A one stop shop. Family, food, kids running around, board games, celebration, love and laughter… Lots of videos… I was able to spend this Thanksgiving with my family at my parents house of 30-something years. They have a beautiful property, located on a hill with vista views all around. It was a great place to [...]

To my post The Boot and New Friends, one of the people who run the anti-Marriage Equality blog mentioned, posted a comment that I wanted to share. My responses are in bold. Please comment here if you have something to add.
Comment:
Velvet Blade, you were not “booted” from The Opine Editorials.
Being asked to leave and cease [...]

I found out that my employer is doing a mass of layoffs. It seems no company is completely safe from the economic backlash. So far so good, but there is alway the fear of job loss. Did you know statistically the stress level of those still employed after layoffs is higher than those that were [...]

I had a shoulder IME (Independent Medical Examination) for my left shoulder today. Though the doctor appeared very professional, all the poking and prodding has left me severely pained. Ouch.
So I took a pain pill and now find myself up into the wee hours with anxiety. Sweet… And I have to work in the morning… [...]

One of the biggest things that the anti-marriage equality folks say about the gay community is that we are sore losers. Why? Because there are organized protests all over the states. Because the ACLU filed one law suit questioning the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Because there is a movement to file individual complaints [...]

Focus on the Family, is a Colorado based Evangelical organization that focuses on such socially conservative issues as education, gambling, sexual identity, abstinence, bioethics and marriage (listed just above pornography). They see their primary purpose of saving everyone through spreading the word of Jesus, primarily door to door, the old fashioned Fuller Brush way. “Saving” [...]

That’s right. I was booted off a Pro-Proposition 8 site, primarily run with a Mormon slant. Interestingly enough, this forum is suppose to welcome open dialog between sides. Apparently that is only the case when they still think there is a hope of either converting your opinion or your sexual proclivity. Yes, I was told [...]