http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/13/noms-suicide-pact Comments On: NOM's Suicide Pact by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by smajor82]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:03:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MinnySota]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:16:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by vennominon]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:55:42 -0800 The Stranger
Not only that, is Maggie planning to personally descend in full screed to tell a sovereign nation about the evils of a American corporation? Hmm ::ponders:: I'm wondering just how hard it is for a tourist to get an appointment with someone in their government? At least Maggie would be allowed to speak and wouldn't need to have Brian speaking for her.

Posted by Helenka (also a Canuck)]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:35:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:20:56 -0800 The Stranger
It's not a franchise. Starbucks owns all its stores. That said, I doubt there will be many (if any) Americans working those stores, except maybe to set them up initially.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:16:18 -0800 The Stranger
When you have a life worth living, you sleep 56 hours a week, spend 40 to 50 hours a week at work, maybe 10 hours cooking and cleaning and doing errands, 5 or 6 hours at the gym or playing a sport to stay in shape, 15 to 20 hours doing things with your significant other, and hopefully devote 15 to 20 hours to a hobby or hobbies. There's really not that many hours left. And this is not a fancy jet-setting lifestyle.

If you actually have enough time to sit and brood over how much you hate the fags, formulate a plan, and follow through with it, there must be something missing in your life.
Posted by GArRo]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:44:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by longball]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:39:07 -0800 The Stranger all by yourself! Congrats, champ. You're well on your way to understanding complex thoughts.
Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:32:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blip]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:14:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by daphne24]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:21:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DJSauvage]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:21:40 -0800 The Stranger Dan,

Did you just call nearly a quarter of the LBGT community "right wing nuts" ?


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:17:05 -0800 The Stranger
So they are insinuating violence against an American corporation, their beloved class of people... because, "ew, buttseks?"

Perverts.


Posted by erly]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:15:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by horatiocain]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:14:53 -0800 The Stranger Is NOM trying to get American workers in foreign Starbucks shops killed? That's sure what it sounds like.Isn't it a franchise?

Why would Americans go abroad to work at a Starbucks?

Well, I guess the lack of a minimum living wage in the US, could actually make it worth the investment, now that I think about it.
Posted by Sili]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:13:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Free Lunch]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rob in Baltimore]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:59:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sir Vic]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:58:03 -0800 The Stranger
The stupidity of Schmidt's argument is supposing that eliminating the Republican opposition to marriage equality will move gays from the D column to R. Uh, really? I can't think of any gays in my social circle who would overlook their positions on women's issues, healthcare, social welfare, and economic equality. At this point, they can only remove their opposition to marriage equality and become an "us too" party. If they really want to move people, they're going to need to show some leadership - on climate, immigration, campaign finance, or some other issue that allows them to be further left than the D's. And I have no doubt that they will never do this.
Posted by Looking For a Better Read]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:45:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:38:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by LGBTQWTF]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:37:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treacle]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:33:40 -0800 The Stranger
0.02% of the US population? Maybe 0.07% of the people who have ever bought something at Starbucks.

Someone should try to explain the idea of signal-to-noise to Brian Brownshirt. In Starbucks sales data, 50,000 people (even if they all were previous customers) is the noise. One delayed push-back from a gate at O'Hare increases Starbucks sales by more that day then his boycott lost them.
Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:31:00 -0800 The Stranger "Maybe they don't hate gays, but they sure sound like they hate America... "

Not really.
They don't hate America.
They just think that it would be better if America was more like Qatar.

And really, isn't that what we all want?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar#Qatar…
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:30:40 -0800 The Stranger