Everyone’s talking about Mary this week. Here are some of the more notable or amusing contributions: Pam of Pam’s House Blend is blunt: “With this development, Mary and her partner Heather Poe are going to make her father’s religious right friends go apesh*t again.” She then charts some of the rabid right’s first reactions.
Despite my misgivings about Blue Jersey’s second marriage-equality ad, I rather like their third one, which takes the perspective that a rose by any other name is ridiculous, and might as well be called a rose.
The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments from 19 gay and lesbian residents, urging them to strike down a law banning same-sex marriage. The New Jersey State Assembly’s judiciary committee approved a bill to create civil unions with the same rights as marriage, despite a push from LGBT-rights groups to call these unions “marriage.” The full
The International Olympic Committee ruled today that women’s ski jumping will not be included as a new sport in the 2010 Olympics, while skicross will. Skicross is similar to snowboardcross, another classic (!) Olympic event, but with skis instead of snowboards. Do we really need both of these? The athletes can try again for 2014,
Blue Jersey’s second ad for marriage equality features the same two women—one married, one “civil unionized”—as the first. This time the pair are doing their respective taxes. “Single, Married, Divorced, Widowed?” the civil-unionized woman reads in puzzlement. None of the categories fit her. The ad fails, however, to address the obvious comeback: “Well, won’t they
Not to be outdone by Conservative Jews, the Swedish Lutheran Church, the country’s largest denomination, has said same-sex couples will be able to have their unions blessed in any of its congregations as of January 2007. Individual priests may refuse to conduct such ceremonies, but the congregation must ensure a blessing is provided. Although Sweden
The governing committee of Conservative Judaism has ruled to permit same-sex commitment ceremonies and the ordination of gay and lesbian rabbis. They did not, however, go so far as to approve same-sex marriage. Although the committee’s decision was not unanimous, enough members approved to make it valid, “meaning that it is a well-founded interpretation of
Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, and her partner, Heather Poe, are expecting a baby. “A source close to the couple” says that Cheney is pregnant and expecting in the spring. Pam has already hit the heart of the matter at Pam’s House Blend, noting that Virginia, where the couple lives, will not
Progressive site Blue Jersey today launched Think Equal, a campaign “to educate the public on the legal and real world differences between civil unions and marriage.” Their first of several short ads is a winner, with two women—one married and one “civil unionized,” discussing the rights and benefits of each status. The ad is based
I had it good when I was employed outside the home. The latest word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs. Integrated e-mail and calendaring, with the ability to share events and track attendees. Anti-virus software I didn’t need to re-purchase every year. Once I started staying home with my son, however, the party stopped. There were
