Banal Leakage » gay http://www.banalleakage.com Random Bits of Whatever Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:23:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Random Bits of Whatever Banal Leakage no Random Bits of Whatever Banal Leakage » gay http://www.banalleakage.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.banalleakage.com An Open Letter To Chaz Bono http://www.banalleakage.com/2011/09/03/an-open-letter-to-chaz-bono/ http://www.banalleakage.com/2011/09/03/an-open-letter-to-chaz-bono/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:17:32 +0000 martymankins http://www.banalleakage.com/?p=4632 Chaz Bono
Chaz Bono

Dear Chaz,

Your recent addition to the lastest season of “Dancing With The Stars” has caused quite the controversy. As you know, there are a majority of people in America who have issues with people that aren’t just like them and they make all sorts of vocal efforts to make themselves stand out in order to get their names in the press and profess it’s all about “protecting the children” which also pushes their cause into the mainstream media.

Never mind the fact that the previous 12 seasons of this reality TV show had many of the fit and trim females cavorting around in very little clothing and the males would often wear tight pants and remove their shirts to expose their tanned and ribbed chests, which apparently is ok with those who oppose “your kind” being on prime time television, since there hasn’t been the outpouring of disgust like the one surrounding your casting.

In fact, if these people raising the red flag would have kept quiet, those children they are working to protect wouldn’t have known any different who they were watching on this dancing show. They would simply have seen a male dancing and working hard to make the best of being on a highly rated show.

I applaud your mother for her vocal statements of support. And if your father were still with us, I’m sure he would be just as vocal in his support for you. You’ve had a long road in life in becoming who you are and the struggles, trials and changes you’ve experienced take courage and challenge, which should be applauded, not condemned.

I don’t normally watch “Dancing With The Stars” or most reality TV, for that matter. But given your addition to the cast, I will be voting and rooting for you as I am not a judge of person. Only a fellow human being that wishes you the best in all of your endeavors in life.

Sincerely,

Marty Mankins
Blogger, Writer and Scooter Rider

]]> http://www.banalleakage.com/2011/09/03/an-open-letter-to-chaz-bono/feed/ 22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Propped Up On 8 http://www.banalleakage.com/2008/10/09/propped-up-on-8/ http://www.banalleakage.com/2008/10/09/propped-up-on-8/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:28:32 +0000 martymankins http://www.banalleakage.com/?p=351

Yep, this is a political blog post, but I’ll keep it short and to the point.

VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 8

Vote NO on 8

I am a heterosexual male that is passionate about human rights. The constitution, the Bill of Rights and other laws and guidelines our founding fathers set up were created to extend rights to people. In June 2008, California became the second state in the nation to allow marriage for same-sex couples. Now many groups are pouring large amounts of money, time, energy and effort into removing that, redefining marriage to an exclusive group of people. They call this “the right thing do”. I call it pure and utter discrimination.

I know people are concerned. Maybe some are naive about this and just want to “protect marriage”. Others have serious issues against those that are part of the GLBT communities and just want to “stop the perversion”. Whatever your reason for supporting this proposition, please take a moment and consider the following:

  • No heterosexual marriages will be dissolved. Your marriages will not be affected by allowing same-sex couples to marry. Nothing will change.
  • No church will be forced to marry a same-sex couple.
  • Schools are not forcing children to learn how to be a homosexual. Stop thinking this. It’s dumb and it’s stupid.
  • If you are a member of a church that’s supporting this, you have the right to disagree. That is an alienable human right to think how you want and with your own conscience. If your heart tells you one thing, but your preachers and leaders tell you something else, follow your heart.
  • If you have to think of a reason to vote NO and can’t remove any other reason, look at it from a civil point of view. As a tax-paying adult, you expect certain rights and privileges. How would you feel if a group of people came in and wanted to vote away one of your civil rights? This is regarding something civil. Marriage is civil, plain and simple. It’s not exclusive to a church or race.

There’s so much more I can go on about, but I don’t want to labor this subject. This should be a no brainer. Today, it only affects Californians. But in the end, it affects everyone…. maybe even a loved one or a close friend. Don’t let discrimination go any further. It’s happened to too many states already. Keep California Legal. If you live there, I urge you to consider the above and consider voting NO on Proposition 8.

Check out the following site for links to sites against Prop 8: Californians Against Hate

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