Homosexual Sets World Sprint Record
Tyson Homosexual ran 100 meters in a wind-aided 9.68 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials today, in what would have been world record time. I mean, Tyson Gay. Leftie People For the American Way's Right Wing Watch blog reports that, In addition to blocking traffic from websites they don’t like, it looks like the web-geniuses behind the American Family ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 30, 2008 19:32
Gay Medic Discharged after ‘60 Minutes’ Appearance
A group "dedicated to ending discrimination against and harassment of military personnel affected by 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" reports that Darren Manzella has been discharged under said policy. Decorated Army Sergeant Darren Manzella has been discharged under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law banning lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans from military service, effective June 10. The Iraq war veteran was one ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 27, 2008 15:33
A Difference, Not a Defect
In reference to James' post below, it's worth pointing out that a biological cause for homosexuality does not, in any sense of the word, make for a birth defect, and we should be careful how we define the phrase. Calling homosexuality a "birth defect" (as some will no doubt begin to do so), implies that homosexuality causes some interference ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 19, 2008 13:05
Gay Brain Science: Homosexuality a Birth Defect?
Some people are right-brained. Others are left-brained. Apparently, some are gay-brained. What makes people gay? Biologists may never get a complete answer to that question, but researchers in Sweden have found one more sign that the answer lies in the structure of the brain. Scientists at the Karolinska Institute studied brain scans of 90 gay and straight men ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 19, 2008 11:28
McCain Age ‘Code’ Talk
Some supporters of John McCain accuse the Obama campaign of using "code words" to imply that McCain is old. “It is code; there is no question it is,” Ed Rollins, a Republican strategist who helped lead President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 reelection campaign, said when age surfaced as an issue. “They are trying to raise doubts.” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough repeatedly argued ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 17, 2008 13:39
Going to War with the Ideology You Have
Kevin Drum, responding to Jonah Goldberg's argument that George Packer's "The Fall of Conservatism" erroneously conflates conservatism with the Republican Party, retorts: No political ideology lives in isolation. We judge communism by how Mao and Stalin implemented it, we judge 60s-era liberalism by how LBJ and the Democratic Party implemented it, and we judge social democracy by how Western Europe has ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 23, 2008 07:50
Judicial Activism Versus Judging
Slate's Dahlia Lithwick has an amusing if ultimately silly column on the gay marriage ban in California and people's decrying of "activist judges". She snarks about "activist citizens" and an "activist legislature" and concludes, "That makes everybody an activist in California, just by virtue of the fact that they are acting." Ha! So clever! Let's define a word ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 16, 2008 12:12
Conservapedia, The Gay Friendly Encyclopedia
Of the most Popular pages in Conservapedia, "The Trustworthy Encyclopedia," 7 of the top 10 and 17 of the top 50 have variants of the word "homosexual" in their titles. 2. Homosexuality (2,391,500 views) 3. Teen Homosexuality (417,124 views) 5. Arguments Against Homosexuality (332,492 views) 6. Homosexual Agenda (331,597 views) ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 2, 2008 10:42
McCain Scoffs at Hagee Statements
John McCain has a nice, pithy response to his endorser Rev. John Hagee's claim that the "sins" of New Orleans and the city's acceptance of homosexuality were the reasons why God punished the City by sending Hurricane Katrina:"It's nonsense, it's nonsense, it's nonsense, it's nonsense, it's nonsense. I dont have anything additional to say. It's nonsense, it's nonsense, it's nonsense, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 25, 2008 13:43
Absolut Redraws USA - Mexico Border
Absolut Vodka has got some 'splainin' to do: Laura Martínez found the ad in the print edition of Quién magazine in Mexico City and it's going viral. Jim Hoft has picked it up, calling it an "Absolut-ly Outrageous Ad," Pierre Legrand profanely calls for a boycott, and Brian Ledbetter goes with "Absolut-ly Insulting." Michelle Malkin cranks it up a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 3, 2008 11:16
