TITANIC

heylittlejess:

the shooters are still on the loose. this was the largest mass shooting in the united states where the shooters are still at large. yes, take a second. think about that. think about new orleans. think about how the people of new orleans are not on some batshit police state lockdown. hell, politicians have not even mentioned the shooting to further their own dirty agendas.

one of the victims injured in the shooting was 10 year-old ka’nard allen. ka’nard has also lost both of his parents and a younger cousin to gun violence.

i do not even need to explain why this did not make the news. i do not need to explain why this is not being considered “domestic terrorism.” y’all can figure it out for your fucking selves. i am fucking done.

gaywrites:

Minnesota is nearly set to become the 12th state in the nation to legalize marriage equality.

The Minnesota House today passed a bill 75-59 that would legalize same-sex marriages, and the state Senate will consider the bill Monday and is expected to pass it. If that’s the case, same-sex marriages will begin August 1. 

The Minnesota push for gay marriage grew out of last fall’s successful campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment that would have banned it. Minnesota became the first state to turn back such an amendment after more than two dozen states had passed one over more than a decade.

The same election put Democrats in full control of state government for the first time in more than two decades, a perfect scenario for gay marriage supporters to swiftly pursue legalization. They tapped the cross-section of citizens, businesses, churches and others who spoke out against the amendment and staged rallies as part of a lobbying effort to build support.

Minnesota’s impending victory is perhaps the most moving of all of the marriage laws we’ve seen in the last week, considering the state’s amazing turnaround vote in November. This is truly incredible.