Weddings Begin in California
Towleroad has some of the first pictures and video from California’s first same-sex marriages, which happenend yesterday at 5:01pm pacific time. Congratulations to everyone who is taking advantage of this new legal right!
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Good Job, Macy’s!
Reading Towleroad during lunch, I came across this ad that Macy’s ran in the L.A. Times today.
It made me warm and fuzzy to see a huge retailer like Macy’s step up with this kind of ad (you can click on it to see a larger version that is a bit easier to read).
From what I’ve [...]
California Supreme Court Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Breaking news from Towleroad…
California’s Supreme Court has overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Here’s a bit of the court’s opinion that was posted on Towleroad: “Furthermore, in contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to [...]
An English Partnership… and the ‘08 Elections.
In the 1,000th issue of The Advocate, cover date January 15, 2008, there was an excellent first person essay from Andrew Solomon called “A Transcontinental Affair.” Here he talked about traveling to England with his partner, John Habich, so they could pledge “our troth” in the summer of 2006. Andrew’s dual citizenship in the U.S. [...]
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It’s Saturday and Fall Is Here
Category: Books, LGBT Issues, Life in General | tagged aerogarden, gay marriage, job, weather
Finally! Fall seems to have arrived. After a muggy week, remember last Saturday I reported the temperature was 85 degrees, the weather finally broke Thursday night. This morning when I got up at 3 to go play hockey it was 45 degrees and currently it’s 61! According to the 10 day forecast, there’s only one [...]
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Summer-like Saturday
Category: LGBT Issues, Life in General, Music, New York, TV | tagged aerogarden, gay marriage, job, us, weather
It’s 85 degrees! It’s October! Where is fall? It was here for a little bit and it seems to have been taken over by a extended Indian Summer. As you can imagine I’m not happy with this turn of the weather. It looks like by mid-next week we’ll end up with highs in the mid-60s. [...]
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September Saturday
Category: LGBT Issues, Life in General, TV, Theatre | tagged American Gladiators, gay marriage, Xanadu
We are headed into my favorite time of year—fall. Officially we’re 23 days away, but of course unofficially it starts after this weekend since Monday is Labor Day. And it’s a nice day too, sunny currently 74 and only headed to be 80. We’re headed uptown for brunch soon and hopefully we’ll find a nice [...]
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Democrats Talk Marriage
Category: Current Events, LGBT Issues | tagged 2008 election, gay marriage
CNN and YouTube sponsored a major presidential debate tonight, moderate by Anderson Cooper. Gay Marriage was high on the list of topics YouTube users brought to the table.
With a couple of questions answered on the topic, Congressman Kucinich, Sen. Dodd, Gov. Richardson and Sen. Obama all seem to be for equal protection under the law. [...]
Thought for today
The wording may be awkward (bestiality marriage?) but the sentiment is true.
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Different Takes on Marriage Greet the New Year
In the first week of the new year gay marriage was in the news.
The first headlines came out of Massachusetts, currently the only state where same sex marriage is legal. Unfortunately, it may not stay that way. On Tuesday, Massachusetts legislators advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Only 50 legislators had to [...]
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