elsewhere/grim amusements: news of the gay

[iainpj]

grim amusements / March 4, 2010 / news of the gay:

What a very ... INteresting day it's been. [...] Of course, the interesting part of all of this is that none of this is irrevocable, or even guaranteed that it will move forward. One can count on obstructionist conservative Democrats and pretty much each and every Republican to fight the blood-donation ban. Senator Levin, into whose committee DADT repeal must first go, is already on record as saying that he recommends merely that enforcement of the policy be suspended, rather than a full repeal. And as far as the DC marriages go, there's an attempt going forward to get the courts to overturn that section of the DC charter prohibiting votes on the Human Rights section as unconstitutional. Apparently, some people feel that the DC city council's position, that allowing majorities to vote on the rights of minorities is in and of itself unconstitutional, does not allow them to vote on their moral repugnance at the very idea of treating gays and lesbians as though they have the same human rights as anyone else, and they're trying to get that overturned....