A weekend penny-saving note: Amazon has relaunched their Baby Store, and for the first time, baby products qualify for free Super Saver Shipping and Amazon Prime. They also have a new Baby Registry. (The registry equitably asks for the gender-neutral information of “You” and “Co-registrant.”) If you’re expecting or adopting a baby for the first […]
The U. S. House of Representatives defeated a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. The Senate had earlier done the same, making the House vote purely political. Indeed, Republicans are already promising to use Democrats’ opposition to the amendment as fodder for this fall’s congressional elections. By a slim margin, Patricia Todd (D) appears to
President Bush has declared this Sunday, July 23, to be National Parents’ Day. He says, in part: I call upon citizens, private organizations, and governmental bodies at all levels to engage in activities and educational efforts that recognize, support, and honor parents. Recognize? When some states ban LGBT people from foster parenting, second-parent adoptions, or
My son’s book collection is full of classics, like the works of Dr. Seuss and Eric Carle. He has a number of Caldecott and Newbery Award winners. Sometimes, however, it’s fun to find books that may be just shy of top-tier classics, yet still have something to recommend them. Often, these books, especially if they’re
From the New York Times’ coverage of the Federal Marriage Amendment defeat in the House: Georgia Representative Phil Gingrey (R) said support for traditional marriage “is perhaps the best message we can give to the Middle East and all the trouble they’re having over there right now.” Yes, because when people are blowing each other
It’s nice to have allies. A new grassroots network of straight allies, Atticus Circle, is expanding their fight for LGBT rights beyond their home state of Texas. The organization hopes to have national impact on education, policy development and legal advocacy to achieve equality for all parents and partners, regardless of sexual orientation. Its founder,
Unless you’ve been completely out of touch with lesbian culture in the past week (and if you are, you probably aren’t reading this blog), you’ll know that tonight is the premiere of Bravo’s new docudrama, Workout, starring Hollywood fitness trainer and out lesbian Jackie Warner. If you want more of the inside scoop, you can
Apologies to those of you who tried to visit the site last night but couldn’t. My Web host was having some serious problems. This is the first major issue I’ve had with them, so I’m going to give them another chance. Web outages are never fun, but it’s hard to avoid them entirely, no matter
Ignore the last post. The forces of good have prevailed, and the Federal Marriage Amendment was defeated in the House 236-187. You can use the HRC Web site to find out how your representative voted, and thank or chastise him or her.
A quick alert that the House vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment is today. The Senate voted a month ago not to proceed with a full vote on the amendment, effectively killing it. This means the House vote is purely for political posturing. Given the recent state-level setbacks, though, a defeat of the FMA in
