Check out this story, about a man who wants his ex-wife to give back the kidney he donated to her as a part of the divorce proceedings:

A US man divorcing his wife is demanding that she return the kidney he donated to her or pay him $1.5m (£1m) in compensation.

Dr Richard Batista told reporters that he decided to go public because he was frustrated at the slow pace of divorce negotiations with his estranged wife.

He said he had not only given his heart to his wife, Dawnell, but donated his kidney to save her life.

[Emphasis theirs]. You should go to that website and check out the wedding pic, too, it’s like a fucking Hall & Oates album cover or something.

Seriously, if people think gay people are threatening marriage, they’re overlooking divorce.

A kidney?

Jointheimpact.com is reporting that Montgomery and Mobile Alabama will participate in the national protests of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act”.
The protest will take place January 10 on the steps of the State Capitol building.
Hopefully these will go better than the embarrassment that was the protest in Birmingham a few months back.
More as we know more.

This is from a post at Jeffrey Goldberg’s blog called “Why I’m Not Blogging More About Gaza.” So the words aren’t mine. I’ve merely put them into nice little verses.

Why I’m Not Blogging More About Gaza

Gaza has overdetermined

me into paralysis.

I actually feel too close to

this problem,

a problem

that symbolizes

all problems.

It’s true: I have friends in Gaza

about whom I worry a great deal;

I’ve seen many people killed in Gaza;

I’ve served in the Israeli Army in Gaza;

I’ve been kidnapped in Gaza;

I’ve reported for years from Gaza;

I hope my former army doesn’t kill the wrong people in Gaza;

I hope Israeli soldiers all leave Gaza alive;

I know they’ll be back in Gaza;

I think this operation will work;

and I have no actual hope that it will work

for very long, because nothing works

for very long in the Middle East.

Gaza is where dreams

of reconciliation go to die.

Gaza is where the dream

of Palestinian statehood

goes to die;

Gaza is where the Zionist dream

might yet die. Or,

more to the point,

might be murdered.

I’m not a J Street moral-equivalence sort of guy.

Yes, Israel makes constant

mistakes, which I note rather frequently,

but this conflict reminds me once again that

Israel is up against an implacable force, namely,

an interpretation of Islam that disallows the

idea

of Jewish national equality.

My paralysis isn’t

an analytical paralysis.

It’s the paralysis

that comes from thinking

that maybe there’s no way out.

Not out of Gaza, out of

the whole thing.

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With the Blog roundup, We hope to point out GLBT flavored/friendly blogs that might not normally receive attention.
Some interesting things going on in the gay blogosphere today, here’s a recap:

Cully over at Child of Atom posts sketches of people he sees on the subway.

OMG Blog has a picture of Scott Caan’s twigs and berries (probably NSFW, depending on where you work)

gaygadget gives us a reason to sing along to Abba

Deep South Mark found some interesting Elvis collectibles

Central Alabama Pride’s suit against the Mayor of Birmingham will go forward, a least a little while longer. A federal judge has denied Mayor Larry Langford’s request to dismiss their suit against him. According to the Birmingham News, Judge Karon Bowdre is giving Central Alabama Pride until Dec. 22 to address the “deficiencies” raised by Langford.

In case you missed it…

Bush deserves a lot of heat, but I don’t know if I approve of shoe-tossing. He does a good job dodging this Iraqi TV reporter’s thrown shoes though. He has great reflexes. Check it out here (h/t Hotair):

YouTube – VIDEO: Iraqi journalists throws shoes at Bush.

Despite rumors of my demise, or that i was fleeing the country to escape charges of drag queen wig theft, I’m back! Here’s a roundup of whats going on today in the gay blogosphere:

Matt over at InterstateQ.com wants you to know there is no go mafia

Over at EC’s Think Pad He’s fed up with Larry Craig

Oh and Happy Labor day.
As wel all know Labor Day is when we celebrate the act of women going in to Labor, so pop out a kid today!

*update* Apparently its when you make the kids work, not have the kids..day.