Not So Nervous about the Presidential Election Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the presidential election. World, breathe a sigh of relief; our years-long election cycle will again grind to a close. Of course, it will start up again soon enough
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Yes, exactly! My sister made a really great post on Facebook; I doubt it's public, so I won't repost it here unless she says it's okay, but part of it hinged on the fact that she and her wife have been married for six years now and have managed, in that time, not to cause the marriages of any of their family, friends, or acquaintances to explode through contact with their gayness. I'm not sure what is meant by the common conservative cry to "protect marriage." From what? Wouldn't that involve outlawing divorce? (Oh but too many of them have gotten divorced so we can't have that.) I fail to see how allowing my gay friends to jointly file taxes and purchase a health insurance plan for couples undermines my and my husband's ability to do the same.
Both of those classes sound interesting. I hope they're light enough no to cause stress.
I always make them a little stressful through my perfectionist tendencies! :D But reviewing the syllabi, I didn't see anything that made me weak-kneed with dread and quite a few things that made me think, "Oh! That'll be fun." :)
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