Utah makes my head hurt…
No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don’t love anybody. ~Rita Mae Brown
I could start off this entry by once again apologizing for the lack of updates. If I did I would swear that we still love you, and that it wouldn’t happen again. I would also say something to the effect of it was simply because time got away from us again, and how busy we were. But, I’m not going to apologize. Nope not this time, instead I’m going to say that this is BeShameless 2.0, and that despite the fact that it looks the exact same it’s the second version, damnit. Like the phoenix, we have risen from the ashes of virtual death. We are new, improved, and fucking slamming as always. Ok, now I’m going to stop my bullshitting and mixing my metaphors. No, seriously, I have several things I want to talk about in the coming weeks. I even have a book review to throw in the mix. So get use to seeing my smiling… er, no that’s not right…. get use to seeing my scowling face on a regular basis.
Let’s start off our new fabulousness by talking about Utah. Yes, fuckers, I said Utah. In January, the openly gay senator, Scott McCoy, was planning to sponsor a bill to repeal the ban against sodomy. I wish him luck, mostly because all prior attempts to remove the ban have failed. It even failed after the Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 ruling that they would not convict or punish citizens who practiced sodomy. Despite the ruling on his side, McCoy faces opposition. Senator Buttars stated that he would “fight that all the way.” He also states that, “You can like sodomy, I don’t. I think sodomy is sickening.” It seems to me that he would like sodomy… I mean he already has a stick up his ass.
Poor Buttars, continued to show his myopic, closed minded ways this week. He was relishing in the fact that a bill he and Senator Tilton sponsored has passed the Senate and is on the way for Gov. Jon Hunstman Jr. to sign. This bill will allow schools to ban clubs they believe would threaten “moral well-being” of the children or faculty. The bill would also require parents to sign a consent form allowing children to join clubs, as well as requiring the club to outline the information they will discuss a week in advance so that the principal and parents could review it.
Now, of course we aren’t talking about the chess club here. Buttars has tried several times to stop Gay-Straight Alliances in local schools. He has been quoted as saying Gay-Straight Alliances are “a recruiting tool for gays and are tearing down the moral pillars of society.” Ugh, come on now… we all know Gay-Straight Alliances are to find fag hags. Jeez. Heh, no ok, this isn’t a place for jokes. Seriously Gay-Straight Alliances are very important activities that promote tolerance and understanding. So I say fuck Buttars and Utah. When this goes thru and if the schools shut down your club, take it off school property. Don’t give up or become discouraged. Do it to spite them, but also do it because it’s needed.
Until next time, I’ll be writing letters to Utah,
autumn