Apparently, homosexuality can be cured.
In Washington, there is a law proposed that will require married couples to produce offspring within 3 years, or have the marriage annulled by the state. Though it could be a hoax, it does underline the fundamentalist sentiment that is behind the ban on same sex unions.
And in Canberra, the powers that be have again shot down the latest attempt to get some legal recognition of same sex relationships. I blame Mr Burns. The man who said last week, “some people handle detention better than others”.
And if you really want to hate the man a little more, read down the wikipedia entry to this.
In 2006, Philip Ruddock blocked a gay Australian man from marrying in Europe. Ruddock refused to grant a gay man living in the Netherlands a ‘Certificate of No Impediment’ document required by some European countries before marriage, to prove foreigners are in fact single. Ruddock decided that such documents were not to be released to gay and lesbians individuals intending to marry overseas [2]. The government made the statement, “”Following the advice of the Australian Attorney-General’s Department we herewith certify that Australian law does not allow the issue of a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage to persons wishing to enter into a same-sex marriage.” He went on to say that he did not believe there was community support for same-sex marriage but has yet to put this belief to test.
Charming. He’s not only preventing Australians from marrying in Australia, he’s preventing them from doing it anywhere he can. And let’s not go into the David Hicks thing.
And some other news that is pretty obvious to me, but apparently new to a lot of people – Meat Consumption Creates More Greenhouse Gas Than Cars. What really shocked me was the ignorance of the first commenter “these animals are bred for one reason, without that reason, they’re not of worth to us or to the environment“. I wonder how he measures worth – and how much worth he has to the environment.
Little TBA is living in a crazy world. Hopefully having a crazy aunt won’t be too much of a handicap.
Disco Knitter 
Having been a former WA (US state, not Western Australia) resident, it doesn’t surprise me there would be a proposed law like that. There are some real fruit loops living in the less populated areas away from Seattle. However, given the fact that the largest # of voters are in Seattle & not so much living in the Dark Ages, I doubt a law like that (if it’s real) will ever get voted into action.
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