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Good News/Bad News
May. 26th, 2009 07:47 pmIt's a good news, bad news kind of day for me. The good news is that my sisters and I have had a wonderful time during their visit, but the bad news is that it's wrapping up bright and early tomorrow morning. I won't be the only one who'll miss them, Pye's gotten to adore his long distance aunts since they've been staying here. I'm not sure the feeling is entirely mutual though :)
The next bit of good news is that it looks like we're moving ahead quickly with the purchase of the house. The process has been surprisingly easy, though I keep waiting for some shoe to drop and send everything to a screeching halt. The bad news is I'm going to have to start packing like this weekend. Ye gods I don't look forward to that.
Ok this time the bad news first, it appears that the California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8 and the ban on same sex marriage. It's a hideous decision, an unfair one, and one every inhabitant of this state is going to end up regretting as one state after another passes us by on the road to civil rights. The good news is it's reinvigorated those of us who have been fighting Prop 8 from the start. We're not giving up on this, not by a long shot.
On the same subject Sadly, No! links to a truly off the rails wingnut babble on the "worst thing about gay marriage" which includes (and neither I nor Sadly, No! are making this up) the following:
Few men would ever bother to enter into a romantic heterosexual marriage–much less three, as I have done–were it not for the iron grip of necessity that falls upon us when we are unwise enough to fall in love with a woman other than our mom.
The very first commenter replies:
Rarely do you encounter so many issues compressed into so few words. Masterful.
It's almost Colbert-ian in its absurdity, isn't it? It does rather make me want to find his ex-wives and give them each a big hug. Those poor, poor women.
The next bit of good news is that it looks like we're moving ahead quickly with the purchase of the house. The process has been surprisingly easy, though I keep waiting for some shoe to drop and send everything to a screeching halt. The bad news is I'm going to have to start packing like this weekend. Ye gods I don't look forward to that.
Ok this time the bad news first, it appears that the California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8 and the ban on same sex marriage. It's a hideous decision, an unfair one, and one every inhabitant of this state is going to end up regretting as one state after another passes us by on the road to civil rights. The good news is it's reinvigorated those of us who have been fighting Prop 8 from the start. We're not giving up on this, not by a long shot.
On the same subject Sadly, No! links to a truly off the rails wingnut babble on the "worst thing about gay marriage" which includes (and neither I nor Sadly, No! are making this up) the following:
Few men would ever bother to enter into a romantic heterosexual marriage–much less three, as I have done–were it not for the iron grip of necessity that falls upon us when we are unwise enough to fall in love with a woman other than our mom.
The very first commenter replies:
Rarely do you encounter so many issues compressed into so few words. Masterful.
It's almost Colbert-ian in its absurdity, isn't it? It does rather make me want to find his ex-wives and give them each a big hug. Those poor, poor women.
