In the TV show Babylon 5, the alien race referred to as the Vorlons had a saying. Understanding is like a three edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth!
Recently I had a trust issue with someone close to me. I encouraged him to read a story I had been reading. Shouldn’t be a big deal, right? The problem came up that in his own excitement, he managed to trample on the trust I had for him. He decided to gloat about his newfound relationship with the author of the story.
As long as we’re discussing gay marriage, let’s bring up the Californian bombshell of Proposition 8.
Now, I’m not much of an activist, so I’ll ignore the obvious horror of homophobia. I’ll even ignore the legal contradiction that 18,000 people have been placed in, being engaged in legally recognized and valid homosexual marriage in a state that no longer recognizes homosexual marriages. (Mind you, that’s going to be a fun thing because the Supreme Court certainly appears to have more or less made up its mind that those marriages remain valid, regardless of whether or not prop 8 actually gets overturned. So we’ve got a really nice legal contradiction that someone, somewhere, can probably use as a chink in prop 8′s armor).
So I have this editor. For now we’ll call him… Winter. Yes, that’s it. Winter. Good name considering the month we are currently in. He has a best friend, we shall call him… Dr. Evil. So one day, Winter and Dr. Evil met for a wonderful cup of hot chocolate, under the beautiful night sky. Love was in the air, or maybe it was just plain horniness. Dr. Evil gave Winter the bad news. He has HIV.
