i'm not trying to be an asshole... it comes naturally

[rone]

A Yes on 8 sign has appeared on our neighbors' lawn.  My first reaction was to try to get a hold of a No on 8 sign and put it on our lawn.  Note that we like our neighbors and that, despite being really Jesusy, they're not pushy in the least about it beyond offering to pray for us in our endeavors (like when i mentioned i was going for a job interview) and wishing that God bless us, which fifteen years ago would have had me seething, but now i don't mind at all because i'm not that much of an asshole anymore.

[Poll #1273930]

The way things are going, it looks like Ecuador will have same-sex marriage before the US will.  Who saw that coming?

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Tell them you did it for the Savage Love rights

[skippy-fluff.livejournal.com]

Dan Savage of "Savage Love" is currently running a promotion where donating to Equality California's "No on 8" campaign and mentioning him in the drop-box will get you a personal response to an emailed question; he's also planning to give public answers to the questions from the highest donors (see his column, reprinted all over (http://www.avclub.com/content/node/8766) for details). Get the sign, put it up and then, if they ask, tell them that you had a question for Dan and got this as a perk. Then you can sit back and let them head over to Dan's column for a vision of the world they likely don't get often. Bonus: they get to imagine what your question was! Day after day, week after week, their ears will strain for the sounds of perversion....


On a more serious note, please do get the yard sign if you do care. As someone who has now had to have 3 wedding ceremonies as recognition has appeared and disappeared, I'd like to avoid the additional expense of further nuptials. Support my being cheap: stop the constitutional amendment!

Re: Tell them you did it for the Savage Love rights

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I would go and plant on the neighbor's lawn, right next to the "Yes on 8" sign, a bigger sign saying "THE GUN IS GOOD! THE PENIS IS EVIL!". Or maybe paint it on the sidewalk.

Or, you could justget a "No on 8" sign. A big one, with Christmas tree lights around it.

Re: Tell them you did it for the Savage Love rights

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

..and a couple of RealDolls...

Re: Tell them you did it for the Savage Love rights

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

... in tiny red briefs and fake moustaches. Killing other realdolls in suits.


Maybe just get a big honking rainbow flag and display prominently?

Re: Tell them you did it for the Savage Love rights

[butterflygenius.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the rainbow flag idea! You guys even have a flag holder out in front, that would such a much more awesome statement that a boring old sign! Partnered with the sign, it would totally overshadow the neighbors & ppl would be more likely to ask about the flag w/the sign I think. Then you can tell them all about your gay step-daughter & how it would mean so much to her if she could enjoy all of the marriage benefits that heterosexual couples have. I find ppl have a harder time denying the rights of someone they actually know, rather than an idea.