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Twitchy US NEWS MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT CARTOONS Premium Content My Account × Search twitchy.com.... Here’s Andrew Sullivan vs. Christopher Rufo arguing over ‘trans strippers’ vs. British pantomime Posted at 5:53 pm on June 18, 2022 by Brett T. We can’t find it right now, but back when the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill was in the news, we did a post on conservatives arguing both for and against using the term “groomer” to describe those who wanted to teach sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. On April 6, Christina Pushaw posted a collage of headlines showing that...

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed on Friday that, as promised on the campaign trail, President Obama “would” work to repeal a Clinton-era law called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which protects states from being forced to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states. “The president's position remains the same,” Gibbs said in his daily White House briefing on Friday when a reporter asked him if Obama would still like to see the legislative repeal of DOMA. “The president would – would work with Congress in order to – not just on this, but on other ideas –...

Yesterday the AP noted the seeming contradiction between Barack Obama's recent declaration that the fundamentals of the US economy are 'sound' and his relentless criticism of Sen. John McCain - during the presidential campaign - for essentially making the same assessment. However, White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs on Monday tried to smooth over this seeming contradiction by asserting that Sen. McCain had characterized the economy as being fundamentally "STRONG", whereas the president had characterized the economy as being fundamentally "SOUND". Now, aside from the fact that Mr. Gibbs' contention is nothing more than a childish play on words and pure...

A Pacifica woman was arrested Sunday on suspicion of a hate crime for allegedly throwing fruit and vegetables at a gay couple while riding in a van, police said Monday. Tiffany Adler, 20, who works at a grocery store, was a passenger in a van in Pacifica on Sunday when she spotted a gay couple who frequent the store, according to police. As the van drove by around 7:50 p.m. on the 500 block of Esplanade Drive, she allegedly rolled down the window and threw apples and vegetables at them, police said. Later, the van turned around and approached the...

Published Thursday, Jun 29, 2006 STOCKTON – A Stockton teacher assistant was booked into San Joaquin County Jail early this morning after a security guard told police he saw her having sex with a 15-year-old boy on Wednesday. Vickie L. Kerby, 50, was arrested in connection with the incident and is being held on charges of committing a lewd act upon a child and oral copulation with a child. She is to be arraigned Monday at 1:30 p.m. and is being held on $225,000 bail. Kerby, who has provided sign-language services for the Stockton Unified School District since 1990, has...

Harper called a 'Bush Baby'Tories' election victory a serious disappointment to comic Williams NEW YORK -- Canada elected "a Bush Baby" when Stephen Harper became prime minister of Canada, according to U.S. comic Robin Williams. Lamenting the choice, because he is no fan of U.S. President George W. Bush, the politically active Williams told the Sun in an exclusive interview that: "You basically elected a Bush Baby -- and you did it openly!" But it is too soon to lampoon Harper, Williams said. "Oh, not yet." The Oscar-winning actor is a social satirist as well as a slapstick comedian. He...

I have read many messages which object to same-sex marriage but I am still waiting to learn what specific adverse consequences opponents of gay marriage anticipate to result from its legalization. In other words, suppose same-sex marriage becomes law during 2005. By 2010 or 2015 what specific indisputable adverse consequences to society do opponents predict to occur? With respect to those critics of same-sex marriage who refer to "God's law" and "procreation" --- do they believe that heterosexual couples who cannot have children, or who do not wish to have children, should also NOT be allowed to marry? The essence...