A rant to my Aunt
I just couldn't take it tonight. Everyone wanted a piece of me at work today and then I get home and my favorite aunt linked to an article complaining about Obama using a quote from the bible "out of...
View ArticleNo more marriage shopping
I have been with my (soon to be for real this time) husband for nearly 23 years. In 1991 we had a Commitment Ceremony in Utah after our first year and a half together, when that was our only option....
View ArticleToday I voted on my civil rights
Today is my 23rd anniversary. And because I live in Washington state I have the pleasure/pain of voting on my civil rights today. I don't really understand how something so basic as whom I choose to...
View ArticleBill and Melinda Gates donate half mil for marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates have donated another $500,000 ($250,000 each) to Washington United for Marriage, the group (well one of the groups) working to pass marriage equality in Washington. This is on...
View ArticleTHANK YOU Straight Allies!
Dan Savage has a moving piece up on the Stranger blog, called SLOG, that makes a very good point. As much progress as the LGBT community has made over the last few years, and especially on Tuesday, we...
View ArticleEd Murray, out author of Marriage Equality bill in WA, elected State Senate...
More good news for the GLBT community coming out of the state of Washington. Ed Murray, the out author of the marriage equality bill in Washington state, and who lead our state through several rounds...
View ArticleThe Big Question
For various reasons I've been thinking about my Grandmother recently, and I wanted to share one of my fondest memories of her, which happened on the day she died. I have always known I was gay. Just...
View ArticleThe death of the gay tax (my $2600 DOMA raise)
Even after all of the exposure leading up to the DOMA case at the Supreme Court, I don't think many people realized that there was essentially a gay tax in America. At least on those gays, like me,...
View ArticleDeport 11,000,000 people? What would that mean if they all lived in discreet...
Here is a little thought experiment.I often hear Donald Trump’s quote about wanting to deport 11,000,000 people. That number, eleven million, gets up into the realm of “huge” (or “bigly” if you are so...
View ArticleMail In Voting Works
Mail in voting works. I love that I get a ballot, have time to review the items on the ballot, do research if necessary, fill it out and drop it in the mailbox (postage paid in Washington). Then after...
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