“We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective,” the Supreme Court wrote in its decision. “The Legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification.”
Proud to be from Iowa today, as always.
[image via Chris Glass; apologies for the redundancy for those of you who read both of my blogs.]
Earlier today, Angelina Jolie was in front of his office filming scenes for her new movie, SALT. He walked downstairs with two co-workers and stood within five feet of her; a co-worker yelled, “We love you!” and she waved, smiled and thanked them. Here’s an action photo taken with his co-worker’s cell phone—magically, Dan’s camera decided not to work.
D has also seen Keifer Sutherland shoot scenes for 24 out here (actually, this corner has been in a few movies/shows…Burn After Reading and The West Wing also come to mind); and he hung out with David Axelrod whilst driving him around DC for inauguration. Admittedly, the Axlerod thing wasn’t fun for him, but it’s still cooler than anything I’ve done recently. The only celebs I’ve been up close and personal with since moving here are John Kerry and Newt Gingerich. Zzzz.
Brad Pitt met yesterday with Energy Secretary Steven Chu; he’ll meet today with Nancy Pelosi to discuss reconstruction efforts in New Orleans, her office said.
Quick post before heading up to an inauguration party:
DC is bananas.
The president drove past my house last night. Though I suppose technically, it was probably George Bush.
As a result of work and feeling under the weather, I won’t be going down to the Mall this morning. I feel pretty OK about it; I’d be more upset if I hadn’t seen Obama and Biden speak over the weekend. I might get crazy and walk down towards the parade route a little later.
D, on the other hand, is driving top Obama advisor David Axelrod all day today. It probably sounds cooler than it actually is; D is running on two hours sleep (he was driving around DC from 12:30-4:30A with the previous driver trying to get his pass for today) and will likely be sitting ass for most of the afternoon. However, D said Axelrod has been very nice so far and has told him a couple of interesting things about Obama:
He vetoed the “Yes We Can” slogan straight out of the gate. Michelle insisted he use it.
He also vetoed his now infamous logo until catching hell from Michelle and friends.
The Obamas brought the Bushes a parting gift! Maybe Axelrod knows what it is?
‘Tis all for now; need to get cleaned up and get going. Hope you all enjoy this great day.
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