Liberty & Independence

Delaware is set to become the 11th Marriage Equality state after its senate approved same-sex marriage today. I'm really happy for them, but I'm kind of surprised it took this long given they have had a gay Colonial wedding on their flag for 100 years.

I think the guy in the fabulous green and pink jacket (which I would totally wear) is pissed that his farmer husband-to-be dressed so casually for their big day.

That's about all I have to say about Delaware except it inspired this great song by Loudon Wainwright III (father of notable homosexual Rufus Wainwright):

Come on Minnesota, let's make it a dozen.

Birmingham: May 3, 1963

Photo by Charles Moore

 Fifty years ago this happened:

"So the question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of extremist will we be. Will we be extremists for hate or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice — or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?"  

—Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

Happy May Day