Ex Cathedra

by: Rev. Bob
Tags: marriage equality intersectionality

We Won in California!

9 Responses to “We Won in California!”

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   Justin Says:
   

   Fantastic! If one step at a time is the way it has to be done, I suppose eventually the South will get what it wants–no more gay people there. The rest of the country will be richer for it.

   May 15th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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   Ted Goas Says:
   

   Good news! Friendly Atheist posted something amusing about this earlier.

   May 15th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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   Rev. Bob Says:
   

   This (from Sara Whitman’s blog) is brilliant:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauYr-8vvoA

   And I love the Friendly Atheist’s post and the comments, only one of which is mine.

   Btw, congrats on the puzzle, Ted. Justin, just skip over the comments if you want to avoid spoilers. If you guys haven’t seen Amber Rhea’s blog, I recommend it.

   I know some LGBT people who are pretty much stuck in the South. Getting out and coming out areen’t presently options for them. But let’s cheer this step and keep on pushin’. The civil rights struggle didn’t end in one day (as we all know). It certainly didn’t end when Reagan waved his magic wand. We know what was in that wand. But it’s a step. And anymore it’s damn good news when it isn’t a step backwards.

   May 16th, 2008 at 1:45 am
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   Rev. Bob Says:
   

   Please forgive, but I’ve replaced the link to an article in The Advocate with a link to a longer article in Bilerico

   May 16th, 2008 at 7:22 am
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   Justin Says:
   

   Unfortunately, for reasons that aren’t immediately apparent as I’ve never been to Amber’s blog, it’s blocked at work. Could be the pole dancing references, I guess. I’ll have to try to remember to check it out from home.

   As for the puzzle, I’ll probably have to turn in my math minor if I can’t figure it out, eh?

   May 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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   Rev. Bob Says:
   

   Justin, that puzzle is one of those things where your math minor doesn’t do that much good. Pretty much like picking up girls.

   Speaking of doing it wrong, I went to a party during a defense industry/government conference in Orlando a few years ago, and our host had provided some young professional women. I spent all evening talking with one of them about music. Nice kid. Our host had paid for her time for the whole evening, so she wasn’t getting screwed.

   May 16th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
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   Justin Says:
   

   The only professional women we get in these parts wear business suits and act disgruntled with you on the phone. Something tells me that’s not what you meant.

   And trust me, my math minor didn’t hurt my chances of picking up girls. It’s hard to hurt what barely existed in the first place. Thankfully, I don’t have to deal with that anymore.

   Apropos of nothing, I finally got a chance to look into wordpress.com more thoroughly. Maybe it really is time I got back into the blogging game. They have some really slick features.

   May 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
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   Rev. Bob Says:
   

   Justin, you’re welcome to blog here, but if you don’t want your name sullied by associating with us, I think wordpress.com is a good choice. I do feel an obligation to mention that blogger/blogspot is the #1 most user-hostile blog host for disabled people. Previously my small efforts in support of accessibility were mostly altruistic, but now I can tell you for goddamn sure.

   Hey, Ted, thanks for the link you sent my way on del.icio.us.

   May 21st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
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   Justin Says:
   

   I wouldn’t know about accessibility issues myself, but I disliked blogspot because it seemed like every time I edited a post, it would puke the entire list of posts out into people’s RSS feeds. I either had to get it right the first time or spam people to death, and forget about adding something later–that had to go in a different post.

   I’d be glad to blog here. My name is sufficiently meaningless that, if I may coin a word, the only sullification involved would be in the reverse direction than the one you mentioned.

   May 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 am

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