Well, it looks like Gov. Mark Sanford's marital healing needs a bit of work.
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford and her four sons vacated the Governor’s Mansion on Friday and returned to the couple’s Sullivan’s Island home, where she said they would live for the upcoming school year.
Jenny Sanford and at least seven other women spent several hours Friday packing up four sport utility vehicles.
Women carried armloads of clothing on hangers, boxes, a small appliance and other items to the cars. Much of the clothing had been stuffed into plastic bags.
His wife released this terse statement:
I am so thankful for the overwhelming support and prayers we have received from people all across South Carolina. I am literally in awe of how blessed we are to have such love and support from family and friends, old and new. It is with this support, and after much careful and prayerful consideration, that I have decided to move back to our home in Charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year. From there, we will work to continue the process of healing our family. While we will be leaving Columbia, we will return often, and I will remain engaged in activities in my role as first lady, acknowledging that my responsibilities to my family come first.
That was the polite Southern way of saying f*ck off, dirtbag. Come on, what else was she to do to retain any dignity as her husband (who, more pertinently as far as the public is concerned, abdicated his responsibility as governor when he went AWOL for nookie) referred to his concubine as his "soulmate" in the same breath as he told the media that he's got to learn how to fall back in love with his wife again. Gee, that was a great way to win her face-saving support heart back.
Sanford's problem is that his pious tossing around of his Christian faith and the sa nctity of marriage has blown up in his face and the people of the Palmetto State need to eject this former aspiring 2012 Clown Car occupant for incompetence and self-absorbed "sexual healing" at their expense.
Hey y'all, just thought we might want a fresh open thread to discuss what's new.
So as an icebreaker, here's ae's an article that got me thinking about marriage equality in California all day...from the Los Angeles Times comes the piece Prop. 8 foes clash over federal suit; ACLU, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights initially denounced the court action. Now they want to be part of it, but they are rebuffed:
A high-profile federal lawsuit against Proposition 8 has exposed new strains and divisions within the same-sex marriage movement, as civil rights lawyers who initially condemned the suit now want on board -- and are being rebuffed.The lawsuit against the anti-gay-marriage initiative, launched by Los Angeles political consultant Chad H. Griffin and backed by entertainment industry activists, drew scorn and anger from gay rights lawyers when it was filed in May.
...Now that a trial is nearing, the lawyers who denounced the suit want to join as full participants, asking for seats at the table and the ability to shape legal strategy. But the consultant who defied their advice has vowed to "vigorously oppose" their intervention, and, in a court filing late Friday, lawyers formally opposed intervention.
The clash comes at a pivotal moment for the case, seen as the most likely vehicle for winning marriage rights for gays across the nation, and raises questions about who will control the legal agenda. A federal judge in San Francisco will decide the lineup of lawyers later this month....
Read the whole piece...I know its left me wondering what the best course of action for marriage equality might be regarding this lawsuit. Frankly, Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the NCLR put themselves into the position they find themselves in right now with this lawsuit -- not having a say in the legal strategies that will be used for this case. If they were against filing the lawsuit when the lawsuit was filed, and as far as I know they're still on record as being against the lawsuit, why should they be allowed to join in now? Or since it's going to impact all Californians and possibly all Americans, why shouldn't they be allowed to join in?
I know I don't have an answer -- there seem to be decent arguments on both sides of this.
But hey, discuss this situation and/or L.A. Times story, or any other subject matter in the thread... It's an open thread! What are you reading or thinking about today?
Not even a minister, but a refereee officiating!
DIXFIELD - Trying to refrain from bursting out laughing was a lost cause at Saturday afternoon's sports-themed wedding between Glenn Porter and Pamela Duprey in Porter's father's backyard off Canton Point Road.For instance, how many couples can say they got hitched wearing actual hockey jerseys instead of tux and gown while standing around the Stanley Cup trophy replica on a hockey rink beside a 36-foot-long replica of Fenway Park's famous Green Monster wall?
"It's too funny," Cindy Paine of Dixfield said.
"It's ct's crazy," Porter's dad Frank said.
Across from a stadium parking lot tailgate party, a large New England Patriots stadium menu attached to a canopy listed the day's meals - food found at a sporting event. A chili cookoff would follow the ceremony after Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Porter cut the cake.
Sounds like alot of fun and very special for this couple, as their wedding day should be.
Let's check out the vows and look to see "if God's in the mix"...
According to the scoreboard, when Duprey, 50, and Porter, 45, next read their wacky vows, the Red Sox led the Yankees 8-0 in the top of the fifth inning."I promise to love you as much as the Nashville Predators and not hold your San Jose Sharks against you," Glenn Porter said of their two favorite hockey teams. "From this day forward, I will listen to all of your complaints about fantasy hockey, if you say them during the off-season."
"I will love you in sickness and in health, from this day forward, until death parts us or you become a Yankees fan," Porter said.
Duprey, laughing, read her vow.
"I promise to love you as much as I love my San Jose Sharks, and not hold your Nashville Predators against you," she said. "I will only show you my new stats during commercial breaks, and promise to keep you in the latest sports fashions."
"From this day forward, I will make sure to cheer for the same team as you in public," she said. "I will love you for richer or poorer, as long as you don't cheer for the Yankees."
Huh- not a single bit about "for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health"- yet it is a LEGALLY AND LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND EVEN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED MARRIAGE.
Good for you, folks- may you have many happy years of life, love, fun and companionship together.
And may many of our fellow Mainers soon be able to enjoy the same joie de vivre...
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