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W, a Disappointment, but Hardly a Failure

Gay Patriot  Jul 08 08

This morning, I did something I don’t normally do in LA.  I scanned (& read) the New York Times (my Mom subscribes to the print edition).

GPW: Tolkien Geek

Gay Patriot  Jul 07 08

I wonder if it’s being around my family where the women are Democrats, the men Republicans that has made me less inclined to write about politics.

The Big Woods Got Smaller

Gay Patriot  Jul 07 08

Today, as my Mom, now at home, has been doing much better, I decided to visit the two houses where I lived as a child.

I wonder what Joe Wilson has to say about this

Gay Patriot  Jul 06 08

550 metric tons of “yellowcake” uraninium, the “last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program” removed from Iraq.

Best Fireworks Color Commentary Ever

Gay Patriot  Jul 05 08

After my sister returned to the hospital to spend the balance of the evening with my Mom, I returned on I-71 to my brother’s where I am currently staying.

The Danger of Taking Things too Literally

Gay Patriot  Jul 04 08

Today, my brother who had sat with my Mom when she was in her operation joined my sister, step-sister and myself in my Mom’s hospital room and showed us a picture he had received in an e-mail.

The Change Obama Stands For

Gay Patriot  Jul 04 08

In his constant flipping and flopping, Obama shows that his followers supporters’ hopes notwithstanding, he’s just another typical politician.

Heartland Hospital Blogging on Independence Day

Gay Patriot  Jul 04 08

I flew into Cincinnati yesterday to be with the PatriotMomWest as she recovers from back surgery and to spend Independence Day with my sister who flew in from San Francisco as well as my brother who still lives in the town where we grow up.

Obama: Wishy-Washy on Gay Marriage–as on Most Issues

Gay Patriot  Jul 03 08

There doesn’t seem to be any issue on which Obama hasn’t changed his position in the course of this campaign.

An Agenda Everyone Can Rally Around

Gay Patriot  Jul 03 08

Well, except maybe poor Jimmah. Recently, I sent Limbaugh an e-mail message, his preferred means of long-distance communication, asking what his own presidential agenda would look like.

Do Gay Marriage Advocates Understand the Insitution They’re Promoting?

Gay Patriot  Jul 02 08

Reading my letter to the editor (full text included below) of the San Francisco Chronicle correcting an misrepresentation of my research on monogamy and gay groups which appeared in an Op-ed that paper published last Thursday reminded me yet again how few gay advocates of gay marriage understand the institution they’re advocating.

Real Gay Self-Hatred

Gay Patriot  Jul 02 08

I’m don’t remember when I first heard a gay leftist dismiss gay Republicans as self-loathing.

Why Didn’t Jimmy Carter Monitor Zimbabwe Election?

Gay Patriot  Jul 02 08

At the recent African Union summit in Egypt, member nations failed to condemn Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s President-for-Life, for stealing the election from opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai.

Gay Marriage: Significant Social Change

Gay Patriot  Jul 01 08

In response to my quoting Jonathan Rauch’s observation that that honest advocacy of same-sex marriage “requires acknowledging that same-sex marriage is a significant social change.

No More Handheld Cellphones when Driving in CA

Gay Patriot  Jul 01 08

Not normally in favor of legislation which limits our freedom, I find myself in an odd position today, delighted about a new California law banning the use of handheld cellphones when driving taking effect.

Impact of CA Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling

Gay Patriot  Jul 01 08

Along with Jonathan Rauch, Dale Carpenter is one of those rare advocates of gay marriage who can make a compelling case for “this expansion of the meaning of marriage” (as the editors of the LA Times puts it) to a conservative audience.

Clark’s Attack on McCain:Another Mean-Spirited Broadside from the Left

Gay Patriot  Jun 30 08

In a post this morning, I noted that Andrew Sullivan called General Wesley Clark’s recent attacks on John McCain “revolting” and “repulsive.

McCain, CA Marriage Initiative & Federalism

Gay Patriot  Jun 30 08

When working on his piece on presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s letter supporting Proposition 8 which would enshrine the traditional definition of marriage in the California constitution, LA Weekly writer Patrick Range McDonald contacted me for a comment on this decision.

Sullivan Slams Clark for his Attack on McCain

Gay Patriot  Jun 30 08

Shortly after posting my piece wondering if the sensible Andrew Sullivan were returning, I checked his blog a little more regularly had was my wont in recent months.

Gone Fishin’

Gay Patriot  Jun 30 08

My silence from the blog this coming week will be intentional as PatriotPartner and I pack up the gas-guzzling 1999 Ford Explorer and head to the South Carolina beaches.

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