Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (September 25, 2009)

File this one under "Thanks for nothing, Shrub." That would be the really bulging file I keep on my desk. So what's the issue?

This week Huffington Post blogger Ryan Grim reported that a new book coming out about President George Bush includes the fact that Bush declined to denounce same-sex marriage in his commencement speech at Furman University in 2008 because he wasn't "...going to tell some gay kid in the audience that he can't get married."

No, he was just going to get elected by demonizing the gay kid, and every other 'mo in the country, by allowing henchman Karl Rove to orchestrate two of the most anti-gay presidential campaigns ever run in the U.S. Two campaigns the fueled a wave of constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage across America.

But, hey, Bush wouldn't actually deliver the bad news to the gay college kid himself because he's such a stand up guy. Why, he's practically Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King all rolled up into one! 

File this one under "Thanks but no thanks." Spanish bullfighter Joselito Ortega announced this week that he's endorsing a new Spanish soft drink called Gay Up. Ortega's bright pink cape is going to be emblazoned with the words Gay Up while he's fighting in the rink. The reaction across Spain was quite negative, but not because Ortega's endorsing a gay product. Rather folks are upset because Ortega (not exactly a renowned bullfighter) is bringing advertising into the ring. (Imagine not covering your stadium with advertising from top to bottom! Shocking!)

Ole or ... no way?

Personally, I object just because I'd rather not be associated with a sport that kills animals. Call me crazy. 

File this one under "Take that Tony Dungy!" On a much more positive sports note, last April Baltimore Raven's linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo penned an article for Huffington Post noting his support of same-sex marriage. Said Ayanbadejo:

If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage the next day, why can't a loving same sex couple tie the knot? How could our society grant more rights to a heterosexual one night stand wedding in Vegas than a gay couple that has been together for 3, 5, 10 years of true love?

Now Ayanbadejo has lent his name and time to Equality Maryland by appearing at the grand opening of the gay rights group's new headquarters. I'm sure Tony Dungy would've been there but he was probably busy hanging out with convicted animal abuser Michael Vick. Speaking of Dungy, for you football fans who have watched his game analysis, is he the most boring talking head ever or what? 

File this one under, "Only in Massachusetts." This Saturday the Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA is hosting their second Out at Plimoth Plantation event featuring special programs on gay history of the 17th and 18th centuries in early American culture. I know what you're thinking — we all learned so much about this topic at school what's the point of doing it again now? Kudos to the museum for acknowledging gays existed before Stonewall — no matter what Maggie Gallagher might want you to believe.

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