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PROACTIVE

So now, San Francisco is suing right back at the State of California to test the constitutionality of the 'only man and woman' proposition that was passed a while ago. Even Bill Lockyer, the Attorney General, lauded the effort in a back handed way; he is sworn to defend the State law after all. I cannot imagine that there will be an impassioned defense of something that the State AG calls wrong.

I find this approach astonishing! Who would have thought that taking the bigots straight on would have such 'git-go'. You know, personally, I do not care one way or another about the actual term that is used--union or marriage. But now, I can see that I am part of the giant conspiracy against equal rights for every one. By settling for less, I underline the legitimacy of the hair splitters who say 'oh yes equal rights'; but at the same time 'oh no to the sacred-SACRED?-institution of marriage'. Separate but equal accomodation don't cut it. So. I am for marriage. And now.

I see that Chicago--also a City/County form--is looking into doing the same thing. Whew. Those long lonely walks up Boston's Tremont Street on Stonewall Day 30 years ago DID lead to something. At the time, it was a scary business. No crowds on the sidewalks. No cheering. The silent canyons of the office buildings. There might have been a few hundred people marching in the early years.

Actually, I have never thought that our action did not pay off. There has been steady progress for all this time. Sometimes, I get a bit discouraged over the lack of appreciation that many younger gay men have for the foundation of rights that was laid back then; but that is another story. I am sure that many leaders of the black civil rights movement would be dismayed to see what has happened on some fronts; but that is the price of freedom--people will do their things. What we wanted in the first place.

BADNEWS :)

Fortunately, I cannot cram all of the bad news for the bushers into one item: national polls earlier in the week show them losing to either Kerry OR Edwards; the scientists (20 Nobel winners) who accuse them of distorting science to meet policy (what a suprise that one is); the continued failure of the Iraq 'plan' to stay the same one day after another; the utter lack of credibility in the projection of over 2.5 million jobs (even in a WSJournal poll; the 'don't believe' column was 90%); the assertion by a key economic adviser that shipping jobs off shore is a good thing; the failure of three or four attempts to staunch the wounds of NON-combat service and on and on. It is almost a joy to read the bad news these days. This morning, we see that California gives 54 to 37 (9 undecided) percent of the vote to ANY Democrat who runs against this bush.

George the First lost his ass his fourth year too. It would seem that sustaining credibility on the basis of distortions and outright lies has a limited shelf life; certainly less than 4 years. In the end, incompetence and venality will out.