In a both expected and sudden move, the California Supreme Court ruled the gay-marriage ban there unconstitutional. For a long time, California banned gay marriage under Proposition 22, a voter referendum on the March 2000 ballot. It passed overwhelmingly, with just over 60% of the vote. So, for the past eight years, gay marriage has been illegal. ( Read more... )

Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia primaries by a huge margin. She predicted 2 to 1 victory, and it looks like she will get that. This will net her a 10 delegate lead for the night. There were a total of 28 delegates available in West Virginia, so she will get 19, or so, to his 9 (note, these are estimates based on current returns and are ( Read more... )

Jamie Leigh Jones is suing, or at least attempting to sue, Halliburton and KBR for her gruesome rape, attack and coverup. While this blog doesn't blanch from being graphic when necessary, this one hit particularly close to home for some, so this warning. The descriptions might get a little blunt in places.

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While race is never far from the American mind, it has found itself at the forefront in this election. The Rev. Wright stuff brought it even more to the surface, which led Obama to give this seminal speech on race in Philadelphia. He managed to spell out exactly what most Americans feel about race in this country: people are often confused, ( Read more... )

sorry, no update tonight. I have a massive headache that is preventing me from concentrating so much that I can't even write. be back tomorrow for the results.

For once, this is more than just a cute metaphor, there really is a Gas City, Indiana. With the Indiana primaries coming up on Tuesday, as well as the North Carolina, Obama and Clinton have both been seeking ways to turn up the heat on each other and show how different they can be and they found a real issue to show their differences. In the face ( Read more... )

Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) has long made a name for himself for taking on the administration. Elected in the elections of 2006, he first made news by showing up President Bush at a reception for new Senators. He had not taken the official oath of office and he was already showing his strong opposition to the war, his unwavering support for the ( Read more... )

It appears last night's midnightranter provoked some responses. Firstly, anonymous responses are fine, they really are. IP logging isn't turned on for a reason, mostly because people should feel free to post whatever they want and not feel threatened that should they say the wrong thing, someone is going to track them down and do terrible things. That said, when ( Read more... )

For the past two weeks, there have been stories all over the web and news channels about the Yearning for Zion Ranch raid and the subsequent legal battles that ensued. So far, almost 400 children were taken from the sprawling ranch in the hinterlands of west Texas, disrupting the lives of the hundreds of people who live out there. The Yearning for ( Read more... )

Just as the Democratic primaries were threatening to dominate all the political headlines, the Republicans managed to make some noise at their Nevada state convention. Now, this isn't getting nearly as much attention as it should. What happened, in a nutshell, was at the state Republican convention, there were a lot of supporters for Ron Paul and ( Read more... )