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crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
Some may disagree but I think this recent bit on NOM's blog is simply stupid:
Gov. Cuomo's Mom: Don't Redefine Lasagna
We love how Andrew Cuomo's Italian mom loves him no matter what, even for passing gay marriage. But we could not help noticing Mrs. Cuomo's firm belief that some things just cannot be redefined.
… no, not marriage, lasanga:“I did not criticize her lasagna,” [Matilda] Cuomo said. “All I said is it's not Italian. Cottage cheese and tomato soup might be low on calories, but it's not Italian lasagna.”
The original article in question consisted of Gov. Cuomo's mother praising her son's persistence in getting marriage equality passed in New York, so maybe some folks would consider her “fair game.”
But I still say that NOM's little cheap shot was dumb and unnecessary.
First NOM's president acts like a spoiled child when marriage equality is passed. And now the organization has taken to immature shots at Gov. Cuomo's mother.
What's next? Shooting spitballs at Governor Cuomo during his next public speech?
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It’s all they have leftsince they have no legitimate arguments and they’re now being told again that they have to divulge their donors. Deflection is the name of the game.
I posted this on their blog…That’s funny… I thought there was more than one lasagna recipe in the world. I guess NOM proved me wrong. There is one, and ONLY one lasagna recipe; and if you change that recipe then you’re redefining lasagna! I’ll be sure to tell that to every Italian restaurant in the country.
(We’ll see if they approve it)
It’s certainly consistentwith the behavior of people who approach every attempt at discussion about equality by their version of sticking their fingers in their ears & shouting, “IS SO! IS SO!”
I Make LasagnaPam, Autumn and Laurel have all had a chance to taste two different lasagnas I make and there are so many other ways of making it. My mother is first generation Italian American and she learned from her mother different ways, but they are all called “lasagna.”
There are many different ways to celebrate the diversity of lasagna, like there are many different ways to celebrate the diversity of marriages. Just when you think NOM can’t sink any lower, they did their hole deeper. They are feeling their insignificance growing by the day. Maggie and Bryan have bilked the last unsuspecting people on the planet. Time to move to Mars and start a new chapter amongst the Martians. How many sexes do Martians have?
NOM’s new crusade: traditional pastaIf you redefine pasta, you will destroy the pasta recipe ordained in the Bible! Jesus served lasagna at the Last Supper–changing it is blasphemous! We will not disclose the names of people who donate pasta recipes to us! If you put any new ingredients in tomato sauce, you will make Brian Brown cry! Paul Revere rode to warn the British about changing pasta! Real lasagna is a traditional American dish; gay lasagna was born in Kenya! The Founding Fathers enshrined pasta in the Constitution! Won’t someone please think of the children who love Spaghetti-Os?
Watching these people run off the rails is almost as much fun as following the Flat Earth Society (not that there’s all that much difference).
It’s not deflection.Attacking people’s mothers is their way of showing how much they respect the traditional family.
Lasagna is a many-splendored thingand I will happily bear witness to the genuine lasagnaness of both of your heaven-sent recipes!
Blasphemer!The Flying Spaghetti Monster will have his retribution. Lasagna was created by pirates in honor of the great FSM. It was intelligently designed to provide an alternative Pastafarian experience to true believers.
NOM NOM is the sound pirates make when eating their divinely ordained lasagna.
What about . . . . . . extra virgin olive oil? I can see a whole new direction you can go with that when you include that in the recipe. Would the gay lasagna be officially gay then?
I thought the extra virgins were all in the Muslim paradise.
wonder if there’s another level of mockery going on hereThis,
sounds a little to me like “his mother loves him no matter what, even though he’s gay”. I’m not saying NOM is implying Cuomo is gay, but is maybe mocking LGBT-accepting parents.