On February 7th, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the marriage protection amendment, commonly known as Prop 8, violates the U.S. Constitution. Although it passed with the support of 52% of California voters in 2008, the court said it “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.”

From where I sit, this ruling was a travesty, not only because it discarded the wishes of 7 million Californians who voted for it, but because much of the money to overturn it came from Hollywood elites who are completely out of touch with the heart and soul of America.

Honestly, watching the decision come down from the 9th Circuit was like watching Brad Pitt and Elton John stomp all ever everything that flyover country holds near and dear to its heart. I cite Pitt and John because Pitt gave at least $100,000 to “fight the proposition,” and in Jan. 2011, John played a benefit concert in Beverly Hills that raised $3,000,000 for the same cause.

Of course, these two were not alone. Steven Bing, long time Democrat Party donor and Hillary Clinton supporter, donated $500,000 to the cause, and according to Advocate magazine, Mary J. Blige and Melissa Etheridge were right there in the mix as well. Oh, and we can’t overlook old “Meathead,” Rob Reiner, who opposed Prop 8 when it was on the ballot in 2008 and who’s been “one of the biggest fundraisers behind the legal effort” to overturn it since. (more…)

In just five days, incredible tales of Obamamania have spread across the land like acne on a teenager’s back. A bakery conjures up Obama cupcakes, a British director – recovering from a bout of sobriety – produces a play about our luscious President – and a scientist has created “nanobamas” – likenesses of the Messiah on material a tiny fraction of the width of a human hair.

What we are seeing is not normal, friends – but reflections of a disease – what I call “Barackosis” and it’s worse than swine flu, bird flu and sleeping with David Geffen combined. Imagine a disorder that blends the earnestness of global warming theology with the compulsion of internet porn – creating a relentless need to remind yourself how great it was that you voted for Obama – over and over until your hands are blood-raw from patting yourself on the back. (more…)