Owning A Gun In America Is One

I'm One Of Those Gay People Who's Constantly Reminded Of How Fortunate I Am To Live Now And Not To Be Ennis And Jack [from Brokeback Mountain] Or Whatever - Not That I'd Mind Being Ennis For Half An Hour. But It's Been So Much Worse Recently. It Still Is Terrible. In Iran, They're Hanging Gay Teenagers. I'm Grateful For How Far The United States, Even With Its Crazy Christians, Has Come On A Lot Of Issues. And The Fact That I Get Called A Faggot Occasionally By A Crack Addict, While Annoying, Certainly Isn't A Lobotomy And Prison.

You Can't Have Rosie On The View And Elton John Packing Mom And Pop In At Caesars Palace And Gay People All Over Television, And Then Have These Politicians Run Out There With A Straight Face And Say That Gay And Lesbian Relationships Are A Threat To The Family. We Are Winning In The Culture - Which Is Why We'll Ultimately Win The Political War.

I Wouldn't Say That Holidays Are Manufactured By Corporations, But They're Certainly Exploited And Mined By Them.

Valentine's Day Is Much More Of A Holy Day Of Obligation For A Guy In A Relationship With A Woman, Because A Woman Has Certain Emotional Expectations. Even If She Doesn't Value Valentine's Day, Or Views It As A Corporate Exercise, She Still Often Wants Her Boyfriend Or Husband To Go Through The Motions, Just In Case She Values It.

The Only Way To Get Gay Issues Off The Front Pages Of Canadian Newspapers Is To Grant Gay And Lesbian People Our Full Civil Equality And Leave It Alone.