Wanda Sykes on Prop 8: We Were Attacked! They Pissed Off the Wrong Group of People!
By Heather Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 5:30pmWanda Sykes speaks out about Prop 8 at a rally hosted by the LGBT Center of Nevada in Las Vegas Nov. 15, 2008.
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Not scared of pissing of gay people, but I wouldn't want to cross Mrs. Sykes. Unless I felt I'd needed a good spanking.
Prop 9 says that any religion that believes Jesus traveled here from another planet, is full of crap, and is hereby outlawed.
My idea is that to any bill to outlaw gay marriage (that uses defense of marriage as a defense) is forced to add to it making divorce illegal.
Here's another prop they can put on the ballot, very much analogous to Prop 8 and should therefore meet the same legal fate, whether upheld or struck down. Ban Republican marriage and nullify the ones that have already taken place. No really, hear me out. The Republicans have done horrible damage to our country in their twenty-eight years in power and especially these last eight years of terror. Children are demonstrably influenced by the political views of their parents. So, discouraging Republicans from breeding by eliminating their marriage rights will benefit society and strengthen traditional American values. Three problems solved! The country moves in a better direction, there are fewer Republicans, and the bigots get a taste of their own medicine ;)>
than to keep Republicans from marrying. No recognition of Republican marriages from other states either.
I don't want to hear any more about "sanctity of marriage" from Republican Party leaders that are on their second/third/fourth marriages - Newt, NcCain, etc.
But you know what? Good for her. I'm glad that gay people have another strong and proud warrior in their midsts.
Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy!
I dig Wanda's meeces to pieces.She's great on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
I didn't know she was gay either, but maybe that's part of her point. She didn't go out of her way to say she was gay, because it shouldn't matter.
I love Wanda Sykes' comedy - she's hilarious. I enjoy her acting.
But I was disappointed to hear her say she felt "personally attacked" by the results of the vote. Exit poll stats show that the communities that voted against it were largely African-American and Hispanic. Although no matter who the voters would have been, it's out of proportion emotionally to feel personally attacked by a statewide-vote.
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It goes both ways, and what troubles me is that none of these activities at all resemble the non-violent civil rights movement that MLK supported. [Maybe that's because it's not what it is, reagangirl-Sitemonitor]
But she was personally attacked. She's one of the people personally affected by Prop 8, so how can she feel otherwise than attacked?
I'm single and straight, so I don't feel personally attacked, but I do feel as if a mob of religious extremists attacked my country and the principles for which it stands. Yes, I know there was a vote, but the scales were tipped.
A non-violent civil rights movement is definitely the way to go, but even the heroic struggle of the 1960s was marred by some violence. And you can't blame people who resort to violence when non-violence isn't getting them there fast enough. That's why our country had a Civil War instead of non-violent gradual emancipation.
Same sex marriage is the abolitionist movement of the 21st century. Massachusetts and Connecticut have become free states. Now we have to put pressure on other likely states to join them. It will take time, but this is the way of the future, and this future won't go away until it becomes the present.
The vote was to deny civil rights to gay people, why shouldn't she take it personally? It personally affected her.
That "sweet" little old lady provoked that response. What the hell was she doing parading a cross amongst a group of gay protesters, anyway? And the camera just happened to be on her at that time? I think she was put up to it knowing full well something like this would happen. Sheesh!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZDElQNBAQ
"We're being attacked!" Give me a break. There was no attack. Just words. Freedom of speech. So now what? Gays can't have freedom of speech?
Ugh. I'm so tired of being hated for something I had no decision in. In this day and age though, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be a straight homophobic. I'm much better off.
There's no question it shouldn't exist, but I'm frankly tired of hearing, "I'm proud to be gay", geezus that's as stupid and as annoying as me saying I'm proud to be heterosexual.
While I support her position if she or anyone else gets up in my face like she's planning on doing, she better plan on her nose being bloodied. I have a really low tolerance for intolerant people.
Disclaimer: I think Wanda and Rosie cover up their lack of talent by being loudmouthed like talentless male comics.
Ellen, Whoopi, Kathleen Madigan and a few others are creative and insightful.
When the law tells you that you're a second class citizen, it is necessary to say, "I'm proud to be me."
It's not the same as saying, "I'm proud to be heterosexual," or white or male.
In a culture that elevates one orientation, race, gender, whatever, above another, it is an act of defiance to say, "I like being me, and I'm what you think is second class."
You're missing the context.
nor do you understand bigotry. I'm guessing you're a white male and straight who has never had to live day in your life being beaten, hated, targeted, discriminated against, demeaned, and stripped of equal rights.
Step in my shoes for just one day. You'll think twice. I don't expect you to understand because you never will, but you could at least try to get educated.
We keep ourselves sane by expressing our pride. We try to overcome so many suicides due to the overwhelming hate by saying we are proud to be who we are. You wouldn't understand it firsthand, but at least give us some sense of acceptance or at the least some tolerance.
Your comments are ignornant and I don't mean that in a spiteful way. I feel sorry that you don't care enough to understand and perhaps do something helpful and constructive instead.
Good on her.
Nice speech. Hit all the high points.
"That's like saying I chose to be a woman. I chose to be black."
"I am proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman. I'm proud to be gay... Now let's go get our damn equal rights."
... I am a proud black [wo]man, I am a proud gay person, I am proud who I am.
It doesn't matter. Let people live their lives with the same equalness our nation owes to every citizen and no one would have any qualms about anything. Issues would go out the door. They just don't get it.
I also love her recent comments on the bank bailout, things like:
"This is the poor paying an extra seven thousand dollars a year so Mr. Wall Street can keep his swimming pool. It's welfare for the rich!"
"And no oversight?! I want oversight, damnit! I wanna see receipts!"
and
"If the rich are gonna be gettin' welfare, then their houses oughta be considered public property, just like the projects. There ain't no private swimming pools in the projects, so their swimming pools oughta be public property now! Everybody come on and take a dip."
I've never liked the argument "It's not my choice, I was born this way." I don't know why but it just grates on my nerves, it sort of implies that it would be fine to discriminate if it was a choice.
It shouldn't matter why someone is how they are or even need to be part of their defense the best example would have to be religion, it is a choice that is protected by almost every country on the planet.
Excellent point, and one that isn't often made.
You mentioned a few isolated incidents of strong protest by gays. I.e., barging into a church in Michigan, roughing up an old lady in Florida.
While I believe violence of any kind is wrong (I am a pacifist), I want to remind those on the right that they are grossly negligent in the protest peacefully category. One only need go to ANY facility providing abortion services to verify this fact and experience for themselves the peacefull actions of the right wingnuts. Also, actions surrounding the Terri Schiavo fiasco, or war protests, or you name it ... almost anything the wingnuts disagree with.
I am straight. I have a gay sister. I do not understand how being gay, or gay marriage is anyones concern ... it affects no-one ... no-one!
My heart goes out to those of you who were discriminated against by the passage of this terrible proposition ... but want to give you encouragement and hope.
I believe with all my heart that the times, they are a changin'! Your right to live your lives as you choose to live them is just around the corner. The country is waking up, and I believe justice will prevail, and finally, at long last .... you will be given equal rights. It is very, very sad that you have been denied them to begin with, but keep the faith. There is so much HOPE, and if you stay strong, keep speaking out, and stay focused ... this too shall pass!
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