The circumstances under which I would, might, have, or might have chosen to have an abortion are nobody's business but mine and those I choose to tell. They are not the business of any government. I do not accept the proposition that either the state or my sexual partner(s) should have any say over when and if I choose to bear a child. I do not ( Read more... )

I belong to a Yahoo! Group, Transracial Adoption and Placement. Normally, it's a group of several women and a few men who ask their questions and share their knowledge about various issues facing multi-racial families. When one member finally got her daughter home from Haiti, we congratulated her. When another member had an adoption fall through, ( Read more... )

I've decided to start with an easy topic: Gay Marriage. I'm pretty sure that I know where my LiveJournal friends stand on this issue, but because I started this fricking web journal to rant, I'm going to rant.

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that same-sex partners with ( Read more... )

I know, this Live Journal is pretty boring thus far. I hope that when there's actually action on the adoption front, more of our friends will want to come and play. Right now, I'm using this as a forum to rant about the state of America and/or Antioch in general.

Antioch is a city in the Far East Bay. Until about 10 years ago, it was considered ( Read more... )

In a recent issue of Newsweek (February 21, 2005), Judy Nichols weighed in regarding the previous issue's My Turn, an essay about a woman struggling to pay off her student loans. Ms. Nichols had this to say:
"... I still find it hard to sympathize with Anna Marrian's plight. She is in this predicament due to her own lack of responsibility. She ( Read more... )