by Leah Waldron

On the second episode of “The New Normal,” Ryan Murphy’s new NBC sitcom about two gay men who hire a surrogate, David (Justin Bartha) is confronted by his basketball-playing straight friends (all doctors with kids), who tell him that a baby will ruin his perfect life. Nothing surprising there…just your usual “married guys playing basketball and complaining about chores and lack of sex life” sitcom fodder. But when David defends his decision, the guys take a different approach. They tell David that as straight men, they live vicariously through him—and his childless, wonderful, gay life.

I’m willing to bet that this entire basketball court scene, like most of “The New Normal,” would never happen in real life. First of all, the “let’s talk about our feelings” while we shoot hoops was super weird, not to mention that all doctors play golf on their day off, not basketball in the inner city (okay, maybe that’s a stereotype). But I couldn’t help wondering if straight men and women ever envy the gay life.

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By Dietmar Hoskin

Have we become a new generation of Entitlement? Have all the struggles that our forefathers went through whether you are from an ethnic background or not, mean that you are Entitled to a better way of life.

Have we become a society from birth and encouraged by our parents that we have the right of Entitlement? At the end of the day, who is responsible?
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French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced Tuesday that Gay couples in France will be allowed to get married and to adopt children beginning next year.
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Washington United for Marriage is a group of organizations, congregations, unions, and businesses working together to defend civil marriage for loving, committed same-sex couples in Washington State.

On February 13, 2012, Governor Chris Gregoire signed a marriage equality bill into law making Washington the seventh U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage. Said Gregoire, “I’m proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal,” praising the day as one “that historians will mark as a milestone for equal rights.”

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by WingerJock

Over the past few months, we’ve seen a lot about gay marriage in the news. Particularly on television, I’ve noticed how they segue in to a completely different discussion. It almost seems that it’s intentional. It’s an election year and there are a lot of topics on the table about how we as Americans move forward repairing our economy and yes our policies. However, there is no more important policy than the basic rights and equality of our natural-born or naturalized citizens. I personally applaud President Barack Obama for his process in accepting and supporting gay marriage, especially prior to the election. I even gave a lot of money to his campaign this year because of it. It’s time we close in, demand, and take our equality. It is ours to possess and it is not something we should negotiate on any level.

This video is a bit old, but the message is just as powerful and prevalent as ever. Pass this on and let us make sure we all do our part to show our friends and loved ones what love is from our eyes.