Burning or building bridges...

Boy, I could only cautiously optimistically hope so! I think after what we experienced in 2004 (those of us who were among the 6000 plus individuals who obtained a same-sex marriages in Oregon) many of us have watched the unfolding California gay marriage victory with a sense of detachment... maybe even skepticism? That may be due to what Measure 36 took from us roughly one year after those...

Last week Basic Rights Oregon reported that the Oregon Supreme Court issued their decision regarding two of the three IP ballot titles: "In the decisions, the Court agreed with some of the issues raised in the briefs on Initiative Petitions 144 and 145 and returned both titles to the State Attorney General for revision. The Attorney General now has five business days to submit a modified ballot...

"I don’t see why I don’t see what bothers me And I don’t know why I don’t know what won’t let me go I should have listened to myself when I had it down This dose of my own medicine is too big to swallow now This is the time when I find what’s inside of me... This is the time when I decide what I believe... If I want to be real in this world Then I have to...

Here I am stalled at the intersection of angst and apathy. So much to do, and no drive to get to it all. So much to say, and yet no words to express it. So many songs to listen to, but they all feel sad today. A couple days ago I was going to post on how amazing it was to be called to get up and sing at church again. Several years ago I helped the youth pastor at my church start the music part of...

I posted back in April on the fact that, in essence, James Dobson does not speak for me when it comes to my focus on my family (this was just before I moved my bridgeout blog from Blogger to WordPress, so I will copy that post below). I stumbled across a website that is actually titled: "James Dobson Doesn't Speak for Me." Although that site was set into motion by Dobson's comments against Senator...

It's Friday and our 2 favorite men are comin' to dinner tonight! "Bud" and "Mike"!! anyone?

Thank you all for hangin' with me here at "bridges"! Today I am celebrating 5,000 visitors to my blog! WOOHOO! And also, this week's most unlikely search term that folks used to "find" my blog was: " helga hangover" (not just once, but nearly a half dozen times). Hmm... Humor...