Why this Father’s Day I may just send my kids to JCPenney to buy my whitey-tighties
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Speaking of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment: As someone who buys one or two articles of clothing a year, I’m a clothes merchant’s nightmare. Continue Reading
EXTRA! EXTRA! DoMA ruled unconstitutional by U.S. Court of Appeals
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The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled today that the Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA) is unconstitutional because it discriminates against gay couples.
Hey, no shit.
The Minnesota Marriage Amendment is more than just ‘a tender and sensitive issue’
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As someone who rarely has a hard time getting fired up and energized, I’ve been terrified of my response to the proposal to amend the Minnesota constitution to ban gay marriage. For months, I have vacillated between unfocused, counterproductive rage and stunned, numb denial. Continue Reading
Halfway there: 180 Pretty Good Reasons for opposing the MN Marriage Amendment, along with a few dumb ones
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Election Day is six months away tomorrow, which means I’m halfway to achieving What Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time last summer: posting one reason a day for rejecting the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.
May Day! May Day! Voting ‘no’ will not change the law that bans gay marriage
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I had a welcome breath of fresh air about the Minnesota Marriage Amendment in the fresh air in Cottage Grove Sunday evening.
Support our troops? Let this returning vet marry the person he loves
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My father served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. After the war he came home and married dear old Mom. After that, as Steve Goodman sang, he became my old man.
Nuns’ group, representing 80% of women religious, slammed by Vatican for ‘radical feminism’
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You’d have liked the nuns I used to work for.
Northland readers offer pretty good reasons for opposing marriage amendment
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I’m all for hearing the other side of the marriage debate to get a better feel for why supporters are inclined to oppose marriage equality.
Fifty-seven varieties of matzoh balls but two Passover themes are constant: Justice and compassion
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At age 57, I’ve attended at least 57 varieties of Passover seders. As a little kid at my Uncle Jack’s house the festive meal rarely began before 10:00 pm. Years later my kids’ Uncle Jesse preferred the McSeder, and if you showed up late, tough luck, you missed dessert. One time in Duluth I was either too poor or too lazy to buy a box of matzoh, and I substituted Saltines. Continue Reading
Minnesota author offers a baker’s dozen worth of pretty good reasons to oppose the marriage amendment
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My buddy Bruce linked me yesterday to author Ann Bauer’s lengthy post about her disappointment (okay, shame and anger) upon returning from Washington State to live once again in Minnesota–only to find out the state that’s voting on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is not the Minnesota she used Continue Reading