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San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city to marry same-sex couples. Thousands of people have jumped at the chance to confirm their commitment to each other with a real marriage. Many of the pictures are stirring; they put a human face on "gay marriage".

But by all accounts, a number of people are probably getting married for the wrong reasons. Many are young, stupid, and in love. This shouldn't be surprising -- after all, that's the same reason a lot of straight couples get married.

What I'm really looking forward to is the first "gay divorce".

This is a really interesting article about the excellent documentary The Fog of War (which I saw at the City Page's "Get Real" film festival last fall). A historian notes that McNamara isn't being totally honest in some of the parts of the film. He talks about what he wishes or thinks he did, not what actually happened.

The Evasions of Robert McNamara.

It makes the movie more interesting to know these things. The marquee at the Uptown theater was: "WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT KILLING" You should definately check it out.

Sometimes I get some great comments on my website. This one cracked me up:

ALthough i am an australian and my opinion doesn't count, i am inclined to agree with the Democrat point of view. Having George W. Bush as the American President has fucked the Australian government. our PM, John Howard has effectively scarred and severed our ties with South East Asia and Asia itself in favour of pursuing strengthening a relationship with a country that doesn't even know what a fucking Kangaroo is. Australian troops are being put on the line in a war that doesn't even concern us just because George W. Bush asked Howard to. Where is Australia's strength of character? Having a Democratic President for you Americans would benefit the world so weak-charactered arseholes like John Howard won't HAVE to do what America says. Please, elect someone OTHER than that arrogant prick currently occupying the White House.