Could an e-Marriage be the next big thing?
A pair of law professors at Michigan State University think that States should extend to Marriage licensing, the same servicing they do to say, business licensing.
The march was inspiring, the people were beautiful, the weather was perfect, the fabulous were fabulous, and the speakers at the rally and chants along the march were often electric. The National Equality March was a success by all measurements.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 130,000 words for your eyes.
Made the journey safely – saw many a deer on the side of the road this evening – luckily none decided to venture onto the highway.
I hope to have all the pictures I took up sometime tomorrow to share with you.
In the meantime, here’s Cleve Jones’ address to the marchers – enjoy!
I’m marching this weekend in DC because I’m tired, really really tired.
I’m tired of waiting for things like the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes legislation to become law. This Monday will be 11 years since his murder, and the time for enacting this legislation is pathetically overdue.
I’m tired of the fact that discharges under Don’t [...]
Bill Maher: Repeal DADT Because It’s The Right Thing To Do And Because It Was Promised In Your Campaign (Video).
Just placed my order with Skreend for my custom t-shirt for the National Equality March in Washington DC this weekend – hope they can get it made in time! Joe gave me his word they’d give it their best effort to have it done today – keeping my fingers crossed.
Update:Â This afternoon the fine folks [...]
So… Michelangelo Signorile posted on Facebook today a contest to name a special drink for the National Equality March meetup Saturday … I replied with the Absolut Equality … so what’s in an Absolut Equality? Good question …. how does equal parts Absolut Vodka, Cranberry juice, and Lemonade sound? Sounds good to [...]
Bring your comfortable – and stylish – shoes and all the friends and loved ones, that support you and our goal of FULL equality in the land of the Free and home of the Brave to the Nation’s Capital for the National Equality March on October 10-11th, 2009.
I’ll be there, will you?
Finally uploaded the pictures from the Columbus Gay Pride parade – click the pic to go to the album.
Where have I been? This has been out for two years, and I’m just now hearing about it? What What in the butt by Samwell for your entertainment pleasure… if you haven’t seen it yourself.
October 11, 2009 is the date we will en mass in the Capital of the United States, and march to demand that we get our full and equal rights afforded us as Citizens of these United States – in ALL 50 States.
No more second class treatment for first class citizens.
Keep checking this site for further [...]
Cold off the press – cafepress that is – sad that they’re back in style.
Together 18 years, married 4 years ago, on our 14th anniversary. We celebrated our anniversary this Earth day with a nice dinner out at Carrabba’s Italian Grill – a bottle of Chianti, a couple of nice steaks, and an unexpected complimentary dessert. The chocolate whatever it was, was delicious. It was very [...]
Apparently Tennessee thinks it’s OK to “fix” gay students but not let them know that it’s normal and OK to BE gay.
Wired: Pro-Gay Sites Filtered From Tennessee Students
Read this article in TIME magazine this morning … The Meaning of Iowa’s Gay Marriage Decision.
An analysis of the Iowa Supreme Court decision finding their one man one woman marriage law to be unconstitutional as it discriminates against gays and lesbians.
Their analysis, as did mine, finds the power in the final four words of the [...]
Those three GIANT words can be found on the last line of the last page of the opinion released today from the Iowa Supreme Court, under the word AFFIRMED.
I skimmed the 69 page opinion (pdf) for any pearls of wisdom it may contain – but when I hit that last page, and saw these four [...]
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Through all the ups and downs, trials and tribulations of being a member of the minority sexual orientation on this planet we call home, I am thankful in the knowledge that no matter what happens in matters of laws of man…. it will never deter humans from loving one another.
They can take away our right [...]
For too many years now, the GLBT community has had a small step by small step strategy, with the knowledge that eventually will win our rights.
We’ve continued to vote, march, and give money to organizations like the Human Rights Campaign, American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, and various other organizations like good little soldiers. [...]
Irony in the form of humor can impress upon an observer, an understanding otherwise difficult to achieve due to preformed opinions.
A group of students at Princeton University have set about to enforce, via a majority vote, a rule that would prohibit Freshman from using the sidewalks at the University. Thereby, protecting the definition of walking [...]
Oh the weather outside was freightful, but the crowd was so delightful, and since we didn’t have any snow, let us pro.. let us pro… let us PROooooooooTEST.
Tomorrow, Saturday November 15, 2008 – all over the United States, people will gather to protest the majority vote in favor of Proposition 8 in California, which if allowed to stand by the CA Supreme Court would amend the Constitution of the state of California, to eliminate what the same court ruled in May of [...]
The sting from the fact that African American voters in California pushed the passage of Proposition 8 more than any other ethnic group is palpable.
Last evening we listened to a raging debate on the Make It Plain show with Mark Thompson (on Sirius Left 146)- and it fired me up – ready to go.
How dare [...]
Ye ha! Another victory for marriage equality! The Supreme Court of the state of Connecticut has denied the discriminatory practice of limiting marriage based upon gender.
Read more here, and here, and here.
Last night we went out to Score Bar in Columbus. There we were treated to prizes and free rum drinks from our Pride group at work, and Mount Gay Rum. I have to say I’m not a rum drinker, Vodka drinks or Guinness are my first choices when it comes to beverages of [...]
On average, poll after poll, more Americans when surveyed, support allowing same sex couples full marriage rights, more than they support the policies/politics of George W. Bush, by a not insignificant margin of roughly 10 percent.
What should this tell us? Â Add your thoughts below, leave some comments.
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My HOMO SEX IS IN t-shirt was a smashing success at the gay pride parade today – yeah me ;)Â I almost didn’t wear it – wasn’t feeling all that up to standing out in the crowd – but decided last minute to go ahead and wear the thing – and I’m glad I did [...]
The Supreme Court of the State of California ruled today that the laws of the state limiting marriage to members of the opposite sex are unconstitutional, and that the state has no compelling interest in retaining the traditional definition of marriage. Extra extra, read all about it!
The 4-3 decision, will certainly bring with it [...]
The title is a quote from Thomas Jefferson. We’ve been watching the HBO special John Adams, and I was looking for a title for this posting, so I started reading some quotes from Thomas Jefferson over at BrainyQuote.com.
The future holds that Gay Marriage / Same-Sex Marriage will be a certainty in the United States [...]
Claddagh Irish Pub’s fish fry and a pint of Guinness – is there anything better? Seriously?
Watched a good movie tonight – Un amour à taire – (A Love to Hide) it’s a french movie from 2005 – with subtitles – about a family in Paris during WWII and the tragedies of the Nazi occupation [...]
In case you didn’t know – I’m and Out Gay Man … there now, that feels better.
Coming out information
*UPDATE:Late this evening I was pleased to find in my inbox a response to my email sent to the HRC regarding the debates, which included the information that the HRC has decided to extend an invitation to Senator Gravel to participate in the debate. I sincerely hope that he accepts this opportunity to participate.Thank [...]
Well, as promised here’s the pictures from this year’s Pride parade.
It’s going to be a whirl wind summer – we’re going to Gay Days at Disney World this weekend – M.I.C. see you real soon…Have our tickets for the True Colors Tour – with Cyndi Lauper and Erasure, and many more performers… mid-month.New Gallup poll says America is starting to respect it’s queers – yeah [...]
Trying to reignite my blogging … have been thinking lately about lowering the curtain on this site.In thinking about it, I came across a quote, which I can’t find now that I want to write about it – but it was something along the lines of how people who don’t break the rules, don’t make [...]
Just purchased our flights to San Fran for a vacation this year, we’ll be there for the Pride parade – looking forward to visiting the Left coast again, and SF for the first time.Plenty of travel ahead this year, Gay Days in Orlando in early June, Pride in SF later in June, and Ft. Lauderdale [...]
The argument against Gay Marriage often devolves to the argument by those wishing to legislate their own discrimination, that the people should have a vote on whether or not Gays should be allowed to marry.This argument is complete and utter bullshit. My rights, your rights, each and every American’s rights are not up to [...]
Charlie and I went to the Pride parade yesterday … click on our photo to see all 205 of the pictures we took combined:
Couple of things I noticed this year, the venomous wild eyed street preachers were down near the convention center this year instead of the State House, and the parade seems to be [...]
I received one of those emails that people forward to their freinds and family all the time, the other day. It was from my sister, and it spoke of the United States being based upon the Christian religion. Showing pictures of Moses on the Supreme Court Building, and the Ten Commandments on the [...]
I’m thankful for the millions of Americans that involved themselves this year in our democracy like never before, to stand up against the outrageous excesses of the Bush Administration. Although we apparently didn’t succeed in toppling his regime peacefully via the ballot box. I cling to the hope that reason and logic will eventually prevail [...]
OK fellow BLOGGERS, we need to attack the radical right wingers, and their constant attempts to tinker with the constitution of the United States of America. First and foremost, Mr. Bush himself. When he’s sworn in as the next President of the United States, he will be taking the oath of office, hand placed neatly [...]
Well, I needed something to replace my Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker … after all my bumper was feeling awfully lonely .. ;)
The Log Cabin Republican’s have voted overwhelmingly NOT to endorse Bush for Reelection.
You go Girls!
What a wild day in news today. First a court in California tells over 4000 couples that they’re no longer married, and then the married Gov. of the State of New Jersey, holds a press conference to resign his position, and admit that he’s gay, and that he had an affair with a man.
The rumors [...]
This site –> Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals [BASH] has documented an extreme propensity of George W.’s use of the word “fabulous” … including links to official White House press releases in which he is quoted over, and over again, fabulously using the word fabulous
…. maybe the Log Cabin Republican’s supported him in 2000 for an [...]
Urge them to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) which seeks to ammend the Constitution of the United States of America to define marriage as being between one man and one woman.For answers to frequently asked questions regarding the FMA, please click hereHere is the email I sent because I couldn’t get through on the [...]
In addition to being the annual Pride Parade in Columbus, yesterday was the annual garage sale in our development. Charlie and I went shopping for bargains on used junk … well, among other things, I came home with 10 CDs, and 1 Vinyl Album. The vinyl was Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell … [...]
Had to snap a picture of this cutout figure of W. dressed up in a feather boa, with a gay pride necklace and pig hat on with my cellphone camera. The lens was dirty and the light from outside coming through the window on the left made the image real dark, so I’ve adjusted [...]
Here is the email I sent to my Senators and Congressman today for your reading pleasure.
I’ve written you in the past regarding the issue of Gay Marriage, and as the President has just reiterated his stance on attempting to write discrimination in the United States Constitution, I wanted to reiterate my strong feelings against [...]
Well as I was saying here, it looks like someone has taken the idea and ran with it by making and selling for only $4.99 Purple Gay Marriage Pins. Now if only someone would make that into a decal … 8-)Charlie and I rode our cycles down to Polaris yesterday, it was such a [...]
All around this great land of ours, fair minded citizens need a symbol to show that there is strength in our numbers. The symbol will stand for fairness and equality, and against discrimination in all it’s forms. The symbol will be one that can be proudly worn to work, to church, to the [...]
Marriage: Mix and Match [NY Times - Free Registration Required]Prohibitions and persecutions begin when people leap to
Give me a break! All of these people outraged over the exposure of a celebrity’s bare breast, how dare they fein shock and awe after watching idly by while our own President sent over 500 American men and women to an early grave this past year in Iraq, along with thousands of civilian Iraqi’s.Grow [...]
I’m telling you why … Harvey Fierstein’s Op-Ed article in the NY Times entitled “You Better Watch Out” [Free - Registration Required] is a beautifully crafted letter to an semi-ungrateful nation, like a mirror held up to show the face of intolerance how ugly it looks. The idea that anyone should assume, that Santa, [...]
As a matter of fact, you can call me Pro-Marriage! I urge you to be Pro-Marriage too.I want to be the first to let my dear heterosexual neighbors know that your marriages (and divorces in some cases) have neither strengthened nor undermined my relationship with my partner, and to comfort you and assure [...]
Going to the Chapel, and we’re going to get married …A Vegas quickie wedding sounds fun ;)
I’m tearing up thinking about the day, 5 years ago that we stood holding candles in the dark at the grounds of the Statehouse in Columbus, the candlelight vigil expressing so many feelings for so many people. The feeling that I was Matthew Shepard, too that day, the outrage, the loss, the anger, the [...]
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good…. (Genesis 1:31)
Pride was fun, LOVED the Marching band, and the Flaggots… the combination of SPF 30 and a little shade, meant no sunburn this year! My pale complexion lives on ;) I took 92 digital pictures, but can only get 69 of them off of my HP Photosmart 315 camera. The other 23 are [...]
Oh my Dear Brothers and Sisters to the North, why is that the land that my fellow Countrymen belittle for reasons only a narrow minded American would understand, can take the Spirit and Intent of the founders of our Country and make them real for the citizens of your Country?Why is Canada more Free than [...]
If you’re not familiar with Robbie – where have you been hiding? Robbie is the always outrageous, sexually ambiguous, former member of boy-band Take That, that is entertaining as all hell. Buy his album “The Ego Has Landed” – which is a compiliation of many of his hits across the ocean – put together for [...]
Washed the Xterra for the first time by hand this weekend since I got it last winter – in the process I stepped on the “tough as nails” new flat hose and it punctured a hole in it – piece of crap!Anywho, finally had a chance to tattoo the truck with my Dean, Apple, HRC [...]
Today is my and Charlie’s 12 year Annivesary.
From our humble beginings in our mid twenties and our one bedroom apartment when we sat on the floor because we didn’t have any furniture, and committed our hearts to each other, to the point where we are today – twelve years later – is an incredible distance, [...]
Site disappeared for a few hours yesterday, not sure why? Didn’t get any forwarning from the hosting company, nor has my email inquiry been responed to… hope I don’t have to move the site again.The carpet looks wonderful since it’s been cleaned, deodorized and sealed for future protection ;)Got nearly all of my X-mas [...]
You know how there are certain songs that get you moving? The one’s that make you want to get up and dance, or sing out loud even if someone’s watching, well when sitting down to write this, the first thing that came to mind was the anthem song “Proud” by Heather Small … it’s on [...]
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