This is a big deal for me. People I love and care for are affected by what is going to happen today and tomorrow in the Supreme Court. They are going to hear arguments for marriage equality. I don’t care what your orientation, sex, gender, religion, whatever – you should be able to marry the…
Tag: politics
A 3min Speech Worth a Watch
A very well spoken speech about same sex marriage and the effects of same sex marriage on kids. While the debate and decisions going on in Iowa around the topic disgust the hell out of me – and make me ashamed of the state in which I was born and raised, this truly gives me…
Hate Speech and Recent Events – My Rant
I am deeply disturbed by the events in Arizona on Saturday. Hearing of the assassination attempt on a Congresswoman, how others had lost their lives, was not what I liked hearing upon waking up on Saturday. It was interesting because I had been listening to NPR on the drive up to Seattle where they played…
VOTE
“Decisions are made by those who show up” ~Aaron Sorkin I have a rule when talking to people about politics. I ask first if they voted in the last election. If they say they did not, I won’t talk politics with them. Talking politics with them would be like talking about the ball game while…
Fruit for Thought
My dad while serving in the military was pretty open about what his approach would be if he discovered in combat one of his men was gay. Let’s just say it involved friendly fire to keep his group focused not on watching their ass from their fellow soldier, but to keep them focused on the…
Rights of a Child
The other morning on the way to work, I heard a snippet from The Daily Show where Jon Stewart is making fun of the fact that the US and Somalia are the only two countries in the UN to not ratify the global children’s rights treaty. The joke was something about pirates. I don’t recall…
Day 92 – Equal
Iowa became the third state in the US to legalize gay marriage. Today, in a unanimous decision, the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the restriction of marriage as being between one man and one woman. “We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially…
I Do Not Like It, Sam-I-Am
As many may be aware given the national coverage, our new, openly gay Mayor, Sam Adams, has apologized for lying about having sex with an 18-year old intern in 2005. Why is this news? When confronted about this in 2007, he lied about it. Why? He was getting ready to run for mayor and was…
Hate is NOT a Family Value
There is a story that I have heard at least a hundred times as a kid. I think it was my dad’s way of relaying why he has never tolerated racism, and he used it to show that racist beliefs don’t always get passed along. When my dad was about 7 or 8 years old,…
Ideas for Michelle Obama’s Dress
She has been called the new “Jackie O” in the White House. The Daily Beast asked 9 Project Runway alums to design something for Michelle Obama to wear at the Inaugural Ball. Check out what they suggested. I will have to say some disappointed me as they seem to have lost their design aesthetic from…
