On Why Marriage Equality Matters

Someone tell me how this is right

According to Price, Judge John Roach, a Republican who presides over a state trial court in McKinney, Texas, placed a so-called “morality clause” in Compton’s divorce papers. This clause forbids Compton having a person that she is not related to “by blood or marriage” at her home past 9pm when her children are present. Since Texas will not allow Compton to marry her partner, this means that she effectively cannot live with her partner so long as she retains custody over her children. Invoking the “morality clause,” Judge Roach gave Price 30 days to move out of Compton’s home.

Her partner is a woman. She would happily get married except for the fact that the State of Texas does not recognize same sex marriage.

This isn't about special rights, it is about equal protection under the law. I defy anyone to explain how it is anything else. 

VIdeo - How to make a brushbot

very cute idea and pretty easy.

On Why Andrew Sullivan Should be Shunned By Polite Society

Andrew Sullivan defending Jason Richwine

Of course not. We remain the same species, just as a poodle and a beagle are of the same species. But poodles, in general, are smarter than beagles, and beagles have a much better sense of smell. We bred those traits into them, of course, fast-forwarding evolution. But the idea that natural selection and environmental adaptation stopped among human beings the minute we emerged in the planet 200,000 years ago – and that there are no genetic markers for geographical origin or destination – is bizarre. It would be deeply strange if Homo sapiens were the only species on earth that did not adapt to different climates, diseases, landscapes, and experiences over hundreds of millennia. We see such adaptation happening very quickly in the animal kingdom. Our skin color alone – clearly a genetic adaptation to climate – is, well, right in front of one’s nose.

Hard to describe my level of disdain for Andrew Sullivan at this point