Court ruling permanently forbids enforcement of the same-sex marriage ban ( Read more... )

Look upon this wondrous thing! A flowchart, of a sort, of the arguments for and against gay marriage as transcribed from Facebook polls ( Read more... )

My freshman year of college I was a geology major, so I have a soft spot in my heart for geologists and geophysicists already, but here is one who absolutely rocks my socks. Maria Brumm, a Seattle geophysicist, explains, with diagrams, how gay marriage causes earthquakes.

California's Supreme Court ruled to uphold Prop 8, the amendment to the constitution that bans same-sex marriage. I expected it, so why does it still feel like a kick in the teeth? Maybe because I allowed myself to hope. I hoped that a court that had ruled discrimination against same-sex couples unconstitutional would see that changing the ( Read more... )

I'm finally starting to feel better. Finally! Starting is the operative word here, but starting is better than the alternative. I even managed to get out of the house on Saturday night, when owldolatrous and his husband took me to see Milk.

( Milk, Movies, Inspiration, History, and Hope )

( California Supreme Court decided to grant review to numerous lawsuits regarding Prop. 8 )

You probably expected to see me last night. I'm sorry I disappeared. I was feeling totally and completely antisocial, and utterly drained. I was in a bad mood, and I didn't want to end up snarling and snapping and damaging my friendships ( Read more... )

I have heard more than a few times recently, that Black and Latino voters are responsible for Proposition 8 having passed. The argument I heard was that because the Black community was highly mobilized to vote for Obama, and they are generally opposed to gay rights, their votes are what tipped the balance. I've heard similarly that it is the ( Read more... )

I went to bed last night in a schizophrenic state of elation over Obama's win, and despair over Proposition 8's passing. And I woke, not surprisingly, to find many of my friends are deeply hurt by the passage of Proposition 8. I won't deny my own hurt. I'll admit my tears. But I have not lost hope ( Read more... )

Irony is getting an automated phone call from the Yes on 8 campaign while you are standing on a street corner holding a No on 8 sign at a rally, in the pouring rain ( Read more... )