POLITICS - The Gay Agenda! Noooooooo!

POLITICS - Only if we could legally enforce this!

HUMOR - Minnesota is now FINALLY as gay as Iowa!

What do you think of this T-shirt?

What do you think of this new T-shirt from Raygun in Des Moines?

The shirt is being offered as Minnesota prepares to join Iowa as the only states in the Midwest to allow same-sex marriage.  The shirt reads "5/14/2013 Minnesota is now finally as gay as Iowa."

Minnesota's governor is set to sign a bill legalizing same-sex marriage Tuesday.  Couples could hold weddings starting Aug. 1.

Gov. Mark Dayton has repeatedly said he would sign the bill. He's scheduled to do so during a ceremony at 5 p.m. Tuesday on the front steps of Minnesota's Capitol in St. Paul.

The state Legislature gave its final stamp of approval Monday when the Senate passed the bill by a 37-30 vote. The House passed it last week.

Minnesota becomes the 12th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage, and the first in the Midwest to do it by legislative vote.

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POLITICS - WATCH: New Zealand Parliament Passes Gay Marriage Bill, Breaks into Song

HUNDREDS of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country become the 13th in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise same-sex marriage.

Lawmakers voted 77 to 44 in favour of the gay-marriage bill on its third and final reading.

People watching from the public gallery and some lawmakers immediately broke into song after the result was announced, singing the New Zealand love song Pokarekare Ana in the indigenous Maori language.

SPIRITUALITY/RELIGION - WHEN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WAS A CHRISTIAN RITE

While the pairing of saints, particularly in the early Christian church, was not unusual, the association of these two men was regarded as particularly intimate. Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch (512 - 518 CE) explained that, "we should not separate in speech they [Sergius and Bacchus] who were joined in life". This is not a case of simple "adelphopoiia." In the definitive 10th century account of their lives, St. Sergius is openly celebrated as the "sweet companion and lover" of St. Bacchus. Sergius and Bacchus's close relationship has led many modern scholars to believe they were lovers. But the most compelling evidence for this view is that the oldest text of their martyrology, written in New Testament Greek describes them as "erastai,” or "lovers". In other words, they were a male homosexual couple. Their orientation and relationship was not only acknowledged, but it was fully accepted and celebrated by the early Christian church, which was far more tolerant than it is today.

Contrary to myth, Christianity's concept of marriage has not been set in stone since the days of Christ, but has constantly evolved as a concept and ritual.

http://www.christianity-revealed.com/cr/files/whensamesexmarriagewasachristianrite.html

POLITICS: How Would You Feel If You Had To Ask 4 Million People For Permission To Get Married?

HUMOR and SPIRITUALITY/RELIGION: Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else

Another humorous video I found through GodlessGirl on Twitter. - OlderMusicGeek

POLITICS and ENTERTAINMENT: Prop 8 - The Musical

I got a link to this hilarious take on Prop 8 from Fury Of Solace on Twitter. By the way, it features Jack Black as Jesus and has Neil Patrick Harris - Barney on How I Met Your Bother and Dr Horrible himself! - OlderMusicGeek

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

POLITICS, CULTURE/SOCIETY and HUMOR: Prejudism Is Prejudism!

This is an interesting take on Prop 8 in California from the comic strip Candorville by Darrin Bell. - OlderMusicGeek