Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Take a look at this video titled "Insurance Jive" - it dramatizes the way that insurance companies in California have begun making a systematic practice of illegally cancelling people's policies if they actually have the nerve to get sick; in the actual case portrayed in the video, Health Net cancelled ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
John McCain would like independents, moderates, Reagan Democrats, and Hillary Clinton supporters to think of him as a maverick who doesn't march in lockstep with George Bush and his right wing ideology. The problem is that John McCain is traveling the country espousing the very principles that define the evangelical ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Good news on the gay marriage front from a newly released survey and from the California Supreme Court. A new USA Today Gallup Poll suggests that a large majority of Americans believe that the choice to marry someone of the same sex ought to be a private choice and that ...
Posted in 2008 elections, BIO, GLBT, Gay and Lesbian Rights, LGBT, Politics, Poll Results, Religion, Right Wing Nut | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The California Supreme Courts groundbreaking decision in favor of same-sex marriages is already bearing unexpected fruit. Due to a New York court ruling that said same-sex marriages legally performed outside of New York would be recognized as having equal legal status to heterosexual marriages, California may well become the Mecca ...
Posted in BIO, Gay and Lesbian Rights, LGBT | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
I realize I should be excited about the California Supreme Court's decision to remove the ban on same-sex marriage...but the pragmatist in me simply won't allow it. I'll explain my thinking after the following excerpt on today's ruling.
SAN FRANCISCO -- -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Most of us are familiar with the expression, "Be careful what you wish for", though I suspect it rarely keeps us from spending our time hoping to achieve or attain the things we seek. The fact that the California Supreme Court is set to rule tomorrow on whether the state ...
Posted in 2008 elections, BIO, GLBT, Gay and Lesbian Rights, LGBT, Religion | 13 Comments »