Come as you are...on the DL?

I shared this video on Facebook a few days ago, but I didn't really get a chance to put my 2 cents in. After watching the ad, I'm sorta hoping that this is only the first of a series because it just fell flat in my opinion. So is he going to tell his dad? How will his dad respond? Is he going to bring his boyfriend next time? Which one is he in the picture? As is, I feel like this commercial doesn't have much of a point. I like that it's putting the issue out there & that it's realistic, but I'm not feeling the execution because it doesn't come off as supportive as I had hoped.

I wouldn't put it past McDonald's execs to have been all "hey let's make an ad that'll appeal to the gay market because that's what people do nowadays and everyone will commend us". It reminds me of Urban Outfitters initially pulling their "I Support Same Sex Marriage" tees off their racks & online store, citing it got "too much bad press". All while carrying tons of pro-Obama merchandise too. But what about stuff like -

It must've caught everyone by surprise to find out their favorite retailer that catered to liberals/hipsters/the pseudo-bohemian lifestyle was actually run by a Conservative who has backed anti-gay legislation by supporting guys like Rick Santorum (this Santorum fellow is also notorious for his views on Intelligent Design...don't even get me started).

Does the company's public image of being open and understanding really reflect its core? I'm not 100%. Prove me wrong, Mickey D's.

Maybe I'm naive

My relative facebook status for the day, since I don't have a twitter:

Love thy neighbor. Not Christian neighbors only. Not just the straight couple down the street. Not members of the majority down the hall. Love thy neighbor.

I was feeling rather hopeful today...

Juxtaposed: Religion

I'm going to have this in my house someday...

"The objective of the Juxtaposed series of bookshelves is to give books new meaning by juxtaposing them with other books.  A book on its own is very different than a book in the context of other books." - Mike and Maaik

Bittersweet

Amazing. The same night great barriers are broken across the nation, others ones are being enforced in our home state. But you know what, I still have hope. I think marriage equality for all isn't an "if" question, but rather "when"; as disappointed as I am in California today, I know it takes time for people to learn to accept those who are different from them. If America can elect a black president given our ugly history of slavery and "separate but equal" that reigned not too long ago, then nothing is impossible. Exit polls show that voters in the 18-29 age range voted against Prop 8, so let's keep fighting the fight for the future, not just for marriage equality, but life, liberty and happiness for ALL.

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." - Martin Luther King, Jr.