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It is Difficult …

01:52 | 08-Nov-09  |  by Steve  |  published in Anxiety, Autumn, Beagles, Civil Liberties, Family, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, General, Health, Life, Marriage Equality, Miscellany, Nashville, Seasons, Steve

It would be great to have all kinds of observations about Nashville here, just as we did in Ann Arbor, but … well, we’re older and tired-er than we were in Ann Arbor.

Of Interest: 19-Jul-09

02:53 | 19-Jul-09  |  by Steve  |  published in Culture and Society, Current Events, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, History, Politics, Society

“Unfortunately, NASA couldn’t present as its spokesman and great philosopher a former high-ranking member of the Nazi Wehrmacht with a heavy German accent.”

Add One More to the Pile

08:03 | 14-Jul-09  |  by Steve  |  published in California, Civil Liberties, Culture and Society, Family, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Marriage Equality

One of only 18,000 gender-neutral, Constitutionally equally protected, legally recognized marriages.

Marriage Equality Arrives in New Hampshire

06:45 | 17-May-09  |  by Steve  |  published in Civil Liberties, Current Events, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Marriage Equality, New Hampshire

“What gay or lesbian couple is going to want to go out and give their hard-earned dollars to people who really don’t want to participate in their weddings?”

Marriage Equality Arrives in Maine

12:19 | 06-May-09  |  by Steve  |  published in Culture and Society, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Marriage Equality

“I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage.”

Marriage Equality Arrives in Connecticut

08:01 | 24-Apr-09  |  by Steve  |  published in Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Headline, Marriage Equality

“Discrimination has no place in our state and will be eradicated wherever it appears.”

The Bigots’ Last Hurrah

11:31 | 19-Apr-09  |  by Steve  |  published in Civil Liberties, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Headline, Marriage Equality

“We must embrace all citizens as equals.”

Rarin’ to Go

11:31 | 05-Jun-08  |  by Steve  |  published in Civil Liberties, Marriage Equality, San Francisco Area

Gavin Newsom, the man who presided over our first civil union ceremony when he was still a San Francisco supervisor, wants to get a jump on gay marriages «the evening of 16 June», instead of waiting for the next morning:

‘San Francisco officials have asked the state for permission to begin marrying same-sex couples a little [...]

We Can. And We Do.

06:00 | 15-May-08  |  by Steve  |  published in California, Current Events, Featured, Gay and Lesbian

«Daryl Cagle, MSNBC»
Every once in awhile, every great once in awhile, I … sort of like the «state of California»:

‘The California Supreme Court struck a historic but possibly short-lived blow for gay rights Thursday, overturning a state law that allowed only opposite-sex couples to marry. In a 4-3 ruling that elicited passionate responses on both [...]

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