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- Yesterday, we heard the arguments in theSupreme Court on the release of names from a Washington petition calling for a rollback of domestic partnership rights in the state. Although I think that free speech trumps transparency in this case, the court seems to think that the need for public verification of the names on any petition justifies the release of petition names. This is good news for gay rights groups as it seems pretty clear that fewer people will sign these petitions if they know the names are public. (I still say this is bad news for free speech, but who am I to argue with SCOTUS?).
- Amazing to think the Supreme Court might rule in favor of the gays. Less surprising is the developing lesbian relationship between the two newest Cheerio full-time cast members on Glee (Brittany and Santana). Nothing makes me happier than seeing some of my people on television and these two cute girls have been flirting for a while. Still no word on whether the relationship will get to the next level, but we’ll certainly be seeing a lot more of the girls on the show!
- Gayness might be spreading, but so is the oil spill off of Louisiana. It is looking more and more like this will be one of the great oil rig disastersin world history. Cleaning it up, yesterday thought of as a quick burn off situation, might be very tricky and the damage to marine life and eventually shore wildlife will be significant. This, just maybe, can be a warning to Obama about the dangers of off-shore drilling. Perhaps all the environmentalists calling for an end to drill-baby-drill have a point? Duh!
- But back to good news for the LGBT community. This time in Canada.Canada has a publicly funded Catholic school system (it’s in our Constitution – part of the original negotiations with the French) and, until now, the fate of sex education in those schools has been up in the air. But today, the government announced that Catholic schools will have to teach their students about same-sex relationships in sex ed classes. The curriculum from regular high schools will be imported into Catholic schools.
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