Stop the hate!

What? Gay marriage fighting in California AGAIN? Yep, the Supreme Court is deliberating over whether the Prop 8 ban is unconstitutional (hint to my black-robed pals: IT IS). Pioneering activist and friend of Harvey Milk, Cleve Jones made a great speech at one of the many, many protest vigils across the US last night:

Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign has created a handy list of the lies being spread about gay people (except for the myth that we’re all brilliant stylemakers — I like that one).

A strange new lie was tossed out at a counter-protest by wingnut lawyer David Gibbs III, who said gay rights would “open the door to unusual marriage”:

“Why not polygamy, or three or four spouses? Maybe people will want to marry their pets or robots.”

Robots??? Okay dude, first off: Cylons are really sexy. Second: who wouldn’t want to attend this wedding?

Who could hate the most adorable (and shiny) couple ever?

Maybe Julian Smith — he hates Facebook:

Don’t be a hater, Julian! After all, maybe there’s even room to forgive Vanilla Ice:

 

And as for me? The only thing I hate is jet-lag (oh, how I hurt) and London is everything Lily Allen promised it would be!

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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