BackStage

I am proud:

“We have a constitutional duty to ensure equal protection of the law,” the Iowa justices wrote in their opinion. “If gay and lesbian people must submit to different treatment without an exceedingly persuasive justification, they are deprived of the benefits of the principle of equal protection upon which the rule of law is founded.”

See whole story here or go here for the local take.

…but I find this story about Joe the Plumber hilarious.

Olberman will have him on again tonight. I had a feeling in my bones this was going on. Blue was really depressed. He was still holding on to hope that we had some kind of civil rights. Ha. Perhaps we’ll get them back now. Watch.