We're not as bad off as yesterday, but we're willing to bet a lot of you Californians were out a little too late and drank a few too many vodka sodas with splashes of cran last night! There was an impromptu, city-sponsored street party on Castro Street in San Francisco, where in between bumping house beats revelers were greeted by City Supervisor Bevan Dufty (who showed up with child and invoked Harvey Milk), and State Senator Mark Leno (who also mentioned Milk, but we were a little tipsy at that point, and we're still waiting for you, Gav!).
As much as this whole marriage thing really isn't our bag, we never like
to miss a party and we couldn't help but get swept up in the
street-closure brouhaha. The word "historic" was getting tossed around
alot, as was the joke, "So when's the wedding?" LOL! Florists and wedding planners across the state better brace themselves: it's gonna be a busy fucking summer.
Real news outlets are covering the political implications of the CA Supreme Court's decision, and the NYT suggests this may put McCain in kind of a pickle: if he makes a big deal of the issue, he stands to alienate centrists who are far more concerned with gas prices and the war; if he doesn't make a big deal of it, he stands to lose the fundie/zealot/social conservative base that got Bush elected twice. UPDATE: Speaking of expensive weddings, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi plan to wed immediately.
Here's a slightly blurry picture of Supervisor Bevan Dufty up there greeting the crowd, and at right, that's porn star Jack Ryan, and part of Sister Roma's boa headpiece. Jack was roaming with Nakedswordsman 2008, Colby Taylor.
These three come from SFtrajan on Flickr.
Additional Photo, c/o Darryl Bush at the SF Chronicle.
And here's a rather long bit of YouTube journalism about yesterday's ruling, with footage in SF.
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