Spirituality: August 2008 Archives
The Coquille Indian Tribe from Oregon has legalized gay marriage within the tribe despite Oregon's ban, voted into the state's constitution in 2004.
"How?"
Well, the Coquille Indian Tribe is federally recognized as a sovereign nation so it isn't bound to state laws like Oregon's shameful gay-marriage ban.
"How?"
The idea of Indian sovereignty is the product of many separate treaties and agreements that were made between disparate Native American tribes and the U.S. government throughout the 19th Century. A series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1820s, which have come to be known as the "Marshall Trilogy," hardened this concept into doctrine. In recent years, Judge Rehnquist and others have worked to chip away at this foundation. For more information about Rehnquist's attacks on the idea of tribal sovereignty, go here.
"How?"
Just click on the highlighted text--oh haha I get it!
(h/t Queerty)
"How?"
Well, the Coquille Indian Tribe is federally recognized as a sovereign nation so it isn't bound to state laws like Oregon's shameful gay-marriage ban.
"How?"
The idea of Indian sovereignty is the product of many separate treaties and agreements that were made between disparate Native American tribes and the U.S. government throughout the 19th Century. A series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1820s, which have come to be known as the "Marshall Trilogy," hardened this concept into doctrine. In recent years, Judge Rehnquist and others have worked to chip away at this foundation. For more information about Rehnquist's attacks on the idea of tribal sovereignty, go here.
"How?"
Just click on the highlighted text--oh haha I get it!
(h/t Queerty)
San Juan resident Angel Pantoja Medina, who was found dead last week under a bridge, had an unusual long-standing request for his own wake: that he be upright for the entire (apparently, three day long) thing.
That's him on the left. EEK!
Why he had such an unusual preference for how he wanted his death to be honored--or why a 24 year old would have cause to repeatedly express his funerary wishes--is not addressed by this MSNBC story.
(h/t Dlisted)
That's him on the left. EEK!
Why he had such an unusual preference for how he wanted his death to be honored--or why a 24 year old would have cause to repeatedly express his funerary wishes--is not addressed by this MSNBC story.
(h/t Dlisted)
First he cheated on his crippled wife and now he's cheated on America's favorite pastor! At last weekend's Saddleback Forum, John McCain was NOT in a "cone of silence" after assuring everyone, including pastor Rick Warren, that he was in a soundproof room Ricki Lake-style during Barack Obama's interview. According to the NYT:
Now can the Democrats please step out of their own self-imposed "cone of silence" and start attacking this cheating, lying, angry, old POW ASAP??!The matter is of interest because Mr. McCain, who followed Mr. Obama’s hourlong appearance in the forum, was asked virtually the same questions as Mr. Obama. Mr. McCain’s performance was well received, raising speculation among some viewers, especially supporters of Mr. Obama, that he was not as isolated during the Obama interview as Mr. Warren implied.
Nicolle Wallace, a spokeswoman for Mr. McCain, said on Sunday night that Mr. McCain had not heard the broadcast of the event while in his motorcade and heard none of the questions.
“The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous,” Ms. Wallace said.
Incorporated in Jefferson County in 2001, Maharishi Vedic City is Iowa's newest city. There is too much crazy (crazy/beautiful?) to report it all here, but the wikipedia page gives a pretty good dose.
Like, did you know that the city has a strict position that Sanskrit is their "ideal language?" That due to a law passed in 2002 it is ILLEGAL to sell non-organic foods in Maharishi Vedic City? That that ruling notwithstanding, Maharishi Vedic City passes few laws or ordinances, citing Natural Law as the city's governing principle? I think that's actually pretty awesome, but of course only practical in insular cities filled with nothing but card-carrying cult members and yogic fliers.
If any Feys are as interested in the Maharishi Vedic City way as I am, or if you just want to taste some Maharishi Vedic Organic Honey straight from the World Peace Bees' butts, we could all go in on a tour package!
Like, did you know that the city has a strict position that Sanskrit is their "ideal language?" That due to a law passed in 2002 it is ILLEGAL to sell non-organic foods in Maharishi Vedic City? That that ruling notwithstanding, Maharishi Vedic City passes few laws or ordinances, citing Natural Law as the city's governing principle? I think that's actually pretty awesome, but of course only practical in insular cities filled with nothing but card-carrying cult members and yogic fliers.
If any Feys are as interested in the Maharishi Vedic City way as I am, or if you just want to taste some Maharishi Vedic Organic Honey straight from the World Peace Bees' butts, we could all go in on a tour package!
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