As a growing couple, we tend to be fortunately busy, but it does not mean we are ignoring the world around us. It has been awhile since we posted, not out of not wanting to SPEAK OUT, but at this time, and it has been this way for several years that there is and insurmountable level of ranting, chatter, arguing. Of course I call this in regards to the the debt ceiling, LGBT rights, and every other acronym under the equality sun.
You know what would be great? LISTENING. Yes, everyone has an opinion, thats fine and allowed, but we need to hear clear concise talk from some demi-illuminati instructing us the course to take.
I wrote to the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and told him explicitly what should be done for the future goodness for the entire country. Here are some pieces of what I wrote:
American brothers and sisters with Social Security and Medicare benefits are at stake, as are the individuals with pensions and retirement accounts invested in the financial markets, and business owners whose continued existence is based upon their ability to access capital markets at reasonable interest rates.
I am ashamed that congress reflects a divorced mother and father and one of them is not signing the checks for the much needed child support.
Democrat or Republican, the actions of the legislative and executive branch from 2001-08 were detrimental and my generation and after will have to pay for it for a long time.
It is unfair that the American Dream has become a mirage. We need to move forward on this, do your homework, make it balanced, and do not follow the leaders of the Bush administration (they do not care about your career) they have their titles and your titles will seem irrelevant if you decide to act like spoiled children. Fix it thoroughly and quickly.
We have faced greater obstacles, lets not let this childishness of congress take us down.
May the strength of your patriotism be for ALL of USA, not just one side on an aisle.
This bantering back n forth is like a kindergarten pageant gone wrong…one kid is crying (Boehner) the teacher is trying to get everyone to perform correctly (Pres. Obama)…and the audience (us) is trying to figure out what is going on and why they paid their kids’ tuition (taxes).
In regards to advances for LGBT equality, its been quite a week. Maryland’s senate approves same-sex marriage, DOMA is now NOT defended and openly Gay man, Jeremy Bernard is now President Obama’s Social Secretary! We must remember to celebrate these things! Our fight does not have to be negative, celebrate these milestones, as we keep moving forward we will get that unending ring of equality.
Presidents’ Day is a U.S. holiday celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February. It honors two U.S. Presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both men were elected to a position that encouraged them to create change to form a more perfect union.
Presidential Trivia:
The first president to say “So help me God” at the end of his inaugural oath was actually our first president George Washington.
At the White House, many Presidents, First Ladies, diplomats, and staff have claimed to have seen Lincoln’s ghost in the Lincoln Bedroom, Oval Office, and hallways.
Due to his fashion sense, President Chester A. Arthur was nicknamed “Elegant Arthur”
First Lady Edith Wilson is considered “the Secret President” and “the first woman to run a government” due to her overseeing the government and making presidential decisions while her husband, President Woodrow Wilson was disabled due to a stroke.
Bill Clinton was the first president to be a Rhodes Scholar
One morning, George W Bush, under the 25th amendment, made Vice President Cheney ‘acting president’ when Bush had to be sedated for minor surgery. Bush retrieved those powers later that day after he returned from the hospital.
President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and 2 Grammy Awards for his books.
Young, Latino, Openly Gay student and intern to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gave an amazing speech at the Tucson Memorial Service. His bravery and actions saved Giffords’ life.
Our Interview with Former President Bill Clinton. After you watch this, you will notice how out of date DOMA is (now unconstitutional) and how President Clinton’s views have changed since he was in office.
Malawi’s president, Bingu wa Mutharika, pardoned a Gay couple who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison after their conviction on charges of unnatural acts and gross indecency.
President wa Mutharika does not support rights for the homosexual community and neither does his country. However, as a humanitarian, he released them with no conditions.
We hope this injustice and international attention to Malawi will enlighten the closed minded citizens of Malawi and other countries that find us’ unnatural.’ We wish the couple Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga a future with no fear and love.
President Barack Obama was speaking at a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer of California. During his speech, several DADT protesters interrupted by shouting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. This interruption lead to him to confront those protesters and reaffirm that DADT will be repealed and also acknowledged that Senator Boxer was NOT in favor of DADT and did NOT vote for it when it was passed in 1993. Watch the clip and tell us your thoughts…
and openly Gay man, Jeremy Bernard is now President Obama’s Social Secretary! We must remember to celebrate these things! Our fight does not have to be negative, celebrate these milestones, as we keep moving forward we will get that unending ring of equality.
Presidents’ Day is a U.S. holiday celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February. It honors two U.S. Presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both men were elected to a position that encouraged them to create change to form a more perfect union.
Malawi’s president, Bingu wa Mutharika, pardoned a Gay couple who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison after their conviction on charges of unnatural acts and gross indecency.
