Life, Law, Gender

It's Time

My wish for you: Peace, love, compassion and forgiveness.

I started this blog 3 years ago this month.  I've written 700 posts since I made the transition from AOL (my first blog post is here) and I've had over 2,300 comments from you, my dear readers, and generated nearly 170,000 page hits. I've accomplished my principal goals of informing my law school classmates about myself and of keeping my mom informed about what was going on in my life. I've graduated law school (achieving my goal of no "C" grades and exceeding my goal of at least one "A" grade); my mother will likely never read another blog post. In addition, the blog has become burdensome to me, and that I can't have.

Along the way, though, I've made some real-life friends, I've met several fellow bloggers, I've met some readers, and I've made dozens of cyber-friends.  In addition, this blog has given me a space for myself -- a place where I could ruminate about the day's events or contemplate my navel. It's been a journal and a pulpit. I've been able to document an interesting and sometimes tumultous time in my life here, and that's been a great benefit of the blog. More than a handful of readers have contacted me privately to tell me that my writings have had a positive effect on their lives. That was unexpected, but it has been the greatest reward of all.

My next venture is to work with my darling spouse on starting up our law firm -- Rainbow Law Center, PLLC, located out of Ann Arbor. It will be through this venue that I will try to help others find their way through the maze of LGBTQ law and policy. I will put a link up when the website is functional.

All things in their time.  It is time for me to bid you all adieu (my spouse says "don't burn your cyber-bridge. Call it a hiatus rather than an ending." We'll see. I rarely ever close a door). Thank you all for reading. See you 'round the blogosphere.

And *WE'RE* Immoral?!

I was unable to attend this year's Servicemembers Legal Defense Network annual dinner due to my mom's illness.  However, I wanted to see what happened so I hopped on over to SLDN's blog and followed a link back to Pam's House Blend who has a wonderful recap of the whole evening.  Then, perusing SLDN's site a bit more, I came across this story.

A recruiter reached out to a gay black man after he posted his resume on CareerBuilder.com and, after discovering he was gay, sent the following in a series of emails:

Using a military email address, U.S. Army recruiter Sgt. Marcia Ramode fired off an email in capital letters that " IF YOU ARE GAY WE DON'T TAKE YOU. YOU ARE CONSIDERED UNQUALIFIED."

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Andrew, who is black, criticized Ramode's word choices and poor spelling. In response, the apparently enraged sergeant said in graphic language that Andrew should "GO BACK TO AFRICA AND DO YOUR GAY VOODOO LIMBO TANGO AND WANGO DANCE AND JUMP AROUND AND PRANCE AND RUN ALL OVER THE PLACE HALF NAKED THERE."

SLDN has called for the immediate dismissal of Sgt. Ramode.  I don't think the Army does anything on an immediate basis, but she certainly deserves dismissal.  And the recruiting command needs some serious training in human relations. 

I know, objectively, that people think this way, but I am always amazed when they allow their bigotry to show.  I also know the Army's hard up in its recruiting efforts, but you'd think a test of common sense might be administered.  What a complete and utter ______ (fill in the blank with your appropriate epithet).

Poll - AFA style

I haven't posted a poll in a while; and this is the first ever American Family Association poll I've ever posted, so I thought now was the time to correct those oversights. :)

Click here to take the poll.

Results as my taking the poll on 4/1/07 at 7:45 EDT:

If a corporation supports the homosexual agenda, you would:

Be more likely to do business with that company. 3,580

Be less likely to do business with that company. 152,489

It would not affect my buying decision. 2,821