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Barack Obama's presidential win was somewhat bittersweet for the GLBT community, since punitive ballot measures like Proposition 8, which denies same-sex couples the right to marry, passed in California. But this weekend, people in cities all over the country (including Philadelphia, where the marcher tally reached almost 5000) resiliently rallied and joined together in protest. People of all ethnicities, ages and backgrounds chanted, sang, held hands, prayed, and gathered peacefully to demand their rights.

Philly, we are so proud of you.

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As a straight American man, I believe that the current ruling by California lawmakers to legalize gay marriage is a mistake that will ruin this great American nation of ours! Yet, as a straight American man, I am not allowed to disagree with what the liberal, New York, Hollywood, cheese-eating, French-speaking, Oprah Book Club Reading, media-istas say is acceptable.

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You knew it was only a matter of time. He was doing everything he could possibly do to get himself named Asshole of the Week, but for whatever reason, it just hadn't happened until now. After all, this was the guy who, for awhile, had the testicular fortitude to try and retain his state Senate seat while under indictment, had his multi-million dollar mansion assessed as being worth only $250,000 for tax purposes, and ran that really creepy kitchen commercial. Each of those things could have easily gotten Fumo named Asshole of the Week. And this week, it's caught up to him, and he's finally earned the distinction thanks to his comment that legislation to bring back slavery would be passed by the Pennsylvania legislature. Ummm, what?! The completely unnecessary hyperbole aside, what we really want to know is, why is Vince Fumo still talking? Basically every time he opens his mouth, the hair on the back our neck stands up and our eyes start to roll. And this is even when he's making a point that we agree with. He made the slavery remark to prove his point that a bill to outlaw gay marriage and civil unions in Pennsylvania would take away the rights of a minority population. We're pretty dead-set against the bill ourselves, but there are at least a dozen ways to make the same point. Though I guess, "What if we passed a bill denying African-Americans the right to marry or join in civil unions? Would that be okay?" just isn't the headline-grabber that suggesting that the state Senate would vote to re-institute slavery is.

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All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing!

Yes, the rumors you've heard are true: as of yesterday, gay couples can now register to get married in that land of promise that borders us to the east, just over the bridges. Well, they can register to get a civil union anyway, which is the same thing, but just under a name that the NJ Legislature hopes will upset fewer people. This came about due to a lawsuit filed a while back by seven couples who thought it might be cool if they had the same rights as straight people. The New Jersey Supreme Court thought about it and decided it would be cool, too.

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to.

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This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it a few more times, just for fun? For example, SFist is sure the San Francisco Chronicle wishes they could blame server problems for this error. But this San Francisco man that appeared on "The Daily Show" is, sadly, no glitch in the system.

- Waterway status update: it's once again ok to get wet in the Schuylkill (although we don't know why you'd want to), but it's probably a good idea to keep giving Wissahickon Creek a pass.

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