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IOWA ÜBER ALLES
Apr. 3rd, 2009 02:37 pmIowa allows same-sex marriage
I have nothing to add to this except extreme joy and OMG ANOTHER VICTORY!!1!!! And the desire to see Vermont get its act together and override Gov. Douglas' veto. (I hadn't posted about that, which is weird considered I go to college in Vermont, and the current governor is an alum. But the state legislature overwhelming passed a law allowing same-sex marriage, which the Republican governor vetoed, giving the ol' "we have the economic crisis to worry about and besides gay people already have enough rights in our state" excuse. I haven't heard anything else about it yet, but here's hoping something good will come out of that soon.)
More links:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090403/NEWS/90403010
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/iowa.same.sex/index.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/03/iowa-gay-marriage-ban-rul_n_182782.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-rubysachs/falling-short-of-full-con_b_182808.html
Anyway, this week turned out better than expected. The "presentation" for my history seminar went well, considering we only started preparing for it after we came back from break, was little more than leading discussion, and the fact that I hardly spoke, as I tend to do when I just have no clue what to say in discussion (which is all the time). But it's over, our group got it out the way, and I don't have a lot of homework this weekend besides a good chunk of reading. And spring has definitely come early here, though Vermont is (in)famous for its April snowstorms. Not cool. *knocks on wood*
I have nothing to add to this except extreme joy and OMG ANOTHER VICTORY!!1!!! And the desire to see Vermont get its act together and override Gov. Douglas' veto. (I hadn't posted about that, which is weird considered I go to college in Vermont, and the current governor is an alum. But the state legislature overwhelming passed a law allowing same-sex marriage, which the Republican governor vetoed, giving the ol' "we have the economic crisis to worry about and besides gay people already have enough rights in our state" excuse. I haven't heard anything else about it yet, but here's hoping something good will come out of that soon.)
More links:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090403/NEWS/90403010
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/iowa.same.sex/index.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/03/iowa-gay-marriage-ban-rul_n_182782.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-rubysachs/falling-short-of-full-con_b_182808.html
Anyway, this week turned out better than expected. The "presentation" for my history seminar went well, considering we only started preparing for it after we came back from break, was little more than leading discussion, and the fact that I hardly spoke, as I tend to do when I just have no clue what to say in discussion (which is all the time). But it's over, our group got it out the way, and I don't have a lot of homework this weekend besides a good chunk of reading. And spring has definitely come early here, though Vermont is (in)famous for its April snowstorms. Not cool. *knocks on wood*
