Goodbye

i've decided to quit my blog. i don't think anyone reads it anyway.
so, goodbye and good luck. and remember...Life Is Not A Rehearsal.

peace.

marie

Sad Day for Hillary Fans

well, it looks like it's all over for Hillary's bid to be our next President. i'm very sad. i think she would have made an excellent leader. she has what it would take to turn this country around. it's my hope that she will agree to be Obama's V.P. running mate. i feel fairly confident that Obama will beat McCain in the general election. i will support him as our Democratic nominee 100%, but will need some time to mourn the lose of Hillary before i can move on.

here's a shout out to Pedro, the 96 year old farmer in Costa Rica who is a huge Hillary supporter! "Hola, Pedro!"

i got a call from a young man who works in D.C. for the Victory Fund Leadership Institute. they want me to run for an elected office here in Delaware. they support openly gay candidates. i'm gonna do it. i'll keep you posted.

be well.

2008 Summer Olympic Games

i'm a huge fan of the Olympic Games! i went to the summer games in Atlanta with my sister Martha in 1996. it was awesome! my favorite event that we attended was the softball game between the U.S. team and the team from China. i have watched every Olympics summer games for as long as i can remember. i usually watch some of the winter games as well, but much prefer the sports of the summer games.
this year's event will take place in Beijing, China. there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the location. China does not have the best track record when it comes to the civil and human rights of its citizens. there has been a lot of social unrest there recently. the most disturbing of which was the way the authorities treated the Buddhist monks who were protesting China's actions in Tibet. here's a link to a good report of what's happening:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24389895

so i'm torn. should we, as a country, participate in the Olympics and thereby support the Chinese government? if we don't, then are we just making the athletes suffer? they've worked so hard, and all of their young lives, to get to this point. i don't know that an all-out boycott is the answer, but it just feels wrong to me to go over there and pretend like everything is ok.

Happy LGBT Families Day!

it still amazes me that there are people in this country who believe that gay men and women can't, or shouldn't, be good parents. there are states where gay people can't adopt children. and in some of those states, gay people can be foster parents. so in other words, we can take care of someone else's kids while they're in drug rehab and taking parenting classes, but we're not good enough to keep the kids permanently. how silly to think that a child must have a male parent and a female parent in order to grow up happy and healthy. how many kids come from broken "heterosexual" homes? homes where the adults' relationship is unhealthy, where there is domestic violence, or where a single parent struggles to keep afloat. i know a good number of gay/lesbian couples with children who are providing a loving, healthy, happy home. where the kids are well adjusted, intelligent, and compassionate. what could be better than having 2 loving and devoted parents? it doesn't matter if one is a man, one is a woman, or both are men or women.
Gail and i are lucky to live in a state where we are able to be foster parents, and can get a dual-parent adoption if we get the right judge. we're fostering a wonderful little girl right now. she's about to turn 1 year old, and is funny and smart and very cute! we don't know what will happen with her case, but we know that if her bio-mother's parental rights are terminated, she may be adopted by a gay couple.

and that is how it should be.