Sure, it’s supposed to be Day Without a Gay but, for a variety of reasons — some of which I discussed here — I was at my exceedingly gay job at my exceedingly gay employer until I cut out to be exceedinly gay with my exceedingly gay boyfriend. We’re drinking exceedingly gay eggnoggs right now, for the record, and we’re going to finish watching the last couple of episodes of True Blood; I rest my case.
I’d like to rebrand Day Without a Gay today and, frankly, nothing seems more appropriate for a day in which we show some gay and lesbian muscle — and, for a guy who’s fully-integrated life couldn’t be gayer, nothing could be funner — than to actually push back against the forces of bigotry and lies. So what say we call today a Day Without Lies?
And, really, we have a rich array of liars against which to push back — like that snivelling little lying Christian Christine Cloud, the one who falsely claimed was assaulted while poisoning San Francisco’s Castro neighbourhood with religious anti-gay rhetoric, or that lying fuckwit, Matt Barber, who, incredibly, leads the Concerned Women of America in their campaign against anything remotely resembling equality or progressive government, or that lying cocksucker Larry Craig who, sadly, is a cocksucker and always will be a cocksucker — uhhhh, where were we?
Oh, right. Liars. And pushing them back.
Wayne Besen, whose Truth Wins Out site fights the insanity that is the “Ex-Gay” movement, has taken out a full-page ad in the Salt Lake Tribune tomorrow to expose the lies — the evil, blatant, baseless, hateful lies — of the religious right in denouncing the democratic protests following the staggering passing of Prop 8 in California, and it’s a beaut:
But the pièce de résistance was Jon Stewart’s evisceration of former U.S. presidential contender Mike Huckabee’s meandering, lying, evil, hateful and dishonest justification for discriminating against one in ten American citizens and taxpayers on The Daily Show last night. It’s a thing of beauty. (Canadian readers should click here.)
(Transcript can be found here, at Melissa McEwen’s always-awesome Shakesville.)
Mike Huckabee is a lying, bigoted fuck and this shit seriously, seriously needs to be nipped in the bud. Use today — and every day — to exercise your voice. Call out these liars. Because, if you don’t… well, how long do you want to wait until all people are considered equal?
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I just wrote TWO a check!
Two Things:
1. I have renewed my resolve to marry Jon Stewart. I don’t care about his wife or my husband. Dammit, we can make it work
2. What exactly is in an exceedingly gay eggnog? Or even a gay eggnog for that matter? (sorry, I realize that is a third question)
My dad is smiling somewhere right now. Thanks for this.
Also, gay eggnog has just a little extra wonderful in it- a certian je ne sais quoi. At least when my dad made it. Oh wait, maybe that was just the megadose of rum?
Huckabee is a weevil of a man, we already knew that. But I love Jon Stewart so hard in that entire interview.
Fuckabee makes my skin crawl, and adds 10 points to my blood pressure every time I have to listen to his southern huckster christianist bullshit. Day without lies is a good idea, and can start with all gay people being open and out of the closet with their sexuality (except Larry Craig and Matt Barber, may their closets be airtight and losing oxygen).
I spent Wednesday at my not so gay job. I was being as gay as I could, which is pretty fucking gay, but since that happens every day, no one really noticed.
Gay eggnog? Does this involve food coloring and those red and green sugar crystals?
As for Mike Huckabee, I just wish he’d go away. Or get caught with his hand in the till and wind up in prison. Anything really as long as it means I don’t ever have to hear his stupid opinions again.
Huckabee is jerk. Given his argument, straight couple’s who can’t conceive are somehow less married than those who can. And Jon Stewart, to thee I pledge my (gay) troth.
gee_gee, Jon Stewart has been my pretend boyfriend since 2004, so good luck trying to wrestle him from my jealous, jealous grip. (But don’t tell my real boyfriend.)
I’m curious about the exceedingly gay eggnog (does it have Absolute Vodka?), but I don’t know if I want to try it. Mainly because I’m happy with my boyfriend, so I don’t want to have to give him up because he’s not a woman. Still, it does sound yummy…
Day Without Lies. I like it.
bstewart23: Not to give away any state secrets or anything, but to make Exceedingly-Gay Eggnogg, take candy-cane-flavoured eggnogg and crush a bit of candy-cane on the top, in place of nutmeg. We use dark/spiced rum. And lots of it.
Don’t you feel like mixing up a batch and sliding RENT into the DVD player, just reading that?
bstewart, thank you! Viva la vie boheme!
I’m a nostalgia Queen. Give me West Side Story along with my eggnog please.
bstewart23 equals hippie. My poison’s Hair.
Liar! That is NOT gay eggnog.
Gay eggnog is this
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/favorite-eggnog
plus this
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Kentucky-Eggnog-Spike-102341.
And don’t come crying to me if you’re afraid of bourbon.
bstewart23: Funny you should mention that. I picked up a bottle of Gentleman Jack on the way home.
I have of late
But wherefore I know not
Lost all my mirth
This goodly frame
The earth
Seems to me a sterile promontory
This most excellent canopy
The air– look you!
This brave o’erhanging firmament
This majestical roof
Fretted with golden fire
Why it appears no other thing to me
Than a foul and pestilent congregation
Of vapors
What a piece of work is man
How noble in reason
How dare they try to end this beauty?
How dare they try to end this beauty?
Thank you for the excellent reminder! I love Hair! It’s going to the top of my netflix cue…
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Peppermint flavo(u)red eggnog with rum?
I. Am. There.
And Carol Elaine: In order to be a true member of the Jon Stewart’s Secret Girlfriend Fan Club, you must have a copy of “Playing By Heart” on DVD which you secretly watch whilst your significant other is away and you pretend to be the Gillian Anderson character. If you can own up to all of that I will send you a membership bracelet.