The Spovangelist

My cousin, a journalist in my native South Africa, tagged me in a Facebook post this morning: “Imagine, something happening in Spokane that reaches SA!” Surprise, surprise: we made international news and it’s not good — so if you haven’t had your coffee and Valium this morning, save the rest of this post for when you’re [...]

The Washington State House of Representatives like’s marriage equality so it put a ring on it. As I’m sure you know, marriage The Washington House during the debates equality passed in the House 55-43 and Christine Gregoire will sign the bill on Monday at 11:30AM. From that point on, opponents funded by out-of-state groups will [...]

Every year the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane throws a jam-packed conference, which gives participants the chance to partake in 3 workshops designed with instituting social change or refining activism skills. This year, the lineup looks good.  There’s one on activist theater, activist poetry, middle eastern conflict issues, the Spokane Time Exchange project, and [...]

 News bits and other stuff. Olympia suffered a bad case of snowpocalypse last week, just a week into the 2012 legislative session. Besides power outages and snow angels, legislators are talking about: A $2 billion infrastructure bond Creating a state bank Legalizing gay marriage A half-penny sales tax increase Creating charter schools in Washington State KYLY web producer [...]

Today, Governor Christine Gregoire announced she will introduce the bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington — taking a stand in favor of gay marriage the Democratic Party and the President still avoid speaking out on. Toward the end of the video, Gregoire says she “battled” to arrive at this position, citing religious beliefs as [...]