Loving & Black-Eyed Camel

Tuesday, May. 06, 2008 - 12:40 a.m.

Had a nice quiet Cinco De Mayo today complete with a three hour nap in the middle of the day that rendered me impervious to the buzzing intercom.

John was a love and brought up the UPS tag.

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There was a wonderful cameo last night on the WGN showing of Corner Gas.

Brent was dreaming about what would happen if he walked out of Ruby's Diner without paying his lunch bill, and who should bust into the middle of his daydream and throw him face down on the lunch counter but Dog and Beth.

Love it, love it.

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Did you guys know that it used to be a state decision as to whether a couple's marriage licence was valid?

Fifty years ago, interracial marriage was banned in some states.

And fifty years ago, a black woman named Mildred Jeter and a white man named Richard Loving got married and were hassled for it for the next decade of their lives, until the US Supreme Court ruled in their favor, overtuning all bans nationwide on interracial marriage.

Mildred Loving died on May 2nd, 2008, having spent the first years of her marriage being precluded from her unalienable rights by the laws of this land.

I see the same stupidity taking place here, fifty years later, as far as homosexual rights are concerned, and I'm thinking about what life is going to be like for same-sex couples fifty years from now.

Will the rest of the nation be as nonplussed then as they are now about interracial marriages?

The current argument is that if homosexual couples are given the right to marry, with full benefits therunto, etc etc, that it will 'change the definition of marriage'.

After the interracial issue was settled, did marriage become any different?

Oh gee, Nope. And it won't be any different when the next step is taken.

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In local news, a Santa Rosa man punched a camel in the face on a dare at Six Flags and was subsequently arrested.

That's one drama dare he shouldn't have taken.

Thank you, thank you. Tip your server.

Um... did anybody out there get that?... just checking.

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Finally -- I've decided to stick with Diaryland, and discontinue my crossposts to Myspace and Livejournal. I'll still make rounds and pick up my mail and whatnot over there, but my blog work will strictly be here until further notice.

Because I said so, that's why.

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Okay, there. Have a nice Tuesday.

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2 of my readers commented on this entry

Rosie - 2008-05-06 03:49:22
"Drama Dare?" EEeeeeeee! This tidbit made me think of the camel-toe song, and that is just WRONG!
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PyroJack - 2008-05-06 22:35:26
Thank you for your kind comments on Winston. Yes, it was the right thing and the right time. It still hurts to come home to a VERY empty house, though... *sighs* On the subject above; I've commented on this before. I am not against weddings or civil unions of gays (i.e., the state legally recogizing the union for estate purposes) but I am against gay *marriage* as that word comes from a Christian sacrament and should be respected (says this Druidic Pagan) just as I would want them to respect my beliefs and rituals. Since Christians believe that a "marriage" is between a man and a woman, that should be respected. The above example you gave still fit this definition (and yes, I know that many tried to use various bible verses to "prove" that blacks and whites should not cojoin) whereas a union between two people that, while they love each other deeply, are committed to each other and vow to care for each other, will never fit the sacramental definition of "marriage." Semantics, I know... but still.
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