The good, the bad, and the ugly

The good

If you missed San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders's moving speech yesterday about why he did NOT sign an anti-gay supported a pro-gay marriage referendum in his city, go watch it. It's really moving and brave and the kind of shit you wish more leaders would do.

Check out Samantha Bee on the Daily Show, asking is America ready for a woman president?!? for a much-needed laugh.

The Women's World Cup is in the quarterfinals. We play England tomorrow.

Oops.

New Jersey Judge gets it right:

"On the profound issue of when life begins, this court cannot drive public policy in one particular direction by the engine of the common law when the opposing sides, which represent so many of our citizens, are arrayed along a deep societal and philosophical divide," Justice Barry T. Albin wrote for New Jersey's highest court.

The decision, citing past rulings, said the court "will not place a duty on doctors when there is no consensus in the medical community or among the public" on when life begins.

Lynn Paltrow adds a few choice thoughts.

The bad

Lest you get too optimistic, though, anti-abortion bigots have been pretending that a new Planned Parenthood clinic in Aurora, IL violates some kind of
local values. Yesterday they got a judge to help them keep it closed. Planned Parenthood's blogging the story, and they have some live video today.

Isn't it good to know that the Senate's paying attention to the important issues? Apo has the roll call of the people who deserve a scolding from their constituents.

The ugly

There's been some questions about why the Jena Six aren't getting more coverage. My battery's dying, but here's a link.

Even worse, a reader asks me why the hell I haven't said anything about the horrific race-based gang rape and torture of a woman and her son in West Virginia. For a week. She points out that the black blogosphere knows what's up and asks where the hell the white women are at on this one? It's a good question. Here's the latest news on the story.