Saturday, January 04, 2014

Utah man goes on hunger strike until his state stops allowing gay marriage. Oh yeah, that'll work.

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

A Utah man vows to go without food until the state stops issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 

Trestin Meacham believes the state has the ability to “nullify” the recent decision allowing same-sex couples the right to marry. States, he believes, have the right to “nullify any unconstitutional action of the Federal Government,” and that this decision is “patently unconstitutional.” 

By his reckoning, states have unilateral authority to reject any decision made by the federal government, and cites as evidence a series of failed attempts to have this belief recognized in courts of law. 

Meacham remains undeterred. In a post on his public Facebook page flush with false humility, he writes that “I cannot stand by and do nothing while this evil takes root in my home. Some things in life are worth sacrificing one’s heath and even life if necessary. I am but a man, and do not have the money and power to make any noticeable influence in our corrupt system. Never the less, I can do something that people in power cannot ignore.” 

He claims that his opposition to same-sex marriage “has nothing to do with hatred of a group of people,” but on his blog, he is quick to note that the challenge to Judge Shelby’s decision will be “will be heard by Sonia Sotomayor, a known champion of the homosexual movement.”

On the down side if this guy thinks that skipping a few meals is going to convince gays to stop fighting for the right to marry he is fasting up the wrong tree.

On the other hand he has already lost 25 pounds and he looks Faaaabuloooous!

60 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:35 AM

    I'm going to have a big breakfast in his honor. Yummmmmmmm....

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  2. Anonymous6:46 AM

    Oh yeah, give Sarah Palin the idea that she can claim her radically emaciated state on a principled hunger strike for the poor persecuted patriot Christians with warrior bodies in flyover country who so love the America that Obama doesn't see as they do for First and Second Amendment liberties that Paul Revere warned us about there.

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    1. Boscoe8:29 AM

      ...ringin' those bells and shootin' those guns as he rode to warn the British about the 2nd Amendment!

      ROFL

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    2. Anonymous9:58 AM

      "No Soup For You"!

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    3. Anonymous12:00 PM

      With an Alaskan Heart, don'tcha know!?!?

      Meghan in PA

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    4. Anonymous3:16 PM

      Just how deep in the closet is this guy?
      Live and let live and mix in a cheesburger, you self-rightous knot-head.

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  3. Too bad he is not fasting to show the plight of those who are really hungry.

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    1. Anonymous12:31 PM

      Exactly. This is just an 'acting out' tantrum with nothing but narcissism driving it.

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    2. Anonymous1:41 PM

      Why is this loser so obsessed by other people he doesn't even know choosing to get married? Aren't conservatives in favor of privacy? Why is he demanding the government forbid this?

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  4. Anonymous7:02 AM

    Can we get Sarah to go on hunger strike until Obamacare is defeated?

    or a hunger strike until one of her kids graduates from college.

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    1. Anonymous8:51 AM

      Damn, but that is a great idea for sister Sarah! Then, perhaps, she'd finally leave our good earth!

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  5. "Never the less, I can do something that people in power cannot ignore.”
    -----------------------------
    What on earth makes him think that people in power can't ignore starving people?

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    1. Anonymous7:47 AM

      ha! true

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    2. If we looked up the word "clueless" in the dictionary, would we find his picture?

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    3. Anita Winecooler7:18 PM

      Best Comment, ever! Thanks Nefer.

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  6. Anonymous7:25 AM

    Whatever happened to kids just holding their breath till they turn blue when they don't get what they want?

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  7. Anonymous7:44 AM

    Good riddance and tell your cousins to quit knocking on people's doors.

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  8. I wish you had "like" buttons! I would like Nefer's comments a million times.

    Also too, Anon 6:46 gave me my first good laugh of the day...and I'm not even half way through my first cup of coffee.

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    1. Anonymous10:21 AM

      Thank you, thank you Lynne, I'm here all week, all year, for several years. IM is my sanctuary and therapy for the extreme umbrage that is our former half-term Governor and her garbled and mind-boggling six-figure syntax.
      - Anon 6:46

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  9. Anonymous7:46 AM

    And here I'm having hash browns, farm fresh eggs over easy, bacon( home cured bacon and my husband's homemade biscuits. Saturdays just happen to be the one day we usually have a large breakfast :)

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  10. Anonymous7:55 AM

    I don't know.

    Wussy bigots threatening to starve themselves to death?

    The General Quarters alarm is clanging.

    Too good to be true....

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    1. Anonymous8:27 AM

      7:55 Wussy bigots threatening to starve themselves to death?

      Maybe it will catch on with the rest of them and then we can all live in peaceful harmony.

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  11. Anonymous8:04 AM

    Why didn't he take on a protest he could actually win.... like starving himself until Bristol Palin had sex with him. His fasting would have lasted only a few hours and the cost of a airline ticket!

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    1. Anita Winecooler7:15 PM

      It's cheaper to starve to death and die with dignity.

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  12. Some people will do ANYTHING to keep that closet door locked.

    BTW, don't forget, the second "m" is silent.

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    1. Anonymous9:53 AM

      hrh 8:09...That's exactly what I thought! If someone protests too much, maybe they are trying to hide their true self.

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  13. Anonymous8:49 AM

    He looks exactly like one of the Mormon missionaries that come knocking on my door annually!

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  14. Leland8:54 AM

    So. Is this an example of what his religion teaches as "critical thinking"?

    It's not only stupid, it's sick. AND sickening. But then, one would HAVE to be stupid to accept the crap it teaches. Either that or so damned blinded by brainwashing there's no hope for any of them.

    Andy Warhol all over again.

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    1. Anonymous10:49 AM

      We're taking about Mormonism. Critical thinking has nothing to do with it.

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    2. Leland1:17 PM

      Yeah. I know! Anyone stupid enough to accept the crap that whats his face told them happened is a complete idiot anyway.

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  15. Anonymous9:01 AM

    A CBS reporter is saying that Aaron Schock, anti-gay Republican extraordinaire, has been caught by people with his male roommate, in a shower. And that he has also been seen in gay bars.

    See how the media protects hypocritical Republicans.

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    1. I had never heard of this Aaron Schock guy until I read your comment, so I googled him.

      He was the youngest Illinois State Rep in history, and now he is a US rep. His private sector career was pretty brief. Kind of like Paul Ryan or Patrick McHenry.

      It is amazing to me how many conservatives go on and on about how government is the problem, yet spend much of their lives in government.

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    2. Anonymous9:55 AM

      Here is the story: http://www.queerty.com/noted-cbs-journalist-itay-hod-pretty-much-just-outed-homophobic-gop-rep-aaron-schock-20140103/?fb_action_ids=10151903743682825&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=qty_post_bottom

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    3. Anonymous10:01 AM

      Well, the bible does say "know thy enemy".

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    4. Anonymous12:46 PM

      UPDATE: Aaron Schock just locked down his Instagram account, as outing rumors swirl.

      Aaron Schock`s 7 gayest Instagram posts of 2013

      You see, Schock is really really really anti-gay:

      Schock voted against adding sexual orientation to the already-existing hate crimes law.

      Schock opposed the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

      Schock opposes the repeal of DOMA.

      Schock is against gay marriage; and

      Schock is for the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would add language to the US Constitution banning gay marriage and likely striking down every gay rights law and ordinance in the country.

      http://americablog.com/2014/01/7-gayest-aaron-schock-instagram-posts-2013.html

      here's a hypothetical: what if you know a certain GOP congressman, let's just say from Illinois, is gay... and you know this because one of your friends, a journalist for a reputable network, told you in no uncertain terms that he caught that GOP congressman and his male roommate in the shower... together. now they could have been good friends just trying to conserve water. but there's more. what if this congressman has also been caught by tmz cameras trolling gay bars. now what if you know that this very same guy, the darling of the gop, has also voted against repeal of don’t ask don’t tell, opposed the repeal of doma, is against gay marriage; and for the federal marriage amendment, which would add language to the us constitution banning gay marriage and would likely strike down every gay rights law and ordinance in the country?

      Are we still not allowed to out him?

      https://www.facebook.com/iamitayhod/posts/10153719602440624

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    5. Anonymous1:35 PM

      Ever since I posted about anti-gay Republican Congressman Aaron Schock’s gayer-than-gay Instagram account, things have gotten awfully interesting, as Schock moves more than a few steps closer to being officially outed.

      http://americablog.com/2014/01/2014-looking-gay-old-year-aaron-schock.html

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    6. Anonymous1:39 PM

      Anti-gay GOPer Aaron Schock refuses to answer question: Are you gay or straight?

      http://americablog.com/2012/08/anti-gay-goper-aaron-schock-refuses-to-answer-question-are-you-gay-or-straight.html

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  16. Anonymous9:03 AM

    You go right AHEAD asshole. Starve. And, 7:25 AM? There's nothing different in maturity between in these "godly" people who hold their breath until they turn blue and "godly" politicians who lie with their fingers crossed behind their backs.

    FORGIVEN, don'cha know. Waving at you, trolls!

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  17. Anonymous9:24 AM

    Every single day I ask myself, can it get any more ridiculous? And every single day, it does.

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  18. Anonymous9:29 AM

    Whoa. Talk about being in denial.

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  19. Anonymous9:38 AM

    This man is a hero
    In the fight to stop gay marriage

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    1. Anonymous12:35 PM

      actually, this boy is a homophobe because he is gay himself, but he just can't come to terms with it. he is acting out to avoid admitting the truth. it's so common. you'll see, he's gonna get busted in a bathroom, mark my words. my gaydar is off the charts looking and listening to this dude.

      and if this is YOUR idea of a hero...you've got a lot to learn about life and what TRUE heroism is.

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    2. Ya think 9:38 was being snarky, mebbe? Gawd, I hope so!

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    3. Anita Winecooler7:10 PM

      Good Sarcasm 9:38! You, also too, can be a hero and starve to death in solidarity with this fine patriot, but then it would water down his heroism, bummer huh?

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  20. Caroll Thompson9:41 AM

    Thanks to so-called Liberals, suicide is no longer illegal in any of the States. Once upon a time, they could lock you up for not eating and force feed you. No more. So, if this guy wants to stop eating, he can look forward to looking like Sarah Palin very soon, turkey neck and all.

    Then again, I am not the biggest fan of conservatives in Utah and I think he might be sneaking in a snack when no one is looking. In other words, I don't believe a word he is saying.

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    1. Anonymous1:20 PM

      I don't believe it either

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  21. Anonymous9:51 AM

    ‘Anonymous’ Leaves Special Message On White Supremacists’ Home Page

    ‘Anonymous’ has struck again. This time, the hacker group targeted a white nationalist website by placing an anti-hate message on their homepage.
    A white supremacist group got hacked by ‘Anonymous’ and found a special message from them.

    It was a normal Friday for white supremacists. They still hated everyone who wasn’t white and they still had an unaltered website known as Nationalist.Org to advertise their racism worldwide from their base in Mississippi. That is, until they visited their homepage that afternoon and saw THIS.

    http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/01/04/anonymous-strikes-white-supremacists/

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  22. Anonymous10:04 AM

    The drumbeats are getting louder...

    Amid calls for the clemency of Edward Snowden, many questions remain about the 30-year-old's flight from America and asylum in Russia.

    One major unresolved issue is the relationship between "the most dangerous leaker in American history" and WikiLeaks, an organization with an admitted antagonism toward the U.S. and a cozy history with the Kremlin.

    Given WikiLeaks penchant for facilitating U.S. government leaks, its early involvement in the Snowden saga deserves scrutiny.

    http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-and-wikileaks-2014-1

    One gasps at Snowden’s megalomania and delusion. Is he a dupe, a tool, or astonishingly naïve?

    Why Snowden Won’t (and Shouldn’t) Get Clemency

    He went too far to be considered just a whistleblower.

    ...If that were all that Snowden had done, if his stolen trove of beyond-top-secret documents had dealt only with the NSA’s domestic surveillance, then some form of leniency might be worth discussing.

    But Snowden did much more than that. The documents that he gave the Washington Post’s Barton Gellman and the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald have, so far, furnished stories about the NSA’s interception of email traffic, mobile phone calls, and radio transmissions of Taliban fighters in Pakistan’s northwest territories; about an operation to gauge the loyalties of CIA recruits in Pakistan; about NSA email intercepts to assist intelligence assessments of what’s going on inside Iran; about NSA surveillance of cellphone calls “worldwide,” an effort that (in the Post’s words) “allows it to look for unknown associates of known intelligence targets by tracking people whose movements intersect.” In his first interview with the South China Morning Post, Snowden revealed that the NSA routinely hacks into hundreds of computers in China and Hong Kong.

    These operations have nothing to do with domestic surveillance or even spying on allies. They are not illegal, improper, or (in the context of 21st-century international politics) immoral. Exposing such operations has nothing to do with “whistle-blowing.”

    http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2014/01

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    1. Anonymous12:36 PM

      Julian Assange Gave A Very Peculiar Response When He Was Asked About 'Getting Snowden Out Of The US'

      http://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-and-edward-snowden-2014-1

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  23. Anonymous10:52 AM

    The only good homophobe is a shriveled up one.

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  24. Gonna hurt himself until thuh gov'ment hurts someone else. Welcome to the right wind version of civil rights.

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    1. Anonymous1:19 PM

      Didn't think if it that way. I love crowdsourcing critical thinking!

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  25. Anonymous11:40 AM

    luv'n Grumpy Cat's derision....

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=658255550884512&set=a.448616841848385.100043.447112095332193&type=1&theater

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    1. Anita Winecooler7:05 PM

      Love me that Grumpy Cat!

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  26. Anonymous2:33 PM

    Has he beenn on fox yet?

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  27. Anonymous2:36 PM

    As far as I'm concerned, Snowden committed treason and should be brought back to the U.S. (come on, we have forces that can find him and bring him back in shackles!), put on trial, found guilty and hung!

    As far as I'm concerned 'national security' is pretty damn important and much of the 'secrets' should not have been disclosed. Countries have been spying on each other for eons - phones should be tapped especially when they could be terrorists or spies.

    This issue is being overblown as is typical w/our media today! Most of it - pure bull/baloney!

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  28. Anita Winecooler7:03 PM

    There's some strange shit out there on the net.

    I can't just stand by and let this guy starve himself to death over Marriage Equality. So I'll sit by, a napkin around my neck, and let this guy starve to death over Marriage Equality while dining on some fine lobster, a side of aspargus, a salad and a few bottles of wine. I'll post his photo on "hot or not" and keep him updated on the up arrows vs down arrows just when the dessert cart comes around.

    I raise my glass to those who dare to support marriage equality and all those denied the right over the years who didn't live to see the day! This guy'll pull a palin and quit.

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  29. Anonymous11:33 AM

    Let me just say this about that: He's no Bobby Sands...

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