Sophia Hutchins and Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner is engaged to Sophia Hutchins, his/her BFF and 47 years his/her junior. 

Hmmm. Is it strange that Bruce Jenner transitions to Caitlyn Jenner and then dates and gets engaged to a guy who is also transitioning to a woman? 

Rule 5 and FMJRA

AoSHQ/J.J. Sefton: Water's World

Daily Caller: Olivia Jordan is a real woman

TOM: Big Brother Gets A Sex Change, What the Democrat Party wants to teach America's children about gender, Preying on vulnerable teenagers?, Yes America, Erynn Brook Hates You, The Other Podcast: Episode 10, The Rhetoric of Social Justice

A collection of sites known for appreciation of Rule 5 and real women:

H2
TOTUS
Egotastic
Dust bury
HeroPress
Hogewash
Theo Spark
Daily Gator
Daily Caller
Pirate's Cove
Woodsterman
Proof Positive
RULE 5 SITES
The Right Way
MissK's World...
American Power
Guns and Bikinis
SayanythingBlog
Raconteur Report
Doubletroubletwo
Angrymikes hood
The Last Tradition
Adrienne's Corner
The Feral Irishman
Camp of the Saints
Animal Magnatism
Maggie's Notebook
The Classic Liberal
The Rio Norte Line
Randy's Roundtable
A Nod To The Gods
Grouchy Old Cripple
Political Clown Parade
24 Femmes Per Second
The Vulgar Curmudgeon
A View From The Beach
Diogenes' Middle Finger
Your Crazy Uncle Bubba
Old Retired Petty Officer
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
Knuckledraggin My Life Away
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

GOODSTUFF'S CYBER WORLD (RIP) 

This craziness has been around a lot longer than people realize...

Emperor Nero marries Sporus

Because Sporus reminded Nero of his late wife Poppaea Sabina 

(who he kicked to death while she was pregnant).

Besides the abuse of free-born lads, and the debauch of married women, he committed a rape upon Rubria, a Vestal Virgin. He was upon the point of marrying Acte, his freedwoman, having suborned some men of consular rank to swear that she was of royal descent. He gelded the boy Sporus, and endeavoured to transform him into a woman. He even went so far as to marry him, with all the usual formalities of a marriage settlement, the rose-coloured nuptial veil, and a numerous company at the wedding.When the ceremony was over, he had him conducted like a bride to his own house, and treated him as his wife. It was jocularly observed by some person, "that it would have been well for mankind, had such a wife fallen to the lot of his father Domitius." This Sporus he carried about with him in a litter round the solemn assemblies and fairs of Greece, and afterwards at Rome through the Sigillaria, dressed in the rich attire of an empress; kissing him from time to time as they rode together. (Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Nero, XXVIII).

Now Nero called Sporus "Sabina" not merely because, owing to his resemblance to her he had been made a eunuch, but because the boy, like the mistress, had been solemnly married to him in Greece, Tigellinus giving the bride away, as the law ordained. All the Greeks held a celebration in honour of their marriage, uttering all the customary good wishes, even to the extent of praying that legitimate children might be born to them. After that Nero had two bedfellows at once, Pythagoras to play the rôle of husband to him, and Sporus that of wife. The latter, in addition to other forms of address, was termed "lady," "queen," and "mistress." Yet why should one wonder at this, seeing that Nero would fasten naked boys and girls to stakes, and then putting on the hide of a wild beast would attack them and satisfy his brutal lust under the appearance of devouring parts of their bodies? Such were the indecencies of Nero. (Cassius Dio, Roman History, LXII, 13).

TOM: The World Has Gone Mad

Mental Floss: Famous Eunuchs in History and Historically Bad Breakups

Rule of law only applies to Christians and Conservatives...

I think Kim Davis should issue the marriage certificates (since that is the law of the land, even if we disagree with the disgraceful way it was imposed) or resign because she morally opposes doing so, but that the government will go the step of holding her in contempt over this and jailing her is far more morally offensive.  And you can be sure what is next are civil suits, because you will be made to think and act the way they want you to act.  

pic.twitter.com/dfK6Z8MOAo

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 4, 2015

The rule of law is dead -- unless you're a conservative, in which case it applies in full force. Selective rule of law is called tyranny.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 3, 2015

Cecil is that you?

Instapundit: Kim Davis is a Democrat (something the lamestream media conveniently ignores) but so what, she is a Christian opposing the state over an issue of faith and you know how that historically turns out...meanwhile Clinton and her aides get a pass and Obama selectively enforces laws. Rules of Civility only flow one way. Democrats are free to ignore any law they disagree with (without consequence)

EBL: 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta (we need you more than ever)
Mark Steyn: Hillary's Long Goodbye (I hope he is right, but I am not so sure of that)
Rush Limbaugh: Hillary's server guy to take the 5th
AoSQH: Larry McMurtry was right! (I am going to throw in a bonus Diane Lane/Lorena Woods Rule 5 for that)

Rule 5 and FMJRA

So #Christians who refuse to violate their religious beliefs can now be summarily sent to Prison? #ThanksObama #Kentucky #SSMarriage 😒😁

— David Higgins (@dhiggins63) September 4, 2015

Wombat: Megan McArdle: Clerk opposed to gay marriage shouldn't go to jail
Camp of the Saints: #IStandWithKim Davis
The Federalist: Breaking the law is only okay when progressives do it
Instapundit: Focus your attacks Hugh and Donald: Worst. President. Ever, Hillary is weird, How to fill Supreme Court vacancies, Larry McMurtry was right, the media needs to show its bias
TOM: The privileged of the oppressed
Rush Limbaugh: Obama created the Syrian crisis and Lady of the Left gloats on Gay Marriage

Weirddave at AoSHQ is getting into the Rule of Law thing:  I better bring back this post.
The Federalist, as usual, is spot on
TOM: Is Gamergate Sarah Nyberg trolling for underaged girls?
Red State: A nation of men, not laws
NRO: What about clerks who won't issue conceal carry permits?
Instapundit: Eugene Volokh gives a good analysis on when accommodations will be made on faith, WaPo compares Kim Davis to George Wallace (well they both were Democrats), I agree with Ed Driscoll, the Rule of Law message will soon be forgotten by the Left (they are all about the ends, they care less about the means)
Oregon Judge now in trouble...
Kevin Williamson

Ellen Page and Ted Cruz: Why can't we all get along Rule 5

TOM: Ellen Page is all about tolerance provided you tolerate and accept her views (Ms. Page's version of "tolerance" is not very reciprocal back to those who disagree with her).  As Ted Cruz and Legal Insurrection note, there is a big difference between not selling to gays and not wanting to participate in a ceremony you morally disagree with (especially when there are plenty of alternatives for such services).  Ted Cruz also points out to Ms. Page how ISIS and Iran murder gays (so why isn't the LGBT community speaking out more on that outrage).  

Legal Insurrection: Denver's city council seeking to ban Chick Fil A from the Denver Airport because of that organization's support of traditional marriage?  Where's the tolerance there Ellen?  And How Great Thou Art?

Rule 5 and FMJRA

TOM: War Against Human Nature, Solomonic Wisdom Needed
Camp of the Saints: Feminists hate their mothers

The Donald, Hillary, and Jeb

Rub A Dub Dub

Smitty: Three Candidates In A Tub
Mark Steyn: The competing interests of Saudis, Iranian and Canadians

EBL: How Jonah Goldberg stopped worrying and learned to love The Donald

DaTechGuy: Remember The Donald Doesn't Need The RNC

TOM: Gawker, why we hate them
Smitty: Friday Ficton
Wombat: Mark Steyn: The Enemy Within
Camp of the Saints: The House of Special Purpose
Instapundit: Was he into hunting?, a pack, not a herd, Gone With The Wind, Hiram residents hold watch, Gawker!, looking for populism in all the wrong places, and where Birtherism began

You think this Trump attack on McCain is not orchestrated to appeal to a certain segment of the GOP base?
Instapundit: Trump does punch back twice as hard and the media goes out of its way to protect those on the left
Smitty: Ted's Testicles and McConnell's Soft Hands

What Could Go Wrong? Iranian Nuke Deal To Be Announced...

AoSHQ/Weirddave (breaking): What Could Go Wrong?

Iran made illegal purchases of nuclear technology last month and Obama burned in effigy in Iran

Vice: Iran using construction equipment to kill people, Iran forcing gays to get gender reassignment surgery, ISIS throwing gay men off tall buildings
Washington Free Beacon: Iran executes two men for perversion

Lem's Place: Iran Makes Deal with the Devil

Those Who Don't Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It Tyrant #Obama DOES Know History & WANTS To Repeat It #TCOT🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/RAWLvhEIi3

— Dr. Marty Fox (@DrMartyFox) July 10, 2015

If Greece really wants billions in relief, it should threaten to build & use nukes, burn US flags

— Alan Gura (@alangura) July 13, 2015

Power line: Beyond Appeasement
NY Post: Nuclear Deal Announced In Iran
Instapundit: An absolute disaster, understanding tyranny and terror, and duck and cover
Legal Insurrection: Obama gets his bad deal
Instapundit/Roger Simon: Say goodbye to Western Civilization

The only thing we need to “verify” about #IranDeal is what Obama was thinking when he agreed to it. This deal is an absolute disaster.

— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) July 14, 2015

Protein Wisdom/Darleen Click

Bob Belvedere: Pretend time should be over by now
Regular Right Guy: Peace In Our Time
AoSHQ: Obama is the handmaiden of Iran's bomb
Rush Limbaugh: It's all about legacy and Obama delivers victory to Iran
Instapundit/Elizabeth Price Foley: Israel is not celebrating and neither should we
Instapundit/Ed Driscoll: Peace In Our Time

Helms Deep: Obama just midwifed the Iranian bomb
Mark Steyn: Far Worse Than Munich and Serious Times, Unserious People

Hillary reaches out to all voters...

Gateway Pundit: Hillary Clinton shaking hands with a voter with white power tattoos (read the whole thing)

Given Hillary could lose Iowa to Bernie Sanders, she must figure she needs all the help she can get.  Bernie Sanders also says 99.9% of gun owners obey the law! What's Hillary's response to that?

Legal Insurrection: Hillary responds to Press Access and Bernie Sanders

Howdy Howdy: Let's Rope Up Some Media!

Wombat: Mark Steyn: That white power dude better be pro same sex marriage though, or all bets are off between him and Hillary!

Instapundit: And people say she lacks a sense of humor and she says this is her last rodeo

Lem's Levity/Trooper York: You've got mail!
Twitchy: Now you see it, now you don't!
Instapundit: Hillary "White Power" Clinton and watch and learn Republicans
Rush Limbaugh: Hillary Clinton's Media Follies

Fascist Oregon: You will be made to care...

AoSHQ: Oregon's Fascist Gag Order on Sweet Cakes By Melissa

EBL: A modest proposal to change the holiday from July 4 to June 26 and George Takei can't be racist

Wombat: Judicial Tyranny

@MikeSAdams Amen, professor. Congrats on being a true warrior for 1A. #SweetCakes #BradAvakian #HateWins #tcot pic.twitter.com/Ed6hCMaiuS

— L.N. Smithee (@LNSmithee) July 3, 2015

Instapundit: No, the Oregon bakers were not fined for doxxing the complainants... (Oregon, Journalists and Gay Mafia lie)

A modest proposal to change the holiday from July 4th to June 26th...

Celebrate Freedom!

Mark Steyn: Going With the Flow and The House I Live In

EBL: George Takei can't be racist...

Glenn Reynolds: Celebrate the 4th by reciting Obama talking points with your family, Famous Hillary Clinton donor calls African American judge a "clown in blackface," will she condemn it?, and Confederate Flag Flop

Ed Driscoll: Did President Obama reopen middle east slave markets by executive order? (what was that line in the Marine Corps anthem about the "shores of Tripoli")

Rush Limbaugh: George Takei gets a pass on racism

Hot Air: Vox: Maybe it would have been better if the British won the Revolutionary War
AoSHQ: Peak Vox

Instapundit: One votes for the party that freed his ancestors, the other for the party that interred him in a camp.   Twitchy!
Protein Wisdom: Shorter Takei and Not that long a Trek from Lib Activist to Racist
Legal Insurrection Takei and authentic blackness

George Takei can't be racist...

Instapundit: George Takei has no problem going racist on Clarence Thomas

EBL: Where's your rainbow filter and will conservatives become the new gays?

Rush Limbaugh: If you are offended, don't look, get ready for polygamy, and great story about Justice Thomas

Ed Driscoll: Mark Steyn: Going With The Flow

Instapundit: Supreme Court Negatives Up

Newsbusters: Takei's Racist Rant

Wombat: Twitchy and more Twitchy

Mow that Mr. Sulu has the force of law behind him. #GayMafia #WhatComesNext pic.twitter.com/6XUt9nE6U9

— Christopher Harris (@CLH1121) June 26, 2015

Free Beacon and AoSHQ
Instapundit: Jim Treacher: Mr. Sulu, set phasers to racist...
Chip Ahoy: Takei

What @GeorgeTakei really wanted to say in this scene #GeorgeTakei pic.twitter.com/U4BQaFZqXi

— Nick Mascari (@Nick3BP) July 2, 2015

Protein Wisdom: Shorter Takei and Not that long a Trek from Lib Activist to Racist
Legal Insurrection Takei and authentic blackness
Twitchy
Rush Limbaugh: The New Totalitarians

Welcome to Our Sex(Less) New Future

Coming To A College Campus Near You

TOM:Curb Your (Sexual) Enthusiasm and Toward the Feminist Dystopia

Who knew progressives would be the biggest prudes ever?  

Mark Steyn: That flagging feeling

Can't You Feel The Sexual Healing Already?

EBL: She who controls the past (by maintaining her own server and selectively editing her own emails) controls the future.  

Hillary Flip Flops

Somewhere over the rainbow- gay folks hang https://t.co/6OBCqgm4J6

— ★♥ Harriet Baldwin (@HarrietBaldwin) June 30, 2015

Rule 5 and FMJRA

Wombat: Go Home, Hillary, You're Drunk
TOM: Climbing Up On A Digital Cross
Instapundit: The Junior Anti Sex League at Work
TOM: Rape is a crime, or not

So will conservatives become the new gays?

Super Gay Emeritus John Waters says separation is for losers

Yet conservatives are being driven into the ghetto of isolation (so are they are the new gay): Smitty sees hope and opportunity in this. 

EBL: John Waters predicted decades ago that gays would never be satisfied and this gay stuff is getting mighty complicated

Kevin Williamson: Ayatollah Roberts

AoSHQ: Let's Play Some Calvin Ball

Darleen Click: Resistance is Futile!

DaTechGuy: Who knew everyone was bigots and dopes before...

Instapundit: Look how quick Elena Kagan evolved!  and judges on justices (they can be as caddy as well...)
Rush Limbaugh: What Kennedy and his four cronies have unleashed, the prospect of normalcy makes gay activists sad, and Christians are the left's true target (Islam will get a pass)

This gay stuff is going to get mighty complicated: Barack Obama then and now, ISIS now...

Mark Steyn: White House in Rainbow Colors for SCOTUS ruling making universal gay marriage

TOM: A Prelude To Social Destruction

Gateway Pundit: ISIS celebrates gay love by tossing four gays off building...

Advocate: Iran forces gay men to undergo sex change operations (but on the plus side the Iranian government pays for the procedure)

EBL: If you think the left's demands will stop with gay marriage, you have another thing coming and More John Roberts Fun To Come

Camp of the Saints: Justice Thomas's Dissent (gay marriage) and Justice Scalia's Dissent (SCOTUScare)

American Power Blog: Is Polygamous Marriage Next? (really why not, there is more justification for that historically than gay marriage)

Regular Right Guy: 6-3 Obamacare, 5-4 SSM

If you think the left's demands will stop with gay marriage, you have another thing coming...

TOM: Let's Bring Back Guilt and Shame

EBL: More John Roberts Fun To Come (and yeah, I know he was on the right side of this issue, he is still a tool)

Smitty: Friday Fiction (with h/t to Darleen)

Wombat: In the Mailbox (SCOTUScare knitting of teeth edition)
Rush Limbaugh: The left's moral relativism has eaten our culture alive...
Instapundit/Sarah Hoyt: The world of the sexually confused (why don't they get their rights too)

Mark Steyn: Culture Trumps Politics

Wombat: In The Mailbox
TOM: Feminist Tumblr: Spot the Error
Smitty: Elections Matter

More John Roberts Fun To Come! Update: Gay Marriage Legal Everywhere

With yesterday's SCOTUScare ruling, is there going to be any surprise with the other rulings expected shortly?

I doubt it.

Update:
The only surprise is it's only a 5-4 decision: Gay Marriage Legal Everywhere  (and yeah, I know he was on the right side of this issue, he is still a tool)

I support same sex marriage, I just hate how it was accomplished. An equal protection argument never made any sense given we know equal protection clauses were never created to accomplish this. The right way to pass same sex marriage is democratically (via legislation or by voter referendum). But it's done. But the damage these decisions will have on other cases remains to be seen.

Roberts sides with the minority here (as many predicted Kennedy is the swing vote). But there seems to be tension between Roberts and Scalia.  No marriage for those two!

Roberts gives this bit of advice (too bad he didn't follow it with his SCOTUScare rulings):

If you are among the many Americans—of whatever sexual orientation—who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today’s decision. Celebrate the achievement of a desired goal. Celebrate the opportunity for a new expression of commitment to a partner. Celebrate the availability of new benefits. But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it.

Mark Steyn: A land beyond law, in a lawless world...
Legal Insurrection: The Humpty Dumpty Court of King v. Burwell...

Instapundit:
Ed Driscoll: Was John Roberts blackmailed or was he always this bad? And as PJ Tatler notes: Stealth nominees never work out for conservatives.
Yuval Levin: Roberts' King v. Burwell decision is worse than you think.
Randy Barnett: George Will calls it judicial dereliction.
Elizabeth Price Foley: Bypassing separation of powers to fix a sloppy law.

Flopping Aces: RobertsCare is a slow moving train wreck...
Twitchy: Don't hold back Justice Scalia

Mark Steyn: Culture Trumps Politics

Bias in Prosecution: The Gaystapo teams up with the Gay Mafia, what could go wrong?

Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham, Oregon

AoSHQ: Bias in gay wedding cake prosecution? 

Who do these Oregonians think they are, Marilyn Mosby? 

Legal Insurrection: Or maybe the New Black Panthers (who get a sweetheart deal)

The GoFundMe campaign for Sweet Cakes did not violate GoFundMe Rules

EBL: GoFundMe? Try GoF***Yourself

The Gaystapo look, however, is fabulous!

TOM: Martin O'Malley's Legacy of Failure, Greece Threatens Default, and HeteronormativeGaze, the War on Human Nature, Welcome to Texas, hope you are hungry

Instapundit: Fake Science, Fake but Accurate?, and Serious Professional Breach

Legal Insurrection: Our changing moral climate
Mark Steyn: The Death of Eurocentrism and Rampant Ciscentrism

American Power Blog: Rise of Authoritarian Transgender Politics

Regular Right Guy: Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn, …

Lem's Levity: Trangendered is a mental disorder

Legal Insurrection: Academic War on Men?

Hot Air: Why gender transformation is a lose lose for liberals
Mark Steyn: Birth of the New

Gay Marriage in Ireland approved by Popular Nationwide Vote

Dublin Gay Parade 2013

While I support same sex marriage, I do not support it being implemented through judicial fiat or subsequent gay mafia thug tactics against anyone who disagrees with them (even if they sell them stuff for their weddings).

The right way to implement same sex marriage is through democrat (vote) or legislative action. Ireland did that. Whether you agree with it or not, that is the right way to do it.

Anjem Choudary is tweeting up a storm on it (via Twitchy):

@anjemchoudary I love how you care more about goat's rights than women's rights.

— Shannah(: (@thisprivatewar) May 23, 2015

TOM comments Daniel Freeman linked to the Canadian Jeweler story noted above: Heads LGBT wins and tails Christians lose via Gay Patriot (there is no appeasing a fascist mob) (and yes Gay Patriot is a mensch)
Instapundit: Camille Paglia on feminism back in 1995 (do you see parallels with the LGBT movement), impure thoughts are not allowed because of #Tolerance and elections are better than judicial fiat

News from the world of gay studies and female college softball

Smitty: Why wouldn't the math of the study be queer too?

TOM: Lesbian Harassment and Hazing at Catholic College

Softball Season Suspended

Instapundit: Columbia Mattress Girl Looking to Cash In & a perfect Ikon for the feminist left and Why children are abandoning baseball

Orgy transvestite 3d film sparks riots at Cannes

TOM: Without Irony or Self Awareness, Feminism is a Totalitarian Movement To Destroy Civilization, and Shorter Her Majesty

TOM: Credit where Credit Is Due

Instapundit: GoT is relentlessly sexist, but not against women

GoFundMe? Try Go F*** Yourself: The Gay Mafia cannot tolerate dissent

After the success of the Memories Pizza campaign, the Gay Mafia made sure the same effort could not happen with Sweet Cakes by Melissa or Arlene's Flowers. By pressuring Go Fund Me, the Gay Mafia managed to shut the funding campaigns for these small family businesses down.

Nice fund raising campaign you have there, 

shame if something should happen to it

Dissent will not be tolerated by the left. Because claimants will make up claims like they were "mentally raped" by a baker not wanting to do a cake for their wedding. This sort of bullying of people who disagree with them is intolerable. I am with Gay Patriot on this: if you throw out terms of "rape" for refusing to make a gay wedding cake, then the term does not mean anything anymore.  

These business did not ever refuse to serve gay customers for being homosexual, they refused to participate in same sex wedding ceremonies because they had religious objections to that. There is a difference.  

Fortunately Samaritan's Purse is stepping in.  They are raising money not only for Sweet Cakes by Melissa but also Nepal relief efforts.

The Gay Community, if they really cared about homosexual people around the world, would be focusing their efforts on stopping real persecution such as this.  And seriously, when everyone is gay, then nobody is gay. This is the insecurity and nuttiness of the gay community not recognizing the real danger out there.

Time to recognize the real enemy:
EBL: ISIS and Boko Haram are homophobic misogynist Islamic death cults

Instapundit: Same Sex at the Supreme Court Today  If a same sex couple wants to get married, shouldn't that be an issue of state law? But to say everyone has to then participate in these events is oppressive and wrong.  

Passover Is Getting A Makeover This Year...

EBL: The Outrage Business: Indiana Edition

Mark Steyn: Indiana Gays and the Bakery of Doom

Truth Revolt: Hands Up, Don't Discriminate Against Gays, Leftists attack Indiana Pizza Parlor, White House says Indiana's law protects too many people, The fascist left and same sex marriage (with a link to AmPowBlog), and the 10 Commandments for Athiests

TOM: The Tyranny of Equality, Reporter incites hate mob against Indiana pizzeria, and  Conservative Tolerance,  Lefties flock at poultry farm…, and Islamophobia and More Islamaphobia

Instapundit: Eugene Volokh: Lefties retreat from the old liberal Justice Brennan/ACLU standard,When will Apple boycott homophobic places like China and Saudi Arabia?, and Obama lets China destroy reefs and militarize the South China Sea, but goes hard against Indiana pizzerias!
Instapundit: Journalistic Witchhunts, the misdirected zeal and Foucault-ness of same sex marriage proponents, and this is not Jim Crow

Rush Limbaugh: Coach K attacked for not saying anything
Protein Wisdom: You will be made to care…

Nick Gillespi: A pox on both your houses!

DaTechGuy: Angie's List Fools Gold for Boycott Indiana

Democrats may be playing a losing long game on this… (of course it would help if Republicans could explain what freedom is)

The Lid: How Moses got screwed out of the Passover Story

Mark Steyn: If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake…