Judge Judy and Executioner

I'm not a big fan of Judge Judy -- of course I'm not a fan of TV judges in general -- But I find Judge Judy in particular to be shrill, annoying, and off-putting. But this piece was brought to my attention by an old friend from high school (thanks Katy). Larry King brings up Prop 8, and Judy Sheindlin offers a brief and stirring call for common sense (and yes, I get it, Judge Judy is not what I would call the summit of rationality, but this was quite a moving message from her). Plus if you don't like Judy or Larry King, you might like Larry King telling Judy that she'll "never make it" to 2013.

On to the vid:

Why we need same-sex marriage

I have homework to do and then it's off to brunch with my children (who got nothing but glowing reviews from their teachers). But I had to take some time to type something up about this.

As her partner of 17 years slipped into a coma, Janice Langbehn pleaded with doctors and anyone who would listen to let her into the woman's hospital room.

Eight anguishing hours passed before Langbehn would be allowed into Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. By then, she could only say her final farewell as a priest performed the last rites on 39-year-old Lisa Marie Pond.

I think of all the gay couples I know and am saddened that this could happen to any of them because they're not married (and because the Government thinks it knows best when it comes to love). You know, I'm sure the hospital was just following it's rules set in place to protect privacy or some such, but this is ridiculous. I can't help but think it might have been easier for a straight man to get in to see his dying girlfriend of 17 years (although this is just speculation).

Glenn Beck's magical underwear is cutting off his cicrulation

The night after Glenn Beck called Obama a Socialist (I won't embed the video here, because I've gone this far without posting Glenn Beck's face on the blog and I'm not about to start now), he turned his focus to Al Gore. Now if you do not know who Glenn Beck is, he is the poster child for the ideologues of the new conservative party. Every night he turns on his 'gee-shucks' charm and acts like he is a Libertarian pundit (I know Libertarians, he is no Libertarian). He decries liberals as Communists, socialists, (and now a new one) Nazis. Apparently, he isn't familiar with history, or political views, or words. Beck accused Al Gore of creating a Hitler Youth type movement that is taking the form of the Climate Change movement among the young people.

So if you're keeping score at home, Liberals are communists and Nazis.

In 1933, The Gestapo police force went from home to home looking for Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals tearing families apart and killing many, many people. They did this to cleanse society of the slime of society.

Recently Kenneth Starr (yes, THE Ken Starr) filed legal briefing on behalf of the "Yes On 8" folks to invalidate the marriages and forcibly divorce some 18,000 same-sex marriages in the state of California. The leading contributor of the "Yes on 8" campaign was (drumroll)...The Mormon Church!!!! That's right, the Mormon Church that Glenn Beck belongs that funded the "Yes on 8" campaign is looking to tear apart these marriages. So I ask you, who are the Nazis? Those that worry about climate change, or the ones looking to file legal proceedings that would invalidate legal marriages?

I know who I cast my vote for. I for one look forward to a day when two loving people can commit their lives to each other for the betterment of society. I challenge anyone to look at the loving couples in the video below and get me to understand why they shouldn't be allowed to get married.


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.