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Playinghardball

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Sat Jun 27, 2015, 02:48 PM Jun 2015

Powerless And Impotent Rush Limbaugh Attacks Star Trek Legend And Icon George Takei

So we have Obamacare, and now, right on its heels, we have Marriage Equality. That means we all have a right to healthcare, and we all have a right to marriage. More rights. Nothing taken away from anybody.

It’s a win-win, right?

While we engage in the #nakiehappypagandanceoflove, or however it is you celebrate, conservatives are absolutely losing it over all the things they haven’t lost.

Literally, they have lost nothing. Other people have gained stuff, but they’ve lost nothing. Let’s make that perfectly clear: they did not lose their right to healthcare, and they did not lose the right to get married to the person they love.

But other people did get what they have. And, being conservatives, that drives them nuts.

So George Takei, one of gay rights’ wittiest defenders, and just a very funny, engaging fellow, has drawn the ire of the intoxicated-with-himself Rush Limbaugh, because Takei isn’t forced to abide by Rush’s bigoted beliefs.
Limbaugh whines, “Nobody in the heterosexual world is forcing anything on anybody … but Mr. Takei and his group can impose their beliefs on you all day every day.”

And what are they imposing on you, Rush? Are they forcing you to marry a man? Or, at least, the same of whatever it is you are?

Let’s find out. Watch courtesy of Media Matters for America:

George Takei…was on CNN this morning, the bespectacled Ashleigh Banfield said “there is still so much left to be said regarding the actual process…

It’s never over. It’s never a win. There is never happiness on the left. It’s fleeting and temporary, and it is the case with gay marriage, because Ms. Banfield said, “While the Supreme Court has had its say, there’s still a lot of messy work that needs to be done in at least 20 of those states that still recognize those bans.” There is? I thought this meant that we were all aligned, we were all together, and there was love just breaking out all over the country. I thought all that was at stake here was some people who were denied marriage because of their sexual orientation, just wanted to be accepted.

They just wanted to be included.

They want their dignity to be recognized.

More here: http://linkis.com/www.politicususa.com/ZP9xY
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conservatives just don't get it ... napkinz Jun 2015 #1
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