A Slight Startle

rafton Probate Court just called. I got a little concerned. The woman on the phone said the Judge was hoping he could reschedule my hearing. I got worried. He wanted to move it a half-hour later. Phew! Of course that's not a problem!

"And we were angry and poor and happy, and proud of seeing our names in print." - G.K. Chesterton

Happy Birthday to Me!

lymouth Congregational Church is hosting a showing of For The Bible Tells Me So and will have Bishop Gene Robinson in attendance as a special guest of honor. And it's happening on my birthday! Awesome! I definitely plan to attend, and I hope some of you will plan to attend, too. Here's the information I received from the pastor:

For the Bible Tells Me So, written and directed by Daniel Karslake, explores the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. This Sundance Film Festival winner offers healing, clarity and understanding is showing on September 23rd at 7pm at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ on the Common. All are invited.

The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson will be the guest of honor of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ on the Common, for the September 23rd's showing of the acclaimed documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. Book signing at 6:15pm, Film at 7:00pm and Q & A to follow. All are invited.

Anyone interested in meeting up somewhere and heading over together? I had a chance to see part of this film and it is really great. Even if you are not a spiritual or religious person, I highly recommend seeing this film.

"We are members of PFLAG and we are proud members of PFLAG and we're very proud of our daughter Chrissy Gephardt and her partner, Amy, who's here tonight and we love both of them a lot. We were supportive as any parent should be. We love Chrissy unconditionally and we supported her in every way that we knew how and could." - Congressman Dick Gephardt

Women Candidates

have so much to post but sadly not enough time tonight to accomplish it all. I will be posting some interesting things I found today related to politics tomorrow if I can find a moment to do so.

In the meantime, I just want to bring up something that's nagging at my brain. I don't advocate voting in a candidate based simply on gender and/or sex. But if it's so important and so historic that there are women who have been running or are currently running for President and/or Vice President, and there's a drive to break the glass ceiling, why isn't anyone paying attention to the Green Party? Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are running as Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the current election. While the Republicans and Democrats aren't really speaking out against the police brutality at the DNC and RNC, they are.

I'm not advocating voting for them. At least not yet. I don't know enough about them. I'm just advocating that people should take a look. As someone who tends to identify as a Green and was active in the NH Green Party, I find this very intriguing.

"Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down and shut up" over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people." - Cynthia McKinney