standardProp 8 Struck Down as Unconstitutional

If you haven’t noticed, this blog is basically dead.  Mostly this has been due to a lack of time and a lack of content.  Sure there are always teabaggers to make fun of, and the religious fundamentalists are always going to be forcing their beliefs on us, but in comparison to the Bush era things are good.

Today though I wanted to come out and express my overwhelming surprise and joy that Prop 8 has been struck down.  Read more about it over at the Bilerico Project.  I also wanted to point out that while I am very happy about this development it still pisses me off that in 2010 we have to hope for court rulings to ensure American citizens get equal rights.  What the fuck.  Anyhow, great news and I highly recommend reading Judge Walker’s Opinion.

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standardRSS Roundup 5-21-8

Happy hump day everyone. Were half way to a long holiday weekend. After 3 years in corrections when I never had holidays, or even weekends, off I am so looking forward to this summer. Being a month away from finishing up with school I hope to never ever have to do shift work again. Anyhow, [...]

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standardCalifornia Overturns Ban on Gay Marriage

The California State Supreme Court has overturned the states ban on gay marriage.  In a close 4-3 decision the justices decided that “separate but equal” domestic partnerships were not good enough.  I twittered (tweeted?) this but its a big enough story that I wanted to post on it here too.  Do we dare hope that [...]

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standardRSS Roundup 5-15-08

I apologize that this is going to be really short but I am still feeling a bit under the weather. I promise that as soon as I get over whatever this bug is I will be right back to posting several good articles a day. Well, good or not I’ll post several articles a day. [...]

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standardRSS Roundup 5-13-08

Good morning everyone, this issue of our RSS Roundup is going to be really short as I have a project that is taking up all my time. As you all know this is an open thread so please feel free to comment on anything that is currently in the news. I’m also playing with a [...]

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