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DOMA Found Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has struck down DOMA, law is unconstitutional!!!!!

New Yorker Cartoon

True – happy but possibly still second class.

Marriage Equality Decisions Today

Cautiously optimistic.

The Supreme Court Loves Them Some Drama

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The Supreme Court did not release their decisions on either marriage equality case. I can’t help think they all sit around and plan this shit – nothing like some supreme power!

The decision will be announced tomorrow at 10:00 Eastern.

No SCOTUS Decision Today on Either Prop 8 or DOMA

The court did not issue rulings on the two marriage equality cases today. The next possible date is tomorrow at 10 Eastern.

Does anyone else find this maddening?

AMA Opposes Ban on Gay Blood

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I’ve given blood all my life. I started in high school, continued in college. When I started working in a hospital, we had frequent blood drives and I always signed up. Then I came out of the closet, and that changed. It didn’t matter that my husband and I are monogamous. It didn’t matter that he and I are both HIV negative and have not had other sexual partners. Because we are gay we cannot give. The policy states that any man who. “…has had sex with another man even once since 1977 cannot give blood.”

Really? How about a man who sleeps with 4-5 women a week? I know several. How about the college kid who favors hook-ups over an LTR? According to my daughter, this is common. Why is it that based on my sexual orientation and NOT my sexual behavior, I’m banned from giving blood?

This might be changing. This past Tuesday, the American Medical Association voted to oppose the FDA’s ban. According to an article on ABC News’ website, the AMA issued the following statement:

“The lifetime ban on blood donation for men who have sex with men is discriminatory and not based on sound science. This new policy urges a federal policy change to ensure blood donation bans or deferrals are applied to donors according to their individual level of risk and are not based on sexual orientation alone.”

The organization has suggested the policy be changed to include men who have abstained from sex with another man for a certain period. This would follow policies in other countries such as Canada and the UK. Although not perfect (and still excluding monogamous gay couples) it is a step in the right direction.

The policy change is also supported by The Red Cross, America’s Blood Centers and AABB (a non-profit support blood therapies).

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Maybe kissing is sort of like nature’s coffee.” Scott Westerfeld

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Lisa Murkowski Supports Gay Marriage

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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has come out for marriage equality. She posted the following on her website Wednesday morning:

“I am a life-long Republican because I believe in promoting freedom and limiting the reach of government. When government does act, I believe it should encourage family values. I support the right of all Americans to marry the person they love and choose because I believe doing so promotes both values: it keeps politicians out of the most private and personal aspects of peoples’ lives – while also encouraging more families to form and more adults to make a lifetime commitment to one another.”

Murkowski makes a total of three GOP Senators to support equality, joining Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Portman announced his support earlier this year after learning his own son is gay.

With the Supreme Court poised to issue rulings on two cases involving gay marriage rights, and public opinion swiftly shifting toward acceptance of same-sex marriage, it seems likely more GOP politicians will begin shifting their position – most people agree full equality is inevitable, so being on the wrong side of the issue will become a liability in the near future.

But then again, we’re talking about the GOP….. nevermind.

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