Comments on: Openly Gay Bishop Kicking Off Obama’s Coronation, Er- Inauguration

By: sparkle obama

sparkle obama — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:47:38 +0000

no, rick – tremonisa is correct,
you all *know* she is correct.
this blog itself has barely covered the inclusion of rev. lowery.
i’m glad that rick (above) has verbalised the “obama kissing gays’ asses” meme.
…because it’s so much more *authoratative* when a “white” guy says (admits) it…
some of you all are a bunch of immature drama queens trying to fight hate with hate.
grow up, gays!
change is happening now.

By: rickroberts

rickroberts — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:31:58 +0000

@Tremonisa Smarts: Rick scratches his head in utter bewilderment.

Tremonisa, I didnâ€™t realize we were talking about race. Have you somehow confused this thread with another? Câ€™mon, girl. Iâ€™m on your side.

By: Tremonisa Smarts

Tremonisa Smarts — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:48:39 +0000

@rickroberts:

The only reason rick roberts can make such an offensive and ridiculous statement is because he, like most in the white-dominated gay movement (and is say this as a black lesbian who thought she was part of the movement until white gay men decided that it was okay to call us n*ggers), chooses to ignore that the participation of Black feminist (not lesbian) poet Elizabeth Alexander and legendary civil rights activist and gay rights supporter Joseph Lowery. The each have prominent roles in the inauguration, and the each are strong supporters of gay rights. Lowery, a minister, has even called out other ministers on their homophobia.

But the only pro-gay gestures that mean anything to the white, racist gay movement are those that involve white people, like the bishop.

Meanwhile, like 4 centuries of gay, bi, straight, and trans white men before him, rick roberts cheers at the thought of another Black man having to submit to him. Sad. Racist. Pathetic.

By: BrianPrince

BrianPrince — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:25:34 +0000

I know that we’re the queer community… but seriously — how many bones do we need?

By: Charles J. Mueller

Charles J. Mueller — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:25:21 +0000

Love the Bishop’s House of Whoville hat

By: emb

emb — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:44:31 +0000

GOOD NEWS, MCnNYC: “HBO will televise the event on an open signal so that cable and satellite subscribers who do not have HBO will be able to watch the inaugural kicker.” (http://www.broadcastingcable.c.....27125.html). So people with no cable won’t see it, but folks with basic cable will.

And yeah, re “[Gene Robinson's participation] was always in the works”: uh huh.

By: MCnNYC

MCnNYC — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:37:12 +0000

Yeah MAYBE CNN will cover a reportof the Sunday afternoon CONCERT…it is a CONCERT…and HBO has the exclusive rights to broadcast….ok so we got the subscription cable base vs. THE ENTIRE WORLD watching on Tuesday when homophobe and antisemite Rev. Rick Warren speaks.

Oh and that unnamed “Obama source” that says this was in the works….was this “deep throat” necessary?
No one wants to go on the record with this info?

COME ON

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:25:05 +0000

@pearlsbeforeswine

Thank you! Totally agree, well said.

By: greybat

greybat — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:53:50 +0000

I’m not even remotely Episcopalian, but if anyone’s earned the job, it’s certainly Gene Robinson.
And the irony is delicious…

By: marco

marco — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:55:25 +0000

dance-off time, mutha fuckas!

greater anglican communion, represent!

By: emb

emb — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:45:40 +0000

So now we have dueling inaugural invocations? My, poor god’s going to all confused. And it’s extra-special funny, since Warren has sided with the episcopal schismatics, and Bishop Robinson represents the non-schisming ‘piscopopals. It just gets weirder and weirder. Religion, my dears, would be screamingly funny if it weren’t for all the danger.

By: PearlsBeforeSwine

PearlsBeforeSwine — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:53 +0000

This doesn’t make the invitation of Rick Warren acceptable to me. It has been suggested that the gay community should not be upset by Rick Warren’s invotation, because the event is largely ceremonial. That is exactly the point, out of all of the possible people that could have been invited, Obama has chosen to elevate an bigot by bestowing the honor of participating in his inaugural.

But inviting Gene Robinson is a slap at the constituency of Rick Warren. It will undermine his position in the religious right. I think it was in a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where I read that a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy.

By: rickroberts

rickroberts — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:23:32 +0000

Barack be kissinâ€™ our faggot asses. Yay! Keep smoochinâ€™, Barack!