Hallmark rolls out gay marriage cards.
By on Aug 21st, 2008 at 11:10 am
Hallmark rolls out gay marriage cards.
Although most states still refuse to recognize gay marriage, Hallmark has begun rolling out cards recognizing the unions between same-sex couples. They feature “two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. ‘Two hearts. One promise,’ one says.” Barbara Miller, a spokeswoman for the Greeting Card Association, said that the number of companies providing same-sex cards is expanding: “The fact that you have someone like Hallmark going into that niche shows it’s growing and signals a trend.”
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Hallmark rolls out gay marriage cards.
If they really wanted to cash in , they would start producing ‘get-out-of-the-closet-free’ cards for the GOP……..
August 21st, 2008 at 11:12 amFocus on the family/moral majority boycott coming in 5…4…3…2…
August 21st, 2008 at 11:13 amI hear wingnut heads ’sploding everywhere!! ;o)
And I like it.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:14 amLeftside Annie Says:
I hear wingnut heads ’sploding everywhere!! ;o)
And I like it.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am
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Is that what that sound is? I thought someone was dropping watermelons off the roof or something.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:16 amI think dbadass had it right last night — TP is just toying with Daryll lately.
It’s kinda fun.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:18 amMCMetal said:
If they really wanted to cash in , they would start producing ‘get-out-of-the-closet-free’ cards for the GOP……..
I think their need will be greater for ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ cards.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 21st, 2008 at 11:18 amThis doesn’t start a trend, it only confirms the argument that there is nothing sacred in this Courtry. There is always some greedy anus ready to sell anything, including their soul, and some lazy fool ready to waste his money.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:18 amLarry Craig just bought stock in Hallmark…
August 21st, 2008 at 11:19 amNow if they would just offer a line of cards for the dysfunctional broken hetero families that feel obligated to send a few cards a year
August 21st, 2008 at 11:19 amI think Daryll already sells a line of “Burn in hell, you sinners!” greeting cards, complete with vague Bible verses.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:19 amUpdate:
Missouri has just become the first state to place a referendum on the ballot to ban gay marriage cards.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:20 amWhat’ll be really fun is to see where the wingnuts come down on this. Cause on the one hand it’s just a story about private company responding in the free market to increasing demand for a product. But on the other hand it’s about them scary gay people taking over America with their plans to destroy the sanctity of marriage and the pleated pant.
The conservo-nuts might tie themselves in knots trying to spin this one!
August 21st, 2008 at 11:20 amLeftside Annie said:
I hear wingnut heads ’sploding everywhere!! ;o)
It’s gonna get messy, but it’ll be worth it!
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 21st, 2008 at 11:20 amBLASPHEMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Darryl, August 21st, 2008
August 21st, 2008 at 11:25 amAugust 21st, 2008 at 11:25 am
You read it here, Hallmark. Schedule an appointment with the Orkin man.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:26 amAt least there are some who still love the lord and promise to keep his commandments.
Which commandment condemns gay marriage, America hater?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:27 amif I locate these cards, I will begin taping scriptural flash cards against homosexuality on these cards
Cue Hallmark loss prevention staff, cuff Darlyy on sight, he’s going to vandalize your stores…
August 21st, 2008 at 11:28 amYour bigotry against homosexuality is a diversion of the fact that 50% of all heterosexual marriages fail.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:29 amDaryll, maybe you should send them 500 bucks. Maybe they’ll give a shit what you think then. I doubt it but maybe…
August 21st, 2008 at 11:29 amI’m guessing those verses are from Paul, but attributed to Jesus?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:30 amgrocery stores are odd places?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:30 amgood_golly4 Says:
I’ve got no problem with it. It’s a good free market move.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:23 am
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Why do you support the gays and their war on American family values? Do you want to see the sanctity of marriage destroyed?
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Daryll Says:
I will be sending a message to Hallmark regarding this issue. I sincerely serious about this! This has to stop. Homosexuality is a perversion.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:25 am
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Why do you hate freedom and the free market? Shouldn’t private companies be allowed to exercise their God-given right to profit?
(Right. The jar’s been shaken. Now let’s watch these two duke it out.)
August 21st, 2008 at 11:31 amI just figured it out… Daryll is actually Fred Phelps!
Now it all makes sense.
PEACE
August 21st, 2008 at 11:32 amI think we need a ruling on this.
Whenever progressives call for a boycott of hate radio sponsors, trolls always accuse us of being for “censorship”.
Now, I know that’s absurd, and you know that’s absurd, but given that it seems to be a common theme among wingnuts, if Daryll believed such a thing, wouldn’t that make his planned protest “anti-free speech” in their eyes?
It is a t least anti-free market, which we know Daryll professes to believe in.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:34 amDaryll, if you “sincerely serious”, answer this question:
Why does it matter to you? Is anyone forcing you to have gay sex with them? (If so, did you like it?)
August 21st, 2008 at 11:36 amYou say that with some authority.
Have you proof of this nefarious charge, Gigi?
Certainly you wouldn’t make such a scurrilous accusation without some kind of hard evidence, would you?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:43 amAny society is the sum of it’s expectations.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:43 amwow, trolls in disagreement
they should know better than to post before el rushbo tells them what to think
lol
August 21st, 2008 at 11:44 amI think Daryll and goon are dating
August 21st, 2008 at 11:44 amBravo for Hallmark.
The pictures of Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi getting married were very cute. I hope that when more of America is able to see that a woman in a white dress marrying a woman in a white suit is not really scary at all.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:47 amThen that would mean… (gasp!) that Gigi is ALSO a TP staffer’s sockpuppet!
Ranting Tommy, you just blew my mind.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:48 amralph the wonder llama Says:
Certainly you wouldn’t make such a scurrilous accusation without some kind of HARD evidence, would you?
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Sheesh, Ralphie… you should know better than to use the word “hard” in any post involving Darryl, g-g, and “teh gay”… jes’ pointin’ it out…
The poor trolls will be all a-flutter fer hours now.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:52 amMaybe they should offer cheat on your wife while she has cancer cards. They can be an apology, an excuse, an contrite all rolled into one.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:52 amYeah, Newtie will buy a case.
McSame will have to wait until they design a line of “cheat on your wife after she’s had a disfiguring auto accident” cards. But maybe his staff can whip up something in the meantime.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:54 amI can’t wait for a christmas “Don we now our gay apparel” card!
August 21st, 2008 at 11:55 amgoon_golly4 Says:
(pssst Ralph: don’t tell anyone, but Daryll is a TP staffer posing as what they think (or wish) a conservative would be. don’t tell anyone.).
You’d like to believe that, wouldn’t you, goon? Pretend that Daryll’s comments are a caricature of “conservative” attitudes. Problem is, Daryll has never written anything that isn’t an echo of exactly what “conservatives” say or write all over the place.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:56 amGotta wonder if Robert Verdi is the Phil Hendrie sockpuppet..?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pmrobert verdi Says:
Maybe they should offer cheat on your wife while she has cancer cards. They can be an apology, an excuse, an contrite all rolled into one.
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Or mebbe one fer GOOPers who like to hook up in airport restrooms… or those that like to divorce their wives while she’s recovering from surgery… or “Im sorry” cards for those caught in diapers whilst w/ their prosties…
August 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pmFine. Do you respect the right of others to likewise determine for themselves what would “dilute our society”, such as hate radio and take similar action to stop it?
Do you agree that calling for boycotts of radio shows based on their content is not “censorship” any more than your proposed boycott?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:03 pmDaryll:
August 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pmI think you might enjoy Frans DeWaal’s “Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals” You might benefit by looking for the basis of morality in place other than your “great big book of everything”
It does seem a little too whimsical and unfocused thus far, doesn’t it?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pmI hate wedding cards… What the hell are you supposed to write in those things anyway ‘Attached, please find a check. PS the baby isn’t yours’?
I know for a fact a lot of couples don’t even read them beyond ‘this is from Dee…next’
August 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pmCheese and Crackers Says:
I love Capitalism.
Hallmark is engaging in ethical capitalism. You probably like the crony version of capitalism, propelled on fraud.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pmDaryll the freak says crap, again.
Religion is a perversion.
Your god does not exist, it’s a faerie tale, fool.
And I hope the stores charge you with vandalizing their cards, freak.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:12 pmHallmark’s very conservative founder, J.C. Hall, must be spinning in his grave.
http://pamelazoslov.blogspot.com/2007/12/this-was-from-2004.html
August 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Why does it matter to you? Is anyone forcing you to have gay sex with them? (If so, did you like it?)
August 21st, 2008 at 11:36 am
The stuff of Daryll’s wet dreams…..
August 21st, 2008 at 12:18 pmMaybe not a staffer, but DEFINITELY a regular poster. Darryl is a strawman. Whacko religious types dont generally troll a singular site for over a year and post ‘ZOMG ITZ TEH GHEYZ!’ with the precision that this ’sock puppet’ does.
TP, ban by IP please. (Brought to you by the kill the fake outrage troll 2008 campaign)
August 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pmBoy, that Daryll’s a real Card, eh?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pmDaryll Says:
In order for our society to continue to be successful, we must be morally base.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pmDaryll Says:
I can’t be arrested for restoring morality. That’s immoral.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Oh go on, restore morality!
Just make sure you do it on private property, m’kay? And put up a real big fight when they come to take you away.
It’s only right!
August 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pmThe Homosexual Agenda Revealed.
Read up, Daryll!
August 21st, 2008 at 12:25 pmAh geez the caped crusader of morality defacing greeting cards. Priceless…
August 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pmSo Daryll about that conversion “therapy” does it work?
Crusty Old Bastard Says:
Remember this when you send a holiday card, a B-day card, a get well card, a mother’s day card, a father’s day card, even a blank card that you fill in… that you’re supportuing a capitalist agenda… K?
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August 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pmOut of the Closet Cards, a little division of Hallmark, like Shoebox, not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm.
Dear Daryll,
I’ve asked you before and you continue to avoid answering me, instead sticking to your meme; WHO DID CHRIST SAY WE SHOULD JUDGE?
However, I find it revealing that you would actually resort to acts of VANDALIZING to make your point. I guess desperate people will do desperate things… NO?
WHAT DID CHRIST SAY ABOUT THROWING STONES?
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August 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm#18 – Daryll Says:
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“At least there are some who still love the lord and promise to keep his commandments.”
August 21st, 2008 at 11:25 am
And that isn’t you, who refuse to stand up for the words of Jesus and fight against divorce except for sexual infidelity! Sen. McCain would be your first target, but you don’t stand up for Jesus!
August 21st, 2008 at 12:41 pmYou seem to be confusing “immoral” for “illegal”.
If you commit an illegal act in the name of “restoring morality”, then you can be arrested. And you should be arrested.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pmI get a laugh at Daryll saying he “won’t allow” Barack Obama to become President, he “won’t allow” Hallmark to sell gay wedding cards. Who died and made him God?
Maybe Obama’s Secret Service detail should consider this a threat. Cheney would.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pmDarryl-
August 21st, 2008 at 12:46 pmDo you keep Kosher? How about animal sacrifice? Burnt offerings? It’s in Leviticus. No cherry picking from the 600+ commandments in there. All the word o’ God doncha know.
You’re a phony if you don’t.
ralph wonder,
When I read that Daryll would resort to illegal acts, I couldn’t help but see him supporting murder of doctors who work at abortion clinics.
“It’s not a sin when Republicans do it.”
“Thou shall not judge… unless you’re Republican.”
Did you know Daryll sleeps with his Bible…?
That’s how it got perverted.
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August 21st, 2008 at 12:54 pmMax-1 Says:
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Dear Daryll,
I’ve asked you before and you continue to avoid answering me, instead sticking to your meme; WHO DID CHRIST SAY WE SHOULD JUDGE?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Channeling Daryll: I’m not judging! Heavens, no! I’m informing you of your sin, before you descend into the pit of firey hell and burn for eternity.
**smiling sweetly**
August 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pmHey, DrippyD – vandalizing private property (even in the name of Jebus) is THEFT.
Uh-oh. Violating commandments – can’t have *that*!!
August 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pmEric Rudolph thought he was “restoring morality” when he bombed the Atlanta Olympics. Osama bin Laden thought he was “restoring morality” when he had his boys do 9/11.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pmOn the slippery slope, one man’s morality restoration is another’s terrorism.
Zooey,
August 21st, 2008 at 2:26 pmWho need god when they have Daryll doing god’s work.
Hi Cheese and Crackers…
August 21st, 2008 at 2:32 pmDaryll Says:
Seriously NO ON CARES what you say but your STUPIDITY is a perversion
August 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pmCheese and Crackers Says:
I love Capitalism.
Good for you. I love Jazz.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pmDaryll Says:
It is a free market, but I will not allow companies like Hallmark to dillute our society and the future generation. In order for our society to continue to be successful, we must have a moral base/ground.
What ever happened to the moral value of TOLERANCE. If someone is doing something that doesnt effect you or hurt anyone else ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSSINESS. Before hatefilled morons like YOU perverted Christianity tolerance USED to be considered a Christian virtue.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:13 pmDaryll Says:
I can’t be arrested for restoring morality. That’s immoral.
You arrogant PUTZ. If you are interfering with commerce you are breaking the law it also sounds like vandalism and you DARN sure can be arrested for that and despite both your arrogance AND your stupidity you are restoring NOTHING it isnt up to you to decide for US what is moral. That is up to US.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pmJudge not, lest thy be judged.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Don’t know how accurate these are, but they must of been redacted in Daryll’s book.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pmDaryll,
I just have one question.
I am pretty sure which one of you three are Larry, but which daryll are you?
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 am