I’ve had my fair share of people talk to me on public transit. As a fact gatherer and a storyteller, I care more about hearing the lives of other people, about letting stories themselves unfold from random conversations. And as a girl, I’ve also had my fair share of such people possibly hitting on me, so I try to be brief about the details, generally honest, and generally only pretend to be engaged if the story might save me (that juvi-ex-con story is for another day).
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Progressive Regressive: Marriage Equality
Obama Victory and California's Gay Marriage Ban
I’ve been feeling this odd back-and-forth pull in federal politics versus state level politics (in my particular case – California’s). It seems as if – perhaps by chance – the progressive changes on the federal level is met by regressive issues on the state level. Though this post is really only focused on one aspect of that – marriage equality.
