Theatre Rhino can be a fun client.Yesterday their photographer finished with the publicity shots for their Christmas Panto (December 4 to 21). Fun photos to put online.  Looks like it'll be a fun show, too. 

The Marriage of Galen and Geoffrey October 25, 2008 (See the Pictures!) The day went just as we hoped.  The ceremony let us stand up and be supported by our family and friends as we were married.  At the reception we talked to many people who are very important to us.  The food, squaredancing, and conversation were meaningful fun.   We had a wonderful time!  The donations from friends and family in honor of our wedding helped the effort to defeat California's constitutional amendment that intends to stop same-sex marriages. The Unitarian Universalist church, with help from you, strengthened the [...]

from the San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty, whose district includes the Castro, said the No on 8 campaign was not "culturally competent." Dufty said the campaign should have gone into "places where it isn't as easy to be gay or queer," like Visitacion Valley and Chinatown."I was a foot soldier going where people asked me to go," the supervisor said. "The focus was really misplaced."It was redundant to campaign against Prop. 8 in the Castro, which overwhelmingly opposed the measure, he said. "It's kind of like if the freedom riders of the '60s never left Harlem." Yep. Another [...]

Earlier this year I signed up for a Facebook account to read the occasional postings by a cousin living abroad. In the next few days I agreed to friend requests from people who'd found me somehow. Then I forgot about Facebook. I don't read my wall or otherwise check the site for weeks at a time. Today I went back in order to see if I could retrieve some photographs of a friend that he emailed me that posted there and wanted me to use for a publicity project. Geeze!  There are messages to me from weeks and months ago.  [...]

I always shake my head in wonder about the folks who do civil disobedience in San Francisco, annoying their allies by blocking traffic or otherwise inconveniencing people who already support their cause. I doubt that isolated, lukewarm San Francisco liberal civil disobedience works very often, anyway. And, why disrupt the lives of people already honking their horns at you in support? It is simply nut-cake crazy to take your frustrations, however legitimate, out on your friends. You'll annoy them and maybe turn them against you. And, yet I felt good today hearing my minister talk on the local Air America [...]

The national Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations has posted a video on YouTube supporting marriage equality. A photo of Geoff and me leads off the California section 39 seconds into the video. Another 5 seconds of psuedo-fame as newlyweds.

Do we really want to remove tax exempt status from churches? Churches already pay tax on business income. If they run a bookstore, a parking lot, or whatever, they pay taxes. So taking away tax exempt status only means that contributions to them will no longer result in a charitable deduction on your income tax. But even that small step will help de-fund their hate, right? Sounds reasonable, eh? After all the Mormon and the Catholic churches advocated the passage of Proposition 8. Let’s punish them for being involved in the world. Even if their involvement for Prop is < [...]

Where the Ozdachs will be Saturday:

It took about five times before I finally clicked through on the video. I put aside the first four email and blog postings saying I'd look at the video later. Now, let me proselytize. Damn eloquent statement, Keith.