One of my favorite fish restaurants is in Chinatown at the Central Fish Market on G Street and Kern Street. The menu includes both American and Japanese options. This is one of those restaurants that you have to be careful what you order. Some stuff they do better than others. I find the rice and […]
Reported by Nate Silver @ FiveThirtyEight.com Over the past decade or so, divorce has gradually become more uncommon in the United States. Since 2003, however, the decline in divorce rates has been largely confined to states which have not passed a state constitutional ban on gay marriage. These states saw their divorce rates decrease by
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block the broadcast of a federal trial in California testing whether a voter initiative against gay marriage violates the Constitution. The high court’s five conservatives formed the majority. They said federal judge Vaughan Walker didn’t follow court rules when he ordered proceedings broadcast by closed circuit to federal courthouses
Part of the strategy of the legal team working in court in San Francisco is to show that the Prop 8 campaign and those behind it were motivated by an animosity and even hatred of gays. They made this perfectly clear today (Wednesday) when the confronted Hak-Shing William Tam, a defendant in the case, regarding
This video explains a part of the back story of the current Prop 8 trial. Much more of the story can be read about in a compelling article from The New Yorker… The New Yorker – A Risky Proposal
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At the moment, the internet is inundated with links and quotes and analysis of all the pieces involved with the Federal Court Case in San Francisco which is attempting to classify Proposition 8 as unconstitutional and therefore invalid. There is one article, however, which should not be missed. That article is by Margaret Talbot, writing
Just as we’re following the monumental Federal Court Case in San Francisco which may be turning the tide for Federal same sex marriage equality, we have to hear more insanity from the disgraceful Catholic Church and their foul and evil leader, Der Pope, who "called laws ignoring the difference between the sexes an "attack" on
