California Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban

In a 6-to-1 ruling California’s Supreme Court upheld the voter-approved Prop 8 - the ban on same-sex marriage - this morning.

The only consolation is that the court didn’t void marriage licences of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who hurriedly said their vows before the ban went into effect. Those…

How to Solve the Prop 8 Problem

I have an idea: Let’s eradicate the institution of marriage.  Not only will we all save a fortune on gifted bread machines that will never once be introduced to the miracle of yeast, but I can’t think of one political…

Change, a little at a time…

My generation has been fairly fortunate. We haven’t had nearly the same turmoil that accompanied my parents’ coming of age. Racism still existed (and exists), but as the Rodney King beating showed – it was far from tolerated in the…