I respectfully disagree. The only difference between change-in-name-only and no change at all is perception. Without the genuine support of the Ukrainian public or their leaders nothing would have actually improved for gay people at all.

You're not wrong on the facts, but you left out a key caveat: the proposed non-discrimination law was window dressing designed to appease the EU.

To be fair, the other side isn't much better with regards to homophobia.

Best wishes to you and your little one :)

Does this mean that Gawker will be firing Samer Khalaf for posting his insidious timeline of the Verlander/Upton pics?

No doubt, but the term miracle is intended to refer to phenomena for which there is no rational explanation. Childbirth is incredibly well understood.

Interesting read, but chess is not a sport.

A miracle is something that cannot be explained. So childbirth is not a miracle.

If I'm not mistaken cricket is the World's 2nd most popular sport, in no small part because of the ginormous populations of India and Pakistan.

I was at the 1998 World Cup in France. It was such an incredible experience.

Really?

It is.

Please learn to comprehend the Constitution if you are going to cite it. It prevents the establishment of a state religion, not the individual expression of religious customs.

America's institutions need to be scrapped and started from scratch. Government, police, schools, etc...all broken to the point of self-parody.

Another nice sounding but vague world-salad / PR statement. How unexpected.

Meh.

No. We shouldn't censor ourselves out of a desire to pander to anti-choice idiots.

Globes are awesome.

Hey, I still have an encyclopedia set.

You know what is a choice?