The First Gay Jewish Marriage Ceremony in the Netherlands
This is quite an interesting nugget. On Sunday, the first ever Jewish ceremony confirming a same-sex marriage was held in the synagogue of the Liberale Joodse Gemeente (Liberal Jewish Community) in Amsterdam. As of this week, Jewish same-sex couples can have their relationships confirmed in one of the community’s ten synagogues in a ceremony called Brit Ahava, a covenant of love. The Amsterdam ceremony was not a global first. In the United States, Jewish same-sex couples have been able to...
Read MoreProposition 8 has been declared unconstitutional. Finally.
Prop 8 is overturned. Activists and progressives who are concerned with equality and justice just exhaled the biggest rainbow-colored breath. I have written about this divisive and ugly proposition and the following protest (one of the many). So how cool is this news on this blogger’s 48th birthday: Proposition 8, the horrible and neurotic (Who cares who marries whom?) law prohibiting Gay marriage was overturned today, Wednesday, August 4th, 2010. In other words, by “Memorandum...
Read MoreStripping Mormon Church of Tax Exempt Status
Bad new for Mormons and fundies alike, this Prop 8 stuff isn’t going away: During the election, the Mormon Church pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the push to ban same-sex marriage in California — a campaign that deprived people in a different state [from where the church is based] of a fundamental civil right. LDS officials initially claimed they donated $2,078 to the Yes on 8 campaign (although direct donations by individual members exceed $20 million). But recent tax...
Read MoreLove is Love
Here are some photos from the Protest Prop 8 March in downtown Los Angeles, CA. (Click to see entire set.) I had a very short conversation with a coworker regarding this issue. Apparently he didn’t even understand what Prop 8 is. WTF? After explaining it, he informed me how he believes marriage is between a man and a woman. Fair enough, but what’s the reasoning? The same ol’ slippery slope that next they’ll want to marry their dogs. Then, I had to get out of the...
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“Hope”: “some things shouldn’t be put to a vote”: Disclaimer: When referring to Christians voting on/for Jews to Atheists, I was speaking legally. I realize atheists are discriminated against – whether in politics, in the workplace, even within our own families. However, we have not been stripped of rights constitution-wise. Mainly, I can only fight one battle at a time. It gets too confusing when I try to mix ‘em (which I still do). SHARE...
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