When we cats posted about the 2014 Russian Olympics last night, we had no idea that a petition has been started to move the games from Vlad-Pootie's-Hate-On-The-Gays-World to Vancouver, the winter host from 2010. We think that's a fabulous idea.
In fact, we thought it was so fabulous that we just tried to visit Change.org and add our names. We're excited to report that we could not log on. The site was either busy, or crashed. Stay tuned on that.
We cats love this Vancouver solution for a bunch o' reasons. First, it would economically, socially and politically benefit a country we're quite fond of. Second, it would make that country's Prime Minister — whom we're not so fond of — uncomfortable. Third, since we have terrible memories of Olympic teams who were not safe in their villages, it seems to be the best way to guarantee our athletes' security. And fourth, it shoves a stick in Pootie's eye. We are sick of him on many fronts, but this one is probably the most offensive to us.
We're also struck by how fast the world is changing vis-a-vis The Gay. The right-wing nutbags who comment over at Free Republic are tearing their hair out over this, but we can't help but notice how the LGBT community is almost single-handedly making the world a better place — one incremental victory at a time.
Whether it's a Supreme Court decision striking down DOMA, or suing red states for equal rights, or the UK enacting marriage equality, or helping to turn the world against Vlad the Poot, this LGBT crowd has become one powerful community. Which makes us cats PURR.
(IMAGE: Brian Boitano. Do we need to explain?)
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