...then they came for the straights

Last year, theocrats in Virginia succesfuly amended the state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Encouraged by this victory, the closet-homos of Focus on the Family of Virginia now want to change the laws to make it more difficult for married couples to get divorced. Yep, you read that right, first they came after the homos, now the heteros.

The Family Foundation, which opposes abortion and promotes socially conservative values, said it will lobby the General Assembly this year to amend the state's long-standing no-fault divorce law, which essentially allows a husband or wife to terminate a marriage without cause.

That means that if you are married with children and want a divorce, your spouse has to agree with you, otherwise, tough. They say Virginia is for lovers? It's also for poor suckers stuck in loveless marriages it seems.

I think this might be the begining of the end for these theocrats. It was easy to pass an amendment that is discriminatory against gays because of general apathy. Nobody cares because it only touches a small purcentage of the population. But with around 50% of straight marriages ending in divorce in America, this pill might be too hard to swallow and it could lead to a backlash against bigoted groups like Focus on the Anus. Later, if civil right groups try to repeal the anti-gay amendment, they will have a good argument that shows where bigotry leads. h/t AmericaBlog

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

On the same subject, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John M. Shalikashvili, has declared that the US military should end its "don't ask; don't tell" policy and fully integrate homosexuals in its organization. Shalikashvili helped and supported the policy during the Clinton years. With 70% of US soldiers saying they would not mind serving with homosexual soldiers and with an army at war in dire need of fresh blood, Shalikashvili might be on to something. But patriotic homos serving their country? How awfull! So here comes the 101st Fighting Keyboardist wingnuts to the rescue.

Donnelly notes that Shalikashvili has in the last year or so suffered a debilitating stroke and is, in her words, “struggling to retain his health.” She says it is “really sad” to see someone like the general being used by the homosexual propaganda machine as “the latest tool of a public relations campaign.”

Yes, of course, it must be one of those gay zionist conspiracies! Shalikashvili is implying that "all men were created equal". Talk about one crazy fucker! e_e h/t Pandagon