Every lawyer knows — because it’s drilled into us — that it is unethical to have sex with a client. It violates the Rules of Professional Conduct in every state bar, and can lead to fines or suspension of your legal license. The rationale is that having sex with a client creates a conflict of interest. Also demeans the profession, … Read More
Correction To An Earlier Post
The California wildfires are not — repeat, not — the fault of al Qaeda. We are now informed by the rightwingnut machine that the deadly fires are the fault of homos and gay marriage supporters: They shook their fists at God and said, "We don’t care what God says, we will issue our legal brief to support gay marriage in … Read More
Golddigger Gets Pwned
Heather Maggs sent me an email: This is a direct post off Craigslist Women Seeking Men… Okay guys, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from New York. I’m looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. … Read More
“Dear Abby” Comes Out In Favor Of Gay Marriage
Well, not Abigail Van Buran (she’s dead). But the column itself does. Details here.
Government Wants To Raise Your Kids
I always thought the right wing was about small government. But no longer. Now they want to tell you how to raise your kids. 4parents.gov is a government website run by the Department of Health and Human Services that is meant to provide parents with “information” to help “teens make healthy choices.” But this “information” is not grounded in science. … Read More
Decline In Christianity
Andrew Sullivan points to a new study which shows that Christianity is losing the younger generation. The reason, according to the study? When young people were asked to identify their impressions of Christianity, one of the common themes was "Christianity is changed from what it used to be" and "Christianity in today’s society no longer looks like Jesus." These comments … Read More
Christian Conservatives Have The Right To Hate
Convicted Watergate felon-cum-evangelist Chuck Colson has a few thoughts about ENDA: Imagine you own a small business—let’s say a donut shop—and you have an employee who is late for work everyday and is rude to customers. When you fire him, he claims it is really because he is gay—and sues. Well, if you fired him because he is late and … Read More
The Final Word On Sex Toys In Alabama
A footnote a post I wrote way back in February regarding the constitutional challenge to an Alabama law forbidding the sale of sex toys: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to take the case yesterday. So the law stands. Which means you cannot sell sex toys in Alabama. (You can use them, though).
Dispatch From The Family Impact Summit
At their yearly gathering of Christian fundies in Tampa this year, things went askew when a member of the audience at a symposium entitled “Defending Marriage: What’s At Stake?” stood to ask the panel a question: After the panelists had their say (after about an hour of this, I might add), the “town hall meeting” was finally opened up to … Read More
0% = Success
This editorial made me laugh. It’s entitled "Groundbreaking study affirms "gays" can change". It’s written by Matt Barber, who serves as the Policy Director for the social conservative group Concerned Women For America. [You would be right to ask, "What is Matt Barber — a guy — doing as policy director for Concerned Women For America?" We don’t know the … Read More
A Republican For Gay Marriage
Andrew Sullivan: The Republican mayor of San Diego just reversed himself on marriage equality and agreed to sign a a City Council resolution supporting a challenge to California’s gay marriage ban (also opposed by the state legislature). Moving video moment here. He’d previously vowed to veto it. He has a lesbian daughter, it turns out, and like many other parents … Read More
Let The Jokes Begin
Ouch: A Croatian motorbiker’s penis was zapped by lightning as he stopped beside the road to take a leak. Ante Djindjic, 29, from Zagreb, said: "I don’t remember what happened. One minute I was taking a leak and the next thing I knew I was in hospital. *** Djindjic, who suffered light burns to his chest and arms, added: "Thankfully, … Read More
My Two Cents
Dear Unamed "Christian Advocacy Group": Oh, for God’s sakes. They’re risking their lives and getting shot at and dying for a ridiculous unnecessary war that you support. The very least you can do to support them is to let them have their porn. Love, Me
Another Dirty Moral Values Person
Sex in a men’s bathroom? Visiting prostitutes? Being a prostitute? It’s like a parlor game trying to guess the next GOP/"moral values" crusader who gets caught doing something very naughty. Today’s contestent is the 58 year old Rev. Tommy Tester of Bristol, Virginia. He’s a Baptist minister and works for a Christian radio station: Police in Johnson City arrested a … Read More
The Conservative Argument Against Gay Marriage
I love this. At the New Hampshire GOP debate last night, GOP candidate Sam Brownbeck got this question: “Should there be a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage? And if so, why?” His answer, I think, is the standard issue conservative answer. Here is is, in its entirety — “I understand this is a divided audience on this, and I understand … Read More