He has with his voting record. I’m not making excuses for the homophobic bigotry and femme-shaming being hurled against him. Just pointing out that his record of votes does, indeed, bash gay people by denying them equality.

Using homophobic names for a gay man is homophobic, regardless of the gay man’s politics.

One can point out his voting record of fighting against basic equality for gay people without resorting to homophobic comments. That plays into homophobia also. Enough with the femme-shaming.

He’s not really that closeted. He has a long time partner who he brings to events all over South Carolina and in Washington DC too.

I agree. Pearl sucks. I think she maligned Ru with her comments. I mean, Ru is making a damn reality tv show. Is that so hard to understand!?! If you’re going to make a sweet moment, why not make it on camera? To back stab Ru for pointing out that it’s a reality tv show and things are supposed to happen on camera and…

Yes! Recaps please!

I agree completely. Allowing people to vote who were not even there to SEE the competition and growth of the competitors was some bullshit. It made it a popularity contest. Like fucking high school.

Hopefully she has learned to sew. Then again, All Stars, in the past, has not been so much about sewing challenges, which is sad because the creative process is one of the main reasons I turn in. I wish they showed MORE of that.

Valentina showed who she really was in this moment. It made me sad. I really liked her. I know she is young and was very inexperienced. I hope she has grown. She has the talent. I want her to be who she presents herself to be.

If Gia Gunn is cast, Ru’s opinion about who should be eligible has already been influenced.

Also, the finale of the last All-Stars sucked. Please let the judges judge and not the contestents who WEREN’T EVEN THERE!

Atheists are insufferable. I am not a believer but I don’t want to be associated with you guys either.

All those poor animals, including the human ones. Eighty football fields a minute... Words fail.

I love that her mother lived with them in the White House too. To help and to expand the circle of support for all of them and also to normalize loving extended families in a society where families feel really pulled apart and isolated from each other.

Me too. When I think of her being president, tears leap to my eyes ... and they are tears of hope and pride and tears of fear and sadness for her at exactly the same time.

Some things in this interview really spoke to me. Like this: Counseling, she says, taught her that, “My happiness was up to me. I stopped feeling guilty. It’s important for me to take care of myself. That’s not on Barack,” she said.” <—This is something I’ve always struggled with in relationships. I have had…

Well done sir! I have never seen someone handle a troll like this before. Masterful. I am taking notes.

My patience has been in short supply lately too. I get it. I aspire to more patience than I actually have. All we can do is the best we can do. These are trying times, that’s for sure.

The judge has access to unredacted information. When she writes, “the testimony is relevant to several important factual and legal issues” that is probably true.

Watching them screw themselves out of that court seat was a rare bright spot in recent North Carolina politics. We have a long way to go to overcome republican redistricting but I am glad citizens voted down their proposed constitutional amendment redirecting more power from the governor to themselves and this court…

Same playbook they’ve been using here in North Carolina. First the courts said no, then they put it on the ballot as a constitutional amendment and all five living governors, from both parties, came forward to say, “Don’t vote for it!” (even that anti-trans bigot Pat McCrory) and the people voted it down. I don’t…