Filed under: college | Tags: Bennington College, New York Times, Bennington, gay, gay marriage, proposition 8, california, Vermont, same-sex marriage, rainbow, Jim Douglas, Iowa
Yesterday evening there was a rainbow in the skies above Bennington’s campus. No doubt the rainbow was a sign that same-sex marriage would be made legal in the state of Vermont the following day! While the governor, Jim Douglas, vetoed the bill, the Vermont legislature mustered exactly enough votes to allow their initial decision to remain. I am very proud to be a student in Vermont. California and Vermont would have been the only states to legalize gay marriage outside of the courtroom had Proposition 8 not passed in California.
This happened only four days after same-sex marriage was made legal by the court in Iowa.
Filed under: last green valley | Tags: california, civil union, Connecticut, connecticut constitutional convention, connecticut supreme court, ct vote no, ctvoteno, family institute of connecticut, gay, gay marriage, love makes a family, marriage, New York Times, november 4th, proposition 8, united states
This past Friday the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that civil unions, legalized in 2005, are not constitutional. They were found to be both separate and unequal. Connecticut was the first of the United States to give gay couples some of the rights of straight couples without judicial intervention. Connecticut will be the third state to legalize marriage for all eligible couples.
Although it was a day of joy for dozens of Connecticut couples, especially the eight couples who sued the state, many fear the ruling will have a negative effect on the status of California’s constitution. Many fear that it has further excited the opposition and has led to more funding for a “Yes” on Proposition 8 in California. Millions of Californians are expected to answer “yes,” “eliminate right.” Others fear that marriage equality is a “deathblow” to marriage by a series of cause-effect errors. These people are silly.
Connecticut voters will have the opportunity to call for or object to a “constitutional convention.” Although this sounds patriotic and/or progressive, the Break-Up Families Institute of Connecticut hopes to use the convention to put gay marriage on the ballot. The question will read, “Shall there be a Constitutional Convention to amend or revise the Constitution of the State?” Connecticut based Love Makes a Family and others urges you to VOTE NO ON ONE NOVEMBER 4TH.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Del Martin, Deuteronomy, gay, gay marriage, God, god hates shrimp, human rights, Leviticus, shrimp
Filed under: art, college | Tags: Bennington, Bennington College, college, gay, liberal, Princeton Review, vegetarian
The Princeton Review has placed Bennington College at the top of several of its lists:
Best College Theater: #4 Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians: #5 Class Discussions Encouraged: #1 Dodgeball Targets: #2 Dorms Like Palaces: #9 Gay Community Accepted: #11 Intercollegiate Sports Unpopular or Nonexistent: #4 Long Lines and Red Tape: #5 Most Beautiful Campus: #15 Nobody Plays Intramural Sports: #11 Least Religious Students: #4 Most Liberal Students: #5 Students Study the Most: #6 This is a Library?: #1 Town-Gown Relations are Strained: #15 (more…)Sparky, an artist from Brooklyn, will exhibit over 100 portraits of himself at the Schroeder Romero / Winkleman Gallery Project Space in Chelsea through June 28. I had the opportunity to meet Sparky when he paid a daily visit to the office I was interning in during the beginning of this year. Sparky’s work is sometimes erotic often with homosexual references. When asked by Amy Sadao if Sparky identified as a gay artist Sparky responded:
It’s nobody’s business whose butt I sniff, but I’m not ashamed of it either. I’ve had some good bitches, but I tend to fall for those Alpha Dog types. There have always been amazing dogs whose sexuality was known in the industry but kept quiet publicly. Lassie was certainly the Rock Hudson of the four-legged world. As far as labels go, I prefer Queer Canine – I’m here, I’m queer, I’m peeing on your lawn, Get use to it!
Go see the Sparky Show or view the Sparky Project online.
