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Avery Ranch Golf Tournament will start in the afternoon on July 3, more info at the Avery Ranch Golf website.
Avery Ranch will be hosting Fireworks again this year on July 3, after Dark, viewable from the Avery Ranch Golf Course and the Avery Ranch Main Amenity Center.
This year the live music at the Main Amenity Center starts at 6:00 PM and will feature the Moonhowlers, a local Rockabilly band. Plus there will be food available and the Games2U trailer will be there.
Carrie Prejean Stripped Of Miss California Title
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Carrie Prejean has been stripped of her Miss California title.
“The Miss California USA Organization, in conjunction with the Miss Universe Organization and with the blessing of its owner, Mr. Donald J. Trump, announced today the termination of Carrie Prejean as Miss California USA 2009, citing continued breach of contract issues,” the Miss California Organization said in a statement to Access Hollywood.
PRIDE PARADE REMINDER
Equality Texas will be marching in the 2009 Pride Parade and we want you to join us!
Bring your family and friends and meet us at Auditorium Shores as we march to show our pride! We haven’t gotten word as to where in the lineup we will be, but our pickup truck will have Equality Texas banners on both sides! We shouldn’t be too hard to spot.
What: Austin Pride Parade
When: Saturday, June 6th, 8:30PM
Where: Auditorium Shores, meet us between 7:45 – 8PM
BREAKING: NH Passes Marriage Equality; On to Governor
June 3, 2009 4:16PM
Michael Cole
This news just in from HRC National Field Director Marty Rouse on the gound in New Hampshire…After reaching a compromise on religious liberty language over the weekend, the marriage equality bill passed both houses of the state legislature today and now goes to Governor John Lynch for his signature. The state Senate passed the bill this morning 14-10 and the state House just now 198-176.
With the Governor’s signature, New Hampshire will be the sixth state to grant same-sex couples equality under the law through civil marriage. We’ll be updating Back Story through out the day with stories, photos and videos of the incredible work that went into making this historic day possible.
why I don’t eat at Chik-fil-A:
Today, Chick-fil-A is lending its support to the tea party protesters by providing a “free medium iced tea with any purchase.”
From ThinkProgress
Today, Vermont became the first state ever to grant same-sex couples the freedom to marry through the legislative process – making it the fourth state with full marriage equality. What’s even more incredible: it required a two-thirds majority to override the Governor’s veto, and they did it!
You can expect the radical right to be out in force today, of course. They’re up in arms over this victory and the ruling last week that brought marriage equality to Iowa.
I just sent a thank-you note to the leaders of the Vermont Legislature, to make sure the right-wing cries of outrage aren’t the only voices they hear. I hope you’ll join me:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/vt_victory/
Then, please pass this along to everyone you know (especially in Vermont, but across the country as well).
marriage for all
Iowa Supreme Court: Ruling Upheld, Denying Gay Marriage Unconstitutional
WHO Staff Writer
April 3, 2009
Same-sex couples across the state of Iowa can now get a marriage license. The Iowa Supreme Court handed down its decision on legalizing same-sex marriages Friday morning, upholding a lower court’s decision that prohibiting same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.
marriage for all
Hail damage means extra business for glass repair shops
3/26/2009 8:32 PM
By: News 8 Austin StaffVehicles with broken glass weren’t hard to come by at Binswanger Glass Company Thursday afternoon.
Rest of the story and video at News8Austin.
we’re never going to get to Executive Platinum status this year!!
ABIA reports drop in number of travelers in March
3/13/2009 4:19 PM
By: News 8 Austin StaffMarch is a busy month for travelers with South by Southwest, spring break and March Madness taking center stage there’s certainly enough to keep the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport a high traffic area.
ABIA officials said they’ve seen a slight decrease in the number of travelers this March compared to last year.
From News8 Austin
We were really disappointed with the Kite Festival this year… Zilker Park is all torn up under construction, with most of the park closed behind temporary construction fencing. So there was way less space available for flying kites this year than there has been in the past. The single largest open area available for flying kites (with no trees) was roped off for large specialty kites, which are kind of neat, but they weren’t even flying them at the time when we got scolded for flying one of our kites too close to that roped off area.
Anyway, we parked near the Town Lake Animal Center at 1156 West Cesar Chavez between Lamar and Mopac, and rode our bikes over to Zilker, since there was no parking available at the park. We had picked up a sub at Jersey Mike’s and sat on a rock, ate our lunch and watched as people tried to fly their kites in light wind. It did seem like it was more crowded this year, maybe because there was a lot less open space… The weather was definitely nicer this year, Nhut took a bunch of pictures which I posted in my gallery. There’s one shot in there where I actually did get the kite we picked up in Shanghai up in the air for a bit. And Nhut had some getter luck with one of the nylon kites we brought with us.
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