I woke up late this morning because I could. Yesterday there were rumors flying around that I would potentially wake up to several inches of snow and get to stay home. I got up, peeked out the window where there was not a flake to be found. Bummer, but oh well. I went downstairs to find fresh coffee, a la Violet, and hopped online, like I do. Then WOMP! I saw the news. It is everywhere!
EQUALITY HAS ATTACKED AMERICA! (also being covered under the guise of “Obama Orders End to Defense of Federal Gay Marriage Law”
My favorite despondent correspondent is this lady from FOX. that Joe. My. God posted this morning.
Her eyes are popping out of her head. Her speech is slurred. She’s just sort of yelling at the camera, fumbling over “s s s same s s s sex…”
I don’t get off on other peoples unhappiness, and in this case, on other people freaking the fuck out. But this morning, while sipping a delicious cup of liberal-launched, fair trade, organic, shade grown, french roast coffee while watching Megan and so many others simply dissolve into terrified, mumbling idiots because I might some day soon be that much closer to being recognized as much a citizen as I am human in this country, well, I just find that amusing.
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February 23, 2011 at 12:22 pm
ladybrettashley
oh, i’m so amused.
“protected classes include – uh, uh, blacks”
“an end run around our normal constitutional processes” – something i am certain has never been condoned by the right. (Never mind the following admission that what the administration is doing is not terribly unusual.)
oh, and do you think they refer to the organization being interviewed as “nom”?
February 23, 2011 at 5:01 pm
jesse james
Sounds edible to me.
February 23, 2011 at 9:19 pm
FG
she is SO RIGHT about one point: this is not the last you’re going to hear about this!!
i must say i’m very tempted to send in a ‘married’ (which we legally are, in MA at least) tax return to the IRS this year and see what happens…
February 23, 2011 at 11:15 pm
makingspace1
LOVE the NYT article link, thank you for that. I didn’t quite understand all of the nuances/legalese it contained, but I appreciated the balanced perspective (true journalism, still, today?).
I’m on the fence about watching Fox. Maybe I’ll try it for a chuckle here in a sec…
February 24, 2011 at 9:51 am
jesse james
Here is a pretty short article that breaks it down a bit more. http://www.365gay.com/news/the-doma-letter-what-it-means/
If you want a more broken down explanation of the marriage piece and the individual protection piece that is being talked about I’d be happy to give it a whirl. Just let me know.
And really, the FOX lady will make you giggle.
February 24, 2011 at 10:10 am
makingspace1
Oh cool on the 365gay article. Looking forward to checking it out later.
I tried on the Fox thing, but frankly it kicked a little bit of my evangelical PTSD into gear, and I’m on SUCH a high from civil unions being signed into law (and with such intense jubilation) here in Hawaii that I didn’t want anything at all to harsh my mellow. Wootwootwoot and other similar sentiments!
February 27, 2011 at 7:40 pm
JMc
Crap. Late to the game again. But gObama!
March 16, 2011 at 12:52 pm
CAP
Is this the same video? So many “uh uh”‘s and she looks like she is terrified. I love how right next to the tagline of “Maggie gallagher on the phone” they have ALERT ALERT scrolling. Like yes, the world is now ending, hide in your bathtub with a mattress overtop.
March 16, 2011 at 1:11 pm
jesse james
You are AWESOME! That’s the one! Thank you.