Update: Coverage and photos of the protest: "Prop 8 Leaves Some Missourians in Marital Limbo"
A protest against California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, is set for noon Saturday on the steps of the Old Courthouse.
Show Me No Hate has been set up to inform people about the demonstration.
Although the measure -- approved by California voters on election day -- applies only to California, protests are planned across the country.
Crowds huddled around the Old Courthouse Saturday afternoon to protest California's recently passed ban on same-sex marriage.
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The high temperature was 39 degrees, but when in the middle of a crowd of a couple hundred people, the temperature was warmer, as the audience reacted to the words of more than a dozen orators who spoke with fiery rhetoric, shared personal anecdotes and calls for change. Organizers said about 1,000 were in attendance, while police estimates ranged between 4
As I posted yesterday, a PETA Super Bowl ad claiming that vegetarians have better sex was rejected by NBC. Of course, everyone will see the ad anyway, thanks to YouTube. But Gut Check is more interested in the question the ad poses.Do vegetarians have better sex? How, exactly, would you judge such a thing in the first place?The pro-Vegetarian-sex argument basically equates vegetarianism with better health, and better health with better sex. GoVeg.com puts forth the following argument:Physicians
Unreal's not one to kiss and tell, but our curiosity was aroused when we heard about a spanking-new website called Bedpost. Currently in its beta-testing phase, Bedpost promises to help you track your sex life, like when you do it, who you do it with and, most crucially, how long it lasts. You also have the option of rating it (with stars) and giving a brief description, just in case you need to jog your memory."Pretty soon," the site promises, "you'll have a rolling history of your sex life on
Unreal gets liquored up and starts demanding tasteless jokes. And in unrelated news, we talk teen sex with a Seattle sexologist and check out the locker room at the new Busch.
Unreal gets all hot and bothered over some very special plants (and a rather steamy billboard) and finds the key to St. Louis' revival. Plus, a local blogger is driven mad by public breastfeeding.
Unreal gives prom-goers a hand, visits with cute 'n' cuddly intestinal parasites, and celebrates the confluence of BBQ and protective eyewear. Plus: A local blogger strikes out.
U.S. Rep. William Lacy ClayLacy Clay's divorce filings remains under seal, but that hasn't stopped the congressman and his wife from commenting on the break-up. Yesterday, Ivie Clay, released a statement saying that she was shocked to first find out about her husband's divorce filing last week through the media. "I and my children are devastated and embarrassed that my husband
let us find out from the children's friends and the media that he had
filed for divorce, and mostly that he still has no
flickr.com/photos/syl2007​Unreal has just been informed that the biggest question that plagues single women is "Why are all the good men taken?"This came as a surprise to us, because we always believed the lament of the single woman (well, actually, women in general) was "Why are men such assholes?"
But we came across the good men being taken question in an article in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, which told us right away that this was a question of serious scientific import.
