Can’t you see you’re not making Christianity any better; you’re just making rock ‘n roll worse – Hank Hill

What. The. Fuuuuuu….? Born-again fundamentalist Christian folk singer Michelle Shocked who managed to really piss off her fans, gay, bi and straight with a confusing, confused, homophobic rant earlier this year is  playing a free concert, sponsored by the  San Francisco Examiner. On the last day of Pride.

SF Examiner president  Todd Vogt–who in 2011 blew into SF via Canada, bought the Examiner then bought  and subsequently eviscerated the San Francisco Bay Guardian and the SF Weekly–trollingly tweeted

In March, Shocked held forth from the stage at Yoshi’s in San Francisco:

Things started to fall apart for the singer during her second set, which she said was “all about reality.” She immediately began a rant that left the audience stunned. She said she was tired of Christians hiding behind the cross. “When they stop Prop 8 and force priests at gunpoint to marry gays, it will be the downfall of civilization and Jesus will come back,” she said. Loud gasps were heard from the audience. Many fans walked out. “I believe the Bible is the word of God,” Shocked continued. More audience gasps were heard. More fans exited and some shouted pro-gay sentiments including “Gays deserve to marry,” “That is a rotten and horrible thing to say,” “Jesus loves people,” and “Don’t bash people for who they are.” One woman shouted: “Don’t say that shit in San Francisco.” Shocked replied, “Where do I go to say it?”

Public outrage resulted in her tour being canceled. Shocked later back-pedaled and said she wasn’t homophobic, she was just um, you know joking:

“I do not, nor have I ever, said or believed that God hates homosexuals (or anyone else). I said that some of His followers believe that. [I was] predicting the absurd way my description of, my apology for, the intolerant would no doubt be misinterpreted.

Actually when discussing church leaders’ opposition to marriage equality, Shocked said:

from their vantage point–and I really shouldn’t say their, because it’s mine too—

so it’s pretty clear she feels the repeal of Prop 8 is the beginning of the End Times and that ministers would be forced to marry homosexual couples at gun point. And something about Chinese water torture.

Michelle Shocked is being exploited, pure and simple, by Vogt and his paper. He hasn’t announced where the concert will be held (and really, what venue would host that?).  Perhaps a protest in front of the Examiner office decrying the exploitation of the mentally ill is in order, since Shocked seems far from stable during and after her rant, delivering a very weird interview with Nicole Sandler, mainly via Twitter (starting at 1:30 on the tape), then appearing in front of a San Jose club where her show was canceled,with  tape across her mouth that said “Silenced By Fear.” Her Piers Morgan interview was pretty much nuts, too.

Vogt then tweeted that details about Shocked concert would follow in his three papers. Papers who may find themselves very short on ads, because there’s rumblings of an advertiser boycott.

Vogt responded to Belerico Project‘s post with this:

HT: Bilerico Project, Joe.My.God.
 

I love Oreos, most specifically the traditional single filled ones that come in the bigger bags (the small snack pack bags have a different creme texture, closer to a Hydrox–not to be confused with the hyrax, the small herbivore mammal of Africa, which is neither a rodent nor a cookie), though I do think the glow in the dark ones are quite nifty. The strawberry ones totally suck. and the chocolate-filled ones are just wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

I love Oreos, now celebrating their 100th anniversary, even more because they put out this image as the the first in a series of 100 “current event” promos as part of recognizing their centenary. In fact I may go buy a bag tonight, GMO or not, because naturally the sandy-pantied homo-haters have gotten all het up over this on Oreo’s Facebook page. Some recent comments:

Love between Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve….I love Oreo’s that does not mean I won’t boycot a oreo because I don’t agree with there Gay Pride add. That cookie looks like a quad stuffed oreo. Love to all….

No more oreos will ever be placed in my shopping cart!

And of course some morans are calling for not only a boycott of Oreos, but also of all Kraft products-bought at retailers which have a visible presence at Pride events and are making an effort (either cynically for profit or sincerely because the times and minds, they are a changin’) to show their support of LGBT. Time to grow your own food, nasty meanie bigots. Just means more cookies for us.

Mom why can’t we have Cheez-Whiz?

Because of the homosekshull agender

And just to show you what the haters will be missing, here’s a recipe for Kraft rainbow Jell-o with Cool Whip from Glorious Treats:

You’ll need one small box of jello for each color you want… so in this case, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. And one large tub of cool whip.

Prepare purple (or whatever color you want on the bottom) jello as directed, using the “quick chill” method, meaning add some ice. Pour jello into glasses, (or a 9′x13′ baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray), reserving about 1/3 of the liquid jello. Put glasses, or dish in the refrigerator and chill for 15-30 minutes, or until slightly set. Mix about 1/3 cup of cool whip into the remaining purple jello. Pour the jello/cool whip mixture on top of the slightly set purple jello already in the glasses (or dish).

Repeat process for each color.

Once set, top with some additional cool whip and sprinkles if desired.

Now I’d like some help coming up with featured Kraft powder astronaut orange drink. I want to call it the PoonTang.

HT: Gawker

This catchy country wedding song by Town and Country Band is a reminder that June, while traditionally being the month for weddings, is LGBT Pride Month. Wouldn’t it be nice if all those people who wanted to say “I do” were legally allowed to so?

And while we’re on the subject, JC Penney just released a new ad bound to upset that “organization” One Million Moms, which my colleague Teddy Partridge pointed out is

actually some dudes on Facebook who hate homosexuality with an astonishingly acute blazing hatred and get money from a SPLC-designated hate group to pursue their all-consuming hatred that’s garnered such incredible success

Gods, how I love Teddy’s sarcasm.  That Starbuck’s boycott was beyond an epic fail. Anyway, the JC Penney ad is a full on neener nose thumb at the sandy-panties and features

real-life dads Todd Koch and Cooper Smith with their children, Claire and Mason.

Now wouldn’t it be nice if unwed parents could legally get married?

HT: Joe My God, Gawker

(photo: kurafire)

Three faces of Pride will ride as Grand Marshals in this year’s New York City Pride March, June 27:

Judy Shepard, mother of hate-slain gay teen Matthew Shepard, co-founded with her husband Dennis the Matthew Shepard Foundation, which is dedicated to working toward the causes championed by Matthew during his life: social justice, diversity awareness and education, and equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Lt. Dan Choi, West Point graduate and Iraq veteran fluent in Arabic, received a notice of  discharge from the United States Army for announcing “I am gay” on the Rachel Maddow show, a direct challenge to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. (That discharge is still classified as “pending.”) A  tireless champion of equal rights, Lt. Choi was recently arrested for chaining himself to the White House fence during a demonstration for LGBT rights.

Constance McMillen, who wanted to wear a tuxedo and take her girlfriend to the prom at her Mississippi high school. When those rights were denied by the administration at Itawamba Agricultural High School, McMillen’s case was taken up by the ACLU, and a federal judge ruled that Constance’s rights were violated. While the school went ahead and organized a prom, the majority of her classmates attended a private “dance party” several miles away. Previously, Constance had stood up for the rights of trans classmate Juin Baize.