Slog - Comments on David Benkof’s Last Hypocritical Post http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking Right-wing zealots everywhere adored David Benkof as their leading (if not only) rabidly anti-gay-marriage attack queer. In a P-I op-ed published in May, he pontificated that California's court ruling upholding gay-marriage rights "does next to nothing for California gays and lesbians and causes real harm to people who believe in the 'old' definition of marriage." His blog, Gays Defend Marriage, bills itelf “A website for LGBT folks who support marriage as the union of husband and wife…” But in a post yesterday, Benkof announced he’s pulling out of anti-gay marriage movement. In fact, it looks like he’s opposing marriage altogether.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:52:04 -0800 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by montex I suspect Elton John and the Gay Mofia had something to do with this. Hope he doesn't wake up with a bad perm.

]]> montex http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073196 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:03:46 -0800 Comment by Lola Isn't 'bad perm' redundant?

]]> Lola http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073214 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:15:44 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm guessing he found many of the "leaders" of his movement are in-the-closet gays.


Look, nothing wrong with being anti-marriage, but being a hypocrite ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073224 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:28:45 -0800 Comment by Jay Andrew Allen It took him this long to learn that the anti-marriage equality movement is "disturbing"? Where's the dude BEEN?

]]> Jay Andrew Allen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073255 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:51:15 -0800 Comment by whatevernevermind He learned disturbing information that made him stop supporting heterosexual marriage? Sounds like he met my parents.

]]> whatevernevermind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073273 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:03:48 -0800 Comment by hal "Poof, he’s gone."

Is that some kind of anti-gay statement?

]]> hal http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073278 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:07:12 -0800 Comment by rb I guess the divorce of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook affects us all in different ways.

]]> rb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073280 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:08:29 -0800 Comment by laterite Did Dan finally publish his collection of "Every Child Deserves..." posts?

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073421 Homo Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:30:36 -0800 Comment by David Benkof Dominic-

You might want to work on your reading comprehension skills. Between blogs and E-mails I have noticed at least 75 people who read my post, none of whom except you think I'm against marriage altogether. I think marriage is great. I want to get married someday. I have just stopped blogging and writing op-eds (Tuesday's San Jose Mercury-News is the last one) in response to the "marriage equality" movement.

I will continue to write op-eds, some of which may be about LGBT issues. But I am not going to publicly advocate Prop. 8 or the larger traditional-marriage movement it is a part of, given what I have discovered about the people running that movement.

]]> David Benkof http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073428 Homo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:05:55 -0800 Comment by Simac Histrionic personality disorder?

]]> Simac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073447 Homo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:53:03 -0800 Comment by Vince He discovered that he's wrong (but can't bring himself to admit it).

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073453 Homo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:22:57 -0800 Comment by Smade David,

You mean that they hate your fucking guts and can't wait to sit in heaven and laugh and point at you while you're burning in hell? You're just now learning who's behind the movement? Haven't you ever been to Bakersfield?

]]> Smade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073467 Homo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:17:27 -0800 Comment by Jaroslaw I have no love for David Benkof - he deliberately misunderstood and distorted or ignored what he didn't like about my posts on his blog (which appears to be gone already) but at least he said he found disturbing info ABOUT THE PEOPLE running prop8 in Calif which is more than he said on his farewell post. He only said he found out "disturbing info." If he chooses not to share WHAT he found out about people, he does not need to be a subject for further criticism.

]]> Jaroslaw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1073481 Homo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:53:22 -0800 Comment by jyxpearl hello my friend,nice to meet you here , i am a jewelry designer .
this is my fashion website : http://www.jyxpearl.com.
Hope you can like it.

]]> jyxpearl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1075219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/david_benkofs_last_hypocritical_fucking#c1075219 Homo Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:22 -0800