Good News for a Change

We have some good news on gay rights in the U.S. A Maryland ciruit court judge declared the state's ban on gay marriage to be a violation of the Maryland constitution. It willl be appealed to the state's Supreme Court, but it is a temporary victory. However, when judges make these kind of decisions, they are labelled "liberal activists" and attacked by the anti-gay Christian Right, and it will probably motivate many voters to oppose gay marriage in a future ballot initiative.

The Washington House approved a law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, and it looks like it might pass the Senate this time because one Republican senator says he has changed his mind and would vote for it. We'll see...

But there is BAD news, it looks like Canadians will elect an anti-gay pro-Bush Conservative! So much for moving to Canada... Venezuela or Bolivia are looking pretty good now.. and Chile has elected an women atheist/socialist so it looks like Central and South America are moving to the left....