You STILL can't get married.

Today the NYS Senate voted 38-24 against passing a bill that would legalize gay marriage. Had it passed, we would have become the sixth state in the nation to allow same-sex couples the right to marry.

New York Times makes it sound like a soap opera: [link]

Associated Press is a bit more with the facts: [link]

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I like the Times article, though, because it has a lot of good quotes in it. It's so frustrating for me to read some of the things people said while Senate was in session and the supporters were trying to sway the vote. One lady was like, “We in government don’t determine the quality or worthiness of people’s relationships. If we did, we would not issue three-quarters of the marriage licenses we do.” (Can you imagine someone sitting at a desk in a City Hall going through stacks of marriage license paperwork? "Oops, nope this guy's too old for her... uh-oh, she's a dog person and he's a cat person, they'll never last... nope, their babies would be prettier than mine... They've only been dating for 3 years, that's not nearly long enough... Ugh, he's a photographer. He'll never be able to support a family on that salary..." )

But apparently the government can regulate who can and can't get married. If I want to marry some random guy I met yesterday in English class, we can go walk over to City Hall and get the appropriate paperwork filled out and be married by the next business day. If I want to marry a hypothetical female that I've been in a romantic relationship with for I dunno, let's say.. 26 months during which we got to know each other better, met each other's families, fell in love and decided that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together, I COULDN'T DO THAT. Not in New York State, where we can't even get the half-assed Civil Union that's so popular nowadays. But, if we go to Vermont or Connecticut or Iowa, Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, or Sweden and get a marriage license there, New York State will give us full benefits. WHAT. THE. FRICKING. HECK.

More info on "Same-sex Marriage": [link]
(My favorite part is the lady holding up a sign saying, "I didn't ask her to Civil Union me...")

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Some gay art that makes me smile. Thank Moses for the art world...:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions.
Pass it on to people you like.
You can’t use the band I used.
Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think!
Repost as “My life according to (band name).”


Pick your artist:
Death Cab for Cutie

Are you a male or female:
Different Names for the Same Thing

Describe yourself:
Talking Bird

How do you feel?
Wait...

Describe where you currently live:
For What Reason?

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Lowell, MA

Your favourite form of transportation:
TV Trays

You and your best friends are:
Crooked Teeth

What’s the weather like?:
No Sunlight

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?:
Pictures in an Exhibition

What is life to you?:
That's Incentive

Your relationship:
I Will Follow You into the Dark

Your fear:
You Can Do Better Than Me..

What is the best advice you have to give?:
Someday You Will Be Loved

Thought for the day:
Tomorrow.

How I would like to die:
A Movie Script Ending

My soul’s present condition:
Line of Best Fit

My motto:
What Sarah Said.


I feel very smart for some of these. Yes, they are all DCFC songs.

I apologize to my subscribers who now have to have this long and angry post in their Messages. But I needed to vent because I'm extremely frustrated right now. And yesterday afternoon. And SDGASsldkfjsl when I was trying to fall asleep last night, too! It's not freaking cool!

-deep breath- So. Apparently this Deferio man has gotten an account on MY university's newspaper website. Firstly, WTF?! Secondly, he goes on to say that everything I said was lies (I accidentally confused his name with his friend's name, which was in all honesty, my bad), rebuts the claims I made, and then concludes with:

Those statements in kbeckma1's post should be meditated upon because, tell me, what answer do you have for them? Can you name me ONE thing natural about the homosexual sex act - JUST ONE ??? You see, there is NO genetic/biological basis for homosexuality and all of us have the power of contrary choice when we are tempted to do evil. This young woman is in rebellion against her Creator and in her heart of hearts she knows that she is doing wrong and cannot justify it outside of peer support. People follow the crowd to do all kinds of nasty things and have their mind corrupted to come to all kinds of evil and contradictory conclusions. We are all ultimately answerable to God and our friends won't be able to save us.

I apologize for confusing his name with Red Shirt Guy's, and then say:

Romantic relationships (heterosexual, homosexual and anything in between) are not solely based on "sex acts." With that in mind, I would like to point out that my relationship consists of much more, but notably the mutual desire to share a home, a bed, a family and a life with the woman I love. See, I can be a family person, too. Also, I don't think what I do in the privacy of my own home should be offered up as evidence for how "natural" the "homosexual sex act" is. But whatever they are (and I will leave that up to everyone's imaginations), they feel plenty natural to me. Furthermore, there is many more than one homosexual sex act, just as there are enough heterosexual sex acts to fill a Page-a-Day calendar.

So far my sins include being in love with another woman, lying, cheating, swearing and disrespecting my parents. I don't drink, gamble, lay with my neighbor's wife or donkey, smoke, do drugs, or hate God. And as long as God's keeping track of all of the terrible things I've done with my life, I suppose it's only fair that he should have a list of the good ones, too. And I have done plenty of good in His name, from countless service trips with my youth group throughout high school, to helping my friends through difficult times, committing random acts of kindness for strangers to openly proclaiming my affiliation with and support for the LGBT community.

It's not possible for everyone to have the same interpretation of the Bible, especially since there are so many translations and versions to choose from. I personally find that Jesus's "Golden Rule" ("Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them") provides a very good universal message to live by.

And I find it hard to believe that if I keep living my life like this, I will go to Hell.

If it is true what you say and God is willing to condemn a woman based on her decision to spend the rest of her life with another woman in a monogamous, loving relationship regardless of the good she has done, the positive change she has made in the world and the lives she has touched, then I can safely say that I have lost my faith in such a god.

What happened to the God of mercy and love? The God that loves everyone regardless of race, religion or creed? The picture of Jesus with arms outstretched reaching out to anyone who will come follow Him and His word?

I had to restrain myself from saying that there is no genetic/biological base for MMORPG's, but people still play them all day every day, get immense enjoyment out of them, and they make people feel really good about themselves. I'm sure he would have said something terrible about my godlessness in response...