There's much wailing and gnashing of teeth going on at the moment over the reported death of the public option in the senate. I'm not as convinced that the death of the PO means the death of a death of a good HCR bill - it all depends on what we get in return for trading it away. In fact, it could even mean we end up getting a better overall bill ( ( Read more... )

A new PPP poll of Maine showed voters completely split on the issue of perserving the state's marriage equality law - 48% to 48%, with few undecided voters. Looking at the data, here's what the pollster says:
"With most voters' minds made up the election is not really about persuasion at this point but turnout. Even a small difference in the ( Read more... )

There are a lot of reasons I haven't been as active on LJ lately as I used to be, and not least along among them is that I've been so busy with a Big Marriage Equality Project for the last few months that I just haven't had much free time. Well, today that project had its first public spotlight.

The group I'm working with, Love Honor Cherish, ( Read more... )

I feel like I was part of history yesterday ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of talk over the past few weeks about how we need to shut down the GAY-TM for the DNC - no more money for the party until they start moving more forcefully on our issues. And I'm good with that. It may be the most effective way we have to express our frustration and spur action. And, as it turns out, there's a much better way to ( Read more... )

Without wading into the larger, heated Obama vs gays fight (to the death!), a thought about repealing DOMA. That thought being: it ain't going to happen anytime soon ( Read more... )

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All they gays in the house that had awkward fits of dating girls in high school raise your hands. Really? ME TOO ( Read more... )

What surprised me the most about yesterday's California Supreme Court ruling wasn't the decision, which was exactly as predicted, but how little it affected me. Don't get me wrong, coming off the plane from Chicago and having the news be the first thing we heard when we got in the car wasn't exactly fun, and it did deflate the great mood I was in ( Read more... )

The results of my not-anywhere-close-to-scientific poll on the next steps for the CA gay marriage fight are in, and the results are about what I expected: most want to go for 2010, but a significant portion think we should wait for 2012 ( Read more... )