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http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6026820&nav=menu484_2_8

Remarkably, something has finally changed my position on civil gay marriage.

My traditional objection is that the constitutional protections don't apply to marriage, because every already has equal protection, it just isn't equally useful. By that logic, the ruling of the SJC is totally insane.

However, the Washington State Supremes decided that the reason the state can make marriage what they want is that the state has a compelling interest in protecting procreation. Well, if that's the only reason, then this law is the only rational one. If marriage is entirely for the purposes of baby-making, they ought to make some babies. It's an ad absurbum argument, but we all know my penchant for that device in a debate.

So congratulations, Washington, you should be stuck with gay marriage because your jurists couldn't come up with the best argument. Better luck next time.

ETA: Because Alice did it, and I'm a sheep:

1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.

1. Opening Credits: Walk This Way - Run DMC
2. Waking Up: Think For Yourself - The Beatles
3. First Day At School: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
4. Falling In Love: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
5. Fight Song: Take a Chance on Me - ABBA
6. Breaking Up: Stand By Me - Ben King
7. Life's OK: At The End of the Day - Les Mis
8. Mental Breakdown: Breathless - Better Than Ezra
9. Driving: Come What May - Moulin Rouge
10. Flashback: Welcome - Tommy
11. Getting Back Together: You're My Best Friend - Queen
12. Birth of Child: I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
13. Wedding: Beatles- In My Life ((.....))
14. Final Battle: When I'm 64 - The Beatles
15. Death Scene: Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles
16. Funeral Song: Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
17. End Credits: I'll Cover You - RENT

Like...all of those are so inappropriate.

Poetry

I'm solliciting topics from people, and I'm going to write poems about each of them. If you'd like to add one (and you can have more than one, if you want), comment on this entry or tell me:

Alice - Monkies
Emily - Her Machu
Jen - Why reality TV sucks
Josh - Vegetarianism
Giulia - Thunderstorms
Matty - the differnce between southern stereotypes and northern when it comes to religion
Pete - what helps to separates art from activism and commercialism
Bear - eating peanut butter with your fingers
Becca - paper flowers
Amanda - music as a force for social change during the depression
Maryalice - Sexism
Katie - pokemon
Other Josh - What a gay man is supposed to do when a drunk chick is hitting on him?
Rachel - three pronged screwdrivers