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A Conservative Makes the Legal Case for Civil Marriage Equality

In today’s New York Times:
While Mr. Olson came to the case by a serendipitous route that began late last year with Rob Reiner, a Hollywood director widely known for his Democratic activism, he said his support of same-sex marriage stemmed from longstanding personal and legal conviction. He sees nothing inconsistent with that stance and his [...]

Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw Prop 8’s.

From Wonkette:
La Jolla hotel developer Doug Manchester put up $125,000 to collect signatures for Prop 8, California’s absurd anti-gay-marriage initiative intended to overturn Caifornia’s legal gay marriages just to ruin people’s lives, because why not, wingnuts is special. But now richie-rich Mr. Manchester, who previously claimed he was bankrolling the Prop 8 signature effort because [...]

Eulogy for a Marriage Equality Bill in R.I.

From the South County Independent:
The comments of the governors of New Hampshire and Maine upon signing their laws reflect a laudatory open-minded and sensitive understanding of the role of government in people’s civil lives. (In Vermont the legislature overrode the governor’s veto.) Initially New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch and Maine Gov. John Baldacci opposed gay [...]

Philip

Either minds are changing or bigoted people are dying

From MSNBC’s First Read:
For the first time in a nationwide survey, more Americans say they support gay marriage (49%) than oppose it (46%), according to the latest Washington Post/ABC poll.
 
That 49% supporting gay marriage, in fact, is a significant jump from 2004, when the Post/ABC poll found just 32% in favor.
 
This surge within the past [...]

Not Nice

Nice

An old friend sent me this video. I thought it worth sharing.

The Opinion Page Editor at the Des Moines Register is smoking crack

That’s the only explaination for publishing this disgusting and manipulative piece:
Our hearts go out to people caught up in homosexuality. The destruction and pain that homosexuality leaves in its wake is deep and impacts so many more than just the individuals caught up in the activity. We now know several other couples who are struggling [...]

Arguments we should all know

Kanye West is not a gay fish