overheard at a coffee shop

Customer: Boy, it's raining!
Barista: It is. Cats and dogs.
Customer: I know, I just stepped in a poodle

Prop 8 trial coverage

Prop 8 lawyer Nicole Moss was trying to ask plaintiffs expert Letitia Peplau, a UCLA prof, whether gay couples could "accidentally" have children out of wedlock. "If your question is whether two lesbians can, accidentally, spontaneously, impregnate each other, not to my knowledge," she said, prompting laughter in the courtroom. "I would agree that same-sex couples do not have accidental pregnancies."

"crisis" mitchell gold

"So parents and teachers and preachers beware. Your unexamined fears and prejudices are powerfully contagious and can infect and deform the young, whereas mindfulness and loving-kindness will free their spirits to fly toward great things."

Newsweek cover story!

Americans who believe in the words of the Declaration of Independence, in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, in the 14th Amendment, and in the Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and equal dignity before the law cannot sit by while this wrong continues. This is not a conservative or liberal issue; it is an American one, and it is time that we, as Americans, embraced it.