Tommaso Stenico was only pretending to be gay. Senator Larry Craig has a wide stance. Congressman Robert Allen was scared by all the people of color. Ted Haggard thought he was just getting a massage.

In regards to Tommaso (great name!), I am really disappointed. He wasn’t even trying to be creative with his excuse. Tons of catholic priests have gotten away with sexual abuse of children and weren’t kicked out of the church. Here, he is at least hitting on an adult - and it is assumed, by me at least, that the flirting was consensual - and the church kicks him out. Either the church has it’s priorities screwed up or they were not pleased with the excuse. Must be the excuse. =)

Doesn’t it almost seemed staged? Within three or so months, three super-conservative republican law makers (Larry Craig of Idaho, David Vitter of Louisiana, and Robert Allen of Florida)have been caught doing something “lewd.” The best part is, two of the three were caught in gay acts! Did I mention that these two are vehemently against gay rights? In fact, Craig at one point called being homosexual ridiculous. He is the ridiculous ass who is feeling the wrath of karma!!

Anthony and I are going to Vancouver BC this weekend for pride. We LOVE Vancouver. It is such a great city and is so welcoming of the gays! Even their coat of arms seems a little a too fabulous to be straight.

Today, the Washington State Domestic Partnership law went into effect. While it is a step in the right direction, it is still vastly insufficient. I did, however, enjoy this picture from the celebrations:

So, now incarcerated South Africans can marry. Why is this so depressing?

Last night, Anthony and I went to see Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Neumos. It was a great show! It took Hedwig a couple songs to get into it, but once the band got on, the show was great! The only bad thing about the show was a few stupid guys who heckled… I think they didn’t realize what they show is about.

After the show, Anthony and I had an interesting conversation about Capital Hill. The audience was a great example of what CH is becoming. We went to a gay themed show, yet gays were not the majority. It was a mix of straight and gays, but most definitely mostly straight people. The straight crowd included a mix of yuppy people who seemed out of place (but tried REALLY hard to fit in) and obnoxious frat-boys. Slowly, the gay ghetto is turning into over-priced condos that are replacing the artists, gays, and odd-ducklings that made CH such a fun place. Once it is so expensive that none of the cool people live there, what will be the draw?

Columbia just passed legislation to grant same-sex couples many of the rights of marriage - which their president has agreed to sign. It is interesting to me that in a country dominated by the Catholic church and is supposedly ruled by a machismo sentiment is still more progressive than us.

But, hey… Dallas might elect a gay mayor.