With Annise Parker's win, Houston becomes the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor.

I was talking on IM with a friend from California, and we started talking about politics, so I wanted to see how liberal I was. I think of myself as a hardcore liberal, but I wondered if, when faced with the issues and considering that I live in central Texas, if I was more moderate to a Californian or a New Yorker. Turns out that I'm a hardcore ( Read more... )

I am very, very behind on checking the flist, like skipping 100 pages behind. ARGH.

But my flist is awesome so far and I have a few things to bring to the table.

First, maichan808 showed me this completely messed up new ad against same sex marriage. SEE THE STUPIDITY.

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Then
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Iowa third state to allow gay marriage

And a heartland state to boot!  Here's hoping it doesn't get struck down like it did in California.  At least the legilative session is ending soon and at least many will marry before it can come up again.