your daily gay

yes, ladies and gentleman, it's time to update you on some of the news from out here in queer-ville that's got me a bit hot under the collar. and, no, not in a good way...

first we have this bit out of VA, the state that brought you the anti-partnership laws that prevents two people of the same sex entering into any sort of legal contract together, where in a out-of-court settlement the Arlington school district will now allow Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) to distribute "conversion" materials to students at schools. Really, this is what we need to tell queer high school kids- that they are simply feeling "unwanted same-sex attractions" and that all they need to do is embrace their "innate heterosexual potential." like they don't already have enough to deal with, queer students will now get to take home lovely brochures featuring diverse and now ex-gay kids! the ex-gay movement has been debunked by the American Psychological Association, who rightly argues that no sound scientific evidence suggests sexual orientation can be changed. this doesn't keep ex-gay groups like Exodus from peddling their lies to the population of StL. luckily we have some pretty righteous folks here that think Exodus and the like are BS. riding my bike past this billboard every day made me proud to know that we are standing up against this kind of "love the sinner, hate the sin- we just want to help you gays" crap.

my other report is equally stomach churning: wacko-nutjob Rev. Fred Phelps will be protesting at the funerals of those killed in the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. it's not like there's a lack of funerals for Iraq war vets for Phelps to crash, it's just that the bridge collapse was obviously caused because MN is way too accepting of us queers. and, as we all know, God hates the Gay. and therefore, according to Phelps, God hates Minnesota. I hope all you MN residents out there are aware of this. let the counter protesting begin!