I wrote about a lesbian couple who petitioned to adopt each other's children. They were told by the judge the proper thing was to petition to overturn the constitutional gay marriage ban. They have now done so.
I've also written about the bazillionaire Koch brothers who donate so heavily to GOP candidates that the party is doing their bidding. Last week David Koch said that he supports gay marriage. That got a debate raging in gay blogs. One side says that is good, he might nudge the party to be more welcoming of our issues. The other side said his announcement is meaningless because if he is for gay marriage he would have already been nudging those he supports. The second view gained strength when it was reported that Koch's support for gay marriage began at least by 2010. And the GOP hasn't changed their opinion of us.
Rachel Maddow took a look at new voter registration laws in Florida. This post has a nice chart, though the numbers are here:
Number of newly registered Democrats from July to July leading into an election:Yeah, I'd say voter suppression is working.
2004: 159K
2008: 260K
2012: 11K
Phoenix Woman, writing for Firedoglake, reports on some good news. A federal judge overturned GOP voter suppression shenanigans in Ohio. Similar spankings also occurred in Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin.
My Russian readers must be back from summer holiday. The number of hits from Russia is now back over 200 a week.
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