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The weather smells tonight. That damp smell, that is wet. With a bit of lily thrown in. Like a pool without the cholrine or a shower. Three days straight of rain. This summer it rains for five days straight, takes a break over the weekends, then starts right up again. I feel like I am living in Seattle. And this ahem is the reason I don't live in Seattle. I require sunshine dammit.
Read two things in the morning paper today. The first made me laugh, the second made me think - about power, human rights and what is really really wrong with religion in our country.
( New York State Legislature Collaspes into Chaos )
The second was an interesting opinion piece by a guy against the gay marriage equality act.
This week the Metro is covering the gay marriage debate from multiple perspectives - because, NY State is still debating the issue. Yes, the Northeast has okayed it. But New York can't make up its collective mind on the issue. Yesterday they had opinion pieces from the Gay and Black Perspective. Today it is from the anti-same sex marriage perspective. One article states that proposition 8 supporters don't want to be called bigots. They aren't against gays having rights. Or civil unions per se. They are against defining marriage as anything but a union between a man and a woman. Here's the quote:
( We aren't Bigots, we just like things the way they are and always been, and how can the majority be wrong argument )
And here's the second article by Timothy Dalrymple.
( The Christian Anti-Gay Marriage perspective )
( my reaction to this )
I did not write my query letter again - have until June 20, when I'm going to share it with the writing group I've joined. But I wrote this...which I'd intended to leave opinion free - ie, my opinion not on it, but being me, I apparently found that impossible.
Read two things in the morning paper today. The first made me laugh, the second made me think - about power, human rights and what is really really wrong with religion in our country.
( New York State Legislature Collaspes into Chaos )
The second was an interesting opinion piece by a guy against the gay marriage equality act.
This week the Metro is covering the gay marriage debate from multiple perspectives - because, NY State is still debating the issue. Yes, the Northeast has okayed it. But New York can't make up its collective mind on the issue. Yesterday they had opinion pieces from the Gay and Black Perspective. Today it is from the anti-same sex marriage perspective. One article states that proposition 8 supporters don't want to be called bigots. They aren't against gays having rights. Or civil unions per se. They are against defining marriage as anything but a union between a man and a woman. Here's the quote:
( We aren't Bigots, we just like things the way they are and always been, and how can the majority be wrong argument )
And here's the second article by Timothy Dalrymple.
( The Christian Anti-Gay Marriage perspective )
( my reaction to this )
I did not write my query letter again - have until June 20, when I'm going to share it with the writing group I've joined. But I wrote this...which I'd intended to leave opinion free - ie, my opinion not on it, but being me, I apparently found that impossible.
