This week has been amazing. Proposition 8 was wiped out by the Supreme Court and the 9th Circuit Court surprised everyone by dropping the stay on marriages early. Now Pride week in San Francisco has taken on a new meaning. Marriages have resumed and the City Hall will remain open this weekend.
San Francisco is expecting record crowds for the Pride Parade tomorrow and I’m sure it’s going to be a fabulous party.
Love? We haz it and now everyone can haz it AND marriage too!
Congratulations to ALL the newlyweds and to those will soon be married!
Miss Jenny: Mmmm Tito, I luvs you. You haz a flavorTito: I luvs you Miss Jenny and I won’t let you go
DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment.
In addition, SCOTUS has finally ruled on California’s Proposition 8 which restricted marriage to opposite sex couples only. Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Prop 8 in 2010 on the grounds that it violated the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the United States Constitution. Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the supporters of Prop 8 did not have the legal standing to appeal Judge Vaughn’s ruling. Vaughn’s ruling stands and marriage will resume in California soon.
There is more work to be done and more states in which we need to gain marriage equality for our LGBT brothers and sisters. However, Marriage Equality has won today. May there be many more wins in the near future.
I took this picture a couple of weeks ago and I was hoping that I would be able to use it for this.
We have just received 5 autographed photos from the famous cat blogger, Nofuratu. It’s so exciting to be acknowledged by such an important celebrity.
Many thanks to Nofur, his siblings, and his mom and dad for the wonderful signed photos.
We discovered his blog Adventures of a Naked Cat a couple of years ago, and he inspired us to adopt our own naked kitty, Kitsune. Sadly, we lost our sweet boy to FIP. However, we still follow and adore Nofur and his siblings.
Please Note: The following photos are owned by Nofuratu and used with his permission.
Nofur is a daring adventurer and activist. You can read about his adventures at his blog. Right now, he’s on a fundraising mission. He is going to participate in the CA-R-MA walk.
According to Nofur, this kitty is named Pebbles and she won first place for raising $640 in pledges last year.
Cat Rescue Maritimes strives to improve the lives of the homeless cats around us. Our immediate goal is to humanely reduce the number of unwanted cats and kittens dying needless premature deaths and to place non-feral homeless cats and kittens in responsible homes. We accomplish this by operating TNR (Trap Neuter Return) programs where colonies of stray, abandoned and feral cats exist under the care of a care giver. We also assist care givers in providing food, shelter and minor medical care for animals in their colonies.
Nofur working extra hard this time because it became very personal. CA-R-MA assisted his family when they wound up with two stray moms with kittens (10 in all). CA-R-MA neutered and spayed four of the kitties and Nofur’s family managed to find homes for all of them. That was nothing short of amazing. Nofur is working very hard to help them in return. Nofur is receiving pledges at his mom’s PayPal account:
If you can find it in your heart to donate, please do so. Nofur only has 5 more days for pledges.
This isn’t Nofur’s first walk. He made a blog post about last year’s walk here.
Here is Nofur wearing his Team Azrael T-shirt (made by his daddy) and his cool sweatbands that his mom got for him. He’s quite the athlete.
I’m sure that any pledges will be greatly appreciated by Nofur and his family. JBoD managed a small donation. We’re hoping that some of our readers can too.
These are just a few of our favorites. There are plenty more adventures to read about. Nofur has been to New Orleans and to The Desert of Maine and other exciting places. You can also visit his Facebook page.
Located in Golden Gate Park, the National AIDS Memorial Grove is a testament to love and grief. According to the website:
The National AIDS Memorial Grove, located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, is a dedicated space in the national landscape where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope, and remember. For all the promising prospects on the horizon, AIDS continues to invade our lives, violate our past, and rob us of our comfortable assumptions about the future. The sacred ground of this living memorial honors all who have confronted this tragic pandemic both those who have died and those who have shared their struggle, kept the vigils, and supported each other during the final hours.
The San Francisco Pride Parade is this weekend. Part of me really wants to go. The other part freaks over the idea of the huge crowds. I’m not sure which part is going to win this year. My heart will be there even my body isn’t.
I was paying a visit to YouTube when I discovered a wonderful video. It’s almost 18 minutes long, but it’s worth every second. If you can spare the time, please watch the video and then read the rest of the post.
At 10:21 today, I heard the siren. I normally hear it every Tuesday at noon, but today was different. It was part of the Great California Shake Out. That reminded me that we all need to be prepared for an emergency.
Are you and your pets ready for a disaster? It doesn’t matter if it’s a hurricane, earthquake, tornado or flood. We all need to be prepared for surviving at home or in the event of an evacuation.
