It's Been A While

I see that it has been quite a while since I've posted here. Life has been very busy the past month or so, and that has kept me away from the computer more than I would like. Hopefully, things are starting to settle down now (looking fearfully around) and I will be around to post more.

Even though I've not been online as much as I would like, I've still tried to keep informed about the happenings in the LGBT world. I'm concerned about the fate of Prop H8 in California. I got to see about half of the proceeding and was not encouraged by the questioning from the judges. I know that eventually there will be marriage equality in California, but we may still have some fighting to do yet. I think the judges will uphold H8 but allow the couples already married to stay that way. Oh well, the fight will go on until we finally prevail. I'm absolutely sure of that.

Speaking of moral, upstanding heterosexuals and their wonderfully perfect marriages that protect the children from "teh gays" and other perverts (snark), Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of keeping his daughter in a cellar for decades and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty to incest today. When it came time to plead on the charge of raping his daughter repeatedly over the years, he pled only "partly guilty." No one explained his reasons for being only partly guilty. He is also charged with murder of a child he fathered with his daughter while she was imprisoned in the cellar. The infant died a few days after he was born and the body was burned in an oven located in the house. Besides the incest, rape, and murder charges, Fritzl is also being charged with involvement in the slave trade, withdrawal of liberty (of Elizabeth, his daughter and the three children that remained in the cellar with her until they were freed last year), and assault which included threatening Elizabeth and the three children in the cellar with poison gas and booby traps if they tried to escape. What a fine example of heterosexual one man one woman marriage! The sad thing is, there are so many more that I could talk about. What a shame!

President Obama has set himself a busy schedule and seems to be accomplishing many of his promises. I'm very glad the stimulus plan managed to get passed even though some economists are wishing it was bigger while the Rethuglicans are whining about how bloated it is. I'm also very glad that Obama has reversed the stem cell research ban. It's about time on that one. I'm pleased with many of his accomplishments so far, but I am concerned that he seems to be forgetting about the LGBT folk who helped put him in office. I really hope he isn't planning on throwing us under the bus the way his predecessors did. Let's see some action on DADT and DOMA repeal soon please!

I'm back so keep checking for more updates. I'll try to post as often as I can and whenever I see or hear something I really feel strongly about.