…and I spoke too soon
Moments after posting about gays in Iowa marrying…..I find out (via Perez Hilton of all places) that the judge has stayed his ruling, meaning the whole thing has been halted. 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
Moments after posting about gays in Iowa marrying…..I find out (via Perez Hilton of all places) that the judge has stayed his ruling, meaning the whole thing has been halted. 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
Less then 24 hours after a judge had thrown out a ban on gay marriage in Iowa Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan, two college students, were married by a minister. To wit:
On Thursday, Polk County Judge Robert Hanson ruled that Iowa’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed marriage only between a man and [...]
This is a summery of what my ill-fated boxing career was like.
(via With Leather)
This is an interesting bit of personal news: Apparently Kos, founder of liberal blog juggernaut Daily Kos, loves ferrets. Who knew?
I am not a cat or dog person. I am a ferret person. And I still mourn the loss of my two ferrets six years ago (as I mourn for this diarists lost little one [...]
I was vaguely aware that a while back Slate launched a video site but I must confess to not having visited before. If they come up with more quality material like this video reenactment of Senator Craig’s time in a Minnesota bathroom I might have to make it a daily visit.
(via Eve Fairbanks)
“Of course, I believe I have an unfair edge over most of my colleagues right now. My mind works faster than my mouth does. Washington would probably be a better place if more people took a moment to think before they spoke.”
–Senator Tim Johnson, in his first public appearance since suffering a stroke.
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