- July 2023
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Image by Social Butterfly from PixabayWell, that didn't take long.
Just weeks after the Supreme Court, citing the First Amendment, decided it's acceptable for some business owners to discriminate against LGBTQ people, the owner of a Michigan hair salon has cozied up to the idea.
Christine Geiger, writing on the Facebook page for her Studio 8 Hair Lab, declared, "If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman, please seek services at a local pet groomer."
I wonder if her scissors are as sharp as her tongue.
"You are not welcome at this salon. Period," noted Geiger. "This is America; free speech. This small business has the right to refuse services."
In a breathtaking display of ignorance, Geiger wrote in another Facebook post, "I have no issues with LGB. It’s the TQ+ that I’m not going to support. For those that don’t know what the + is for, it’s for MAP (Minor Attracted Person aka: pedophile)."
It most certainly is not. But she's given me an idea for a new acronym evoking a person who swallows right-wing conspiracy theories and acts out of hate, fear and utter cluelessness. She's a Dangerous Ignorant Minion Wallowing In Terror. She's a DIMWIT.
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- June 2023
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Image: Facebook
The U.S. Supreme Court blew a raspberry at queer people today. Nice touch, announcing the decision on the last day of Pride month.
Citing free-speech rights, the court's conservative majority sided with the Colorado website designer who lived in mortal fear a same-sex couple would ask her to create a wedding site.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented with a will. "The Supreme Court of the United States declares that a particular kind of business, though open to the public, has a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class," wrote my new hero. "The court does so for the first time in its history."
The decision, stated Sotomayor, condemns LGBTQ people to "second-class status."
Losing rights overnight courtesy of this Supreme Court is getting old. If I have to lose something between falling asleep at night and waking up in the morning, I nominate pounds.
- May 2023
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Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay Emboldened by last year's Supreme Court decision allowing a high school football coach to pray with his players, Christian conservatives around the nation are looking to shred the line between church and state.
But everything is bigger in Texas, where a solid handful of religion bills passed by the Texas Senate are enough to make you reach for the holy water.
A bill to require that the Ten Commandments be posted in every classroom is getting attention, but it's another offering that indicates to me we have a problem of biblical proportions.
According to The Washington Post, one bill "would allow uncertified chaplains to replace trained, professional counselors in K-12 school."
Jesus H. Christ, you know what that means. A kid divulges he's gay, and is informed he's headed to hell. Another kid wonders if they're trans, and the chaplain goes straight to their parents. A girl confesses to liking another girl, and is instructed to wear skirts and quit softball.
So many queer adults were shunned, abused and vilified as young people by Christian churches. We know what harm this bill would cause.
Gird your loins. No, I'm not suggesting we go to war and slay 1,000 with the jawbone of an ass. I'm suggesting we call out some boneheads and asses.
- July 2022
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I just introduced myself to the new neighbors. We had a nice chat.
However, I was wearing my Ruth Bader Ginsburg t-shirt, so if I should go missing, look next door.
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Image by briannad26 from Pixabay The far-right 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court is on a rampage against basic freedoms currently enjoyed by the American people. In his concurring opinion in Dobbs, Justice Clarence Thomas gave us a heads-up that the court is next coming for the ability of same-sex couples to get married. I am one of only nine openly gay members of this body. For me, this is personal.
Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York, speaking before the House voted yesterday to protect marriage equality
Source: The Hill
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Sen. Ted Cruz said this weekend that the U.S. Supreme Court was "clearly wrong" when it legalized same-sex marriage.
That sounds to me like a man who's running for president.
Against Herbert Hoover.
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The fact that the Supreme Court just took away a constitutional right has made this a tricky 4th of July. It's hard to celebrate Independence Day when we American women have lost a chunk of our independence.
Perhaps at summer's end Americans will celebrate Labor Day by firing people.
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- June 2022
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Image by Mark Thomas from Pixabay I'm a 58-year-old lesbian. An IKEA bookcase has a better chance of getting pregnant than I do.
Nonetheless, for many reasons, today's overturning of Roe v. Wade means I'm about to join the battle for reproductive rights.
The spirit's willing, even if the body's cranky.
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Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay Gallup conducted its annual Values and Beliefs poll last month, and found that 71 percent of Americans support legal same-sex marriage, the highest number ever recorded.
The main demographic holdout against gay marriage? Weekly churchgoers.
And those who list their employment as Supreme Court justice.
- May 2022
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Image: FacebookI must admit that, as a non-American, I wouldn't have bet on the USA to be the first Western country to turn back the clock so drastically on women's rights, and this b/c you decided a reality TV star was more Presidential material than a competent Secretary of State.
Auntie Ouakam
Source: Twitter
- April 2022
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Image: WikipediaOn Thursday the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. It was a historic day, as she became the first Black woman elevated to the highest court in the land.
It was historic for another reason, too. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, because he wasn't wearing a tie, had to cast his "no" vote against Jackson from the Senate cloakroom.
It's official. Lindsey Graham was really in the closet.
- March 2022
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Image: FacebookWe get it, Senator Cornyn; you're still mad at gay marriage for taking away none of your rights.
Chasten Buttigieg
Source: Twitter
- June 2021
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Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
The Latest in the Potty Wars
The Supreme Court today declined to wade into the issue of which school bathrooms transgender students should use. That means the appeals court victory of transgender former student Gavin Grimm still stands.
This is great news for trans kids.
It's also great news for the planners of Donald Trump's next rally. Conservative activists will seize, as usual, the opportunity to fearmonger around bathrooms. They're nothing if not toilet trained.
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