A friend on Facebook shared this with me. Does this say anything about differences in politics or the comfort level with  differences between gender issues/identity? Jon Gnarr, a top comedian who became mayor in June, appeared on stage on Thursday night in a floral-print dress, blonde wig and bright red lipstick. via BBC News – Reykjavik mayor opens gay pride festival in drag.
On the one hand, since there is no reason at all for the state to deny same-sex couples the right to marry, there is no reason, not to allow them to begin marrying right away. On the other hand, the Judge, and his decision are under heavy scrutiny. It could be seen as “pushing the gay agenda” to allow same-sex marriages to restart, and that could take someone away from the detailed, thoughtful, comprehensive, and logical decision that the Judge wrote. At stake however, is the rights of thousands of California couples to marry over the next year or so, and to fail to allow that would be the same as doing what was deemed unacceptable in his decision.
Being truly equal participants in Life, Liberty and all things American will take more than a right to get married. All of us, need to keep that in mind, and need to keep working for progress on all fronts where LGBT’s are treated differently than others.
some libraries do wonderful things protecting free speech, but not all libraries are acting in similar ways
Updated: it is official! Prop 8 eked unconstitutional! A number of tweets on twitter claiming prop 8 has been overturned, but I can’t yet confirm via a news source. Here are excerpts from the ruling as reported by the LA Times Here is the PDF of the Judge’s ruling
We know that the ruling will be appealed no matter what then decision is, and Walker, almost painfully, laid out a meticulous case so that there was no stone unturned and the court record would be as detailed as could be as the case moves through the appeals process towards the Supreme Court. But what about the time between now and the appeal?
new insurance option for folks who have been denied coverage in the past due to pre-existing conditions.
This is really a rant, that isn’t connected to what I usually write about (at least not too closely connected), so if that isn’t what your in the mood for, just skip this post. Tomorrow, I’m writing about the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), so I’ll be back on track. The Bakery Square complex is starting to come to life, especially now that the hotel and the Urban Active gym are both open. I was[Read More…]
For me, this issue is far bigger than Minnesota politics. This “socialism” verbiage is common GOP-talk at every level of government. And, here in Pennsylvania, we have a GOP governor candidate who thinks everyone on unemployment wants to sit around and just pick up a check. He claims to find tons of open jobs in a newspaper classified, but fails to see that these pay too low of a wage for the average unemployed to live at the standard their previous job provided. So Thomas Emmer is blaming the waters and waitresses, and Tom Corbett is blaming the unemployed.
Today’s Kylie video is one of my all time favorite Kylie songs, and this concert performance of it from the Showgirls concert really rocks! Â If I’m having a hard day, this is one song on my iPod that I go to, and I’m always smiling and dancing by the end of it. It is the right amount of campy fun, dance beats and all the stuff that makes Kylie a goddess! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEFCMaPGLU[/youtube]