What Is The "Homosexual Agenda" To You?

[ruggerson]

The Republicans are heading into the homestretch in this election, dredging up the dreaded "Homosexual Agenda" as their bogeyman of last resort.

The problem is, the GOP is never really specific about just what the supposed "homosexual agenda" really is. What are they actually talking about?

Are hordes of gay men and lesbians gearing up to take over Congress if Democrats win and pass legislation forbidding heterosexuality?

Well.... no, that's absurd.

Are gay men and lesbians poised to enact statutes mandating that the rainbow flag be flown next to Old Glory atop the Capitol?

Well, no... that too is ridiculous.

Are gays and lesbians secretly plotting to pass laws preventing conservative Christians from joining and serving in the armed forces of our great land?

Ummm.... nope.

The truth is that to the extent that the "Homosexual Agenda" really exists, it is part of a larger, historical, quite mainstream trend in American life. If is about equal access to all that America has to offer its citizens.

It is about equal rights under the law for a group that pays equal taxes to the government.

It's really that simple.

America is a work in progress and has serially extended, over its young life, the mantle of full citizenhood to previously disenfranchised groups after long political battles and, sometimes, bloody wars.

The movement for gay equality is just the normal, albeit slow and fitful, progression of American society and American history.

The dirty, little secret that the Republicans don't want people to find out is that the "homosexual agenda" is really, at heart, the "American Agenda."

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Outing all those gay ole republicans!

[dkofos]

2. It's the fundie conservative gop's attempt to rally the base

[Mr_Spock]

48. That's what I was going to say

It's just the same old ploy playing on RW bigotry.

[cautiouslywaiting]

3. They're afraid

that everyone will finally have the same rights. That's what the "homosexual agenda" is. It's going to happen and there's nothing they can do to stop it.

[Marie26]

4. "Leave us alone." nt

[ccpup]

5. To get straight men in Southern States

to dress better and exfoliate once in a while. THAT'S the "gay agenda". Oh, and to shower after one of those nasty Monster Truck-beer binge-tailgate-eat steaks and hot dogs all day-type weekends.

[DBoon]

6. and to drink Bordeaux and listen to jazz...

just like that French race-driver in Talledega Nights

[freethought]

81. I was going to go with

to get straight men over 35 to:
be in better physical shape
Be better dressers
Not be afraid to show some style
Be better cooks
Drop the Budweiser and choose a good wine
And finally!(Drum roll) Actually enjoy dancing!!!

[hfojvt]

7. How do you think Republicans or fundies see it? n/t

[WestSeattle2]

8. As a gay guy......

I have absolutely no idea what the supposed Homosexual Agenda is.....apparently I never got the memo.

My personal "homosexual agenda" however, is to be able to work, maintain my house, plan for my retirement, be active in my community, continue my volunteer work, and go to sleep at night without worrying if North Korea is going to launch a nuke at Seattle. Pretty boring stuff I know. Well, welcome to my homosexual world.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

58. Code. Like "Welfare queen." Anyone who uses it SERIOUSLY is a bigot. -nt

[tavalon]

59. Thanks for letting me know

That I'm not the only Seattlite who fears N.K.s new toy.

[Mme. Defarge]

76. My deep fear is ...

that our current administration, that must loathe my city, which they they refer to it as "little Beirut" because every time a member of the Bush family comes to town we tend to take to the streets in protest, will nuke us and blame N.K. I expressed this concern to a co-worker before the '04 election.

I also predicted, after the '00 election was stolen, but before Bush was inaugurated, that there would be an event soon after his installation as President that would lead to a curtailment to our civil liberties and marial law. I hate it when that happens!

[radfringe]

9. my agenda for today:

3:00 a.m.: Wake up, even though it's saturday - I'm "programmed" to get up at that time

3:05 a.m.: start coffee, take dogs out

3:15 a.m.: feed cats, feed dogs, put out fresh water

3:25 a.m.: get wood stove going

3:30 a.m.: get cup of coffee, go on-line, update my websites, check the news, do some posting

5:30 a.m.: play Galatic Warlords

6:00 a.m.: get my partner up, take the dogs out

6:30 a.m.: shower, get dressed

7:00 a.m.: play around with the computer until my partner is dressed

8:00 a.m.: leave house with the Airedale

8:30 a.m.: drop the Airedale off at the groomers

8:45 a.m.: 11:30 p.m.: shopping and other errands

noon: arrive home, unload groceries, take the other two dogs out, split wood and haul it into the house

12:30 p.m.: go pick up the Airedale at the groomer

1:00 p.m.: arrive home, take all the dogs out, feed the cats, get the woodstove going, call restaurant, make reservations for 4 at 5:30pm

2:00 p.m.: modify an access database for partner, go on-line, check toons, check DU, relax a bit

4:00 p.m.: clean out backseat of car, change clothes

4:30 p.m.: pick up friends

5:00 p.m.: arrive at restaurant

7ish p.m.: drop off friends, arrive home, take out the dogs, get the woodstove going for the evening, set up coffee for the morning, change into comfy clothes, watch some TV, relax

[WestSeattle2]

10. You freakin' PERVERT!!! It's people like you

who are DESTROYING this country!!! Just look at your schedule today, it's nothing but sex, sex, sex and more sex with strangers, and then you're going out to recruit my son!!! DISGUSTING!!!

[NuttyFluffers]

84. oh, so that's what "get wood stove going" meant...

oh my! it puts everything else in frightful context!

i'm kinda scared to find out what "play Galactic Warlords" stands for... does it involve ceiling mirrors, a sex swing, and andirons?

[Jed Dilligan]

11. You bastard

I wish I had an Airedale and a woodstove!

[radfringe]

15. in addition to the Airedale

we have 2 greyhounds and 5 cats

the dogs:
Airedale: Dax (aka daxy-maxy) 10yrs old female
Greyhounds:
Sunny (aka sunny-bunny), 5 yrs old male
Mint (aka Mint-toes), 3 yr old female

the cats:
Kudra (aka Kudlee-oodlee) 20 yrs, female, snowshoe
Dutchess (aka Fantom-furball) 18 yr, female, long-hair calico
Gato (aka CAT-ZILLA) 6yr? (rescued guessing at age) male, Grey tiger tuxedo
Poohkah (aka THE POOK) 5yr, female, grey tuxedo
Calypso (aka Cally or the baby) 1yr, female, tortiseshell

[tavalon]

61. Aw that's sweet

But, I have to say that the fact that you have a live in partner (I don't want to be presumptive and say marital partner) threatens my polyamorous marriage all the way over here on the Eastside. Don't ask me to explain how it does, just trust me, it does.

[Tyo]

13. If this should fall into the wrong hands it could be all over for us. n/t

[cboy4]

14. . . .

[Solly Mack]

19. You deviant!!!!!!! Getting up early on a Saturday!!!!

What is wrong with you?!?!?!?!?!?!

[radfringe]

23. what's even more deviant

I'm usually zonked out and sleeping by 7:30-8pm....

oops - gotta run, 4:30pm time to go pick up friends and head out for dinner...

yum....blooming onions, mozzarella sticks, steak....rare

[ronnykmarshall]

27. Godless sodomite!

[tavalon]

60. Wow

Your "homosexual agenda" makes me feel tired.

[Jed Dilligan]

12. Gay rights are my rights

My right to live with my girlfriend without getting married, for instance--exactly the same as gay people's right to marry.

It's about the government not telling us how to live.

In fact, gay rights are the same as the right of fundamentalist Christians to engage in their marital practices.

[readmoreoften]

16. Come on, Ruggerson! You were at the meeting. You know the agenda.

Stop playing coy.

1) All businessmen must wear tight-fitting sequined dresses in order to undercut their authority thus allowing us to infiltrate and establish a communist dictatorship.
2) All straights forced at gunpoint to wear genderbending clothes so that they are no longer attractive to one another, hence the end of reproduction and the human life.
3) Turning all children into brain-washed gay lizard aliens. Bwahahahaha and all that.
4) Forcing the American people to worship our dark overlord, Satan. They must renounce their love for jeezis at gunpoint.
5) All churches must be turned into gay bars by 2010.

You know the agenda! Come on!

[ronnykmarshall]

28. Satan is NOT our dark overlord ...

It's Barbra !!!!

[readmoreoften]

33. Barbra is YOUR dark overlord. I'm a lesbian. My dark overlord is...

the granola conglomerate. Seconded only by the dark lord of chain wallets.

Americans will eat granola. They will like it.

[ronnykmarshall]

50. Word up my sistah!!!

[tavalon]

63. Alas, I have celiac

So, your agenda will fail with me. I would love to have granola again, but it ain't happening. What about the Dark Lord of Birkenstocks? Actually, some Birks are really comfortable.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

91. But alas, Enjoy Life makes gluten-free granolas.

Celiac lesbians can once again be ruled by the Dark Overlord of Granola Conglomerates.

[Sapphocrat]

67. I must be a lesbian atheist then...

...as I don't believe in the Granola Goddess. (Yeah, the PTB did strip me of all my flannel plaid, but at least I got to keep the toaster oven.)

Now, chain wallets, that's different. Never carried one, but I've always thought it would make a very attractive complement to my biker jacket. But would that mean I'd have to recognize Vick Germany as my personal savior?

[Ayesha]

69. Heathen!

Thou hast lost faith in the Almighty Mullet! Yea it shall smite thee!

[Sapphocrat]

87. Requiem for a Mullet

Can I really be a dyke
All leather-clad, but with no bike?

Can butches still be butch, and cooks?
(I'm torn betwixt fast cars and books.)

I'll chop the wood and stoke the fire
But leave my wife to change the tire.

I still avoid chick flicks, although
My drink of choice is red merlot.

I freely use words like "adore"
But not re sports, which I abhor.

Yes, musicals I quite enjoy.
(Am I a gay girl, or gay boy?)

And now I wear my hair down long
While Wifey misses my lost shlong.*


* Anyone who has to ask what a "shlong" (not "schlong") is, is definitely not a lesbian.

[foreigncorrespondent]

88. ROFLMAO

Yes, Wifey does miss your lost shlong.

[tavalon]

62. I'm a burner (Burning Man alumnus)

So, I don't see anything wrong with the first one. Well, at least the sequined dresses on men part. I love it when men wear sequins.

[The Magistrate]

17. Hear Hear, Mr. Ruggerson!

[enigmatic]

18. A fantastic name for an indie/punk band

I might put together a band w/ that name myself!

Seriously, you're absolutely right, and I stand beside you

[AZBlue]

75. Or, more appropriately, an electronica DJ?

eom

[MrSlayer]

20. A meaningless catchphrase used to scare the ignorant.

I've heard Hannity explain this agenda as gays wanting to infiltrate every level of society and indoctrinate children into their lifestyle. It's just stupid.

[Zhade]

39. And a phrase that has exposed some longtime DUers' homophobia...

...and bigotry, unfortunately.

[MrSlayer]

54. Really?

I thought we were all for equal rights here. I'm surprised to hear that.

[cboy4]

72. Now that's funny!

Stop you're killing me!!

[alfredo]

21. Last I heard about a gay agenda was

my sister in law wanting a new pickup truck.

I want to buy her old one.

[eppur_se_muova]

57. Wow, what a practical bent you have ... modest, but achievable, agenda. nt

[alfredo]

70. got be able to haul heavy oats to her

Thoroughbred.

[eppur_se_muova]

79. Horsies gotta eat, stable's gotta be mucked.

Nothing like kids or other dependents to set priorities.

[alfredo]

80. Her work ethic is superhuman.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. About the same as the "Red Menace" and "welfare queens".

AKA bullshit.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. Equal rights for everybody?

[Cleita]

25. I've known a lot of gays of both sexes in my lifetime including

in my family. I'd say that their agenda is to be able to get up every morning with the same rights as the rest of us. To be able to go to work, shop and play like everyone else without censure and without being treated like pariah, to be safe from anyone who might want to harm them.

[AtomicKitten]

26. It's a talking point of a wedge issue.

I live in SF and I resent wingnuts pointing to my city to punctuate their nasty rhetoric.

[ronnykmarshall]

29. They can point ....

just as long as they don't visit!!

[AtomicKitten]

32. or maybe

Halloween in the Castro might be illuminating!

[ronnykmarshall]

49. I LOVE Halloween in the Castro.

So many years I spent workin them streets!!!

I miss the city!!!!!!

But .... I have my beloved Santa Moncia Blvd right here is WeHo!!!!

A couple of years ago Pink performed on a stage that was right off my street. We sat on our deck and watch her perform.


AHHHHH ..... LA!!! I love it too!!!

[AtomicKitten]

53. small world

I used to live in Manhattan Beach and work in Century City, moved to Santa Cruz for several years, culminating my northward trek now residing in SF. The buzz is already in the air here in SF getting ready for the Big Day next week. Good times.

[ronnykmarshall]

90. Halloween in the Castro is great.

I always liked the Saturday before (if Halloween fell on a weekday) .... it was more geared towards 'the hood' than having the rest of the bay area invade.

There were times when it just UGLY.

[cboy4]

73. They're shutting down this year at 10:30pm?!?!?

What are we, in third grade???

[Rosemary2205]

30. can I just say

seeing a same sex couple holding hands doesn't faze me a bit but that video of David Gest and Liza Minelli (sp) slipping each other a tongue made my burrito come back up on me.

Defense of Marriage my ass...................

[hedgehog]

31. Toasters, it's all about the toasters!

[tavalon]

64. LOL

Where did that one come from, anyway?

[NuttyFluffers]

83. A Moet & Chandon in every cellar and a toaster in every kitchen!

[Karenina]

34. Hmmm... the last time I got TAKEN OVER

by the "homosexual agenda" it involved a leisurely drive to Holland for brunch, a museum, a stop at a cafe a walk through town and dinner in Belgium.

[Richard Steele]

35. Pretty sure I have a copy of it around here somewhere...AH, here ya go:

[JudyM]

55. Awesome response and dead on. Thanks for the clear view. nt

[sweetheart]

36. that adgenda is 'why i should care.'

slickly wrapped, organic with the right reasons,
something i don't care about at all, god help 'em,
its an identity politic, but do i really have to care,
and can't we just call it 'equality' and not somebody's rights.

[Zhade]

37. Anyone who doesn't understand you should examine their heart...

...and their true feelings about us GLBT Americans.

Then they should examine their commitment to things like fairness, justice, equality, cooperation, and all the things liberalism is known for.

If they don't understand you, they're lacking in something and should identify and rectify it, quickly.

[NMDemDist2]

38. Civil Rights for all citizens

D'oh! What a concept

[MethuenProgressive]

40. It's nonsense, literally nonsense...

...to beleive that any particular large segment of society agrees completely on anything, let alone an entire "agenda".

[tomreedtoon]

41. The agenda: making us all shop at "Bed Bath & Beyond."

As opposed to the Republican Agenda, which is to have us all shop (and work) at Wal-Mart.

[Raster]

43. You may not like burnt siena and celedon, but you'll thank me later.

[mondo joe]

56. Yes, make straight America shop at BB&B so we can have Pottery Barn

and Crate & Barrel to ourselves!

[TommyO]

78. ARGH!

New place next month and Crate and Barrel will be the supplier of my kitchen island and dining table and chairs. Damn me and my gay conformity!

[Raster]

42. Gays became the new communists. We're the fear focus group de jour

we get trotted out just about every election cycle by hypocritical bigots. It's a testimony to how scared they are by having to play the "FAG" card when the rethuglicans are awash in morales scandals, especially those gay-tinged.

[FVZA_Colonel]

44. The right to-

A. Bitch about the IRS when filling out tax returns

B. Procrastinate on household chores in favor watching a football game

C. Have pizza with friends after seeing a midnight movie

So, basically, exactly what strait people have gotten out of life, and the right not to be harassed while doing so.

[Rocknrule]

45. It must to be to take over the world

That's what all conspiracies lead to, right?

[blogslut]

46. It really is a preposterous term

isn't it?

The gay agenda.

I've never understood how people bought into that particular line of bullshit.

[Gwerlain]

47. How does...

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness grab you?

[High Plains]

51. A good name for a punk band?

[and-justice-for-all]

52. If people are more concerned about MY/OUR...

...behind closed doors affairs rather then a corrupt, warmongering criminal that they planted on the hill; Then the dellusional have truely gone off the cliff. When my private life has become a concern for the sexually deprived and the wrong doings of their president goes unattested then something is really fucked with those people.

There is NO Homosexual Agenda, resistence to theocractic wack-jobs is not an agenda but a neccasary stance againsts rediculous superstitions and ideologies. Those who follow the 'invisiable Friend' religion(s) and beat people over the head with stupid dogmas suffer from a massive delusion and should be treated with shock therapy and or waterboarding.

If stating that we demand EQUAL recognition on all grounds is an agenda, then yes, we have an agenda. 'Believers' or 'Fundamentalist' have it in their peabrains that they are superior and those who do not believe or any other minoities for that matter, are sub-human. The Gay community is only stead fast against these superfical asshats who really have the AGENDA, to turn this counrty into a Christian(vomit) community. American, the next Iran, would be no better then any other Theocracy in existance, constitutional America is in the balance and if we dont take over Congress and the Senate we are FUCKED!

Unlike Christian extremist, which is the same as Islamic, muslim or any other Fundamentalist insanity, The 'liberal' community does not want to irradicate religion (I on the other hand strongly suggest it) but the Nazi mentality of the Falwells, Dobsons, Hagees and Robertsons however would march all of us Gay, Atheist, Humanist and others they deem as 'Heathens' to the gas chamber. Just look at the ETERNAL FORCES, it says alot about the xtian extremist agenda....

Good night and Good Luck.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

65. To be treated as Americans.

In America as defined by the the LAW OF THE LAND.

In other words, to be just like everyone else who enjoys the blessings of this country.

[originalpckelly]

66. A bunch of BS used by Republicans to turn out the vote...

which relies upon the traditional world hatred of homosexuals cloaked the religion of Christianity.

[jokerman93]

68. It's

...something about a 24/7 "Will and Grace" cable channel. But I might have heard wrong.

J

[Erechtheides]

71. Someone beat me to it already

but my homosexual agenda basically involves translating and tutoring in Greek and Latin, writing papers, taking exams, and occasionally having time to cook and eat a meal with my fiance, who also works and goes to school full time.

I've long said that we are all our own best ambassadors. Being open without being strident and living peaceably and productively in the world is the only way we can make fears and prejudices dissolve. Knowledge conquers hate. It's a slow process, but the only one that can work.

[AZBlue]

74. Glitter, boas, and fabulous window treatments?

That's what I'm hoping, at least. It certainly has my vote!!!

[NuttyFluffers]

86. i'd love a subsidy for fabulous window treatments...

i think it could get the "safety mom" vote if that was placed more prominently in the agenda. who knows?

[AZBlue]

92. Oh yeah, moms would be all over that!

And our country's living rooms would be all the better for it!!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

89. "These Drapes Have GOT TO GO" nt

[OneBlueSky]

77. we want your children! . . .

and your dogs and cats, too! . . . we want the institution of marriage declared illegal! . . . we want gay sex education starting in kindergarten! . . . we want child porn to be legal! . . . we want it ALL! . . .

(just in case it's not evident) . . .

[LaPera]

82. "Agenda"? Don't think so, republican bullshit, freedom for all and compassion for all...

is that agenda, or simply accepting and doing what's correct?

[upi402]

85. Republicans want this issue front and center

distract and misdirect from high crimes and misdemeanors

corruption

perverted murderers

torturers

lies for war

war for looting the treasury, and to make oil scarce which raises the price

violating the constitution

breaking countless laws

letting 9-11 happen

lying about it

blocking justice

blocking investigation, interfering

war crimes, domestic and international

illegal spying

ad infinitum...

CIVIL RIGHTS FOR GAYS IS HUGE, and these crimes are even more immense as issues go.
we'll not be able to move on civil rights until we vote them out, clean up voting, get $$$ out of politics, get some media outlet, and elect REAL Democrats that will let us have an opposition to corporatists who use Xtians like tools.