Fielding likens same-sex marriage to incest

Oh fuck you Steve Fielding. You and your Family First bunch of homophobic assholes.

"A bloke cannot marry his brother; it is not right," he said. "A woman cannot marry their sister; it is not right. A bloke cannot marry a bloke because it is not right, and a female cannot marry a female because it is not right. I don't support this."

Yes same sex couples wanting to marry is exctly like incest right? Except not.

I dare you to turn up at the Gay Marriage rally in Sydney on Saturday and spout that shit to our faces. In fact I double dare you.

No more angst. No more whingeing. No more playing the victim. When My Chemical Romance re-emerge in early 2010 with their fourth album, any trace of "woe is me and it's all your fault" will be replaced by such self-aware and self-sufficient themes as "strength" and "self-preservation".

Yup, emo is dead. Long live My Chemical Romance.

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TWO POSTS IN TWO DAYS. Who am I, seriously. I hope the Americans are all having a good Thanksgiving (and everyone else is having an awesome Thursday!). This post has absolutely nothing to do with Thanksgiving except this picture is a thank-you for a very special strobelighted. I totally just brought it full circle! Awww yeah. Anyway, she asked for Frank/girl!Gerard and said I could pick whatever era and since I've already done INOK I decided REVENGE would be fun.

So here we go! Frank/alwaysagirl!Gerard, PG. ( smoke break )

Today on the Outland Institute!

John and I recommend which books the discerning listener should be gifting to their loved ones this year. Glenn looks at the Aussie films of 2009, we have an exclusive interview with comedian Judith Lucy about the meaning of "success", and our special Crimes Against Pop presenter is an ex-soap star who was once in a band. I don't want to jinx that, but I can tell you if he was testing his microphone he might say "Check, 1, 2". He'll be bringing in a mighty organ.

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these are just some excessively cute videos i found!!

It's FRIIIIIIDAY!

*dances like a fool*

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends living in the US of A!

And for the rest of us - have a happy day too. In solidarity with our American cousins, let's spend a moment today to be thankful for something too.

Today I'm thankful for my big, noisy family, for our ability to show unrestrained affection to one another, for spending some time together to celebrate Richard's birthday, and for getting to spend more time with Jess and Callan.

I am watching the 2nd ep of White Collar. The place where Elizabeth gives Peter the watch... I was right there -- between the 'ghostbuster' building and the bridge.



um. YAY.

/is sad.

A question for any Americans not in a turkey-induced coma at present - is Thanksgiving a day of protest or alternative celebration for indigenous Americans?

In Australia, Australia Day is a holiday that marks the arrival of the First Fleet from Britian in Australia. (its not really associated with any traditions other than its the last public holiday of summer, although there is usually some govt type flag waving thing).

It has long been also a day of protest amonst many ATSI people and their supporters - it became known as Invasion Day in the 80s. Since the 90s, it was reframed as Survival Day with the focus moving to a celebration of indigenous strength and culture (with concerts and picnis and BBQs), rather than explicitly one of protest.

So i just wondered whether there was anything similar in the US given the involvement of indigenous peoples in the original Thanksgiving story, and a cursory google didn't provide many answers other than an Indgenous celebration held at Alcatraz.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!