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The Jokes Write Themselves
- Before marrying Jenny, Mark Sanford insisted on removing “fidelity” from their vows.
- David Vitter cosponsors bill to stop same-sex marriage in DC after patronizing prostitutes in DC.
- Debate over “America’s Future” featuring Harold Ford, Jr. and Michael Steele.
- Nonsense in Washington Post article refuted by Washington Post poll.
Strange Priorities
When exactly did medical marijuana become less controversial than marriage equality? This started last November in Maine—is it becoming a trend? Why?
Shorter “Parents and Friends of ExGays”
Parent Files Complaint Against Gay Teacher Over “Child’s Sense of Innocence”
- We only have a problem with seven year-olds learning about sex in school if it’s two ladies doin’ it.
(via)
More Deep Thought
Why is it that forced marriages and/or marriages for the sake of political or social expediency never come up in debates over marriage equality when someone mentions the need to defend “traditional” marriage?
Deep Thought
Full marriage equality for all Americans isn’t just morally right. It’s also fiscally responsible.
According to an analysis by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, more than 10,000 same-sex couples from across the country could get married in the District over the next three years if the measure becomes law.
The analysis, created in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s historic council vote, estimates that 2,000 gay couples who live in the District will marry shortly after the law takes effect. But the bulk of the weddings, which could pump millions of dollars into the regional economy, would probably be out-of-state couples unable to marry in their own states, according to the analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. It concludes that at least $5 million, and perhaps as much as $22 million, would be generated by same-sex weddings in the District over the next three years.
On a related note, the DC Council’s decision can only be reversed by the majority vote of the Democratic-controlled Congress and the signature of the Democratic president. So, y’know, who knows what could happen.
- Your DC City Council will vote to legalize gay marriage today, over the objections of that bastion of morality, Marion Barry. (Washington Examiner)
- The CBO says the Senate healthcare bill will lower insurance premiums or keep them the same for most Americans,. This contradicts Republican fearmongering, though, so it will probably be ignored. (WaPo)
- In other CBO news, they also said that the stimulus employed 600,000 to 1.6 million people and raised the GDP. So, ditto the previous point. (WSJ)
- The GOP redefines sexism as exclusively criticism of Sarah Palin. As for any other women in the world? They’re fair game. (Washington Independent)
Extended Quote of the Day
Just watch the whole damn thing.
Shorter Lynn Vincent
INTERVIEW: Former Miss California Carrie Prejean
- Some people say Carrie Prejean and I are homophobic, but–suck it, liberals!–we have some gay friends!
(For those of you keeping score at home, Lynn Vincent is Sarah Palin’s ghostwriter.)
Catholic Church: Discriminate Against Gays, or We’ll Stop Feeding the Homeless
With the District of Columbia close to passing a resolution extending equality to LGBT people, the Catholic Church has decided to resort to extortion to stop it:
The D.C. city council is weeks away from possibly passing a law that would legalize gay marriage in the city. Though controversial with some religious groups in the city, council sources and gay rights advocates say the law is destined for passage in the nation’s capital, and supporters here expect to see the first legally recognized same-sex weddings in D.C. by spring. But today, the Washington-area Catholic Archdiocese told the city that legalizing gay marriage will cost D.C. the social services and charity work the church offers to help the city’s homeless and other low-income populations.
Utterly loathsome.
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