Regular readers know I am a huge supporter of gay marriage. I have had gay friends in the past and they were fine upstanding individuals. And while the two bi-sexual men I knew were both giant douchebags, I doubt that holds true for all bi-sexual men. All people have assholes within their community and I had the misfortune of meeting two of them at roughly the same time. But unlike the bigots out there, I didn't lump all individuals of this sexual preference into the same mix.
But now, gay marriage is the law of the land and Prop 8 is going right along with it as the Court sent it back to the federal court where they had previously struck it down, effectively killing that bill too. California has stated they will implement gay marriage as soon as possible because of it. Any state with same sex bias laws will all be thrown out of court as well, meaning gay can now marry in whatever state they want and very soon, federal laws will be protected against any further bias. This is a huge step forward for the gay community and I am very happy for them. What the bigots out there don't understand either is that this will bring an epic economic boom as gay marriages tend to be extravagant and expensive, helping an ailing economy. Now if we can only get pot legalized, we might actually begin to start digging ourselves out of this ever expanding hole we are in.
Recent data shows that the average salary for the bottom 90% is now at around $31,000 or $10,000 less than you would have made in 1970. How come that isn't on the nightly news? Oh because corporate America is still telling you that the recovery is right around the corner which we have now been officially hearing since 2007. There is no recovery unless you are part of the 1%. The rest of us are getting screwed.
Speaking of screwing people, the republicans in Texas tried everything they could to break a filibuster in Texas that would have prevented anyone from getting an abortion in the state. The draconian laws would have closed 90% of the abortion clinics, demanded a doctor be present even if taking the morning after pill and would have driven women's rights back to the 19th century. According to the stupidest rules I have ever heard of for a filibuster, the person must remain standing the whole time, not take bathroom breaks, lean on anything, and, my favorite, "stay on topic." First off the filibuster law as originally written makes no mention of topic and in the past some have gone on reading the phone book. Now, at least in Texas, any senator can claim the speaker has gone off topic for any reason and ask the Speaker of the House to end the filibuster, which is exactly what the rightwing douchebags in Texas tried to do at the last minute.
Wendy Davis did a phenomenal job and the off topic bullshit was just that when both times she was talking about abortion rights when some ass claimed she went astray. The Right wingers, who will cheat, lie or steal if they can, did their best to kill the filibuster, until the one thing they hadn't counted on happened. The people in the audience erupted in fury and caused such a commotion that the filibuster vote to end it didn't happen until after midnight, killing the bill. That is democracy in action and I hope that every single one of these assholes goes down in defeat in the next election. But as they will be rigging their Voter ID laws stat, they may not happen for some time.
Now as these lowlifes have proven to do every unethical trick in the book, expect them to do something underhanded to get this loathsome law passed and if it does, demand impeachment of any involved. If that doesn't work, Texas has more guns than anywhere on Earth and I hope they use them to demand justice. These idiots cannot be allowed to continue on their path of destruction and I hope anyone reading this makes others realize the folly that is the GOP. They are going to kill us all if they get their way as their policies demonstrate. Unless you have tons of money or a religious lunatic, the right no longer speaks for you. Demand more from your politicians like the people of Texas just did, and in a way that is both non-violent and effective. We need more moments like this.
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