Gay is Not the New Black

I know that people are still upset about Proposition 8 passing, but some of the ways people are expressing their disappointment bothers me. Many are saying that the struggle of gay people is akin to the civil rights struggle of blacks. Those who say this are doing both the gay civil rights movement and the black civil rights movement a disservice. Just like blacks should not compare their struggle to that of Jews during the holocaust, gays should not compare theirs to that of blacks during the civil rights movement. As one RealClear Politics article so aptly puts it.

One has to either be ignorant of segregation laws and the routine humiliations experienced by blacks during the era of Jim Crow, or one has to be callous to black suffering, to equate that to a person not being allowed to marry a person of the same sex. They are not in the same moral universe.

There is in fact no comparison between the situation of gays in America in 2008 and the situation of most black Americans prior to the civil rights era. Gays are fully accepted, and as a group happen to constitute one of the wealthiest in American life. Moreover, not being allowed to marry a person of the same sex is not anti-gay; it is pro-marriage as every civilization has defined it. The fact is that states like California already grant people who wish to live and love a member of the same sex virtually every right that marriage bestows except the word "married."

So, guys let's respect each other's suffering and not try to tear each other down. Black people voted for Proposition 8 not because they are anti-gay, but because they are pro-black community values. These are values that they learned growing up and the question of gay rights just has not been a big issue. They likely don't understand what gay marriage is exactly and how it fits with what they live everyday. What are the rules? Who is the bride and who is the groom? What does this mean for their church worship experience? Start by helping them to understand, not by telling them that being gay is just the same as being black...because it just isn't.

Kewl...Michelle Obama News!

What kind of First Lady will Michelle Obama be?
"You could call it "Obamalot."

"That makes some sense. The incoming presidential couple, Barack and Michelle Obama, bear superficial similarities to John and Jacqueline Kennedy of the 1960s "Camelot" White House — charisma, vigor, her fondness for sheath dresses, for instance.

But maybe the most obvious similarity is that many Americans are as excited and curious about her as they are about him.

"People will be riveted," predicts Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist and CNN analyst. "She is going to set a record in the amount of attention she will receive."

Entire article

Excitement builds over Michelle Obama’s fashion sense...

"No one is more excited about the prospect of Michelle Obama as first lady than the fashion tribe, which hasn’t stopped gushing about her since she displayed her striking style sensibility at the Democratic convention.

She is the one they have been waiting for, to borrow an Obama phrase: a real woman with a real body who can inspire fashionable apparel aimed at middle-aged women overlooked by a youth-obsessed industry."

“Designers and executives are holding up Mrs. Obama as their Baby Boomer pinup girl,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
Get the juicy details here:


My Whitehouse handbag?....Hmmmm
What do you think?


Here is proof that John McCain was lying when he said we were measuring the drapes on the campaign trail
33 Days and Counting: No First Decorator Yet


"[Michelle Obama] She is no shrinking violet, and I can’t wait to hear her on the bully pulpit that is the office of the First Lady. She’ll speak out with force and with intelligence. She has already decided that she’ll champion the plight of military families, and while she won’t be huddling with her husband over policy, she is equipped to become a real force in the U.S. society."
He'll tell you more right here


Oh and someone is writng a "Dear Michelle Obama" book

"The voices of women whose stories are rarely told have been gathered by two scholars at the University at Buffalo to offer Michelle Obama messages of love, hope, admiration and support as she becomes the United States' first African American First Lady."
more info

-M-

We are Thankful

Barack, Malia, Sasha and I have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday season. We thank God for giving Barack vision and leadership abilities for our country. We thank God for all the supporters that have faith and confidence in Barack and trust him to be the right leader for this nation at this difficult time.

We still have much to do to prepare for our move to Washington DC and I am busier than ever. We are praying daily and trusting God to guide us as He has through this entire election process. With every passing day we pray for guidance and walk in His light.

We thank God for each of you and for your continued support. Barack reminds us that there will be difficult times ahead, but we should also remember that through it all God's plans always prevail. All will be well according to His will.

-M-

Only in America

We thank God for this victory and look forward to serving our country as President and First Lady. Our unwavering faith in God and the American people remains our refuge. In the coming years as we face the difficult challenges ahead, let us all stay united, keep the faith and remain inspired by one of Barack's favorite bible verses:

"So, let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and acknowledge it, for He Who promised is reliable and faithful to His word." (Hebrews 10:23)

Barack and I pledge to remain faithful to God, to our word and to the American people.

-M-

Fake Michelle Obama is Back Online

OK. I am back. I took some time off to support Barack and the campaign after the Palin bomb dropped. A lot has transpired in a month with respect to Palin, polls and pundits. With less than 30 days to go until the election things have certainly turned negative and we are in for the fight of our lives up until the end. There will likely be lots of twists and turns and hail Mary passes from the McCain/Palin ticket and I anticipate that the next debate will be quite lively. We will fight a good fight and feel that we will win, but it will likely be ugly.

Speaking of ugly, I have got to do a better job of picking a dress for the next debate. My last two dresses have been "less than flattering". In Nashville my zipper was glimmering and made the dress look tacky and cheap, while my dress at the first debate was just plain ugly.

I promise to do better at next week's debate, no ugly flowers and no shiny zippers.
Pray for Barack over the next few weeks as we endure whatever McCain throws at us. I think next week's debate will be tough and pray especially that none of the McCain/Palin crazies get riled up enough to seriously threaten anyone. All that recent hate speach has got to go.

-M-

McCain Confuses "Groin" with "Gut"

Senator John McCain has described Sarah Palin as his "soulmate" and said that was key to him choosing her as his running mate. Looks like John McCain may have used the same criteria to choose Palin as he did to choose each of his two wives, Carol Shepp and Cindy McCain. This YouTube video of McCain seems to suggest that John McCain could be seeking a union with Palin beyond the traditional running mate? What is he staring at as he twirls his wedding ring?

Is it just a coincidence that

• John McCain's first "soulmate", Carol Shepp McCain, was a model
• John McCain's second "soulmate", Cindy Hensley McCain, was a rodeo queen
• John McCain's third "soulmate", Sara Palin, was a model

John McCain has often been described as making decisions based on "gut". He is also known to be prone to having "senior moments of confusion. I wonder if he got his body parts confused when he was making this decision about choosing a running mate?

McCain Chooses Palin to Attend Funerals

McCain surprised many with his choice Sarah Palin to be his VP running mate. McCain says it is because Palin is a smart reformer, "soulmate" and has executive experience. Meanwhile, Sarah Palin wondered out loud what a VP does?


McCain provided her with an answer to her question saying; "VPs inquire after the President's health and attend funerals".



Maybe this is why Sarah took the job.

This irresponsible decision making process earned him the nickname "Quickdraw McCain".

At the very least, the [Palin selection] process reflects Mr. McCain’s history of making fast, instinctive and sometimes risky decisions. "I make them as quickly as I can, quicker than the other fellow, if I can," Mr. McCain wrote, with his top adviser Mark Salter, in his 2002 book, "Worth the Fighting For." "Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint."

But can the country live with this and him? No we can't. No way, no how, no McCain.

-M-