Christians vs. “Christianists”

Last night I read about a Kansas Paster who thinks the government should execute all gay people. I saw another blog post today. You can read his exact statement here. Beware, it’s vile.

I started thinking how horrid some Christians are. Then I remembered the term “Christisnist”. Coined by conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan, he defined it as the fringes of the religious right that use scripture for power, control and oppression. He uses the term Christianists to equate it with fundamental Islamist who have usurped and twisted the teachings of Islam to overtake entire countries. Read Sullivan’s original blog post here.

Christianists, not Christians, are horrible, hateful people.

Lambda Legal and the ALCU Take on Illinois re: Marriage Equality

This morning the ACLU and Lambda Legal announced it is filing two lawsuit on the behalf of 25 gay and lesbian couples in Illinois. Each couple attempted to get a marriage license at the Cook County Courthouse, but was denied due to the state’s Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, which prohibits same sex marriage. The lawsuit claims the law violates the Illinois state constitution’s equal protection and due processes clauses.

It looks like activists are going to have to challenge marriage equality in the courts rather than rely on the legislature to act fairly. It seems with the victories in the Prop 8 case as well as the five federal judges ruling DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act), that the judiciary may decide marriage equality, much like it did with interracial marriage in the 60’s.

It seems to me that the more court cases we have to refer to when we reach the Supreme Court, the better.

Read about the lawsuits here.

Stereotypes Are a Real Time Saver

This morning, my straight buddy Paul posted on Facebook that he thought it was odd that homophobes spend so much time thinking about the sex lives of gay folk. I told him what most gays have always guessed was the underlying cause. The most anti-gay homophobes are probably closet cases themselves. I shared an article with him about a study at the University of Rochester that shows a high number of individuals with the most anti-gay feelings also have a high degree of same sex attraction. Finally we are seeing clinical proof of what we’ve always known down deep. Read more about the study here.

Paul joked that he was really jealous because he can’t accessorize. It got me thinking – there are so many stereotypes about gays. We see them on TV, in the movies, in magazines. I thought about me and my husband. We can be pigeon-holed on a few things, but for the most part, we don’t fit the stereo type.

I shot back to Paul that when I came out I thought I’d suddenly have fashion sense, decorating skills, be able to style hair and have an undying thirst for cosmopolitans and facials…. but no! I still dress like shit, hate the Golden Girls and our apartment looks like Oscar’s bedroom on the Odd Couple. Our date nights consist of watching UFC at the local sports bar or sharing popcorn at “The Avengers”. And the only antique in our apartment is me!

Tell your man, stereotypical or not, that he’s the one with a romantic gay greeting card.