July 2012
47 posts
Zebra
Beach House
Overplayed, at least by me. This is the song of the past year and a half of my life.
Beach House - “Zebra”
The Gays are Oppressing Christians Again: A Chick-fil-A Uproar Postmortem
I’m sorry for adding to the cacophony, but a thought now that it’s died down a bit. I was mostly just bewildered by the sudden brouhaha surrounding Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy’s remarks about gay marriage because the company had already been donating to Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate groups and “ex-gay” organizations since at least 2003. I’m not against a boycott of Chick-fil-A (I’ve refused to eat there for years), but I think energy spent organizing against a conservative fast food chain might be better directed towards campaigning for equal rights supporters in critical elections this November (like this guy, or the soon-to-be first openly gay United States Senator).
However, if the takeaway for businesses from all of this is that actively opposing equal rights for the LGBT community consistently yields PR disasters, that would say a lot about where we are as a country (note that the impact on revenues will likely be minor - Chick-fil-A is privately-owned and massive, and has greater presence in areas where being anti-gay would probably matter less). Recent events should tell us that anti-gay bigotry, even under the banner of Judeo-Christian values, is rapidly becoming an untenable position for public figures. And I welcome that.
A response to common Chick-fil-A apologist arguments after the jump.
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“My best friend on the court is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and God knows she doesn’t vote my way much of the time.”
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Justice Scalia Disputes Accuracy of Leak (via npr)
Leak (and Scalia) aside, this has always been one of my favorite things about the court. I mean, this picture?
Wouldn’t Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg make the best buddy flick together?
pulchritude
[puhl-kri-tood, -tyood] n 1 : beauty 2 : the best way to flatter someone, if you want to be really ostentatiously unflattering about it
Intermission: Harking
My favorite thing to do on Tumblr is still periodically searching for the “William and Mary” tag - as a way to connect with alumni, current students who I haven’t met yet, and friends I didn’t know were on Tumblr, and to welcome, reassure, or offer guidance to incoming freshmen and transfer students.
I love my school. Hark upon the gale.
