“Therefore, regardless of what law is enacted, marriage remains the union of one man and one woman – by the very design of nature, it cannot be otherwise.”
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Anti-Gay Catholic Leader, Decries Rhode Island’s Marriage Equality As ‘Injustice’ [HuffPo]

“What is Currie smoking? How dare he say the parade and celebration are by and of the community, when in reality SF Pride has become little more than a shill for sleazy corporations and banks, and a chance for politicians to seek votes.”
SF Pride Speaks: Pained Manning Divides Gay Community [Petrelis]

“The Journal focuses on developing knowledge of pornographies past and present, in all their variations and around the world. Because pornography studies are still in their infancy we are also interested in discussions that focus on theoretical approaches, methodology and research ethics.”
Call for Papers: Porn Studies Academic Journal, Routledge Publishing (NSFW) [Violet Blue]

“Gerry died in San Francisco on March 4 at 77 after a brief struggle with cancer. She was most recently chair of the 900-member retired division of the local teachers’ union, the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) and co-chair of the Protect Our Benefits Committee (POB) that advocates for retired teachers and retired public employees generally.”
Dick Meister: We’ve suffered a great loss [SFBG]

“a Day St resident reports on the declining quality of Starbucks and La Bou since they merged; another Day St resident defends the blue bin recycling bandits”
NVV May 2013: We Read It So You Don’t Have To [Noe Valley]

“But to say, ‘Oh, let’s go get drunk, it’s Cinco de Mayo’ that’s not right.”
Cinco de Mayo now mainstream holiday [Chron]

the author

Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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