Gay marriage voided in S.F., Ban Challenged in Australia

I am have been as busy as hell. And have missed a whole week it seems. The only TV, I've seen is mostly in the gym or during ungodly hours of the morning when regular people are asleep dreading the fast approaching dawn. So there's little to gripe about.

Last weeek - was truly a gay week in the US, for the most part. Can I just say, it seems I don't know anybody who is not reviled, disgusted, or whatever by gay people. I just spoke to Bill, another one of those who think society will go to the maggots if gays are allowed to marry: values, blah, blah, blah. I live in the Bible-Belt, or very close to it, --- so I guess it should come as of little surprise then.

First, the debonnaire looking NJ Governor, James McGreevey came out with seeming emotional aplomb (why is everyone so damned impressed by, "My truth is, I am Gay American"). He didn't say, he was a Paedophile American, or perhaps a peacenik Ghandi American, or a Cannibal American, very partial to small children and minorities of any color. Any of those would warrant some hyperbolic reaction. So, he's gay: big fuckin' wank. He then pledged to resign at a future date for, seemingly, not being gay. Okay.

Next. On the same day, 4000 or so gay weddings were annulled in San Francisco. In a State of girlie-men, did anyone think they'd have the balls to let that stand? Honestly.

And the erudite Arianna Huffington was humilated into being the expert on the women-who-get-dumped-by-their-closet-gay-husbands, just because she married and divorced one closet gay man. She took some really stupid questions in her stride actually. Why don't anchors do their homework? On CNN, interviewed by Anderson Cooper, she pointed out that she was already 2 years divorced from Huffington when he came out. Later that night Miles O'Brien- who he the hell is he?- also had Arianna on and didn't seem to know this tiny divorce factor. Or, do they just pretend to be dumb for our dumb sakes so they can discuss the same stupid things over and over again? I swear there isn't enough useless news to fill the air 24/7- 7/52. There isn't even enough serious news for that matter. CNN should close shop after Aaron Brown and come back in the morning. Actually I would prefer that they put Larry "the titanosaurus" King behind closed doors and throw away the keys. Bring back the rainbow looking test-pattern that incessantly beeps monotonically; at least the test-signal has the decency to leave my blood-pressure well alone - when I am desperately trying to coax my reluctant brain into sleep.

Even the Australians are at it. They also banned gay marriage. With Dubya's No.2 Willing Partner, Howard, presiding: Rightly or wrongly, every wrong thing coming out that country fails to exercise me. But it appears, the ban could be challenged legally. I dig this, "Ironically, one of the ways they might be able to argue is marriage in the constitution does not include same-sex marriage and therefore the Commonwealth can't legislate about it." In other words, the Commonwealth cannot ban it. Clever bastards! those Australian Civil Rights lawyers.

In Canada, some gay couple got a divorce, which brings us back to civilization as we know it. In a related story, the Olympics started and I still don't care.