Anti-gay marriage groups and individuals (like
Stanley Kurtz, like to use very bad statistics to "prove" that 'gay marriage' will weaken marriage. Even though others
have pointed out their errors, they stick by their false arguments (surprised?).
Now a new study comes out that shows the opposite (as gay marriage advocates have been arguing for years)...
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I've discussed this before, we are seeking a faith community to become apart of. We have considered United Church of Christ, Episopalian and Unitarian Universalist congregations in the area. We've attended several wonderful congregations in each of these traditions and have heard of others that friends go to that we might try. We are being a bit picky, I admit.. Christian but liberal, glbt-friendly, ethnically and otherwise diverse, has children, a good size but not too big... ok.. a bit picky. When we find the congregation we feel at home at, we'll 'know' it.
Interestingly though, our Mamas and Papas group had a Saturday discussing faith and spirituality and when/how/if we talk with or raise our children in a faith tradition.
Guy was going through the criteria of what we were looking for when someone there suggested a congregation we hadn't considered before:
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And now to complete the story, part 5: tearing it all down. Wow, this series was long, but it felt great to write. At the end of this one I'm going to say a few words about and to closeted gay men and women today....
Continue reading "Coming Out: Tearing Down the Closet 5of 5)" »
Does Haggard think we are stupid?
He has 'admitted' to buying drugs from the prostitute, but he threw them away he says (Clintonesque or what? "I didn't inhale"). Interesting that, because there are at least two calls recorded asking for the drugs on two separate occasions. Change his mind about throwing away?
He admits that the prostitute gave him a massage (after denying he ever met the man), but that he didn't have sex. Is he channelling Clinton? "I didn't have sex with that woman" defense.
How arrogant can he be?
I have very little sympathy for him. It's one thing to be closeted, it's another to use the closet to attack and demonize other gay men and women, while enjoying your own priviledge. A sad and pathetic hypocrite if this is all true (which every hour it is becoming apparent that it is).
But do you know who I have great sympathy for?
Continue reading "A lesson of the closet" »
And the point is San Francisco.
I'm liberal, till I vote in San Francisco. Then I'm conservative. Or at least in comparison.
Continue reading "Liberal to a point" »
Emma created her own dish the other day. We were watching a cooking show the other day (Emma loves them) and she decided she wanted to go to the kitchen and make something. So, here it is:
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So I voted today as did a lot of people. As always, I vote 'conservative' in San Francisco, 'moderate' in California state offices and 'Liberal' in federal offices (well, in comparison to others in those areas). Looks like at least the tenant 'buyout' initiative is failing.
Anyway, our ballot was TEN pages long. Yikes. Didn't even count the number of state and local referendums.. and then there were things like the state insurance commissioner (my first Republican vote in 8 years... interesting, I actually read and heard a lot about that race. He was reasonable and well-qualified. The Democrat had no experience and is just job hunting.. since he was term-limited out).
Anyway, I TOTALLY forgot about the school board. Bad Parent. That is the one race my vote makes some difference (since there are so many candidates, and so few votes) and one that has an direct effect on our lives (hey, the decide school closings, school curriculum, etc). Well, there's an argument for absentee ballots, I would have had time to stop and think and read. Didn't have that chance in the polling place. Bad me. (At least Guy made some informed choices, I just left mine blank)
So the election was last night, didn't ya know? So supper talk will be about the election :). There is good news of course, in general and for gay rights, and some not so good news. More of that in the 'read more'. So, what are we having for our supper? Well, leftovers. I have to go to a conference this week and have tons to do. So, we are having leftover pomegranate chicken. I'm used an italian version that uses cream, but
this recipe will be the one I try next. I really have grown to love the taste of pomegranate and as a marinade for fish and chicken, it really has turned out great. Emma even liked it :D, though of course she liked the mushroom risotto much better (rice or noodles... she'd eat them till she exploded).
Ready for a deluge of supper talk? Then click read more:
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Friday morning I'm leaving for the Middleton Reunion. It is a reunion of the descendents of Middleton Place, a plantation near Charleston South Carolina that was the birthplace of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, presidents of the Continental Congress, revolutionary soldiers and several governors of that state, of whom I (maternal line) am a direct descendent.
They were also slave-holders. This is the beginning of the irony and paradox.. only the beginning...
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Or not.
We are going through some major transitions here at home. Haven't written much about them because well...
those transitions might not actually happen. Limbo is fun isn't it?
So what are they? Follow me to read more...
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As you might have guessed, I've been gone a while. Went to the Middleton reunion (which I have some stories to tell about!) and then now I'm in Chicago on a business trip.
I'm am very much looking forward to coming home tomorrow. Guy and Emma are too :). Emma even left me the cutest phone message :D.
Luckily, this is the last travel I have for about 5 months! (for business anyway :).
We are having around 18 people over, three of my brothers and their families and my mother and stepfather on my favorite holiday.
Of course, we'll be having turkey with two kinds of stuffing (sage/sausage and cornbread/pecan) with potatoes, sweet potatoes, greenbeans, etc... apple, pumpkin and pecan pies. We are also adding crab to the feast. Apparently it's a San Francisco tradition, so we thought we'd add it.
And then we are going to the Sound of Music Sing-a-Long on Friday, THAT is what Emma is really looking forward too.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
(sorry for the lack of posts, between being busy and my host's server keeps going down, I haven't been able to post :(... Back on schedule after the holiday weekend).
