Thursday, February 15, 2007

Hardaway a bigot, and likely feigns apology

AP story on NYTimes [Why didn't the Times do their own story? Lazy bums.]

Hardaway:
"Well, you know, I hate gay people. I let it be known, I don't like gay people. I don't like to be around gay people."

"I'm homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."

Amazing. I don't have a right to exist? As just about everyone has commented, the statement just validates the need for an equality movement. In an ironic way, thank you: Mr. Hardaway.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

AP story on NBA's Amaechi Coming Out

Link AP rightly says that a soon to be retiring player outing himself or herself is old news. It's been done. How about an out active professional team sport player?

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Washington State procreation and marriage initiatives

Link Towleroad reports on Washington state initiatives to link children and marriage and make children a requirement for marriage. A sarcastic move as a response to the WA supreme court ruling, but I wonder if anyone would get the point. Straights have a tendency to ignore the obvious -- which is why we got the ruling in the first place.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Snickers ad: homophobic

Towleroad reports on the Superbowl ad for snickers where two guys kiss and then are forced to "do something manly". I saw it and was pretty put off. I guess I'll not buy or eat another Snickers bar ever again. And I guess that extends to: M&M'S, Mars, Milky Way, and Twix from the parent company. Probably better for my health anyway. They've pulled the ad and the homophobic NFL teams' reactions and sort-of apologized. But it's not enough for me anyway. Hmmm, I should boycott the NFL too... Well, I never watched much football anyway.