This "Quote of the Day" is an entire blog post that was written last year by a librarian in answer to a woman challenging the placement of the children's book Uncle Bobby's Wedding in their public library.

Read this lovely, thoughtful, intelligent response here.

Excerpt:

First, I think you're right that the purpose of the book is to show a central ( Read more... )

I can't say I've ever read any of Card's stuff, but I sure won't do so now. The following is cross-posted from fiona64 --

"If you are also a proponent of marriage equality, you might want to rethink whether you continue to support OSC by purchasing his books. :-(

"http://www. ( Read more... )

Blog on the California Democratic Convention

Excerpt:

Speaker after speaker on stage -- from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on down the ranks --- made firm mention of their support for marriage equality as a core value of the party. From caucus to caucus, from committee to committee the message was clear: the California Democratic Party is ( Read more... )

Need some good rebuttals to deal with Bible-thumping Christians foaming at the mouth over same-sex marriage?

This article has them.

This excellent essay was written by a Christian scholar in support of same-sex marriage. It touches on some wonderful points, such as the separation of Church and State and why Christians should be glad it's there, looking beyond the letter of the Biblical words to their intention (and realizing the historical and cultural bias inherent in them), ( Read more... )

As one of the preschoolers in my class said when they were discussing whether girls could marry girls. "It doesn't matter if you marry a girl or a boy, it matters if you marry your best friend because you have to really love them."

~ Posted by lauratd here

From the mouths of babes...

Connecticut.
Massachusetts.
Iowa.
Vermont.
And now, the District of Columbia (assuming Congress doesn't screw it up).

The inevitability of our success shines brightly.

Having just seen your television ad online, I have to ask:

In what universe does granting decent, law-abiding citizens equal rights infringe on others' rights? Not in the one I live in.

Where do you get off using the phrase "rainbow coalition"? If you don't want us using your precious "marriage" word, don't be stealing OUR words, either. ...Oh, ( Read more... )

I just found out about WhiteKnot.org, despite the fact that they've been around since sometime before last November's election.

The White Knot is the symbol for marriage equality.

It takes two traditional symbols of marriage-white and tying the knot-and combines them in a simple way to show support for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. All ( Read more... )

This bloke feels bad about all the yelling around Prop. 8 and asks, "Can we talk?"

My comment on the Newsweek site was truncated and my quotation marks and apostrophes turned into "???" (what I get for copying and pasting from Word), so I'm reposting my submission here.

( Escape route cut for those who don't want to read more about Prop 8 )