Archive for March 10th, 2010

From YouTube: Same-sex couples start to wed in DC

March 10, 2010

Just when we think everything’s going to hell – guns at Starbucks!  Hiram Montserrate!  Prop 8! -  images like this restores a little hope that America isn’t a total shipwreck.

Angelisa Young (right) and Sinjoyla Townsend hold hands as Rev. David North speaks during their wedding on Tuesday in Washington, DC.  They became the first same-sex couple to wed under DC’s new marriage-rights law.

If you don’t tear up watching this video, check your ducts.

More at the Huffington Post.

Florida takes giant step backwards, proposing to cut tax credits to movies promoting “non-traditional” values

March 10, 2010

We swear we’re not making this up.

A bill that aims to expand the state’s film incentive program would limit a proposed tax credit to productions that do not promote ‘nontraditional family values.’  Yep, that’s code for you-know-what. (more…)