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nefariousnewt:

From the petition by Mike Raven:

My twin sister Ashley and I are incredibly close — for our entire childhood, we never spent more than four days apart. When Ashley came out as gay at 18, I was so proud of her strength. Her courage in the face of discrimination has inspired me, but it’s also broken my heart a few times.

It infuriates me when states like North Carolina pass laws saying that Ashley can’t get married because “marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman.” Defined by whom? What does that even mean, and why should it allow anyone to deprive my sister of the right to marry the person she loves?

So, I decided. If this whole argument comes down to an intangible definition, then it’s time for that definition to change.

Dictionary.com says that more than 50 million people use its site every month, and its primary definition of marriage is “the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife.” That’s not just personally offensive, it’s also factually incorrect — I live in New Hampshire, where it’s legal for all couples to get married, no matter their gender.

Progress is a series of small bold moves. This should be an easy one, Tumblr.

(via mikemcgee)

super weird.

atmosphre:

Beyond the Chinese fake markets there is an urban project called “One City, Nine Towns” in Shanghai. The goal of this project, launched in 2004, is to create nine suburbs around the city that imitate the architectural style of different countries of the world.

The idea was to relieve the city’s…

That Mitt Romney opposes same-sex marriage is bad enough. That Mitt Romney opposes safe and valuable homes for children, no matter who raises them and no matter if he validates their adoptive parent’s sexuality–that is disgusting. If Mitt Romney becomes my president, I would find it tragic for all of us.

(Source: barackobama)

For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.

And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.

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—President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via barackobama) 

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

Governor Romney calls the President out of touch. Hey, how many of y’all have a Swiss bank account?

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(via barackobama)