A Gathering Storm -- SRSLY?

In this corner, we have the ad sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage against gay marriage ...

And in this corner, one of several dozen parodies of NOM's ad ...

A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch

My colleague and I are working on a joint authored article about Prop. 8, and the same-sex marriage rulings in Iowa and Vermont. I was thinking of talking about NOM's ad, but after watching and re-watching it, I can't even take it seriously anymore. I just start giggling uncontrollably. =D

UPDATE: Rather than analyzing NOM's ad, I may focus on counter-programming and the numerous parodies that abound. That should be fun.

A MILESTONE!!!

The Republican-dominated California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in In re Marriage Cases (2008) that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, making it the second state after Massachusetts to allow same-sex marriage (NY Time article).

I am overjoyed to have and know friends who wanted to get married but couldn't, can now do so in California. It's about damn time.