Lots of sad faces and exploding craniums in Teabagistan today:
FEBRUARY 26, 2014, 7:51 PM EST
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) announced Wednesday night that she has vetoed the anti-gay bill that has been sitting on her desk since last week.
The bill "does not address a specific or present concern related to religious liberty in Arizona," she said in explaining her decision. She took no questions after announcing the veto.
"I sincerely believe that (the bill) has the potential to create more problems than it purports to solve," she said. "It could divide Arizona in ways that no one could imagine."http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/brewer-veto-anti-gay-bill
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FEBRUARY 26, 2014, 2:31 PM EST
A federal judge in San Antonio declared Texas' ban on gay marriage unconstitutional Wednesday.
But U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia issued a stay along with the ruling, so the ban remains in place for the time being. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), who is running for governor against state Sen. Wendy Davis (D), is expected to appeal the decision.http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/texas_gay_marriage_ban_ruled_unconstitutional
The Gadfly is convinced that if conservative lawmakers spent as much time focused on addressing the economic, health care and jobs issues which currently face the country and millions of Americans, as they do in trying to fuck with the individual rights of the dreaded gays, this country might actually make some progress toward getting us back on the road to national prosperity. But apparently an economically devastated and suffering middle class, along with a myriad of other real world issues that are having a real world impact on people's lives every day, just do not rise to the level of being a priority as much as the horrifying prospect of Jane and Nancy or Don and Tim wanting to get hitched does.
The Gadfly long ago abandoned hope that the conservative right will ever reach a level of emotional and intellectual maturity that would permit them to look upon and treat every single one of their fellow Americans with respect and equality - not just as the law deems - but as fellow citizens and fellow human beings.
It is simply part of the conservative's DNA makeup to follow their primeval tribal instincts of "us" and "those others" and obsess over the possibility that "those others" might be coveting the same rights that they have reserved for themselves.
Nonetheless, The Gadfly is willing to chalk it up as a good day when all of the righteous stars line up and produce events which provoke Rush Limbaugh, the hyenas on Fox "News" and other wingnut media outlets, and the religious right to squeal like stuck pigs.
----TFG
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