Straight Parent, Gay Kid
God Save The Queen!
Queen Elizabeth Upsets Gay Activists With New “Magna Carter” CharterI don’t have a lot in common with Queen Elizabeth except we both wear sensible shoes, were raised in the Anglican Church (Episcopal), and come from English stock. I admire her resiliency in a family rife with divorce, affairs, commoners (gasp!) and a grandson who likes…
DOMA, Prop 8, and Thou
In just a few weeks, March 26th and March 27th respectively, , the Supreme Court will consider two major cases involving same-sex marriage: one addressing federal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), that restricts the federal government from recognizing same-sex unions performed in those states where they are legal, and the other case Proposition 8” in…
Labels, Schmabels
I am venting today about the need of public figures to come out. Do we care that Chief Executive Officer of Sony Music Entertainment, Clive Davis, came out as bisexual in his recent memoir The Soundtrack of My Life? He told Cynthia McFadden on ABC’s “Nightline” that he, 80, twice divorced, had sex with a…
Boy Scouts of America’s Half-Ass Solution
BSA Decision on Gay Ban Postponed Until May The Boy Scouts of America have faced turmoil in the past six months. After the Scouts in June had announced their intent to keep the gay ban in place, corporate companies including Merck & Co. and Intel Corporation pulled funding. Angry former scouts in disgust mailed their…
This Is Not a Shaggy Dog Story
This Is Not a Shaggy Dog Story Yesterday, I read in Huffpost Gay Voices about a Tennessee dog owner who wanted to euthanize his dog because he suspected the dog was gay. (Just because a male dog mounts another one, does not mean he’s homosexual, it could be a matter of dominance. Anyhow, homosexual behavior…
Two January Speeches by Heads of State Couldn’t be More Different
Pope Benedict XVI Vs. President Barack Obama The Pope Has Not Evolved In his global message for World Day of Peace, on January 1, 2013, His Holiness condemned same-sex marriage “ a serious harm to justice and peace.” The pope delineated his views that the cause of preserving the institution of marriage should be supported…
A Stranger’s Death Impacts My Life
Jeanne Manford and I are Connected There are people in your life, past, present, and future who have a major impact on the way you turn out. Maybe it was your fourth grade teacher, like Mrs. Campbell, who had a kind word for you even when you couldn’t get the hang of long division, but…
2012 in Sound bites
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly First, The Bad and The Ugly 2012 had some horrific moments: October’s Superstorm Sandy devastated, with biblical proportions, the Eastern Seaboard, from New York to Ohio. In December, a lone gunman annihilated elementary school children in Newtown, Connecticut. This followed the July “Batman” killings by another single “disturbed”…
“Don’t Ask For Whom The Bells Toll. They Do Not Toll For Thee!”
The Salvation Army Embeds Everywhere I bought furniture for my first apartment at The Salvation Army on the west side of Manhattan. When I moved out, I was eternally grateful to the organization; they not only took all my clutter, but came to my door and picked it up. And gave me a tax deduction!…
“There’s No Place Like Home For The Holidays.” Or Is There?
Home for the Holidays. Ah! Tried-and-true traditions you can count on: church on Christmas eve, Mom’s turkey with giblet gravy, Aunt Elsie’s mulled cider, and Dad’s rants about gay marriage. Some Tips for a Smoother, More Peaceful Holiday Don’t · To keep the peace in your parents’ house, don’t push your agenda on…