At the moment it's actually 99 degrees here in Texas, which feels like one big toaster oven. Don't feel like writing much today, so you guys can go read these stories if you want to:
Ghana Regional Minister Orders All Gays Arrested
--Both Christian and Muslim groups rejoice, now that God's wrath has been averted; an MP looks forward to lynching parties.
Senate Confirms First Openly Gay Man as Federal Judge, 80-13
--A surprising yawn. Even major homophobes like John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) didn't bat an eye while voting for J. Paul Oetken's lifetime appointment to the Manhattan bench. Go figure.
15 Years after DOMA, Hearing Reveals a Nation Transformed
--This last article gives a good recap of pre-DOMA attempts to win marriage recognition, and profiles two early leaders in the marriage fight: Evan Wolfson and Andrew Sullivan.
Boehner Says No House Vote on DOMA Repeal
--The Republican Speaker of the House will not allow a vote on DOMA, regardless of the Senate hearings on this topic.
DOMA Repeal and the Truth about Full Faith & Credit
--Gay law professor and activist gives a very detailed explanation of why repealing DOMA won't force all states to recognize same-sex marriages.
Photo: Honk to Shawn Stingel.
2 comments:
Hope you have AC. We made it to 97 degrees today, so I kinda know what you mean. Even the dog is staying in where it's cool.
Individual states same-gender marriage laws leave same gender couples in limbo. The fact is that getting married in CT can have negative financial repercussions for individuals enrolled in state-subsidized health insurance programs and other state programs until the Feds recognize our right to marry in CT.
Looks like things are progressing here, but then one looks at Ghana and sees what horrors ignorance can perpetrate.
I do have a/c, thanks be to God, and hope you all do too.
And yes it's beyond ridiculous for the feds not to recognize valid marriages in the various states; it's unconscionable. Let's hope that law is quickly overturned.
Ghana sounds like another Holocaust just waiting to happen, and I am praying for our gay sisters and brothers there. In Uganda, there were a bunch of American evangelical missionaries whipping the authorities into an anti-gay frenzy, I wonder if they have a hand in this too.
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