... kept right on being gay!

For those of you following the fallout from the passage of Proposition 8, you'll know that there are a lot of haters out there that, as my friend Todd would say, "Been drinkin' that H8-orade!" They're bigots, they're hateful, they're largely blinded by religious leaders and community pressure and, surprise, surprise, a lot of them aren't that bright. The best evidence I've seen that proves this last generalization is the fabulous blog my sister pointed to called Fundamentally Flawed.

The hilariously snarky people that run the blog find some of the most ignorant and poorly written comments out there from Prop 8 supporters and then mock them mercilessly. Seriously, go spend an hour or so reading different entries and you will find yourself laughing more than not, I assure you.

This one, posted today, however is the most brilliant thing I have ever read. Enjoy!

(The first part in bold is what the ignorant Prop. 8 supporter wrote; what comes after is the blogger's response.)

How the Grinches stole our civil rights

November 17, 2008

“A Wrong Choice that Creates Confusion, by FinestCityMan

Like those from San Francisco Bay,
They argue, we are born Gay!

Truth will prevail and lies will be exposed.
To intimately love the same sex is what you CHOSE.

All people are tempted to do what is not right,
But grasping onto sin is what we need to fight.

Planting a penny in soil and expect it to grow,
Is like the ‘confused love’ of them that don’t know.

Turn eight flat on its side,
It is a symbol that means never die:

For infinity, a man with a man is a mistake.
Think of the future, always vote yes on Prop 8!”

Everyone up in Bay-ville liked gay folks a lot;
FCM, who lived well south of Bay-ville, did not!
He raved and he ranted in passionate verse
With meter that wobbled and rhymes that were worse.
He urged all his readers to vote “yes” on 8
To help California stay narrow and straight.
He typed all night long on Election Day Eve
About cocker spaniels and Adam and Steve—
And when it was clear that the bigots had won,
He said, “Hallelujah! My work here is done!”
But something incredible happened that day:
The gay people just kept right on being gay!
They hadn’t been wiped out. They hadn’t been banished.
None of them vaporized, kicked off, or vanished.
They took to the streets with their struggle to marry—
And he sighed and dug out his rhyme dictionary
To keep writing couplets (not always heroic)
Defending the morals of the Mesozoic.

Posted by fearlessleader