Keith Olberman Special Comment on Prop 8

Hey folks,

Please, please watch this video:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27652443#27652443

-Edwin

More on Gay Marriage, Christianity, Morality

OK, I'm just going to barf a link at you, but only because it's such a good read, no matter where you stand on gay marriage, faith, morality, politics, etc.

I know, I know, bad manners...bon appetit:
http://dmeroit.blogspot.com/2008/09/proposition-8-part-two.html

Thanks to commenter switchtoicqkyo for sending me this link. I am reposting it on the front page for those who would otherwise miss it by not looking in the comments.

Halloween Dance

My Joe the Plumber costume got me a dance with this very lovely Sarah Palin, so I'll call it a success. Way to target the *swing* vote. Zing! Click the photo for a link to Rusty's Rhythm Club, one of the finest swing and lindy establishments in LA. Do check them out if you're in the area. Bill Nye also approves.

Restore Marriage: no on Prop 8

half formed thoughts, but strong feelings:

I'm a Christian, although for this post some will doubt, and yes that terrifies me, but I have to say something. I am voting no on Prop 8 precisely because I want to restore marriage and give it back it's meaning. In my heart this is how I must vote.

Prop 8 is a political issue, not a moral or spiritual one, and it's being used to divide voters and believers, the way Pharisees used the the Roman tax against Jesus. So if you want marriage to mean something more than political grandstanding, I suggest no on Prop 8.

and I believe that the whole anti-gay element in the church is in fact very deviant from Christ and Christianity.

i wrestle with this issue a lot

but in the end I keep coming to the conclusion that Jesus would be standing on other side from the church, with the homosexuals

while the church tries to rally against an easy target in order to unify its influence over its members the way bullies pick on kids.

and for us to AMEND our CONSTITUTION to exclude a class of people sounds like the most unchristian thing I have heard.

is homosexuality ruining family values and marriage in America? I point you to Desperate Housewives and Trading Spouses (among other heterosexual masterpieces) for the answer.

My coworker just got married, but faced the reality that CA voters would probably just null her marriage in a few weeks. She asked where all the money was coming from to break up her marriage. It broke my heart to tell her it was my church.

The meaning of marriage is that love can last, that two people can, by the strength of real caring love, publicly and privately commit to one another selflessly so as to become a greater whole. It is the belief that against other things, love is the greatest, and that against prevailing odds love will persevere. Proposition 8 flies in the face of this. Yes for marriage. Yes for gay marriage. No on prop 8.

Bill Nye the Lindy Guy

Please, consider the following:


No kidding. I just ran into Bill Nye at a lindy hop. He's the real deal. We talked about control systems and launching rockets. Then he had to go for a cha cha.

Christmas In Twain

Christmas 'Eve'

Christmas morning

While looking through old photos, I found these two from college. I bet some of you were there. A bunch of us in the dorm realized we missed the old (and new to some) custom of waking up at sunrise on Christmas morning, so we redid it in my room right before winter break. The night before, Christmas "eve", twenty four people crammed into a single room, got a tree and decorated it, placed gifts for each other and for donation, pulled out some carols, and shared a potluck of classic Christmas goodies, hot cider and cocoa. And on the morning of December 9th, we all woke up early (a feat for college students, you know) crammed back into the room and opened our gifts amidst smiles, laughs, and hugs. Afterward, we took the donations down to the local gift drive. It was one of the best and warmest memories of my life.

Sunset

hmmm...I'll let it speak for itself.
Hope you enjoy it too.