(2013/02/01) Arguing for equality (Gay Rights)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 February 2013
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #684
Arguing for equality
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Sex with Animals Legal in 20+ States; Gay Marriage: 9 Medical Marijuana: 18 - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 11-13-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Take it to the limit - The Eagles
Ch. 4: Act 2: Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy Put on Hold - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-08-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Lost and found - Hotrod Cadets
Ch. 6: Act 3: Same Sex Marriage Supporters See Hope in SCOTUS Cases - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 12-7-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: M'bifé (balafon) - Amadou & Mariam
Ch. 8: Act 4: Gay Issues Now Before Supreme Court - Throwing Shade - Air Date 12-10-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: People, turn around - Delta Spirit
Ch. 10: Act 5: George Will: Opposition to Gay Marriage Literally Dying - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 12-12-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Marathon - Tennis
Ch. 12: Act 6: Akin's Last Hateful Bill: Bully Gay Soldiers - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-22-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Claire De Lune - Claude Debussy
Ch. 14: Act 7: Limbaugh Attempts to Tie Growing Acceptance of Marriage Equality to Tolerance for Pedophilia - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 01-08-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Claire De Lune - Claude Debussy
Ch. 16: Act 8: Jeh Johnson on the End of Don't Ask Don't Tell - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 1-3-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Gay boyfriend - Garfunkel and Oates
Ch. 18: Act 9: Newt Gingrich Reverses on Gay Marriage? - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 12-25-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Change your mind - Sister Hazel
Ch. 20: Act 10: Thom vs. Dr Michael Brown - Same Sex Marriage Debate - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 11-15-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Awnaw (In the Style of Nappy Roots (Karaoke Version With Backup Vocals)) - ProTracks (Karaoke)
Ch. 22: Act 11: The Most Conservative Of Conservative Gays - Throwing Shade - Air Date 1-21-13
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Ch. 23: Final comments on culture and marketing + the slippery slope to polygamy
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.5 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.5 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with groups today from the David |
| 0:12.3 | Pacman show, The Young Turks, The Rachel Maddo Show, The Throwing Shade, The Media Matters |
| 0:16.4 | Minute, and The Tom Hartman Program. |
| 0:18.3 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode contains discussions of sex |
| 0:22.0 | between consenting adults as well as non-consenting animals. |
| 0:30.3 | Sex with animals is basically a favorite of David's. |
| 0:35.2 | Sex with animals is basically legal in over 20 U.S. states. |
| 0:39.7 | Now gay marriage is only legal in 9 states plus Washington, D.C., medical marijuana, only |
| 0:45.2 | legal in 18 states. |
| 0:47.0 | In other words, you can have sex with animals in more than 20 U.S. states, but if you have |
| 0:53.2 | a medical condition which would benefit from using a natural plant, that you can only have |
| 1:00.5 | in 18 states. |
| 1:01.5 | It makes perfect sense, don't you think? |
| 1:03.2 | Perfectly logical. |
| 1:04.2 | If you have a partner who happens to be the same gender as you, and you've been with them |
| 1:08.9 | 20 years, unless you're in one of nine key states or Washington, D.C., you can't marry |
| 1:14.0 | them. |
| 1:15.0 | Right. |
| 1:16.6 | But sex with animals, that you can do in over 20 states. |
| 1:19.6 | It's much easier to legally have sex with a horse than it is to marry your longtime partner |
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