First of all, Congratulations to Scott Brown. I mean that. Having run for office myself (office, not public office), it’s no easy task. It’s hard. It’s fun. It’s grueling. And at least part of it is that you hope you end up with as few people hating you as possible.
Scott Brown won, and Scott Brown deserves to be congratulated for that.
That said, I’m not so sure the People of Massachusetts will be happy with the result, whether now or somewhat soon. The one and only caveat to that statement depends on whether Senator-Elect Scott Brown changes the color of his [ more . . . ]
Here’s an interesting not-much-reported story related to Gay Marriage. It seems the Archdiocese of Washington (that’s Washington DC) has issued a News & Events post on its website within the past couple days threatening that they may not be able to keep helping the poor because — get this — the DC City Council is considering passing a law that would require the Archdiocese to not discriminate based on same sex marriage status “the use of a church hall for non-wedding events for same-sex married couples”.
Again, the DC City Council is considering passing a law that would require the [ more . . . ]
Yes, I know — It’s been said before. But I don’t think it’s ever been truer than it is right now, and now is the perfect timing to do it.
First of all, look at the Republican Party’s infrastructure and what they currently have in place, starting with the Republican National Committee.
There isn’t anything there, at least very little of any actual value. The RNC is a piece of junk and, led by Party Chairman Michael Steele, as apt to say something palatable as it is to say something that gives most Americans the heebie-jeebies. Heck, in a [ more . . . ]
Talk about a headline, huh! And — interestingly enough — it about sums the whole thing up when it comes to Gay Marriage, at least in Maine.
I actually was in Maine the past few days right before the November 3rd elections, and what shocked me was how absolutely gay . . .
. . . the anti-gay marriage protest signs were. (They just screamed, “I hate gay people!” And they were yellow — Very gay!)
. . . and wimpy was the fear-mongering being deployed that gay, married people are somehow going to ‘invade your schools and make [ more . . . ]
