Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Accordingly, in light of the conclusions we reach concerning the constitutional questions brought to us for resolution, we determine that the language of section 300 limiting the designation of marriage to a union "between a man and a woman" is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute, and that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the designation of marriage available both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples.
Yay!
Whoa! And yay! And whoa!
ION please get me out of this meeting before I clock one of these fools.
So does this mean that dogs and cats are going to be living together?
Also, Yay!
Oh, wow, that's great.
So does this mean that dogs and cats are going to be living together?
And someone has sex with turtles, if memory serves.
YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAY!!!
ETA: Box turtle link, complete with Jon Stewart chart and a correction about when it was actually used: [link]
Andrew Sullivan sez:
Yes: the court just ruled for it - sixty years after California's court was the first to strike down miscegenation bans. The most populous state now joins much of the rest of the Western world in bringing gay couples into the civic and human family as equals.
Huh. I did not know about California striking down miscegenation bans....
Lawyers only need to hear two words about the CA decision: strict scrutiny. The rest follows from there.
Fred, do you think he should have gone after Cheney and the neocons as well?
More that the indignation at the end seemed geared to something of the level of the Abu Ghraib revelations. "I gave up golf" seemed more worthy of Bushed!, or possibly the lead item in the Special Comment that continues with the even more outrageous statements.
I also got the impression he checked himself and substituted "hell" for something else.
Also from Sullivan: Rainbows On The Mind
This is for you, Jon Stewart. A high school principal banned any clothing that could imply support for gays and lesbians. Including, er, rainbows. A student sued:
During the trial, which was held in Panama City yesterday and today, Ponce de Leon High School's principal David Davis admitted under oath that he had banned students from wearing any clothing or symbols supporting equal rights for gay people. Davis also testified that he believed rainbows were "sexually suggestive" and would make students unable to study because they'd be picturing gay sex acts in their mind. The principal went on to admit that while censoring rainbows and gay pride messages he allowed students to wear other symbols many find controversial, such as the Confederate flag.
He lost the case. Many in Panama City conceded that the Confederate flag also gave them a boner.
OMG I love my state! This is the best anniversary present I could ever have asked for!
::never stops squeeing::