man and a woman

Stealing from Maud:

As you probably know, Governor Paterson issued a directive last week requiring New York agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Defenders of marriage–the real definition of the word–have succeeded with ballot efforts in California. The fight isn’t over.

The People of California Will Have the Final Say in Protecting Traditional Marriage 

John McCain on Ellen last week:

he opposes gay marriage and believes in “the unique status of marriage between and man and a woman.”

In 2000, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 22, which defined marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. Then, in 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing more than 4,000 marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Chris Sanders praises California for recognizing gay marriage but is not naive about the reality of it happening here in Tennessee:

Ron Sylvester of Kansas.com has spent the week embarking on a journey I haven’t seen before. He has been twittering the jury selection in a murder trial.

Uh, explain to me again why we don’t need federal legislation/action on the homosexual marriage issue? From the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press, “Same-sex breakup perplexes courts”:

Uh, explain to me again why we don't need federal legislation/action on the homosexual marriage issue?

From the Tennessee Guerilla Women:

And there you have it, what we have learned about America thanks to the historic bid for the presidency in 2008 by a Black man and a woman: Bitch is the new Black. And it’s going to take a lot more than sending a Black man to the White House to redeem this sorry nation.