Good marriage news on the horizon?
There are a few lawsuits and proposed laws in the works to extend equality to everyone. California’s Assembly and Senate approved measures that oppose the legality of Prop 8. And the State Supreme Court is supposed to hear arguments on Thursday for overturning Prop 8 and we’ll hear the result within 90 days! That’s a long time to wait. But if it will be good news, I don’t mind waiting. More details from SFGate.
The Defense of Marriage Act is also being challenged (more details from NYTimes) by people who are trying to defend their own marriages, ironically, and get equal recognition for federal benefits.
And there’s talk of repealing the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” crap (more details from NYTimes).
My optimistic side says, “Fabulous news. I’m glad the fight for equality is picking up momentum.” My pessimistic side says, “I hope this makes things more equal and not worse.” I guess my pessimistic side is still a little optimistic.
New York City vs. San Francisco Round 9: A life update
The previous comparisons between NYC and SF have been more about sharing observations and opinions. But I thought people might be curious about how we’re holding up with our lives. So this round is more about how we’re doing.
We’re pretty adaptable so we’re adjusting to life in NYC. For example, it’s a lot colder here so we’re wearing more clothes to compensate. Actually, I probably spend more time being too warm here because you bundle up to go outside, but if you’re inside a grocery store or something, it’s too hard to hold your coat while you grab groceries, so you keep your coat on inside and then overheat. Plus, if you’re wearing a hat, your hair doesn’t look very good after you take the hat off, so you have a tendency to leave it on indoors. I guess this is turning into a post about observations opinions. I can’t help it.
Mark’s been working for about a month now and he’s doing well. He gets to travel to exotic and romantic places for work, but they’ve been keeping him busy with work. But at least he gets to do his work in exotic and romantic places.
My various gigs are going well. My students (who are actually teachers or teachers-in-training so the terminology gets really confusing) are great. And doing research in science education has been a great learning experience. The terminology there can get confusing too. I’m learning to do research about teaching and learning and about teaching teachers to help their students learn. Got that?
And if you haven’t heard, Mark and I are betrothed/engaged/planning to get married. So our official relationship status has changed, but we’re still us.
In Ireland w/ the personalized tree stump that the leprechauns prepared for us
The summary is that our lives are progressing and we’re learning new things. But we were also progressing and learning new things when we were in San Francisco. So you can’t really compare and the score is unchanged.
NYC: 3
SF: 5
