"Standing up for our families" reads the campaign mailer from Barbara Lifton. But Assemblywoman Lifton is not standing up for my family and other families like mine ( Read more... )

On this day, eight years ago, I fell in love. I was sitting on a park bench in the famous Dealy Plaza in Dallas, just steps away from the "grassy knoll", and directly across the street from the old Schoolbook Depository building ( Read more... )

Looking to hire free-lance web developers. Prefer developers familiar or comfortable coding in classic ASP. If you know .NET that would be good too ( Read more... )

Today the NY Court of Appeals (the state's highest court) ruled 4-2 that the "New York Constitution does not compel recognition of marriages between members of the same sex. Whether such marriages should be recognized is a question to be addressed by the Legislature ( Read more... )

For those who are interested...

Ithaca Journal (a very good write-up)
News 10 Now (a local 24-hour cable news channel) [Windows Media file]
WENY - News Channel 36 (ABC affiliate out of Elmira) [text of aired piece]

The ruling from the Appellate Court FINALLY (after waiting nearly four months for a decision!) came down today... and not on our side. I really thought that we would have at least one, possibly two dissenters see it our way... but that was not the case. The entire five judge panel ruled against us. Ain't that just grand ( Read more... )

You are an inspiration on how to deal with adversity, whether it be illness, or addiction, or personal demons that must be overcome. I have always admired your positive outlook on even the worst of situations. I, like so many other people, was drawn to your sparkling, outgoing personality. You were fun to be around, had a great sense of humor, but ( Read more... )

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This is probably going to be a long one. I know some things I want to say. But, as these things usually go, once I start, I just let the words flow from my fingers ( Read more... )

An update for those who are interested in the Ithaca 50 marriage equality lawsuit in New York ( Read more... )