I doubt anyone is surprised, by now, that I don't exactly consider Republicans irredeemable demons or Democrats unsullied saints. Or vice versa ( Read more... )

Banned Books Week is this week - September 22-28. In recognition of this, I've ordered Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden, #44 on the ALA list of the 100 most challenged books of the '90s.

The monkey girl says she wishes I'd gotten And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, which was #4 in the '00s.

Yesterday sosoclever posted something about DADT.** I said to her in an e-mail, "The only ones saying it's inevitable and there's no point opposing [repeal] so we might as well support it seem to be conservatives." So now, today, They posted a story saying pretty much the same thing about same-sex marriage. One of the best quotes is:"It is inherently a ( Read more... )

Someone please explain this to me.
[DOMA] "does not prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying, nor does it prohibit the states from acknowledging same-sex marriages," according to the court filing by Assistant Attorney General Tony West ( Read more... )

Maybe that seems crass, but that's my first reaction to the story about an interracial couple denied a marriage license. Thousands of men and women can't get marriage licenses, and 53% of the country is okay with that, including Obama. That last part makes this particularly ironic ( Read more... )

"Massachusetts [ . . . ] has become the first to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. [ . . . ] The suit filed in US District Court in Boston claims that the Congress, in enacting the DOMA, 'overstepped its authority, undermined states' efforts to recognize marriages between same ( Read more... )

While looking for a transcript of the debate between John Eichelberger and Daylin Leach, I found yet more to demonstrate how willfully blind millions of people are to Obama's bigotry and homophobia.

I've mentioned before his statement that he opposes gay marriage and believes "that marriage is between a man and a woman." This is basically what ( Read more... )

Here's some of today's big news. I just know it's going to piss off people like my mother, who are going to try to find some way to deny it even happened!

"Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gays being able to marry but believes states, not the federal government, should make the decision ( Read more... )