Comments on: Is that the rumble of thunder I hear? http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/ As narrated by the most charming and vicious women on the internet Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: PhDork http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 PhDork Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:42:14 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6018 Yeah, I couldn’t ignore Dolan if I tried (and seriously, I tried). Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss.

]]> By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6016 sarah.of.a.lesser.god Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:40:35 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6016 It’s worth mentioning that New York had some more news today when it welcomed the new Cardinal for New York City, Timothy Dolan. I bring this up because he commented on gay marriage (and abortion) by saying that “We don’t take our cue from the whims and the trends of today.” Ah, equal rights and reproductive rights, those tired trends and idiotic whims of the modern folk!

]]> By: Alyssa http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6012 Alyssa Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:05:04 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6012 Whoops… correction: not editing was supposed to be now editing…
(That’s what I get for not checking what I wrote until after I hit submit :) )

]]> By: BeckySharper http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6011 BeckySharper Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6011 Good point, Alyssa. It is not appropriate for marriage–gay or otherwise–to be “taught” in school. If that kind of religious morality is important to parents, they should send their kids to parochial school.

]]> By: PhDork http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6010 PhDork Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:01:42 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6010 Good to know, Alyssa. Thanks!

]]> By: Alyssa http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6008 Alyssa Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:59:25 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6008 Just as a side note:
If you are talking to someone who says that gay marriage affects them because their children will be taught it is okay in school, tell them this: Every public school has to teach it’s state standards (which are usually based on National Standards). Ask the person to show you the standard that mentions marriage of any type. I’m sure they won’t be able to since, I have yet to see a standard that specifically mentions marriage (I used to be a teacher and am not editing high school text books). Schools are not required to teach anything about marriage (gay or straight). If a teacher does teach their students about gay marriage, the parent has the right to complain and place their child in another teacher’s class (just like they do now).
You probably won’t get convince the person you are talking to, but it should be clear to the people listening that “my child will be taught that something I believe is a sin is okay” is just a scare tatic not based in any truth.

]]> By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6007 sarah.of.a.lesser.god Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:42:56 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6007 “The gathering storm” makes me think of Sauron marshaling the armies of Mordor. Which kind of describes my feelings towards homophobes, actually.

]]> By: BeckySharper http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6003 BeckySharper Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:16:26 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6003 Also, that Gathering Storm ad reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91-GMc3j7I

Dogs and cats, living together!

]]> By: BeckySharper http://www.harpyness.com/2009/04/14/is-that-the-rumble-of-thunder-i-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-6002 BeckySharper Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:14:40 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=4780#comment-6002 Woohoo!

(and maybe Patterson is slightly less of a useless assclown than the past few months would lead me to believe)

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