You've been warned. I try hard not to get political in my LJ. I try to keep it fannish, or at least nonpolitical personal. However, there are two things I really need to get out here ( Read more... )

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I'm having cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy on November 5th, and the doctor said I should be in the hospital a week to ten days so I've made sure to vote early. It's important to vote. Don't forget to vote. Steve Rogers wants you to vote.
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1) In 2009 the people of the state of Maine, to my disappointment, vetoed by citizen's veto the gay marriage act passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. In 2012 the people of the state of Maine, to my joy, made up for that by passing a citizen's initiative to grant gays the right to marry. It's estimated that it'll take two months ( Read more... )

Er, the "he" would be my governor, Maine Governor John Baldacci. The "it" would be signing into law LD 1020, "An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious Freedom."

We can haz gay marriage noe!Okay, so I was worried about the bill even after the house passed it 89-57 and the senate passed it 21-13. I wasn't sure how our " ( Read more... )

*A note about the first one. I rarely watch Keith Olbermann, like I rarely watch Pat O'Rielly. Their politics are different, but they seem to have a similar tendency to be... too... strident for my tastes. I like this piece by Keith Olbermann however.

From trystan830

( Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on Gay Marriage )

Lets see, I made no posts in September, and only one visible one in October. I made a private one, but since it was private it doesn't mean much to all of you out there. *Waves to everyone.* I've been trying to decide whether to say anything about the election for a while. The main thing it did for me was make me feel like a freak. Not because ( Read more... )