Archive for June, 2008

Forwarding a note from Equality for All

0 Comments Published June 30th, 2008 in APB.

Let me be among the first to nickname the marriage ban Proposition Hate.
I just contributed another $20. And without oversharing too much, I will say that’s a noticeable sum to our household. I encourage you to do what you can, and spread the word:
Dear Friend,
We now know the ballot measure we’re [...]

Some Pride grace notes

2 Comments Published June 30th, 2008 in Baba familias.

A few observations on the day, in bullet point fashion, so as to encourage a modicum (but only a modicum!) of brevity. And a few pictures, too (hundreds more at Flickr, here).

[Above: Just a few of the hundreds of bikes on which dykes led off the parade, hours earlier. More DOB info [...]

Happy Pride

1 Comment Published June 30th, 2008 in Mostly a picture.

Ruminations on the day to follow. For the moment, a picture of a happy gal atop the shoulders of her Baba, as we stroll along with the bodacious Our Family Coalition contingent. We’ll all be hoisting our little ones for as many years as we can muster, I reckon. Even if, as [...]

Weekend bonus shot, 06.28.08

3 Comments Published June 28th, 2008 in Mostly a picture, Weekend bonus shot.

Pride weekend twofer: License (L) and Hug (R), City Hall, San Francisco, CA. Both courtesy Annz.
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A place at the table

7 Comments Published June 27th, 2008 in Anima animus, Baba familias, On marriage and commitment.

Throughout high school I felt like there was a big fat party that I wasn’t invited to. Heterosexual normalcy. Dating guys, being “pretty,” being “popular,” the works. Being Not A Virgin. I felt as if I was looking through a thick Plexiglas window at something. Actually, I was. I was [...]

Off they go

7 Comments Published June 26th, 2008 in Mostly a picture.

A Baba’s eye view of Grandma driving herself, the beloved, and the lil’ monkey off to the airport through the wildfirey haze. Thence to parts Midwestern for a three-day junket to watch Grampy tread the boards in the Role of A Lifetime. Yes, Lear. That Lear. King Lear.
Baba stays home [...]

And the swag, it just keeps comin’

5 Comments Published June 25th, 2008 in Metacommentary.

I know, I know. This is not the thought-provoking essay you might have been expecting about our moving trip to get our marriage license last week. That’s still circling the airport. Meanwhile I had to send out a bulletin about the latest in the LD prêt-a-porter line. Order today with [...]

Just in time for Pride!

17 Comments Published June 23rd, 2008 in Metacommentary, Miscellaney.

Yeah, well, so.
In lieu of selling ads, and also in lieu of selling my organs, I will commence a six-month trial period during which I will sell SWAG (dedicated LD page here). With snappy slogans and captions on it. All of which to try to underwrite put a dent in the cost [...]

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    From "Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts,", Jessica Garrison, on 7 Oct., 2008, at the Los Angeles Times.



    Data released Monday (6 Oct 08) by UCLA's Williams Institute found that an estimated 11, 000 same-sex couples were married in CA since June 17, when the court began to allow them. (Since May 2004, over 10,000 have married in Massachusetts.)



    Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church in La Mesa, who has been rallying voters to pass the constitutional amendment, said: "The fact that there are big numbers doesn't change the reality that it is still bad for the country."



    Garlow, who along with hundreds of other Christians, is observing a fast until election day as a way to show his support for the proposed amendment, added: "There are enormous numbers of people doing cocaine right now. . . . Simply because large numbers of people are doing something does not make it right."
    "Foes of gay-marriage ban say poll shows Prop. 8 leading," by Jessica Garrison, 8 Oct., 2008, in the Los Angeles Times:
    The opposition has enjoyed a healthy lead in several surveys taken by polling organizations that do not have a stake in the campaign. But officials with the No on 8 campaign held a conference call with reporters Tuesday to announce that their own poll showed the measure would pass by four points. Opponents attributed the result to fewer television ads, which is, in turn, a result of the No on 8 campaign falling behind in fundraising.
    From Geoff Kors, Equality California, in an email to EQCA and No on 8 supporters, 7 Oct., 2008:
    Our worst nightmares are coming true.



    Today we learned of the massive $25.4 million our opponents have raised so far. They are using this war chest to broadcast lies: 24/7 and up and down the state of California.



    And the polls show the lies are working. We need your donation now.



    Yesterday’s CBS 51 poll shows that:



    “…likely California voters overall now favor passage of Proposition 8 by a five-point margin, 47 percent to 42 percent. Ironically, a CBS 5 poll eleven days prior found a five-point margin in favor of the measure's opponents.”



    People change their minds about Proposition 8 when they hear the lie that churches will lose their tax-free status if they won’t marry same-sex couples – EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT TRUE!



    So this is crunch time. With less than a month before the election, we must get on the air now to answer these lies and swing votes back to our side.



    And the ONLY way to do that it to raise more money. The generous $15.8 million that our supporters have given isn’t enough. Not when the other side has nearly $10 million more than we do and the fundraising gap is growing.


    Earlier:



    Ellen DeGeneres: "My Political Point... And I Do Have One," on 24 Sept., 2008 at her site.



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