Republicans Again Show Their Support for Hierarchies with Opposing Same-Sex Marriage

Acceptance of same-sex marriage and relationships in the U.S. has flattened after more than two decades of steadily increasing support, with an ongoing decline among Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll.

A May poll showed that only 37% of Republicans believe that same-sex marriage should be legally valid, and 35% thing gay and lesbian relationships are "morally acceptable."

Someone has to bring up the rear, and those people seem to be attracted to the Republican party. Since most of the change is due to dropping acceptance among Republicans, hierarchy builders know where to find each other. 

https://apnews.com/article/gallup-poll-same-sex-marriage-morality-e12acb151446ac1b7970c0825bf1d072

Olivia Book Breaks Barriers in Ballet

Olivia Book was promoted to the corps de ballet of Ballet West in Salt Lake City, making her one of the first professional ballerinas with a limb difference. She has a congenital limb difference — her right arm is smaller than her left. 

In recent years dance has been rethinking its relationship to diversity in areas like race and body type.

Bradford Chin, an assistant professor of dance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said that Book's promotion allows us to question how we conceptualize what a healthy body looks like and how we approach the idea who is a qualified dancer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/arts/dance/olivia-book-ballet-west-limb-difference.html

Hegseth Shows His Sexism and Racism in Blocking Promotions

In a move that disproportionately targets women and minority officers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently blocked the promotions of at least seven Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior Navy admirals.

In a slate of 22 nominees to be one-star generals, two of the seven blocked were women and two are Black men. Additionally three white men were blocked.

No female officers were included on the new one-star list, which was released publicly in late May, despite the fact that women make up about 21 percent of the active-duty Navy. of the active-duty Navy. The list appears to include only two nonwhite officers, even though sailors who identify as racial minorities make up about 38 percent of the active-duty Navy.

Mr. Hegseth’s removal of the officers from the one-star list is highly unusual, said the current and former defense officials. Hegseth’s actions are the latest in a series of firings and personnel interventions that seem to be driven by his anti-diversity politics rather than the performance of officers. 

Once Hegseth is gone, and people who deserve promotions are promoted, anyone who is claiming that women and Blacks are being promoted more than they should be better shut up.

What if all the women and Blacks decided to leave the military? Where would the military be and its sexist and racist leader?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/hegseth-navy-promotion-list.html

Arkansas Celebrates Its Commitment to the Religious and Sexual Orientation Hierarchies

Arkansas is trying to pretend that anyone but heterosexuals don't exist and keep the sexual orientation hierarchy alive and well.

Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has proclaimed June 2026 as "Fidelity Month" as a backlash to Pride Month.  

The proclamation says Arkansas' commitment to spiritual and civic institutions is central to the state's identity and argues that "cultivating fidelity to God, family, community, and country contributes to human flourishing and supports a healthy, stable, well-organized society."

Of course the God they mention has the characteristics of the religious hierarchy they have created with their "God" on top, and the society they promote praises people they place on top of their hierarchy. 

No surprise coming from Republican Sanders. 

https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-declares-june-fidelity-monthwhat-does-it-mean-12015517?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawSK2hNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0bjZpOGd3WXJqQndPN1RCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsYM57Kxyc9HAScFiEMH9Dii_mxZBhQsl-w8xYhLzi1KYqO4lZr2oSqg3h_a_aem_2WSxnR54yzKGORR9BClnHg#Echobox=1780308931

Paraguay's Vallejo to be Fined after Sexist Remark at French Open

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo of Paraguy said his French Open match, a loss to a home favorite teenager, should not have been umpired by a woman. 

He lost to France's Moise Kouame in the second round Thursday 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (8) after 4 hours, 56 minutes.

Vallejo: "This sort of match needs to be umpired by a man. It's very difficult for a woman to do it. It has to be refereed by a man, because it's a very demanding crowd and you need a lot of strength to go against the crowd."

The French Tennis Federation and Roland Garros organizers released a statement Friday calling Vallejo's comments "unacceptable."

"The competence of an umpire is not determined by their gender, but by their professionalism and ability to officiate at the highest level," the organizers said.

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/48908577/after-french-loss-vallejo-critiques-umpire-wanted-man-chair

MAGA in Full Force - Destroying Black Graves and Painting "Trump" and "DeSantis" on Broken Stones

Seventeen gravestones in an historic Black cemetery were damaged in Florida. Headstones were knocked down, and "Trump" and "DeSantis" were spray-painted in red letters on tombs. Vandalism in the Old Memphis Cemetery included open graves, cracked concrete, and glass bottles.

MAGA is desperate, and actions like this show they have lost their ability to act humanely. The hate and bigotry put out by people building hierarchies is extreme, as they move farther and farther from center of the see saw. 

https://www.kptv.com/2026/05/16/truly-disrespectful-17-graves-vandalized-historic-black-cemetery-with-trump-spray-painted-tombs/?fbclid=IwY2xjawR2FzBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEwZEU5ZXR2ZmlTSk1ZYXJXc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkz2ypV2_LrcfirHfB5YtO11FrK1bYYhAhP56-AsPWZvgTulIZegLQ9T43eK_aem_zRliUZTKy4yu6G-tEqsEjA

Go Tennessee - Adding Fuel to the Argument to be the Worst State in the USA

With the Voting Rights Act, some states were required to draw districts where minority residents made up most of the population, and offered a way for minority voters to challenge certain districts as undermining their political power. 

The Supreme Court has negated that law, and deep-south Tennessee has jumped immediately to use race to change its congressional districts so that the minority voters power will be diluted by Whites. 

The new map will indeed split apart a dense cluster of Democratic voters in the Ninth District — which supported Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 by a wide margin — into three Republican-leaning districts. 

This move proves again that since Republicans can't win by being fair, they will do anything to stay in power. Nothing is off the table when you have to rationalize away your support for the hierarchies that a man like Donald Trump champions.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/08/us/politics/tennessee-gop-map-black-voters.html