I am taking a well needed sabbatical. I will be taking some time off to spend with family and to get some rest and relaxation. I wish all of you a great Summer!
I am taking a well needed sabbatical. I will be taking some time off to spend with family and to get some rest and relaxation. I wish all of you a great Summer!
Why California gays shouldn't celebrate state court ruling
By DAVID BENKOF
GUEST COLUMNIST
Champagne corks have been popping wherever gays and lesbians gather throughout the Golden State after the California Supreme Court's ruling in In Re Marriage Cases, which opens the way for same-sex couples to legally wed beginning next month. But the gay community shouldn't be celebrating. This decision does next to nothing for California gays and lesbians and causes real harm to people who believe in the "old" definition of marriage. It's nothing to be proud of.....MORE
Schools across the nation had set up "A Day of Silence" denoted to bring awareness against the bullying of gays in schools. In Arizona, some students at Desert Ridge High School decided not to participate in the Day of Silence but rather stay at one fellow student’s home and play volleyball and swim at the pool; however, someone sent a text message threatening to shoot the hosting student. This was confirmed by police who had to warn the group. Later, a group of gay and lesbian students showed up and sat in silence across the street of his home.
This is a hostile approach to the issue. In fact, is this not a type of reverse bullying?
In a 4 to 3 ruling, California’s highest court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage today. This, despite voter’s not being in favor of same-sex marriage. Two dozen couples and gay rights groups petitioned lower courts, ending up at the highest court.
According to news reports, the cultural war is not over as other groups will seek to put measures on the ballots in November that will back current laws banning gay marriage by putting it the state’s constitution.
Interestingly, 6 of the 7 judges were appointed by Republican governors.
What is your opinion on the ruling?
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Gianna Jessen is full of life.
"This woman has an incredible will-power and despite having cerebral palsy, as a result of the attempted abortion, she has run the Boston Marathon and even the London Marathon!"
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Ebay has filed suit against craigslist and its board of directors:
http://news.ebay.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=305980
We are surprised and disappointed by Ebay’s unfounded allegations, which came to us out of the blue, without any attempt to engage in a dialogue with us.
Coming from a shareholder that views craigslist as a prime competitor, filing suit without so much as mentioning these assertions beforehand seems unethical, and hints at ulterior motives.
Ensuring the future well-being of craigslist and the craigslist community is admittedly very important to us. But Ebay has absolutely no reason to feel threatened here — unless of course they’re contemplating a hostile takeover of craigslist, or the sale of Ebay’s stake in craigslist to an unfriendly party. (In which case, they’re out of luck.
For our part, we have always treated Ebay very fairly as a minority shareholder, and plan to continue doing so, despite this unfortunate development.
Addendum in response to commenter question - To be perfectly clear, Ebay’s stake in craigslist has not been unfairly diluted as they have claimed.
Ebay said this:
The complaint is being filed under seal because some of the information about craigslist contained in the complaint is governed by confidentiality restrictions.
Add this to the laundry list for CL.
Other reports: here, here, here, and here
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Despite recent negativity about the upcoming Olympics, there is still alot of inspiration to hold on to. Our athletes did not choose the locale of the Olympics, and they deserve our support. These men and women have trained most of their lives for a chance to compete in the games.
The video is about Ryan Hall, a US man, who at the time, was training for the Olympic Trails in marathon. Not only did he make the Olympic team, he won the race and broke a record.
Albuquerque photographer Elaine Huguenin, who refused to take pictures of a gay couple's “commitment ceremony” because of her religious beliefs, violated New Mexico discrimination law, a human rights panel ruled. The ruling said Huguenin should pay $6,637 for the couple's attorney's fees and costs.
The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian organization that defends religious liberty, plans to appeal to state district court. ADF's senior counsel, Jordan Lorence, said:
"The fact she is a commercial business does not mean she loses her constititutional protection. ... The constitution prevents the government from forcing people to choose between their faith and their livelihood.”
What do you think? Should Huguenin be free to discriminate on what business she takes, based on her religious convictions?
Does the ADF have a good change of getting this ruling reversed?
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I have not heard alot from the MSM about the Compassion Forum (the brainchild of Faith in Public Life) which aired Sunday on CNN.
I found these words by Eboo Patel from a collaborative of Newsweek and the Washington Post interesting:
Obama (finally!) discussed his positive experience with Islam in Indonesia. He described it as a tolerant faith which lived comfortably with other religions, in a society where women had freedom and dignity. He concluded by saying that it was clear to him that Islam, like other religious traditions, had much to offer the modern world.
Finally, according to Obama: America is a Christian nation, a Jewish nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, a Muslim nation, an atheist nation, etc.
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