Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Same Sex Marriages

Same Sex Couples Usher in the New Year!

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Same-sex couples in Maryland were greeted with cheers and noisemakers held over from New Year’s Eve parties, as gay marriage became legal in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line on New Year’s Day.

James Scales, 68, was married to William Tasker, 60, on Tuesday shortly after midnight by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake inside City Hall.

“It’s just so hard to believe it’s happening,” Scales said shortly before marrying his partner of 35 years.

Six other same-sex couples also were being married at City Hall in the state of Maryland.  Ceremonies were taking place in other parts of the state as well.

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Same-sex couples in Maryland was able to get a marriage licenses since Dec.  6, 2012 but they did not take effect until Today (January 1, 2013).

In total, nine states and the District of Columbia have approved same-sex  marriage. The other states are Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,  New York and Vermont.

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2012 in review from WordPress for the CEO’s Blog

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. My top CEO blog commenters in 2012 were: Bobby, Nicole, Lexy, Acquitta and Al….”Kudos” to them for their faithfulness and “thanks to you all” for the support.

Here’s an excerpt:

19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 140,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

DJango Unchained, Jamie Foxx, Movie News, New Movie Release, What she said

DJango Unchained was OFF The Hook!!!!

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Forget what Spike Lee said about boycotting DJango unchained, he is not the author of what is an insult to another director’s creativity when it comes down to making movies. Spike Lee criticizes anyone who is doing what he’s done in “his heyday” and that is; producing a good film. He’s criticized Tyler Perry and quite frankly I’m tired of his two cents. Spike need to focus on his prized possession, the Knicks and Shut the hell up!!!

When I heard this movie was about slavery, I was Leary about going to see it thinking it was going to piss me off being reminded of those sad times in history. but I was surprisingly mistaken by the humor, romance, and candid story of this film and I loved it.

Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx is the real hero in the end, as his mentor Dr. King Schultz (played by Christopher Waltz – pictured with Foxx above) gives him the freedom as a slave, the knowledge as his mentor and some real fire arm power to go along with it…And although Quentin Tarantino has written the word “NIGGER” 176 times in his script, it was of no surprise to me because the word was as common then, as it is today.

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This movie which star’s Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson (whose character you’d love to despise), Kerry Washington, Christopher Waltz and Jamie Foxx as Django. Jackson’s character was a dedicated Uncle Tom, he was the overseer of his master’s house and hated his “own kind” (other slaves) as if he weren’t ever considered apart of them. He was a free slave who oversees the other slaves — named Stephen.

“DJango Unchained” is a must see movie, for those I guess who have a mind of their own!

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Girl From The Gutter, by Kina…

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This song is a bit deep. The lyrics are every woman’s anthem whose ever been scorned. Read the lyrics…

For all the things you said I’d never do
For all the things you said that were untrue
For all the times you made me feel alone
Said I’d never make it on my own
(chorus 1)

Things are lookin’ up for me now
Seems like Karma’s makin’ it’s rounds
Its my turn now, won’t be held down no
Karma’s gonna visit you too
You gotta pay for the things you put me through
I hope you do, I hope you do, yeah, yeah
(chorus 2)

I hope your hell is filled with magazines
And on every page you see a big picture of me
And under every picture the caption should read
Not bad for a girl from the gutter like me
For all the times you said “I got your back”
For all the times you stabbed me
For all the times you tried to hurt my pride
For all the pain I held down deep inside
(Chorus 1)

Things are lookin’ up for me now
Seems like Karma’s makin’ it’s rounds
Its my turn now, won’t be held down no
Karma’s gonna visit you too
You gotta pay for the things you put me through
I hope you do, I hope you do, yeah, yeah
(Chorus 2)

I hope your hell is filled with magazines
And on every page you see a big picture of me
And under every picture the caption should read
Not bad for a girl from the gutter like me
Needed to make me weak to make you feel stronger
I know y’all bitches think I’m somewhere dyin’ inside
O yeah poor Kina, she went home
She couldn’t take it no longer
But I’m, right here
I’m right here
I’m right here…

In 2013, women everywhere who’s ever been scorned or WRONGED will have their say! mock my words…This is for Toni Marie Ricci!!!! You will all find out who she is in 2013, so be sure and stay tuned.

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Merry Christmas to all…

The ReadyWriter

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Seasons Greetings Readers,

I would like to "thank you" all for supporting this blog, reading faithfully, keeping the conversations alive and tuning into "Conversations Of A Sistah" which will return to "Conversations Live" on Wednesday January 16, 2013 at 8:00 P.M. Until then, feel free to check out our "past shows" from 2012.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for a Happy New Year!

The Ceo aka ReadyWriter