{"id":783,"date":"2009-09-02T14:47:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T14:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/09\/ben-jerrys-hubby-hubby-gay-marriage-stephen-colbert.html"},"modified":"2009-09-02T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T14:47:29","slug":"ben-jerrys-hubby-hubby-gay-marriage-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/09\/ben-jerrys-hubby-hubby-gay-marriage-stephen-colbert.html","title":{"rendered":"Ben & Jerry’s Hubby Hubby: Gay Marriage and The Americone Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hubby_hubby.jpg\"<\/span>In honor of the passage of Vermont’s same-sex marriage law,<\/a> Ben & Jerry’s<\/a> has announced that for 30 days (only in Vermont), “Chubby Hubby<\/a>” ice cream will be sold as “Hubby Hubby<\/a>.” Stephen Colbert<\/a>‘s Americone Dream<\/a> could not be reached for comment, but rumors are that the caramel-and-waffley-chocolate-bits-flavor called the announcement a cheap publicity stunt<\/a> in private. <\/p>\n

Cherry Garcia<\/a> – easily the most Buddhist<\/a> of all Ben & Jerry’s flavors<\/a> – praised the move as demonstrating compassion for all sentient beings<\/a>. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\nOf course, here at the One City Blog<\/a> we had a long, winding, and crazy discussion thread <\/a>about whether or not gays Buddhists<\/a>
\nare cool. As one commenter put it accurately, there is not any official
\nposition on homosexuality and Buddhism, either historically or
\nethically. However, as a practitioner and teacher of Buddhist meditation<\/a>,
\nI want to stop joking and be clear that the VAST majority of Buddhist
\nteachers and community one can study with nowadays are completely accepting of
\nqueer practitioners. I also want to be clear, (since Tibetan Buddhism<\/a>
\nwas called out specifically using an old quote by the Dalai Lama<\/a>), that
\nmost Tibetan Buddhist teachers in the western world welcome homosexual
\nmembers into the community. And I also want to say that Buddhists ought
\nto support gay marriage (take a stand, come on), if only because we
\nhave the ability to actually mindfully read the Constitution<\/a> of the United States. <\/p>\n

And no, I am not going to marry a Chunky Monkey if gay marriage becomes legal everywhere<\/a>. Now pass the Cookies and Cream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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