Proponents had a full opportunity to provide evidence in support of their position and nevertheless failed to present even one credible witness on the government interest in Prop 8.

That’s what Judge Walker wrote in his decision to (sort of) lift the stay on his Prop 8 verdict and allow same-sex marriages to proceed.

Why “sort of”? [...]

I’ve taken this campaign ad from Ben Quayle (yep, Dan’s boy) and given it the tiniest tweak. See if you can spot it.

H/T to Joe.My.God

Judge Walker’s decision to strike down Prop 8 is based partly on these two findings:

Supporters of the ban failed to establish any rational basis for singling out gay men for discrimination.
The ban was based on animus or disgust for gays, along with a belief that same-sex relationships are simply inferior to their opposite-sex [...]

nom, nom, nom.

The National Organization for Marriage…matters. I choke on those words, but NOM contributed 62% of the funding to rescinding marriage equality in Maine. If you’re a gay couple in Maine, NOM is the reason you can’t marry.

Now NOM is conducting a bus tour through the eastern states. Attendance has been sad and [...]

In the midst of all the celebration over the Prop 8 verdict, I’m slightly irked by one selfish thing: I had a new video ready to post on Wednesday, but I was afraid it would get lost amid all the Prop 8 news. Grrr.

Look for it on Monday.

The Colbert Report
Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

This video confuses me:

Our opponents say marriage equality would lead to kids learning the “ins and outs” of gay sex in school. But this video didn’t mention vaginal, oral, or anal sex at all! Doesn’t Sesame Street know how this is supposed to work?

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

 
Will and I went to a victory rally last night in West Hollywood.  One of the lawyers on the Prop 8 team is a friend of mine, and we got to hang out with him and his boyfriend (and other friends, too).  Now often do you get to be proud that a friend is a [...]