Political analysis by M

“I think one of the leading Republican contenders for the 2016 presidential race is John Thune. He’s the Senate minority whip from South Dakota. I’m not so sure about Tim Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota. I think he’s more likely than Thune in 2012, but Thune would be ahead for 2016, because [...]

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The value of sin

If “the wages of sin is death,” then why does living in sin qualify us for a 15% multi-car discount on the auto insurance policy?
After 5 years of legal gay marriage, Massachusetts continues to have the lowest divorce rate of any state in the country. The divorce rate has even gone down 13% during [...]

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Wisconsin

Like Nevada, Wisconsin doesn’t get an exclamation point in the post title because it’s going to offer the second-class status of domestic partnerships rather than full gay marriage. But it’s still worth updating the map. Especially because it’s too cold and rainy to go have fun outside, and the longer I play on the [...]

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Gay pride parade

We all went in to the city to the gay pride parade today. M was a little less than thrilled about this, because it meant:

He couldn’t spend the day playing with his friends.
He couldn’t spend the day surfing the internet.
He had to contemplate human sexuality while standing only six inches away from his parents.

However, [...]

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Nevada

Nevada doesn’t get an exclamation point in the post title because it’s going to offer the second-class status of domestic partnerships rather than full gay marriage. But it’s still worth cheering them on with an updated map.

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New Hampshire!

M has been on a real kick lately reading about “alternative history,” and he has taken to drawing his own alternative history maps. Every time he does, one swath of our country plus a section of eastern Canada is labeled the United States of New England. USNE is definitely supportive of gay marriage.

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Things our son has learned over the last year

(For those of you visiting us thanks to Mombian’s “Blogging for LGBT Families Day,” the quick back-story is that almost a year ago, E and her cat moved in with S and S’s preteen son M. It’s the first time M has ever had a second parent.)
In no particular order, here are the things [...]

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Maine!

According to various bits on the Maine legislature web site, this law supposedly goes into effect 90 days after the third Wednesday in June since we’re in an odd-numbered year. (What, nothing based on the first full moon after the summer equinox?) I believe that makes it September 15, but no wonder most [...]

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Vermont!

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High points of the last few days

1) Way to go, Iowa!
2) Friday night, we went to a tasting at the wedding venue we’re planning to use. More details to follow.
3) Saturday we went to a local home show. E and S got lots of info on different furnace-replacement options. (Stay with oil or convert to gas? [...]

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