# "Gathering Storm" - Awful anti-gay marriage commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385 "2009-04-17T04:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Diz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Diz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/81 "2009-04-24T04:10:24Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Which is exactly why Colbert played such a large chunk of it, unedited: it comes with parody self-attached. Which NOM did [not](http://nomblog.com/?p=55) understand. It’s like some bizarre reversal of Poe’s Law where the fundamentalists don’t realize the parody is mocking them… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/82 "2009-04-24T04:48:41Z")
I think they totally botched the spot’s soundtrack. A gathering homo storm, and they don’t go for _It’s Raining Men_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/83 "2009-04-24T04:50:05Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I think they totally botched the spot’s soundtrack. A gathering homo storm, and they don’t go for _It’s Raining Men_ ? Ahem. Post #34, please. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/84 "2009-04-24T05:01:12Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ahem. Post #34, please. The one where you plagiarized me in advance, you mean ? 🙂 ETA : come on, there’s a gathering fucking homostorm, I don’t have time to read every post ! I gotta protect my way of life ! ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/85 "2009-04-24T07:52:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There was a case that was settled earlier this year where a California fertility clinic refused to give treatments to a lesbian. IIRC, they specifically refused because she was an unmarried woman, ignoring the fact that she was in a long-term relationship with another woman. The California supreme court decided that the clinic was in violation of California’s equal protection laws. So the upshot is that they’d lose their convenient excuse for denying services to patients they don’t like? Which actually didn’t work anyway? So much for that honesty and integrity stuff which is apparently unimportant in any context (and certainly has less impact on the sanctity of marriage than whether the spouses’ bits match). They might actually be forced to come right out and _say_ that they don’t wanna cuz yer gay. Wow, those gay government people sure are _mean_, makin’ us admit to what we really think. :rolleyes: > [@SenorBeef](#): > > Well.. that at least makes some degree of sense. How many people watching the commercial would even know that? Including it without explanation just makes you think “wtf?” and makes it seem even more pathetically vague. I’m right there with you. Until Miller explained it, I couldn’t even make up a story which might in some way relate a doctor’s official duties to a marriage certificate. I seriously thought they were making shit up because it sounded good (i.e. **scary**!!!1oneone!!). I feel the same way about “they’re taking away _my_ rights.” Your rights to what? ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/86 "2009-04-24T08:01:03Z")
Oh, and I hope none of those “actors” had their sights set on Hollywood, cuz they don’t have a chance, now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/87 "2009-04-24T15:14:53Z")
> [@Kaio](#): > > I feel the same way about “they’re taking away _my_ rights.” Your rights to what? Exclusive hetero use of the ‘married-only’ water fountains. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/88 "2009-04-24T15:48:32Z")
I spent all night pondering how best to protect myself against the gathering homo storm that’s coming to take away my rights. In the small hours, the solution became obvious : lots of gay rods, straight up ! It works for lightning, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/89 "2009-04-24T16:34:00Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I spent all night pondering how best to protect myself against the gathering homo storm that’s coming to take away my rights. In the small hours, the solution became obvious : lots of gay rods, straight up ! It works for lightning, after all. Warning: Gayrods can attract the Oscar’s and Liza Minelli Fans.Sudden ability to decorate in shabby chic and open a B&B may occur. Do not install during an Election Year. A strong desire for wine spritzers has been reported in some users. Gayrod sounds like a Gay Rock Band name. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/90 "2009-04-24T22:32:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There was a case that was settled earlier this year where a California fertility clinic refused to give treatments to a lesbian. IIRC, they specifically refused because she was an unmarried woman . . . Waitaminnit: Why would a fertility clinic refuse to treat an unmarried woman?! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/91 "2009-04-24T22:39:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Waitaminnit: Why would a fertility clinic refuse to treat an unmarried woman?! Maybe [this](http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/19/local/me-supreme19) story? > [@](#): > > The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit by a San Diego woman who contended that Christian doctors at a clinic told her they could not help her become pregnant because their religion condemned having children outside of opposite-sex marriages. …settled in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/92 "2009-04-24T23:09:51Z")
Sorry for the impending clumsy cite: > [@](#): > > M. McKee, “When Friends Become Enemies,” The Recorder 129, no. 118 (2005): 1. Drs. Brody and Fenton also argue that they discriminated based upon marital status rather than sexual orientation per se; they also refuse fertility treatment to single heterosexual women on the same religious grounds. Emphasis added Which is a footnote from [this article](http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/540889_print) on the subject. We’re not homophobic… we hate all you hellbound sinners. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/93 "2009-04-25T03:07:10Z")
[QUOTE=article footnote] Drs. Brody and Fenton also argue that they discriminated based upon marital status rather than sexual orientation per se; they also refuse fertility treatment to single heterosexual women on the same religious grounds. [/QUOTE] But then, gay marriage _wouldn’t_ force them to choose between their faith and their profession - it would \*reduce \*the number of single women wanting to get impregnated. I still think ‘Faith’ is her girlfriend, and she’s always been like, “oh yeah, baby, I’d totally marry you but it’s not legal (_shrug_),” but the real reason they haven’t “moved to Massachusetts,” so to speak, has been the AMA totally hates lesbians, and will revoke your medical license if you lick the lily-pop. So gay marriage would mean it’s Faith or the doctor club. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/94 "2009-04-25T06:19:16Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > The line about **“coming together in love”** … Hmm… that sounds naughty. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/95 "2009-04-25T15:51:48Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I spent all night pondering how best to protect myself against the gathering homo storm that’s coming to take away my rights. In the small hours, the solution became obvious : lots of gay rods, straight up ! It works for lightning, after all. But when the gay rods have been sticking straight up for four hours, you need to call a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385/96 "2009-04-25T16:51:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > But when the gay rods have been sticking straight up for four hours, you need to call a doctor. That’s true. Also, one shouldn’t forget basic maintenance : polish your gay rod every other day, lest it droops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gathering-storm-awful-anti-gay-marriage-commercial/493385.md?page=4)