Tag Archives: Marriage

A Holiday Poem

Posted on December 11, 2007 by David

(Or, for those who wish to pretend there are no other holiday traditions being celebrated at this time of year, “A Christmas Poem.”) A reader sent this to us back in 2004. Three years later, the Grinches are grinchier than … Continue reading →

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How many ways are there to say we’re winning?

Posted on November 26, 2007 by David

I don’t know why, but this just made me chuckle. Blogger Phil Chroniger is posting a series of presidential candidate analyses in which he discusses the appeal of each candidate to both their own and the other party. In his … Continue reading →

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This is courage

Posted on September 21, 2007 by David

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders abruptly changed his position on full marriage equality Wednesday, after receiving a resolution from the City Council that he had pledged on Tuesday to veto. The council had voted to join with several other cities … Continue reading →

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Marriage equality makes people taller

Posted on August 13, 2007 by David

Oh, dear. Americans are no longer the tallest people on earth. Why, you may ask? Among other elements of “a complicated amalgam of genetic, environmental, social and biological influences,” we find this tidbit: “Some of these other countries probably have … Continue reading →

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Sky not falling; tape at 11

Posted on July 6, 2007 by David

Ah, nostalgia. This post, from immediately after last year’s passage of the Virginia so-called “marriage amendment,” generated the following comment from occasional reader Sophrosyne (she of the relentless posting of gauzy heterosexual wedding photos): If the tide was turning your … Continue reading →

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“Conservative” assimilationists

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Jonathan

Our recent attempts at dialogue with local anti-gay blogger Barbara Curtis resulted only in deleted comments from her blog and a snarky aside purporting to explain why she’s not interested in an honest and open discussion about a subject she … Continue reading →

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Writing the Next Chapter

Posted on April 9, 2007 by David

The wishful thinking from Victoria Cobb, Bob “Virginia’s chief homophobe” Marshall, et al, continues. One almost feels embarrassed for them. “This issue is dead in Virginia,” Cobb told the Richmond Post-Dispatch, speaking of civil unions. “People in Virginia stated very … Continue reading →

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