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Beautiful.
Have you heard that Ken Starr -- and the Prop 8 Legal Defense Fund -- filed legal briefs defending the constitutionality of Prop 8 and attempting to forcibly divorce 18,000 same-sex couples that were married in California last year? The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in this case on March 5, 2009, with a decision expected within the next 90 ( Read more... ) -
Katarine- Story with a happy ending
When I was down in El Salvador in 2007, I met a family. A single mother working in the fields, with three kids, one of whom had a fatal heart condition. That was Katarine Abarca and her mother Maria Zoila.Through the help of my parish at Saint Aloysius, Katarine was able to receive the surgery she needed to save her life. James and I went to see ( Read more... ) -
September 11
(Reposted from exceptindreams)
“Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100”
Martin Espada
for the 43 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees
Local 100, working at the Windows on the World restaurant,
who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center
Alabanza. Praise the cook with a shaven head ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I had amusing camp stories for you. But then I checked my email ( Read more... ) -
the little girl
Okay, so yesterday I wrote about the little girl who needs surgery, right? Okay, so since a bunch of people asked the background, here's what I wrote:
( Katarine Abarca ) -
I should not be given this power
LJ Talk is weird. -
On Evergreen Housing
Mopsy and I were talking (after several hours of Firefly) about the necessity of procuring a floor lamp for my apartment next year. She noted the proximity of the Capitol Building, and the relative availability of floor lamps.
Which led to:
NEW HOUSING THEMES!!!
Congressional Furnishings DormFurnished entirely with items purloined from ( Read more... )
