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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)
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)
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.
Deep Thought
Just how many of Marion Barry’s girlfriends are on the DC Council’s payroll anyway?
Offering Lots of Advice on Shtupping
- Rielle Hunter, John Kerry’s ex-mistress, was spotted at the Raleigh federal courthouse this morning. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the ongoing federal investigation into Edwards’ alleged misuse of campaign funds, right? (CNN Political Ticker)
- I have had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes in my motherfuckin’ District of Columbia! (MyFOXDC)
- The Cleveland Park listserv now has its own advice columnist who must be good because she’s also been the advice columnist for Playboy and the Jewish Exponent. Seriously. (Citydesk)
- A plurality of Republicans would like to spend more time talking about Barack Obama’s birth certificate. That is, when they aren’t busy beating the crap out of members of Congress. (Washington Independent)
- If people around you have started speaking in 140 characters or less, it’s because somebody is attacking the Twitter. (Wired)
Where is Obama the Rhino’s Ugandan Birth Cerficate?
- You think your DC commute was bad this morning? At least you didn’t have to dodge flying sparks and falling power lines on your way to Metro. (WJLA)
- The Small Business Administration is finally the cool kid everyone wants to sit with at lunch after years of getting beat up by playground bullies. (CNN Money)
- If voting against Sonia Sotomayor turns the GOP into the party of white folks, your Republican Senators are ok with that. (WaPo)
- More Obama birthday presents! A baby rhinoceros born in Uganda to a Kenyan father rhino and an American mother rhino has been named Obama. (Telegraph)
If People Wanted Insane Rambling, They’d Switch to FOX
- When Lou Dobbs rants like a lunatic about Barack Obama’s birth certificate, fewer people want to watch his show. Weird, huh? (NY Observer)
- Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has killed funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site. Too bad, it could have doubled as Lou Dobbs’ studio. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Your WMATA will launch major improvements to its online trip planner tomorrow, except in the “accurately predicting how much time it takes to get from place to place” area. (DCist)
- The District has a budget, thanks to your D.C. Council. And they didn’t even need a giant knife to get it done! (Citydesk/Christian Science Monitor)
Be Nice to Sarah Palin, or the Terrorists Win!
- Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) thinks the birthers “have a point” about Barack Obama maybe being a terrorist Muslim from Kenya. (Politico)
- Your American media hates the troops when they say things about Sarah Palin that she doesn’t like. (Anchorage Daily News)
- Did you know that Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation will be all because of Michael Bloomberg? Michael Bloomberg does! (Politicker NY)
- Are improved U.S.-China relations worth the total destruction of DC traffic by closing 14th Street? That’s not change we can believe in! (CNN Political Ticker/DCist)
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