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A Great Article

I woke up this morning to find this article linked from Google’s news – its well worth the read:

Mullen: Utah’s petty little stand can’t stop gay-marriage avalanche

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations to all my friends who got hitched this weekend… I’m so excited that everyone was given this opportunity. I’m so proud to live in a city that not only allows for this kind of thing but does it with excitement and enthusiasm. I’m so grateful to have a Mayor that, and the beginning of what I hope to be a great political career, has the balls to stand up for what he believes to be right and stand behind it… And I don’t give a damn what other people think about it – its not about them or the santity of their marriage – its about security, civil rights, and the love of individual couples. I couldn’t have put it more eloquently myself:

“The issue here is simple: the state’s Constitution does not permit discrimination at all, anywhere. We are in full compliance with our state’s equal protection clause prohibiting discrimination in any form. While some may believe that separate and unequal institutions are acceptable, we will oppose intolerance and discrimination every step of the way. San Francisco is a city of tolerance and mutual respect and we will accept nothing less than full civil rights for all our residents,” said Newsom.

Congratulations to ALL of you! 🙂

• Matt and Brian
  
• Randy and Rick
  
• Patrick and Chuck
  
• Eric and Jeff
  
• Tom and Randy
  
• Guy and Trey
  
• MJ and ‘The Missus’ 😉
  

And everyone else!

New Cool Quote

Thanks to Shadow Footprints I’ve got another quote to add to my list of favorites:

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
— Dr. Seuss

Picture Walk Round 2

I’ve been crazy busy as usual but this weekend I actually got a break from the grind. I actually took friday and tomorrow off of work (for the most part).. Friday was TOTALLY chill. Quick trip to the dentist (was supposed to be much worse but ended with a quick prescription and an appointment for later) and then chores around the house.

Saturday was Valentines day and Kevin and I had a GREAT day. I cooked him breakfast and then we went to get haircuts, facials, and massages and then we came back and he cooked dinner… VERY nice…

Then today we participated in the 3rd of Randy’s Photo Walk events. This time it was on the USS Hornet over in Alameda. The hornet is a retired World War II Aircraft carrier that’s on display for the public now. VERY cool. And, as usual, I took a lot of crappy pictures and one or two decent ones… You be the judge:

Photo Walk r3

Now we’re gonna go meet a buddy for cocktails since i’m taking a vacation day tomorrow (kevin has the day off and I needed a break)…

Got a BNUNCH to write about but not sure where to start so I’m gonna post more later… Hope all’s well with everyone – i’m off to see what you all have been up to! 🙂

MAN They’re gonna be PISSED

In case you haven’t seen yet:

Massachusetts high court rules civil unions aren’t enough, same-sex couples entitled to marry

MAN That is going to piss of the hate mongers – I LOVE it! 🙂

I’m always happy to see this kind of thing although I do have to admit that I’m more than a little worried about the two steps back that seem to come with every step forward. This kind of thing is just the fuel people, including Dubbya, are looking for as fuel for amending the constitution to ban this very thing. While I’d love to believe that the people in this nation are sane enough to recognize the hate in making that kind of change to the Constitution I’m consistently surprised about the lack of sanity in our elections. I’m REALLY afraid that people just don’t get it…

What the f……

Ok… This is just sick and wrong:

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