louise on the left (coast)

What?!   OMG!  How did I not know my favorite female comic was coming to town?  I have got to get a ticket to see her! So, how come this vanilla, married mother of two adores the outspoken, wicked Kathy Griffin so much?     Because Kathy's brave and funny and not afraid of taking on the school yard bully, that's why.  In this case, the school yard bully happens to be the shameful legislation known as "Prop 8."   In case you missed it before, I had the honor of guest blogging for The Bilerico Report regarding a particular  episode of Kathy Griffin's show  "My Life On The D-List" which aired, July 27th, on Bravo, (Episode 8, Season 5) when she took on a more serious tone than usual.   That particular show started off with a declaration of war on the California Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of Prop 8 and followed her as she marched to Sacramento on the eve of California Supreme Court's decision on this.

I was asked to do a guest blog post on the very cool LGBTQ website The Bilerico Experiment , about Kathy Griffin, in her endless quest to become an A-lister ending up becoming an activist – which is clearly an entirely different A-list – fighting alongside her many gay fans against California Proposition 8. And, so I'm hoping you visit me on Bilerico to read all about how much I love Kathy Griffin and how amazing I think it is that she's gotten behind (so to speak) our battle to repeal Prop 8 along side so many others who know Prop 8 is both antiquated and unconstitutional which should be repealed, "like, yesterday ." -- As my twelve-year-old would put it. Check out my post, "Kathy Griffin: Comedian and Activist" here. Given that you’re reading this on a site billed as "Louise on the Left," I’m guessing you’re well-versed in the history of California as a gay battleground state, but gays and lesbians aren’t the only Californians pissed off abou

Or, as Melissa Etheridge dubs her, "Norma Gay!" That's right, comedian Kathy Griffin, in her endless quest to become an A-lister ended up becoming an activist – an entirely different A-list – fighting alongside her many gay fans against California Proposition 8. Having been a longtime Kathy Griffin fan , learning about her new leaf as a political activist really made me sit up and take notice. Given that you’re reading this on Bilerico, I’m guessing you’re well-versed in the history of California as a gay battleground state, but gays and lesbians aren’t the only Californians pissed off about this. Many of us straight people are – I’ve been writing about this for months – and now Kathy Griffin is in the fight too. In this episode (Episode 8, Season 5) of her show “My Life On The D-List” which airs this Monday, July 27th, on Bravo , Griffin takes on a more serious tone than usual, starting off with a declaration of war, more or less, on the eve of the California Supreme Cou

Okay, only because the writer gave me persmission to, and only because I'm so busy today am I going to relent and "borrow heavily" from Prince Gomolvilas in order to further articulate why prop 8 is SO WRONG. Let me clarify this for anyone new to my blog: I am a married, heterosexual, wife and mother of two beautiful children. I live in Orange County, CA and I STRONGLY OPPOSE PROP 8. I think Prop 8 is all about hate. ( Easy to remember this fact, "Prop 8 = H8") But, incase you are undecided on this issue, please take a moment to look this over and consider why I feel voting for civil rights is the only right thing to do. CALIFORNIA VOTER INFORMATION ( OKAY, LIES ) ABOUT PROP 8 Lie #1: "Schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry boys." -- Uh, no . Does this sound stupid? It is. This ad is referring to one specific Massachusetts court case. Using the plural "schools" is a gross exaggeration to make it sound like its a w

I guess I must be doing something right, because I got my first "hate" spam. First of all, I just want to state how happy I am about my new discovery, finding a liberal website practically in own my back yard. (You mean...I'm not alone here?) Anyhow, one of the their topics "du jour" were arguments pro & con regarding Prop 8, including citations from Prince's "Open Letter to a Gay Friend." So, naturally I had to add my two cents. My post on The Liberal OC's website. Well, at least I know someone read my post, because here's what " OCGator " had to say: OCGator , on October 18th, 2008 at 12:33 pm Said: "My God I haven’t seen this much bullshit in a while. Plain and simple, Vote yes on 8 My Pop used to have a saying “Rave on cat shit, somebody will bury you” this applies especially to louise on the left." Gosh. He knows me so well.