The hangover from all the parties following Oregon’s ruling yesterday, legalizing marriage for same sex couples hasn’t even faded and another state has said Adios to marriage discrimination.
Today Pennsylvania became the 10th state where a federal judge has struck down a marriage ban since the historic US Supreme Court decision. Welcome to the 21st Century Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Love, just got a bit more lovely in my opinion.
These days it is almost a full time job keeping up with all the Marriage Equality wins. Today Oregon became the 18th state (not counting Washington D.C.) to fully recognize marriage for same-sex couples. The map of the USA now looks like a patchwork that must leave people from other countries scratching their head. What I take away from this map (see below) is that full marriage equality in the US is not only an inevitability – but likely before the next Presidential election.
Judge Michael McShane, US District Court Judge, had this to say on today’s ruling. “Oregon recognizes a marriage of love with the same equal eye that it recognizes a marriage of convenience. It affords the same set of rights and privileges to Tristan and Isolde that it affords to a Hollywood celebrity waking up in Las Vegas with a blurry memory and a ringed finger. It does not, however, afford these very same rights to gay and lesbian couples who wish to marry within the confines of our geographic borders.”
Thanks to JMG for the great quote from Judge Michael McShane.
Ten years ago today Massachusetts joined Belgium, The Netherlands and some provinces in Canada, recognizing the rights of gays and lesbians to marry their partner.
As you might expect, at the time most of America was outraged and conservatives used coded language to hide behind their homophobic opinions. What a difference a decade has made.
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ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip by visiting, adamandandy.com.
Tomorrow many couples here in Massachusetts will be celebrating their 10 Year anniversary because it was 10 years ago tomorrow, May 17th that Massachusetts recognized the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry. Happy anniversary tenth anniversary to you.
As my friend and fellow blogger David over at WGB would say, “just because”… this guy is so distracting.
And on that note have a great evening.
Much thanks to my Twittah bud @onerebeldevil for sharing this photo for a Scruffy Sunday post.
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ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip by visiting, adamandandy.com.
This was one of Kenneth in the 212 Morning Wood posts from earlier this year that I really liked. What do you think?
Kenneth Walsh, the man behind the uber popular gay blog, Kenneth in the 212, recently released his book Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? a memoir. Gay men who grew up before the dawn of the Internet will likely find themselves relating to this memoir that is told through the lens of a young man who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s.
Here is an excerpt of text I pulled from the book’s Amazon.com page.
In the summer of ’77, while other boys in the Midwest were busy playing Little League and flocking to see Star Wars, young Kenny Walsh was obsessed with Chris Evert and Woody Allen movies — and daydreamed about moving to New York City. But when his family headed west from the suburbs of Detroit to Phoenix, it was the first in a series of events that set his Big Apple ambitions on the wrong course.
With Memorial Day Weekend now just weeks away, this maybe the must read book to add to your summer reading list.
Do you have summer plans that include spending time in Ogunquit, Maine? Last month the Admiral’s Inn Resort shared their summer / fall 2014 line up. Personal favorites include Varla Jean Merman who will perform May 22 – 25 and Dame Edna who will be there August 28 – 31.
Source: Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso
São Paulo is one of my favorite cities in the world to spend a few days. With a metropolitan area that includes approximately 21 million people, it also makes it one of the world’s biggest cities and their pride celebrations reflect that with an estimated 2 – 3 million Paulistas and visitors from all over Brazil, South America and the world coming to one of the largest Pride festivals in the world.
The Pride Parade will begin in approximately one hour. You can check out the pride route courtesy of Gay Pride Brazil here.
Happy Pride São Paulo.
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