May 21, 2005 - Pensito

10 Nov, 2026

Opponents of marriage rights for same-sex couples in California began a petition drive Thursday to put a broad constitutional ban against gay marriage on next year’s ballot.

In addition to denying marriage licenses, the proposed amendment would take away many marriage-like privileges currently extended to same-sex couples registered as domestic partners. In addition, state and local governments would no longer be allowed to extend health benefits to domestic partners of gay or lesbian workers.

“The language of the proposed amendment is breath-taking in its hostility and sweep,” said Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. “The amendment is the most extreme and mean-spirited of any previously submitted anywhere else in the nation.”

Fruit of the Lunatic

May 21, 2005 Jon Ponder

MaxSpeak, You Listen!:

The Saddam-in-Skivvies pix reflects one or more of the following:

* An abysmal state of discipline among U.S. troops charged with a fairly important task;

* A crackpot gambit in psychological warfare directed at residual Ba’athist elements in Iraq that shows how incompetent the U.S. military is;

* An old dude who is in pretty good shape, all things considered;

* A typical entry on Craig’s List.

Day: May 21, 2005

If They Really Wanted to Protect Marriage, They Would Outlaw Adultery and Leave Me Alone

Fruit of the Lunatic

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”