While most people were busy freaking out about Facebook introducing hashtags, the Supreme Court was busy making what some are calling a "landmark ruling" against companies putting patents of human genes!
Angelina Jolie is one of the many people excited about the huge decision as it ties directly with her recent decision to get a double mastectomy!
A better world might not be the only good thing to come from the Supreme court's marriage equality debates! It looks like the Prop 8 movie is getting the fast track!
Last year, Dustin Lance Black put on a play called 8 in NYC and L.A. — and Rob Reiner, one of the directors, already knew he wanted to take it to the big screen!
Of COURSE there's going to be a big-screen adaptation, and Black is on track (that rhymes!) to finish up that script as fast as he can! Which makes sense, because the media buzz around the debates has been huge. If you're going to bank off of it (and inspire everyone while you're at it), it better be now!
We're hearing it's slated to be directed by Reiner, but shooting probably won't happen until June or July — when the Supreme Court finally rules on the ridiculousness of Prop 8. No word on who will star, but if they take any of the cast members for either city, it'll be perfect!
It's an exciting time in humanity's history people!
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the official federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8.
In case you missed ANY part of the explosive discussion, don't fret! Take a good, long listen (above)!
If you are somehow unaware of Prop 8 or the controversy that surrounds it, let us briefly inform you…
Prop 8 is a state constitutional amendement that received a majority of Californian votes in November 2008. The proposition declares "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Thus, any same sex marriages that had previously been recognized in the eyes of the law were no longer considered so, and same sex couples were (again) unable to legally get married.
Thankfully, this GROSS violation of equal rights is FINALLY being addressed, and on a nation-wide platform!
And whatever the Supreme Court decides, it's going to be MONUMENTAL.
Here's to a more tolerant, enlightened future society!
Governor John W. Hickenlooper signed a law into effect yesterday allowing gay and lesbian couples to enter into civil unions!!!
Permitting civil unions isn't nearly as awesome as legalizing same-sex MARRIAGES, but Rome wasn't built in a day!
The state of Colorado has grown considerably more progressive since 2006, when they passed a state law forbidding gay marriage, but the job is not yet done!!
Our country's equality advocates must not rest until everyone is permitted to marry whomever it is they love.
Colorado becomes the 18th state in the Union with legalized same-sex unions. Hopefully the Supreme Court takes note of this trend when they hear arguments on the Constitutionality of same-sex marriage in a few days.
Ellen DeGeneres knows a thing or two about gay marriage! She and Portia de Rossi were one of the first couples to wed when it was temporarily legal in California!
So now that Prop 8 is headed to the Supreme Court, our favorite talk show host decided to throw in her two cents. And that's like having two Lincolns give speeches! She wrote:
"California's Proposition 8 is headed to the Supreme Court. Hundreds of companies and families as well as Republicans are submitting briefs urging the 9 judges to allow gay people to marry.
I thought that was ridiculous. Why would judges want all of that underwear?
Then, after a quick talk with some people, I found out what a brief was.
I've never filed a brief to the Supreme Court, so I thought I would post mine here. I'm sure someone will tweet it to them."
Oh, we'll do you one better, Ellen! We recommend reading the whole letter. It's funny and wonderful and, for a brief, pretty brief!
Clint Eastwood signed a letter recently urging the US Supreme Court to overturn the seemingly unconstitutional ban on gay marriage in California.
The 86-year-old is a proud conservative Libertarian and outspoken critic of President Obama. If you don't believe us, just ask the empty chair he flirted with at the Republican party's convention last year.
But that didn't stop him from siding with the Prez when it mattered most!
The We Can’t Stop singer interviewed with Rolling Stone magazine for their July 4th issue, and revealed her fairly liberal thoughts on drugs and alcohol.
Given her stoner reputation, we’re not totally surprised. Though, when asked to clarify her penchant for weed, she said:
"You can't ask someone that and expect them to say yes... I did a song with Snoop Dogg called 'Ashtrays and Heartbreaks,' so people can put it together for themselves."
That sounds fairly straightforward to us. Mileybird then went ahead to state that she thinks there are things much, much worse than a little bit of the green stuff:
"I think alcohol is way more dangerous than marijuana -- people can be mad at me for saying that, but I don't care... I've seen a lot of people spiral down with alcohol, but I've never seen that happen with weed."
She added:
"As long as it isn't illegal, there are far more dangerous things. And it's legal in the state of California. So I'm happy to live in California, a place where you can be whoever you want to be."
Well, Miley, marijuana isn’t exactly legal in California unless you have a prescription, so we’re not entirely sure what you mean. But, okay...
As for her transition from Disney teen idol to mature pop star, she said:
