News 8/18/10

(Today in Fabulous: Eartha Kitt. "My smile is brilliant, my glance is tender. But I'm noted most for my unspoiled gender." Hat tip to Lil Larry.)

• Obama visits Ohio, explains why everything doesn't suck as bad as you think it does.

• FOX News donates big wad of cash to GOP Governors Assn. Dems annoyed for obvious reasons. (What the F did you expect from FOX News?)

• Richard Socarides has written a nice piece about Obama's contradictory stance on Marriage Equality. (Let me say one more time: I only vote for people who support full marriage equality. That includes you Mr. President.)

• In related news: Imperial County's appeal to intervene in the Prop8 case has been bundled in with everything else in the Ninth Circuit Appeal of Judge Walker's ruling. (At least I think it has. I'm not a lawyer, but that's what it looks like to me.)

• Hey Target! Up yours and the horse you rode in on. Cordially, The Queers.

The End of Prop 8: What the Constitution is all About

• Much buzz yesterday (and today) about whether or not supporters of Prop 8 have standing to ask for a stay of Judge Walker's ruling. In a nutshell, opponents of marriage equality failed to prove any harm to themselves or anyone else at trial; and both the Governator and Attorney General of California want to resume issuing marriage licenses to everyone. The Gov. and AG are the ones who have standing, not Cooper, Thompson et al. Walker's decision on the stay could come at any moment.

• Margaret Hoover over at FOX News cautions fellow conservatives to respect Judge Walker's conservative street cred. and study his ruling on Prop 8. Hoover asserts knee-jerk, homophobic opposition to gay marriage "risk(s) undermining legitimate conservative gripes about the judiciary and putting conservatism once again, on the wrong side of the latest chapter in American civil rights."

If you haven't seen the footage yet, here's David Boies carving Tony Perkins into tiny pieces on Face the Nation:


And here's Ted Olsen schooling FOX News's Chris Wallace on what the constitution is all about:



The above videos are required viewing ladies and gentlemen. This is the path forward for justice.