Without further ado...
This past week the state of New York passed a law legalizing gay marriage...and the innanets blew up. Gay people and gay marriage advocates celebrated the move while America's uber-conservatives blasted it saying it was the end of the American family. Never understood the push back against gay marriage...I'm not gay but I've never had a problem with them as human beings...at the end of the day people are people and deserve the same level of respect and love. The whole "marriage is a sacred institution" argument is dead to me...we have reality TV shows that pretty much auction off love to the highest advertisement bidder and to the participants hand picked by the producers. Hell there was even a show "Who Wants To Marry a Millionaire?"...miss me with that bull. On a deeper level, I'm a black man so I'm not going to stand for anyone else being persecuted for any reason. It wasn't too long ago that there were court cases legalizing interracial marriage (someone correct me if I'm wrong...it was a case in Maryland in the 70s?). Besides...how would two guys getting married getting married in NY affect your bad ass emo kid in TX? How about you pay your child some attention and let them be themselves gay, straight, or otherwise. Gay marriage hasn't and will not hurt the American family, too much TV and parents living their dreams through their kids have almost done irreparable harm. Hope they legalize it everywhere...hopefully that'll end this down low brother phenomenon that Oprah created. I hate that people think that black dudes have booty hole parties while we're playing Madden...and I've heard that from more than just black women. It's amazing what an episode of Oprah and Law & Order:SVU can do.
In other gay news, Lil B released his album entitled I'm Gay (I'm Happy). When he told the crowd at Coachella that name of his new project, the innanets blew up (again). People actually issued death threats on him (of course they're just scare tactics...but still smh). He had to add the subtitle just so people got the point...he's just using a word that has a negative connotation in today's homophobic hip hop landscape in it's original sense. Love him or hate him, Lil B has a dedicated following and is out to make a statement, just not with top notch lyrics. His music is more conversational then lyrical but that doesn't make it "bad." I gave it a listen and I dig it...he's just speaking from the heart and letting his emotions flow...you have to respect that. Based God held it down with this one...but he still cant fuck my bitch...swack.
-Dub
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