tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5550329945761172020..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Why the Gay Parade is not only fun, but important. Still. Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55388916118398550592015-06-28T21:48:22.309-05:002015-06-28T21:48:22.309-05:00I think that was kind of Neil's point.I think that was kind of Neil's point.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13628110664480468112015-06-28T09:54:57.157-05:002015-06-28T09:54:57.157-05:00Incorrect, if you're referring to the proposed...Incorrect, if you're referring to the proposed law in NYC.<br />What's being proposed is that if a business has two or more SINGLE PERSON toilets for public or employee use, they can no longer be designated male or female. The proposed law specifically exempts single sex toilets that are for two or more people at one time, such as the huge single sex toilets at sports facilities.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61498187539837260962015-06-28T09:08:08.034-05:002015-06-28T09:08:08.034-05:00response notedresponse notedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41040988435362403172015-06-28T09:06:53.515-05:002015-06-28T09:06:53.515-05:00hangups?hangups?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23499134640069914602015-06-28T06:21:13.965-05:002015-06-28T06:21:13.965-05:00The new push isn't bathrooms, it's employm...The new push isn't bathrooms, it's employment - see the reaction to the Indiana "religious freedoms" bill. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/us/gay-rights-leaders-push-for-federal-civil-rights-protections.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14560298772931536272015-06-28T06:19:28.678-05:002015-06-28T06:19:28.678-05:00Scribe - those are different beasts - as terrible ...Scribe - those are different beasts - as terrible as those decisions were, you can't call them arbitrary. The reason Bush v. Gore is different was the hypocrisy - the justices for the majority had always taken a narrow view of the equal protection clause, then they explode it to give the election to Bush, then they add a footnote saying that because the case is so unique it can't be cited as precedence in the future. Different. Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50545718510511830912015-06-28T05:43:37.633-05:002015-06-28T05:43:37.633-05:00Belated response to Anon - absolutely on both coun...Belated response to Anon - absolutely on both counts (I've posted about those topics frequently here - NS' response is similar) and I've read most of his books (only flipped through pranks and failures) and suggested he use one of a number of inexpensive services to turn them into ebooks (his response was there is already a glut of used copies on amazon, but I think there's a segment of the public that doesn't like older used books...)Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57167669018599439092015-06-28T00:14:38.613-05:002015-06-28T00:14:38.613-05:00@WendyC: There were many problems last year with d...@WendyC: There were many problems last year with drunks at this parade. It's where the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Parade got to when they just cancelled it for a few years because it was out of control.<br />The neighborhood just can't handle this anymore, it's too congested without a parade.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76987763191860228562015-06-28T00:11:45.031-05:002015-06-28T00:11:45.031-05:00You've got it backwards. The parade has outgro...You've got it backwards. The parade has outgrown Lakeview. The streets & sidewalks are just too narrow for a crowd this large. They should've moved this year's parade downtown. There were a lot of people that wanted that for this year, but some very influential people in the community want it where the largest gay community resides. A few years ago, that was fine, not anymore, it's just a logistical problem, as in no parking & the L & Metra stations are too far away. <br />There were probably be a far far larger crowd this year due to Friday's court decision. Most will be happy, but many will be drunk. Happy drunks are fine, but even they will be pissing on lawns, porches, gangways & in the streets.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28278159686090257592015-06-27T22:42:59.350-05:002015-06-27T22:42:59.350-05:00Yet who better then the justices of the Supreme Co...Yet who better then the justices of the Supreme Court to determine that equal rights for all are protected under the Constitution? <br /><br />I found that angle of Scalia's dissent to be rather silly and disingenuous. Why even have a Supreme Court, if that's what he thinks? He didn't have any problem with "nine unelected lawyers" deciding that corporations are people. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47246670115020880372015-06-27T22:10:32.832-05:002015-06-27T22:10:32.832-05:00The dissenting opinion stated who are a few lawyer...The dissenting opinion stated who are a few lawyers(meaning sc judges) to decide <br />what marriage is. I believe that was from Scalia, if I'm not mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65898994463887571272015-06-27T22:05:47.710-05:002015-06-27T22:05:47.710-05:00yes, especially those human sacrificing Aztecsyes, especially those human sacrificing AztecsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53491166438078203582015-06-27T22:03:17.972-05:002015-06-27T22:03:17.972-05:00Not everyone is into pronouncements from Mt. Sinai...Not everyone is into pronouncements from Mt. Sinai.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37350963576634826012015-06-27T20:45:36.727-05:002015-06-27T20:45:36.727-05:00I'm not sure gender neutral bathrooms are that...I'm not sure gender neutral bathrooms are that big of a deal. With one person bathrooms it makes more sense -- anyone can use any bathrooms. In Japan, you can be standing at a urinal at a public park and a family troops by. They also share public baths. Believe it or not, many of your personal hang-ups are passing fashions, not eternal truths handed down at Sinai. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74432590462224470442015-06-27T19:43:08.442-05:002015-06-27T19:43:08.442-05:00Very well indeed; I rather enjoy those "lapse...Very well indeed; I rather enjoy those "lapses" which aren't lapses. Please don't change your "blogcabulary".SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18474638671221728762015-06-27T19:15:41.865-05:002015-06-27T19:15:41.865-05:00the demandsthe demandsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55139554327037374972015-06-27T18:38:14.177-05:002015-06-27T18:38:14.177-05:00Where does what end?Where does <i>what </i>end?Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13015426662668604592015-06-27T18:32:21.096-05:002015-06-27T18:32:21.096-05:00Gee, why don't you bring up Dred Scott and Ple...Gee, why don't you bring up Dred Scott and Plessy vs. Ferguson too? The Supreme Court has been wrong in the past, so that gives us all carte blanche to get pissy and disparaging whenever it rules the way we don't like?Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49941039416009160272015-06-27T17:11:46.228-05:002015-06-27T17:11:46.228-05:00very wellvery wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11048235576127973742015-06-27T17:11:08.699-05:002015-06-27T17:11:08.699-05:00So that's done now and now the new push, accor...So that's done now and now the new push, according to the paper is gender neutral bathrooms and all rest. and businesses should have 3? I'm sure that will thrill the owners of the establishments. Where does it end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16088295152235554562015-06-27T17:08:51.889-05:002015-06-27T17:08:51.889-05:00I find it odd in the extreme that, in a desperate ...I find it odd in the extreme that, in a desperate attempt to shore up the status quo, Roberts cites cultures whose accepted practices would make us cringe. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39372065665915502492015-06-27T16:31:38.113-05:002015-06-27T16:31:38.113-05:00The article that your quote is from goes on to rai...The article that your quote is from goes on to raise some interesting points about the customs and behaviors of the cited groups:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/06/26/justice-roberts-cited-the-traditions-of-four-cultures-in-his-dissent-on-gay-marriage-heres-what-he-didnt-mention/<br />Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75234411002946012772015-06-27T16:27:08.946-05:002015-06-27T16:27:08.946-05:00Who do we think we are? Well, I think we are a soc...Who do we think we are? Well, I think we are a society that has progressed a long way beyond more ancient and provincial societies whose goals and understanding of human behavior were much more limited then ours. As has been pointed out before, marriage has been transformed multiple times throughout the ages. Why, women are even free to marry or not as they choose, and marry whom they choose, an idea that would have been preposterous to a majority of the human population over its history. It still is in some cultures, but those who oppose marriage equality generally don't seek to emulate those cultures in other ways. <br /><br />Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26058871649380224742015-06-27T16:26:58.193-05:002015-06-27T16:26:58.193-05:00I expect that deep down we're all shallow when...I expect that deep down we're all shallow when it comes to construing the Constitution. Many currents of thought. Almost more of an art than a hard science. To those interested in getting a clue to how the judges go about their business I would recommend "The Introduction to Legal Reasoning," by Edward Levy, one-time Attorney General and also former Dean of the U. of C. Law School<br /><br />Tom Evans. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12419165061836906752015-06-27T16:07:02.680-05:002015-06-27T16:07:02.680-05:00Talking about reaching for an insult. I meant &quo...Talking about reaching for an insult. I meant "sharp-eyed." I'll fix it. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.com