After my life partner of over 20 years, Margaret Ardussi, died of complications of multiple sclerosis in 2004, I realized I had a lot to tell people about how to navigate the health care system and how to make end-of-life care choices. Since then I have cared for my mother when she was dying in …
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Equality for homosexuals is as American as apple pie
In my recent post, “Bookworm has advice on how to talk to liberals,” I wrote, “social conservatives, who believe I do not deserve equality as a U.S. citizen because I am a lesbian,” which prompted an objection by a gentle reader named Mary Beth. I wrote a reply that was detailed enough to deserve its …
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California state Supreme Court rules in favor of Prop 8
At his blog, Legal Insurrection, Cornell law professor William Jacobson has an even-handed analysis of today’s decision by the state Supreme Court of California upholding Prop. 8, which banned same-sex marriage by defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman. (See here for the decision.) Prof. Jacobson writes, “The Court rejected the …
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No equality for me despite an ancestor that served at Valley Forge with Washington
It is Memorial Day and I do wish to honor all the members of our armed services, living and dead. But I am going to have to start insisting on having me all of that equality they talked about today that every other citizen has, and, frankly, practically every illegal alien, too. I attend Memorial …
Alan Keyes and Randall Terry at Notre Dame graduation fight for the unborn since 'you can always abandon or kill them later and if they're gay, not one conservative will utter a word against you'
Failed Republican perennial candidate Alan Keyes and pro-life advocate Randall Terry have been participating in demonstrations against Pres. Obama and his support of abortion at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, where Obama is speaking today at the graduation ceremony and receiving an honorary degree. Both Keyes AND Terry are not famous for abandoning …
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My forbidden love with Joe the Plumber is OVER
I have Charles Johnson’s blog, Little Green Footballs, in my newsfeed (look right) so that it is easy for me to keep an eye on his coverage of Creationism and Intelligent Design. As it happens, I have original correspondence and drafts supporting his recent denunciation of Melanie Phillips’ column in favor of Intelligent Design, which …
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If you can't get to a Tea Party you can still …
… write out your top three reasons for opposing the tax-and-spend-and-bankrupt policies of Obama and the Democrats (that sounds like they should be a band, yes?). Do your homework so you are informed. Read your points aloud for practice. Watch Zo for some inspiration. Then give your 30-second speech to a video camera and pop …
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The blessing of eternal Grace
My dear little Grace was diagnosed with lymphoma in December 2007. I thought she had only a few days to live and got her veterinarian’s permission to titrate the prednisone he had prescribed to twice the dose he had initially ordered. It worked and she put on weight again, but he said that this typically …
THIS is what we should call 'gay marriage'
When I wrote last week about my joy over the court decision that allows lesbians and gays to have same-sex marriages in Iowa, near the end of the post I pointed out that our healthcare system is a far bigger threat to marrriage right now than gay marriage, which is totally not a threat to …
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