Sorry, Dad, no more Father's Day

Here's a twist: The Family Research Council is shrieking that now that gays can marry in Calif. straight dads won't be able to celebrate Father's Day anymore. The reason is that marriage licenses will no longer have the term "husband" (it never did, the term was "groom") and they claim Calif. will soon remove the term "father" from birth certificates.

Sorry, no. Men will still be fathers and can still celebrate Father's Day and allowing gay men (who already do) to do the same has no effect on the day. Which leads to the question: Why do these organizations reach for the most hysterical, lurid -- and foolish -- explanations they can find? Do they actually raise money through using such nonsense? The rest of the country is quite aware of how empty their arguments are.