...Yeah, no. No, no, no. An employer provides wages and benefits, but should have no right in determining how those are used. Period. That hails back to the "company store" bad old days and basically puts you in a feudal relationship with your employer. You're being contracted for WORK, not for a lifestyle off the…

Ummm...

Due to a precedent-based court system? Um... no. And also - you're being kind of a jerk. No one is entitled to 'that dead guy's' work, even for a good cause. Like, at all.

Yeah. And?

And?

And?

You have valid points in a white room, and valid concerns with "me first" orgs like the HRC (don't even get me started about Rich White Male Gay Okay). But...

This "me, too" mistake is all too common of late. "We didn't bring up this ONE THING, therefore the message is ruined!" Sometimes, things aren't brought up because they aren't part of that paragraph of the conversation. None of the items you listed are immediately relevant to the marriage debate (except maybe incest,…

Echoing my black ass. There is only one love. But there are so many lovers. One can recognize the beauty and validity of loving relationships without demanding an erasure or straight-washing of them all. You're throwing baggage onto it. Period.

You're conflating the industry with the individual artists and consumers. Which is bad.

It is. There are many, many gay voices speaking and many more yet to come. Blaming a single artist for not personally addressing a vast systemic issue isn't awareness; it's throwing a sulk. And as far as gay voices - you mean maybe the singer on that SAME track? Or does he need to personally construct a podium as well?

There has never been a noble war in the history of warfare. That said, pretending slavery wasn't a primary driver, exacerbating states rights vs. federalist claims is just plain a lie. A filthy lie. A self-serving lie. And sounds a bit like either a racist or a libertarian lie - whoever needs to feel like the "big bad…

Ultimate's an overstatement, but it's a big damn deal. National recognition of their love, in the face of those who spite them to this day? Kind of a big deal. But you can trendy-hate Macklemore in the meantime. Shows your cred is more legit. Go you.

Except that Same Love was used to back the gay marriage initiave in Washington State. Does he need a special, magical ally badge? Or do you just prefer your artists starving to prove some ephemeral point? Seriously. I am not YOUR ally, if I can pick one or two people to leave out.

Ah, Jezebel. Can you smell the intersectional social justice in the air? Wait. Nope.

A guy with a legal team and a PR image went to court to protect their PR image with their legal team A MILLION DOLLARS. How exactly is that brave again?

You're right. Filing a false report IS illegal. And yes, being falsely accused of a crime is terrible. And you're right - that stigma is ridiculous. But the idea that false accusations are a bigger problem than the social view that "of course they're false! And horrible!" is frankly insane. See also: Maryville,…

And ONE MORE THING, JACKIE!

Because it hasn't been proven whose in the wrong and this sort of news further reinforces that it's never actually worth it to report rape? Bueller? Bueller?

There's stating and then there's stating. I somehow doubt you were just poking through Merriam-Webster's and felt the need to clarify the hell out of us.