Global warming is fake news. The ice caps are not melting, sea levels are not rising, and I do not have the air conditioning going on January 15th. It is all a lie. And I am a liar. This is not really representative of the high temperature in Austin today. Actually, the high temperature was 82 degrees, a record for the date. We also had a record high low temperature for the date, 60 something degrees. But, it is all okay, there is a cold front coming through overnight, and the high temperature will be somewhere in the 60s, the (previously mentioned) low temperature for the day today. The fact that I have the air conditioner on seems to be helping with my allergic coughing fits I have been experiencing, so I am okay with that. We shall see. There is also supposed to be some rain in the net couple of days, so that is a good thing as well. We shall see.I am SO very glad that Jody and I got married in Connecticut! In 2005 Texas lawmakers passed a Constitutional Amendment intended to outlaw gay marriage. In 2009 Texas Attorney General Barbara Ann Radnofsky pointed out a huge (HUGE) flaw in a 22-word phrase in Subsection B of the amendment, which reads: "This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage." Basically, said Radnofsky, one thing that's identical to marriage is marriage itself, so in effect, no two people of any gender are legally allowed to be married in Texas. "You don't have to have a fancy law degree to read this and understand what it plainly says," she said. Currently, there are no plans to correct the phrasing, but it does call into question whether any marriages that took place in Texas since 2005 are legal. Ugh...
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