i understood (maybe) about a third of these, but this is by far the best year end list i’ve seen in 2011.
It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one.
Today, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.The dock landing ship Oak Hill has been gone for nearly three months, training with military allies in Central America.
As the homecoming drew near, the crew and ship’s family readiness group sold $1 raffle tickets for the first kiss. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta bought 50 - which is actually fewer than many people buy, she said, so she was surprised Monday to find out she’d won.
Her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, was waiting when she crossed the brow.
They kissed. The crowd cheered. And with that, another vestige of the policy that forced gays to serve in secrecy vanished.
By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© December 21, 2011
On Religion - A One-Man War on American Muslims - NYTimes.com
(i didn’t realize it was this overblown, but i knew that this “organization” didn’t do 1/100 of what it had claimed to.)
(link via a participant in our chat during the young turks on current this week.)
then you become the establishment.
then you either stay there forever and fade, or you choose to fight the establishment.
and the process repeats.
If this is what happens when “traditional” families are destroyed by gay couples, then sign me up.
(via Gay Dads Find Out They’re Going to be Grandpas, Epic Awesomeness Ensues)
“If you did a fair article, you would say, ‘Republicans say voter fraud is a huge issue, but it turns out they’re lying. How about the Democrats? Democrats say that you would disenfranchise 3 million people? Is that true? Yes! That’s absolutely true.’”
reblogging the blog i wrote about the show i work on…
#yaybestmomever
(this is the quilt she’s making from our wedding dresses…)
Cenk Uygur, as usual, hits the nail.
great way to start the show last night.
Gay Veteran Talks To Mitt Romney - ABC News
Hi Mitt Romney! Byyyeeeeeee Mitt Romney!
Simultaneously crying and clapping and singing God Bless America! You go, gay Vietnam veteran, sir!
this is why it matters. why it matters who we vote for, what church we tithe to, what wars we fight in, and how we answer when asked a simple question like, why do you feel so strongly?
So the whole reason we need more prisons built is to house non-violent drug offenders? WTF?
i love that people are blogging our show.
