Today, Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr led a resolution to ban gay marriage in Pennsylvania. Well, 3 Repubs crossed over to defeat the proposal.
The 8-to-6 vote in favor of tabling the measure in the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee leaves the joint resolution on limited life support.
Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. first announced he would sponsor the resolution in May of last year but postponed its introduction until January due to the economy, the conservative lawmaker said.
Eichelberger's resolution would insert the following language into the state constitution: “Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid and recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth.”
But three Republican and five Democratic lawmakers disagreed. Joining all the committee's Democrats in killing the resolution were Republicans Pat Browne, Jane Earll and Mary Jo White.
I'm surprised to hear this, but very grateful and hopeful for Pennsylvania.
Becoming the biggest box office phenomenon of the year, Paramount’s “Paranormal Activity” easily took down “Saw VI” in grossing an estimated $22 million from 1,945 theaters to win the weekend and finish with an eye-popping cume of $62.5 million in its fifth frame.“Saw VI” opened to an estimated $14.8 million from 3,036 theaters--less than half the opening gross of the previous four films in the horror franchise. It also came in below the original “Saw,” which opened just north of $18 million. Film placed No. 2.
Universal’s Halloween entry “Cirque du Freak: the Vampire’s Assistant” grossed an estimated $6.3 million from 2,754 runs to placed No. 8. Film was co-financed by U and Relativity Entertainment, and produced for $40 million.
Paranormal continues to fool, I mean, wow audiences. And it sent the message that original ideas are on the comeback train. So producers, take heed at what just happened.
Jigsaw is dead and vampires are boring... Jazz horror up!
Sadly VD makes Twilight look like Shakespeare. This show is a giant sparkle of crap.
The reception wasn't the greatest for the "Twilight-like" TV show. It wasn't that bad, but it had many similarities to the Stephenie Meyer story, and they seemed to be unpopular with the "Twilight" heavy crowd.
It's almost enough to make one feel bad for the show until one considers that, well, "The Vampire Diaries" pretty much sucks.
There's more, but I'll stop the hater party. However, it doesn't look good for the show's future. I knew it would be bad, but we will see how CW struggles to keep the show alive.
But on a great note, the True Blood session was the bomb!!! More of that later.
Hot to Trot,
V.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE: CLARIFICATION ON CARRIE PREJEAN
(Princeton, NJ) - Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) released this statement today clarifying the role of Carrie Prejean at a press conference held Thursday in Washington, DC:
“A number of media sources have described Carrie Prejean as a spokesperson for the National Organization for Marriage.
As we made clear at our press conference yesterday: Carrie appeared with NOM as a private citizen; she does not work for the National Organization for Marriage. She is a spokesperson for her own views, as anyone watching her can tell.
We are grateful to Carrie Prejean for her willingness to stand up for marriage. We would love to work with Carrie in the future if she chooses, and we wish her well in all her future endeavors whatever she chooses. We're proud of her. Americans are proud of her. She is a remarkable young woman. Thank you, Carrie. "
You're Fired, Carrie. That what they are telling you.
And NOM, this is not working at all. Your attempts at being effective are sheer comedy and slapstick at best. Y'all are poorly managed like a small town Dairy Queen. Please for love of Xander Harris just SHUT THIS DOWN! End this slow death you call an organization.
NOM is an Omega Fail!
Though Chace Crawford is rumored to be in the final stages of negotiations to star in the remake of the 1984 classic Footloose, the resident Gossip Girl hottie could be running into scheduling troubles with the hit TV show.
According to E! Online, there's a big overlap between when he'd have to shoot Footloose and the next season of Gossip Girl. Producers of the show have been unable to successfully accommodate the movie’s shooting schedule.
McCain's plan would have cut the bottom two income tax brackets and reduced corporate income taxes. It also would have extended unemployment benefits and provide money to take care of military equipment demolished in the war. But nobody was hearing it. Nice try though, Magoo.
Protect Marriage argued that it was entitled to the same exemption because of retaliation against some of its contributors, but lawyers for the state said the two cases weren't comparable. They noted that the Prop. 8 campaign raised nearly $30 million from 36,000 donors.
If the Prop. 8 campaign was exempted from disclosure because of reports of harassments of individual donors, said Deputy Attorney General Zackery Morazzini, the same case could be made for any controversial initiative. Courts would have to "keep the entire California electorate in the dark as to who was funding these ballot measures," he said.
So folks, the moral or the story is: you can oppress, but you can't hide.
