Ooh, that's a long one, isn't it? Let's all say it together: "des-e-cra-tion."

Desecration is when a sacred place or thing is treated with—and here comes another "D" word—disrespect.

Let me give you an example of how to use the word desecration:  "Last night, in a clear act of desecration, the state of Florida sent workers to the Pulse nightclub memorial in Orlando to paint over the rainbow crosswalk."

You see, kids, that crosswalk had been a symbol of grief and resilience to LGBTQ people in Florida and around the nation after almost 50 people were murdered for being in a gay club. By sunrise this morning the rainbow was gone, and now there's just a boring old black and white crosswalk. And a lot of people feel like their hearts have broken all over again.

Now here's another "D" word: "defiance." It means a bold resistance to authority, and children, I really, really hope we see a lot of defiance from angry queer people in the days ahead. I don't want to see violence, and I don't want to see—another "D" word—destruction, though they feel tempting right now, a normal reaction to desecration.

No, I want to see and hear the anger we feel—get ready for more "D" words—directed in dazzling displays at the doofuses who demanded this desecration. From Donald to Duffy to DeSantis. These discriminatory dirtbags deserve daily derision. Doubtlessly. Definitely.

Dismissed.

This Week's Quote

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MAGAs are getting upset that the Vikings have two male cheerleaders. It ruins their enjoyment of watching 22 men in tight pants jump on each other.

Steve Hofstetter

Source:  Facebook

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