Issue 147
News: Proposition 8 Passes.
Just a few days ago, California's courts passed a controversial measure to put into the constitution a message which banned same-sex marriage. Of course, there are a few states where this is legal, but I have to ask: Why shouldn't gay people have the right to marry each other? Would having 2 men or 2 women marrying each other be more of an insult to a "sacred institution" such as marriage than the existence of Las Vegas-style quickie marriages and divorces that made Britney Spears' first marriage particularly notable? Or that somebody like myself can actually be licensed to perform marriages in this state? How will gay marriage affect your life in such a negative way that you feel that you have a duty to oppose it? Is the issue of whether homosexuals really should have the same exact rights as heterosexuals really such a big issue that you need to legislate your prejudices for all? If gay rights is really the proverbial "hill to die on" for the Christian right, I hope that they have written their last words already. At the very least, I would be very reasonable to assume that their grandchildren would end up looking upon their grandparents' generation who fought against gay rights, and would dismiss them in very much the same way that today's generation dismisses those who fought against Civil Rights. All I can say is that, despite this setback, it is likely only a matter of time until same-sex marriage becomes legal nation-wide, in the same way that gay sex itself became legalised nationwide in 2003.
Band Name of the Day: The Legion of Excited Prostitutes. From Cryptonomicon.
Film IDea of the Day: Young Americans. I can imagine this as a series similar to Little Britain, except with a larger cast, and many even more strange characters who aren't just exported from the british version of the show, including a rock star whose drug use has rendered him incoherent when he's not singing, a noir novelist whose plots frequently get totally derailed, a Gulf war vet who seems to pop up everywhere, and two teenaged boys, one of whom is uptight, and the other is hell-bent on having sex with any female regardless of age, body temperature, or species.
Review of the Day: Draughtsman's Contract. All that needs to be said is that, it seems not so much like a movie that takes place in the 1600s, as a film that would have been made if people in 1600s Britain could make movies (much less in full color and sound.) The only real thing that detracts from the illusion is the score, with its anachronistic saxophone section, as good as it is, of course.
Quote of the Day: "His name was Finnish, but he was British as only a non British Anglophile could be."
______Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon. This book, so far, seems to be as filled with lots of funny lines like this, as it does with really cryptic information you'll be hard-pressed to understand unless you've gotten far enough in life to become a qualified computer programmer.
Link of the Day: The personal site of yet another freethinker, less funny and more scholarly than Jim Huger.
Just a few days ago, California's courts passed a controversial measure to put into the constitution a message which banned same-sex marriage. Of course, there are a few states where this is legal, but I have to ask: Why shouldn't gay people have the right to marry each other? Would having 2 men or 2 women marrying each other be more of an insult to a "sacred institution" such as marriage than the existence of Las Vegas-style quickie marriages and divorces that made Britney Spears' first marriage particularly notable? Or that somebody like myself can actually be licensed to perform marriages in this state? How will gay marriage affect your life in such a negative way that you feel that you have a duty to oppose it? Is the issue of whether homosexuals really should have the same exact rights as heterosexuals really such a big issue that you need to legislate your prejudices for all? If gay rights is really the proverbial "hill to die on" for the Christian right, I hope that they have written their last words already. At the very least, I would be very reasonable to assume that their grandchildren would end up looking upon their grandparents' generation who fought against gay rights, and would dismiss them in very much the same way that today's generation dismisses those who fought against Civil Rights. All I can say is that, despite this setback, it is likely only a matter of time until same-sex marriage becomes legal nation-wide, in the same way that gay sex itself became legalised nationwide in 2003.
Band Name of the Day: The Legion of Excited Prostitutes. From Cryptonomicon.
Film IDea of the Day: Young Americans. I can imagine this as a series similar to Little Britain, except with a larger cast, and many even more strange characters who aren't just exported from the british version of the show, including a rock star whose drug use has rendered him incoherent when he's not singing, a noir novelist whose plots frequently get totally derailed, a Gulf war vet who seems to pop up everywhere, and two teenaged boys, one of whom is uptight, and the other is hell-bent on having sex with any female regardless of age, body temperature, or species.
Review of the Day: Draughtsman's Contract. All that needs to be said is that, it seems not so much like a movie that takes place in the 1600s, as a film that would have been made if people in 1600s Britain could make movies (much less in full color and sound.) The only real thing that detracts from the illusion is the score, with its anachronistic saxophone section, as good as it is, of course.
Quote of the Day: "His name was Finnish, but he was British as only a non British Anglophile could be."
______Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon. This book, so far, seems to be as filled with lots of funny lines like this, as it does with really cryptic information you'll be hard-pressed to understand unless you've gotten far enough in life to become a qualified computer programmer.
Link of the Day: The personal site of yet another freethinker, less funny and more scholarly than Jim Huger.
Labels: Marriage, Religious Right
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