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Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Wed in California - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
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''a_a@FF'', Clay Newton, atalmatal and 75 other people liked this
"This year, however, proponents of same-sex marriage have found encouragement in both the California Supreme Court decision and in a subsequent order by Gov. David A. Paterson of New York, instructing agencies in his state to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally elsewhere. The California court has also rebuffed several challenges to its May 15 decision, made by two conservative legal groups and by Republican attorneys general who fear that the California marriages will lead to legal challenges brought in their own states."
- Bret Taylor
The current UK administration defused the issue of same sex unions by the introduction of Civil Partnerships in 2005 linked to an across the board change of relevant laws to provide parity with married couples - with the exception of those with religiious objections (who should really know better) this has gone smoothly and been introduced across the UK. Its not called a marriage but has all the advantages (and responsibilities!) of the mixed sex varaint.
- Jican
The opposition should be pleased. Now that they're married, they'll be having less sex.
- Phil Wolff
from Alert Thingy
our friends Bob and Michael get married in SF on August 20th.
- Todd Mundt
Is that Bruce Willis in the second picture? j/k
- Nesta Campbell
@Phil: Ha! Comment of the day :)
- Bret Taylor
I love my native state!
- Zach Landes
Phil: Brilliant Comment!
- Parth Awasthi
from twhirl
It makes me very happy to see gay folks entering the light in California. I'm also very amused at how frustrating it must be to the Right. Well, I guess in a few years one of us will be proven right. Either a small percentage of the population of California will be happily married and gay or the country will lay in smouldering ruins and people will be having sex with box turtles.
- Internet's Tad
Tad: I feel a box turtle urge coming on! Hah.
- Robert Scoble
@Tad - I had box turtles as pets when I was kid. Never considered that activity with them though...
- Hutch Carpenter
"It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right. Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife." - Rick Santorum (Idiot) ex-Senator from Virginia
- Internet's Tad
Dude in the pic with "Bruce Willis" is freakin HYOOOGE! I wonder how many opponents of gay marriage have been pwned by his hand...LOL
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Really? BTW...Santorum => Pennsylvania
- Hutch Carpenter
Whoa, don't push Santorum on us Virginians! hehe
- jcunwired
Oh crap - sorry to pollute Virginia with Santorum! Oops. I wouldn't wish that on anyone...
- Internet's Tad
I hope it "sticks". My boyfriend and I are waiting until after November. To have the rug pulled from under us after enjoying a few months of wedded bliss would be too much for the heart to bear.
- Jason Menayan
Congrats to all the new couples, with wishes for many happy years.
- Chris Baskind
bravo,
- pestwave
All You Need Is Love!
- Chris Nixon
In my home town in Austria, we had a case of a black man and a white woman wanting to marry, they ended up being refused by the marriage registrar. Of course, we also haven't got gay marriage legalized here. The US have problems, but in some cases, law is way more progressive than in Europe.
- sebmos
YAY!
- dave mcclure
Yay!
- Yuvi
@Phil: LOL! This has certainly been a momentous (and good) development. But it would be nice to see these kinds of decisions made through the legislative process. The fact that this decided in the courts will make the outcome more contentious than it would have been had the population been forced to have a legitimate conversation about the issue. The more bigoted corners of our society now have a victim card to play - and play it they shall...
- Forrest Cox
@Forrest: The genius of our system of government lies in its checks and balances. In particular, an unfettered democracy would be subject to the problem of the "tyranny of the majority". Fortunately this is offset by our Constitution and our courts, whose job is to ensure that individual rights are not trampled on, no matter how unpopular that individual may be, for whatever reason. Any bigots playing the victim card are ignorant of basic civics.
- Ruchira S. Datta
@Ruchira I agree. The Cali court is playing exactly its Constitutional role, and it's essentially a conservative and Federalist approach to reconciling changing societal mores and the demands of a minority. As I've commented elsewhere, we are winning this argument, and we're doing it state by state, rather than through a Federal fiat, which simply is not feasible at this time. All good things...
- Rick Powell
Le Méridien Bora Bora - http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemerid...
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Michelle, Liang ✈, Meghan Alden and 45 other people liked this
You going there Paul?
- Mike Doeff
No, I'd like to, but it's too far away for now. I just saw it on another (private) feed and reshared it so that Ana could see what we're talking about.
- Paul Buchheit
We were in bora bora for a week in 2006. We loved it!
- Karen Padham Taylor
Never got to bora bora but did go to moorea. Stunning but ... I'll take kauai any day.
- AJ Kohn
We spent part of our honeymoon there back in 2001. Beautiful place.
- Mike Doeff
wow... that looks spectacular. Category 7. I don't think I will ever have enough starwood points for that :)
- Frankie Warren
Bora Bora is beautiful, but built entirely for tourists. I'd also take Kauai over it any day.
- Tudor Bosman
(Alright, so we need to keep Kauai a secret!) Don't go it's awful! Roosters keep you up all night.
- AJ Kohn
True. If you leave the house at night in Kauai, you'll be attacked by armies of wild chickens.
- Tudor Bosman
And also, there are cane spiders, which could attain a legspan of about 10 inches, and (according to Wikipedia) "they are able to travel extremely fast, and walk on walls and even on ceilings. They also tend to exhibit a "cling" reflex if picked up, making them difficult to shake off and much more likely to bite." Don't go to Kauai!
- Tudor Bosman
I can't imagine that anything could top the Galapagos Islands. We went there on our honeymoon in 2005. Clare did get stung by jellyfish twice though, and a baby sea-lion sniffed her foot. So on second thought , maybe you shouldn't go.
- Robert Felty
We stayed at the Intercontinental on Bora Bora for New Years 2005. Very similar to the photos above with the huts over the water. It was beautiful. Great for water sports, the scuba was wonderful! Other than that though its just Luais and laying on the beach. And the food is horribly expensive and not that great. The island is small so you can go to local restaurants with better food,...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Oh, and Kauai is the wettest place on Earth. So why go to Kauai?!
- AJ Kohn
@seman :WOW! these are awesome! Can I share them with my friends?
- تنهاترین انجل
Bora Bora is heaven ... simply heaven! Moorea was great too ... rented bikes, a camera, my girlfriend, alcohol, and partying with the natives on the beach ...
- Allen Hurff
How much should you expect to spend to see this place?
- seman
Here's when it literally doesn't pay being a Geek.
- Parth Awasthi
@Allen Hurff: lol. it sounds like you rented bikes and a camera and also rented your girlfriend, alcohol, and the partying with the natives. :D
- edythe
My brother & sister-in-law stayed there 2 years ago for their honeymoon. They absolutely loved it.
- Jason Menayan
Tahiti is one of my favorite places. Went for my honeymoon in 00' and then back again before my son was born in 03'- we're planning a trip for 09' hopefully!
- Erin @queenofspain
off to dinner at Noura, the best Lebanese food in Paris http://www.noura.com/
Jason Menayan and Cathryn Hrudicka liked this
Thanks for the tip, I will go there next time I am in Paris!
- Ralph Poole
from twhirl
Bon appetit! If you know of any good Persian options, please share. Our family went to one on Champs Elysees about 10 years ago and we were sorely disappointed.
- Jason Menayan
Ralph, go there without even thinking about any other alternatives, it is just fantastic. You can tell by how packed it is with Lebanese people.
- Loic Le Meur
Loic, toi qui fait le tour du monde, ouvre un compte sur http://www.qype.fr/fr
- Monrod
just installed iStat menus, a cool Mac app that monitors cpu, memory, disk usage, network, temperature & fans http://islayer.com/index...
Brandon Wood, Rob Rait, Allen Hurff and 3 other people liked this
I'm Voting Republican - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Sumit Chachra, Anthony, Lon and 19 other people liked this
NO vote Democrat. Why should you have a say? Trust someone else. Trust the government, why protect your family?
- Noah David Simon
Trust the people who did none of things alluded to in this video... even thought they had the full control of all houses from 1992 to 1994 and did nothing. Trust the GOVERNMENT, because they make promises it can't keep.
- Noah David Simon
I love the fact that the democrats allude that THEY are the ones who will respect the constitution. Neither major party has in the past, nor will they start any time soon.
- Dave Roth
I'd be voting Republican (if I were a US citizen).
- Robin Cannon
from twhirl
I'm voting Republican, because, like, liberalz sukk! *pouts, folds arms and stamps foot*
- Jason Menayan
I notice the postings kicking into simplistic bipolar mental models. If Republican stood for dog food and Democrat stood for cat food, which one would you be eating for breakfast tomorrow morning?
- Kit Krash
this is the kind of patronizing democrat malaise that plagues the valley.
- Kingsley Joseph
from twhirl
yea but if your gung ho on either camp, I know a psychological strategy that will be having you eat either dog food or cat food by tomorrow morning. It's based on the principles of Aristotelian logic, consistency and memetic trojan horses.
- Kit Krash
...Cookie?
- Daniel Shaw
Basically, I'm voting Republican, because they're too cheap to take care of the people. Personally, I prefer the government to be cheap.
- Bryan Clark
@Kingsley The opposite plagues most of the rest of the country and talk radio
- Jason Menayan
WHOA! This is absolutely beautiful! http://moodstream.gettyimages.com/ Just sit back, relax... (bookmarked!)
Majento, Jon Dillon, DAVE ID and 18 other people liked this
wow, on a big screen this is amazing to watch. thanks for the link
- Jon Dillon
I'm guessing lots of upset people standing in Apple stores right now
edythe, Joel Gray, Graham Garland and 6 other people liked this
yeah about 20 people in line don't believe me. Not today. July 11.
- Robert Scoble
Wait - where's the "...one more thing..." ???
- Vince DeGeorge
6 million, I guess
- Bill Koslosky
And I had packed some snacks to carry me through the afternoon... Man, I need some perspective.
- Jason Menayan
Where's video chat?
- Vince DeGeorge
yet another selling point for FriendFeed and Twitter: info updates keep you from standing in line for a month and two days needlessly
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
@Marco: surprisingly, we have been able to do that for years without FF and Twitter. I like to call it "doing something else."
- Wade Dorrell
Apple has trained its user-base well. They'll line up even for things that aren't there.
- Morton Fox
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