Don't the Hours Grow Shorter

[omorka]

So, the governor of Maine vetoed a bill that would have given the teachers of his state funding towards NBPTS certification - because the state branch of the NEA disagreed with him on a number of things, one of which was marriage equality.

WTF? I mean, I can imagine in Jesusland castigating the MEA for talking about things that aren't directly about the classroom (never mind that making sure that every teacher knows their SO is covered by their health insurance is something I think any teacher's union should be concerned about), but - Maine? Really? And then yanking funding for a completely unrelated certification program?

In related news (and quoted in the article), Rep. Frank, when asked about the four-year-old singing about Teh Ghey not getting into heaven, said:

Sometimes when people know they’re losing, they get more virulent. That can be a dangerous time.

Especially one to be lovers in.

Nothing worth the having comes to us already made; gotta kick at this brightness 'till it bleeds deep shade.

Comments

[morgi.livejournal.com]

I've heard nothing remotely good about LePage since he got in. My mother had a few choice words to say about him.

[doctorcaligari.livejournal.com]

I'm with Rep. Frank.

*holding a lit match at the side of the powder keg, to better read the label...*

[yermie.livejournal.com]

We were kicking an interesting idea around the table the other day, of a way around some of the anti-marriage laws.

Form a corporation.

You can then have joint property (the corp owns it all), shared health insurance (paid for by the corp for all members), etc.

It's inelegant, but legal, and even the staunchest "conservative" wouldn't dare oppose it (as that's going against corporations, which pay their bribes re-election campaigns.)

It's a start, anyway. It's not the same, it's not equal, but it's something.