November 16, 2008

Settin' Off Explosives on a Saturday Night.

OH LAWD, it's Episode 265! At long last, the poor girl is free! But is she thankful? Please. Ms. Maxim has priorities, and graciousness is near the bottom of the list. Besides, that's technically her jacket!

America had an historic election this month! I would like to extend a heart-felt "thank you" to voters for choosing progress over fear this time around. This country has come a long way in just a few decades, and it's clear that an interest in real social and economic change isn't fleeting. However, I'm more than a little disappointed with my home state of California for voting bigotry into the constitution. Shame on you. After the leaps and bounds made in civil rights for women and ethnic minorities over the past century, we deny another group of people their right to marry the people they love under the false pretense that we're protecting "family" and "the children"? It's incredibly disturbing that we, in this day and age, even entertain such hateful notions as being in any way defensible. The only thing being protected here is the treatment of gays and lesbians as second-class citizens. This is the 21st century, folks. Let's try to act like it!

Posted by GD at 6:28 PM

Comments? (9 so far)

Ruby has to be the sexiest character ever in my opinion. I love this comic it's one of the only comics I read anymore.

Posted by Dung at 8:16 PM on November 22, 2008

I can KINDA understand marriage, but it feels a bit like an excessively expensive way to show your love by having them legally affixed to you.

To paraphrase Dylan Moran, lesbian relationships should be able to survive through almost anything - there are more than two breasts in the room at any one time, how can things go wrong? One of them could be saying "Look at this, how are we ever gonna get through this?!" and the other one just says "Yeah I know but look." *flashes breasts*.

If only everything worked like that. Not even that works like that (so I hear).

Posted by Doctor at 12:47 AM on November 21, 2008

Dung:
I do believe you mean "cool".

Posted by Canuck-Errant at 9:46 PM on November 18, 2008

Why did I think of a sort of reverse goatse in the second panel? The Internet has ruined my brain. (If anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, do yourself a favor and don't look it up.) Hooray for more OHP regardless!

Oh and thank you for your comment about Prop h8, I still can't believe that BS passed. Now that it's uncool to hate on the blacks, people feel the need to target the queers instead.

Posted by Secret_Identity at 9:15 PM on November 18, 2008

Oh, yeah, I happened to see that Prop 8 commercial and it was like, "Vote for this proposition or kids might learn that gay marriage exists." Oh, pflease...!

Posted by Lee at 8:33 PM on November 18, 2008