Cali’s LGBT Celebs Speak OUT

Some of the more well known LGBT celebs have been speaking out about the California Supreme Court ruling which upheld the discrimination of Prop 8.

Melissa Etheridge, who didnt’ marry her partner during the brief period same-sex marriages were legal in California, said her and her partner were now in limbo after the court’s ruling. The 47 year old entertainer stated on October of 2008, that she and actress Tammy Lynn Michaels planned to marry to legalize a ceremony they had in 2003, but they never went through with the wedding mainly because they were concerned it could be annulled if Prop 8 held.

“I wanted to wait until I knew that when I step into City Hall and I’m there with my wife and that clerk signs that piece of paper, I want to know that it’s free and clear. My wife and I consider ourselves to be married, we would like that to be recognized some day. What if this was the 1960s and it was like, ‘OK these interracial marriages can be married but these can’t.’ You can’t put this back in the bottle. Who will be happy tonight? How do I explain this to my children?”

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, whose did marry her partner, actress Portia DeRossi in August of 2008 said:

“One day, when everyone is treated with full equality, we’ll look back and realize how wrong this was.”

George Takei, who played Sulu on the 1960’s TV hit TV series “Star Trek” has also publicly spoken out against the court’s decision. Takei and longtime partner Brad Altman married in September of 2008. Takei stated:

“Nothing’s changed with our marriage, but I think the California Supreme Court has changed. This ruling is a decision to be indecisive.”

Michael Biserta

This guy is not a celebrity. I first saw him on Guys Gone Wild video years ago. I'm sure you've heard about him. He then went on to grace the cover of FDNY 2008 Calendar. Really amazing guy.









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The Meaning of Life (from an Agnostic's point of view)

“What is the meaning of life?” The question has been pondered by countless philosophers for centuries. It makes me wonder why… because I think it’s a pointless question. It’s pointless because the question assumes that there should be a general standard for meaning and that it has to be defined external to the person asking the question.


Let me make a point. One may say that the purpose of fire is to give us warmth or to heat our food. But fire didn’t come into existence to serve man. Fire existed and then man found purpose for it. But that purpose only exists to those with minds to see benefit from fire. From fire’s perspective, it doesn’t care what man does to it. Fire itself has no intrinsic purpose for existence except for the subjective interpretations of purpose that man assigns to it.



The question just doesn’t make sense in a secular forum because it assumes that we were put here for a purpose that preceded our capability to define it and that everything (the birds, lions, whales, humans, etc) is a pawn fulfilling a purpose that was devised by a mind that is capable of intent. By asking such a question, you are already assuming the existence of a creator.

The religious who can’t see meaning or purpose in life without god bother me. I just don’t understand why some people can’t grasp any concept of meaning or purpose without god. It seems like they’ve surrendered so much of their thinking process to their chosen deity that they’ve forgotten that purpose could also be defined from the first person perspective. They believe that they have a purpose, I believe that I have a purpose. The difference is that I don’t need other entities to define that purpose for me.

It’s not just believers who think this way. Some atheists/agnostics claim that according to evolution, the meaning of man’s life is to spread his genes. I think that “meaning” is not the most appropriate word here. Evolution is a mindless process that is incapable of purposeful action thus it cannot ascribe meaning or have reason for anything that it “does”. Evolution gave us the capability and the motivation to procreate. Whether that will be the purpose of our existence will be determined by the individual who has the mind to conceive a purpose for it.

The question “what is THE meaning of life” makes as much sense as “what is THE favorite color” which cannot be answered unless you have a reference point. For the question to make sense, you have to replace “THE” with “you” or “my”. So instead of asking: “What is the favorite color”, ask what is your/my favorite color. Instead of asking “what is the meaning of life”, ask: “what is the meaning of your life?” “What is the meaning of mine?”

Once we are able to answer that question, we are then able to live our life according to our own purpose. Life becomes more exciting and is lived to it’s fullest because we don’t have to fulfill a purpose preordained for us. We now live it according to what we define our individual lives should be. That changes everything. And there’s really nothing wrong with that.