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Showing posts with label same sex marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label same sex marriage. Show all posts
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Tools For Living
I'm a huge nerdy fan of the TED lecture series, Huge, and i came across this great little meditation on justice and democracy.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Four Down...
Holy Shit!
This morning Vermont became the first state of The Union to legalize gay marriage by an act of legislature when it's lower house voted 100-49 (the minimum needed) to overturn Governor Jim Douglas' veto of a marriage bill passed yesterday by both Houses of the Vermont legislature.
Vermont joins Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Iowa; all of whom had Gay marriage dictated to them by their Judicial branches.
A few weeks ago, when the California Supreme Court was hearing arguments for and against gay marriage i got into a bit of a... lets call it a 'spirited debate' with my dear friend Rand when i espoused the opinion that perhaps it is not in our best interest to keep winning these victories in the courts. In fact without a legislative or referendum victory under our belts these court victories are hollow, reversible at any time, like Roe V. Wade. But now we have the first true mark of the changing tide. Nothing can stop us.
This morning Vermont became the first state of The Union to legalize gay marriage by an act of legislature when it's lower house voted 100-49 (the minimum needed) to overturn Governor Jim Douglas' veto of a marriage bill passed yesterday by both Houses of the Vermont legislature.
Vermont joins Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Iowa; all of whom had Gay marriage dictated to them by their Judicial branches.
A few weeks ago, when the California Supreme Court was hearing arguments for and against gay marriage i got into a bit of a... lets call it a 'spirited debate' with my dear friend Rand when i espoused the opinion that perhaps it is not in our best interest to keep winning these victories in the courts. In fact without a legislative or referendum victory under our belts these court victories are hollow, reversible at any time, like Roe V. Wade. But now we have the first true mark of the changing tide. Nothing can stop us.
Friday, October 10, 2008
The War at Home and Beyond
The internets are abuzz this morning with news about same sex marriage, though not all of it is good.
To begin with Portugal's Socialist led Parliament has rejected an call from two opposition parties (the Greens and the Left Bloc) to legalize same sex marriage.
Here in the Golden State a new poll is showing a shift in favor of taking away same sex couples right to marry.
It could have something to do with this new add by the 'yes on 8' people...
...because everyone knows you can catch gay from a kids book. (sigh)
But there is some good news, the Supreme Court of Connecticut today ruled that the state's same-sex civil union laws are discriminatory and that gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry in that state. That's right team, we are full fledged human beings in THREE states of the Union. Yay?
To begin with Portugal's Socialist led Parliament has rejected an call from two opposition parties (the Greens and the Left Bloc) to legalize same sex marriage.
Here in the Golden State a new poll is showing a shift in favor of taking away same sex couples right to marry.
It could have something to do with this new add by the 'yes on 8' people...
...because everyone knows you can catch gay from a kids book. (sigh)
But there is some good news, the Supreme Court of Connecticut today ruled that the state's same-sex civil union laws are discriminatory and that gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry in that state. That's right team, we are full fledged human beings in THREE states of the Union. Yay?
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