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"Praise to the Void - Dryland 1" Photography by Melusina Parkin

If you wish to see more of Melusina's photography, please visit her Flickr photostream here.

NOH8 Avatars 29

Sansanah

For more information about the The NOH8 Campaign and how to join it in SecondLife please read my previous post The NOH8 Campaign in SecondLife. There you will also find instructions on where to find the necessary duct tape and cheek painting free of charge.
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If you would like to be a part of the NOH8 Campaign on this blog please send me your picture (full perm), I will be happy to post it. Name the picture NOH8 and your avatar name and drop it on my profile or send it to my email lundamats@gmail.com.

Firestorm Q&A: "The Future of SecondLife"

(via my friend Neo Timeless' blog "Free Your Mind")

Jessica Lyon, of the Firestorm team, hosts a Q&A concerning the future of SecondLife, with Oz Linden and Peter Linden.

This is an interesting talk, especially due to the (in my opinion) somewhat excessive reactions among residents since news spilled recently that Linden Lab is investing financial and labor resources in creating the next generation of an immersive 3D virtual reality, i.e. a new SecondLife or a "SecondLife 2.0".

The 1st King & Queen Pageant at Second Pride - The Movie

(via Second Pride)

Create Your Own Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Joe.My.God. today tips his readers about Slate's offer to create our own ruling, based on sentences, phrases, and concepts taken from rulings by Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court, Judge John E. Jones III of Pennsylvania, Judge Michael McShane of Oregon, Judge Candy Dale of Idaho, Judge Orlando Garcia of Texas, Judge Timothy Black of Ohio, and Judge Richard Young of Indiana.

I thought I should share this amazingly cool tool with my own readership. This is where you go to do it: Slate/Outward; "Create your own (same-sex) marriage ruling"

My generated (same-sex) marriage opinion is:

"The plaintiffs are entitled to extraordinary remedies because of their extraordinary injuries. The state’s marriage laws withhold from them a profound and personal choice, one that most can take for granted.

The ban on same-sex marriage demeans gay couples, whose moral and sexual choices the Constitution protects. And it humiliates the children raised by same-sex couples. Under this law, same-sex couples have their lives burdened, by reason of government decree, in visible and public ways. By its great reach, the law touches many aspects of married and family life, from the mundane to the profound.

Even today I am reminded of the legacy that we have bequeathed today’s generation when my son looks dismissively at the sweater I bought him for Christmas, and, with a roll of his eyes, says “Dad … that is so gay.” The state’s marriage laws deny same-sex couples the economic, practical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of marriage, relegating each couple to a stigmatized, second-class status."

A Day to Remember

Six months ago today, Mr. Tomais Ashdene, talented photographer, stunningly handsome man and all-around good guy, made me the happiest man in SecondLife by accepting my proposal of marriage.

"We" (meaning I, the most patient man in SecondLife) couldn't wait a minute longer, so we got married straight away!

This is a picture my romantic Tomais posted on my timeline on Facebook a
while back (two Facebook accounts ago I believe.) Need I explain more?

Tomais has miraculously kept making me the happiest man in SecondLife every day since then!

I love you so much my darling, more and more for every day that passes by!

Happy six month anniversary, lover!

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