January 29, 2010
Scott Roeder Found Guilty of Murdering Dr. George Tiller
It only took a Kansas jury 37 minutes to pass down a guilty verdict in the first degree murder trial of Scott Roeder. Now the media can finally stop calling him an "activist" and call him what he is, a murderer.
Can I get an Amen?
Abortion doctor’s killer found guilty of murder
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December 3, 2009
Really, New York? Really?!?
The new York State Senate yesterday voted 38-to-24 against legalizing marriage for gay couples. It was a shitty day for equality, a shitty day for civil liberties, and a shitty day for the state in which I was born (the majority of state senators from Long Island opposed the bill, which is not surprising to this expat in the slightest).
State Senator Diane Savino, representing District 23 (including portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn), gave an impassioned floor speech and I feel the need to repost it here.
I have been happily very married for nearly four years and still I don't understand the "sanctity of marriage" argument. Nor do I understand the theological argument against gay marriage. The word "god" was never uttered on the day we married and it certainly didn't have a thing to do with the contract we signed with the state of Colorado. Senator Savino articulates our position exactly regarding what marriage actually is (a legally binding contract to be administered by state government).
As an aside, I certainly wouldn't vote to protect the majority of heterosexual marriages I have encountered in my life (including my own parents). I can count on two hands the number of loving marriages I admire and aspire to emulate. I most certainly could use some new role models.
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August 21, 2009
Why Does The Right Wing Not Want Us To Have Control over Our Lives?
Here's my question for the day: Why is it that the right wing, anti-health care people do not want us to have control over our lives? Why is it, exactly, that we're not permitted to talk with our doctors about end of life choices? Do they believe we are so ignorant, so stupid, that we should not even be permitted to privately discuss our health care with our physicians? Do they believe that the more in the dark we are, the less educated we are, the better off we will be as elderly Americans? How condescending and paternalistic! With all of the "death panel" noise, that's the message I am getting. How dare I want to control my own life! Silly, silly American! I actually thought I had the right to make certain decisions for myself regarding the quality of my elder years. So much for the "Land of the Free." I guess it's the Land of the free unless you're pregnant or elderly.
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June 3, 2009
Total Eclipse of The Literal Heart
I just laughed so hard watching the literal interpretation of Total Eclipse of the Heart that I actually fell off my chair and banged my chin on the dining room table. Hard. And I was still laughing. Don't you just love the intertubes?
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