Dear Mary...

Mike in Houston

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Thursday May 11, 2006 · 10:37 AM PDT

2006/05/11 · 10:37

Dear Mary...

No, that's not quite right... oh well...

It does appear that Mary Cheney is finally ready for her 15 minutes of fame.

I hesitate to comment, because frankly, I'm ambivalent.

It's like being in a bar and starting up a conversation with someone you find attractive - only to find your mind wandering as soon as they start the second sentence of their life story. I'm not that I'm not empathetic. It's just that I don't care.
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Now that marriage is no longer a right in Texas

Mike in Houston

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Thursday November 10, 2005 · 12:39 PM PST

2005/11/10 · 12:39

What will be the long-term effects of Proposition 2?

Hard to say, but in an important way, Prop 2 has succeeded to help undermine heterosexual marriage in an unexpected way.

"Marriage" can no longer be considered -- in Texas -- a fundamental right. Rights are those recognized (not given) for all citizens, which relegates "marriage" to that of a state-granted privilege not much different than driving or hunting.

What a pity that something driven by anti-gay animus would have this effect in the end.

Mike in Houston

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 12:05 PM PDT

2005/09/02 · 12:05

While Bush is promising to rebuild one of Trent Lott's houses...

Houstonian's are stepping up. First the Astrodome, the Reliant Center -- and now the Mayor is kicking the conventions out of the George R. Brown to take on more refugees.

Contrast that with the folks in Talahasse -- asking refugees to kindly vacate because the FSU game is this weekend. Money quote when asked about disrupting convention business: "If it takes someone suing us, then sue -- and then explain to the American public." -- Mayor Bill White

America the Beautiful (Not that there's anything wrong with that)

Mike in Houston

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Wednesday July 13, 2005 · 8:02 PM PDT

2005/07/13 · 20:02

I like to spend Wednesday evenings cruising over to the Creators.com site to read Molly Ivins, Deb Price and once and a while dip into the wingnut sections.

One of my favorite wingers is Ben Shapiro... not because he's a particularly good writer (he isn't) but because of his desperate attempts to be the Schlaffly of his generation.

He often writes about all the bad things that liberals do -- especially in colleges and universities and often his rants go anti-gay.

So knock me over with a feather when his annual Independence Day column was titled "America the Beautiful" -- where he quoted from the poetry of Katherine Lee Bates. He even told part of the story of how and when she wrote it.

PART of the story. Of course, he and all the other anti-gay illiterati do their usual whitewash of the story. Bates was a lesbian. Which is certainly something we wouldn't want people to know when they're singing America's other anthem... now would we? <GRIN>

Paused for thought at IAH

Mike in Houston

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Monday July 11, 2005 · 5:04 PM PDT

2005/07/11 · 17:04

So... there I was at Houston's Intercontinental Airport this morning (I refuse to go by it's official name), my departure for San Francisco delayed for an hour.

The CNN airport edition was droning on about the London bombings, Bush making statements in front of FBI recruits and some Marines, Hurricane Dennis and fortunately no missing white women, when suddenly lights begin to flash and sirens go off.

What happened next is what gave me some pause.

Mike in Houston

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Tuesday June 21, 2005 · 5:14 PM PDT

2005/06/21 · 17:14

I'll devote other diary entries to reasons why same-sex marriages are a good thing for society, but that's besides the point of defeating this amendment.

See the extended entry for eight simple reasons to vote against this amendment -- even for people who don't like the idea of same-sex marriage

Mike in Houston

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Friday June 03, 2005 · 1:56 PM PDT

2005/06/03 · 13:56

Governor "good hair" Perry has announced plans to sign the anti-gay so-called marriage protection amendment at a Fort Worth church... well at the church's Christian Academy gymnasium which doubles for a chapel.

First -- it's a consitutional amendment and the governor's signature isn't required to make it law... the voters will or won't do that in November. So this little signing ceremony is simply a pandering stunt for the talivangelicals.

Second -- this is the first shot across the bow for more moderate GOP'ers (Hutch & Strayhorn) that they'll have show their gay-baiting credentials if they want to win in the primary.

Third -- Can anyone say whether or not such a ceremony is grounds to examine this church's tax-exempt status?

Unintended Consequences: Same-sex Marriage "Bans"

Mike in Houston

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Tuesday May 24, 2005 · 1:20 PM PDT

2005/05/24 · 13:20

The law of unintended consequences is bound to catch up with all these attempts to "ban" gay marriage.

If the Talivangelicals aren't careful, the institution could be mortally wounded.

Case in point: Texas. Read More

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Adding insult to injury...

Unintended Consequences: Same-sex Marriage "Bans"